Mamamia Book Club podcast

Mamamia Book Club

Whether you're a big juicy book worm or you want to include more reading into your life, the podcast book club is the place. Read the book club selections then join Jessie Stephens and a host of her Mamamia guests as they dive between the pages of some brilliant, (and not so brilliant) reads. Should you recommend it to a friend or forget it ever happened? Listen in as we debate the works.

Whether you're a big juicy book worm or you want to include more reading into your life, the podcast book club is the place. Read the book club selections then join Jessie Stephens and a host of her Mamamia guests as they dive between the pages of some brilliant, (and not so brilliant) reads. Should you recommend it to a friend or forget it ever happened? Listen in as we debate the works.

 

#30

The Six Books Guaranteed To Get You Out Of A Reading Slump

After being inundated with requests for this topic, we’re here to share the books th... more

26 Feb 2025

25 MINS

25:38

26 Feb 2025


#29

BONUS: Out Loud's Best Books To Read This Summer

Dropping into your feed in 2021 with a bonus ep from Mamamia Out Loud.After a year many of... more

06 Jan 2021

19 MINS

19:43

06 Jan 2021


#28

Introducing Lady Startup Stories: Sally Hepworth Wrote A Book That Wasn't Good Enough

Hey! We're just popping into your feed to share an awesome episode of Lady Startup Stories... more

05 Aug 2020

36 MINS

36:26

05 Aug 2020


#27

Gloria Steinem Knows The Truth Will Piss You Off

It was Gloria Steinem who said, “The truth will set you free… but first it wi... more

18 Jan 2020

35 MINS

35:48

18 Jan 2020


#26

Paullina Simons: What Makes The Perfect Love Story

Ask a woman to name her favourite book of all time, and many, without skipping a beat, wil... more

11 Jan 2020

22 MINS

22:39

11 Jan 2020


#25

Peter FitzSimons Knows How To Write A Bestseller

Peter FitzSimons is one of Australia’s best selling non-fiction authors of the last ... more

04 Jan 2020

35 MINS

35:27

04 Jan 2020


#24

How Jane Harper Wrote The Dry

Jane Harper is the author of international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lo... more

28 Dec 2019

30 MINS

30:01

28 Dec 2019


#23

Memoir or Fiction? Trent Dalton On Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton’s childhood was filled with dark people, underground rooms and strange ... more

21 Dec 2019

36 MINS

36:24

21 Dec 2019


#22

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Can you love and dislike a character at the same time? Does a story about of two being goo... more

02 Feb 2019

25 MINS

25:58

02 Feb 2019


#21

The Pisces

It’s not every day you pick up a book about people having sex with a fish. But if yo... more

26 Jan 2019

27 MINS

27:54

26 Jan 2019


#20

How To Be Perfect

What's it like doing a book club on your bosses book? Let's find out. This week Jessie & R... more

19 Jan 2019

37 MINS

37:06

19 Jan 2019


#19

Everything I Know About Love

What do you call a book that's part memoir, part diary, part recipes? Are female friendshi... more

12 Jan 2019

31 MINS

31:05

12 Jan 2019


#18

The Lost Man

Jane Harper rose to fame in 2015 when her manuscript The Dry won the Victorian Premier&rsq... more

05 Jan 2019

31 MINS

31:18

05 Jan 2019


#17

Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty is one of the most successful authors on the planet and it's fair to say we... more

29 Dec 2018

27 MINS

27:03

29 Dec 2018


#16

12 Rules For Life

Should you always stand up straight with your shoulders back? Can you really bother childr... more

22 Dec 2018

47 MINS

47:27

22 Dec 2018


#15

Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe has been labelled oneof the must-read books of the ye... more

15 Dec 2018

31 MINS

31:04

15 Dec 2018


#14

Book Club Is Back....

This summer we are bringing back the [Mamamia Book Club.] (https://www.facebook.com/groups... more

15 Nov 2018

01 MINS

01:29

15 Nov 2018


#13

BOOK BONUS: How To Be Perfect

Mamamia Out Loud host Holly Wainwright's first novel focused on the complicated lives of t... more

28 Aug 2018

20 MINS

20:54

28 Aug 2018


#12

The Self-Helpy Book: Make It Happen, Michelle Bridges.

For our final book of the season, we're taking on the cult of Michelle Bridges. Whether yo... more

28 Aug 2016

44 MINS

44:20

28 Aug 2016


#11

The Sexy Thriller: Maestra, LS Hilton

Art theft. A femme fatale. Wealth and status, class and sexxxxx. Labelled the "most shocki... more

20 Aug 2016

38 MINS

38:30

20 Aug 2016


#10

The Classic, Re-imagined: Eligible, Curtis Sittenfeld.

What does Jane Austen have to do with crossfit and paleo diets?Nothing until now.Eligible ... more

13 Aug 2016

57 MINS

57:27

13 Aug 2016


#9

The Memoir: The Anti-Cool Girl, Rosie Waterland

Imagine being doubled over from laughing, only to stand up and be punched straight in the ... more

06 Aug 2016

42 MINS

42:38

06 Aug 2016


#8

The Thriller: The One Who Got Away, Caroline Overington

It’s been dubbed 'The New Gone Girl'. A fast-paced female psychological thriller fro... more

30 Jul 2016

40 MINS

40:48

30 Jul 2016


#7

The Best Seller: Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty

It's chick-lit, but not as you know it. Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on schoolyard ... more

23 Jul 2016

42 MINS

42:30

23 Jul 2016


#6

The Cult Read: The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up

This tiny book has sold five million copies, spawned a music album, a TV show, and countle... more

17 Jan 2016

43 MINS

43:01

17 Jan 2016


#5

The Thriller: The Girl On The Train, Paula Hawkins

It outsoldDan Brown’s The DaVinci Code and has been sitting at the top of the charts... more

10 Jan 2016

38 MINS

38:59

10 Jan 2016


#4

The Self-Help One: Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

Do you want to live a more creative life? Elizabeth Gilbert, of Eat, Pray, Love fame says ... more

03 Jan 2016

30 MINS

30:41

03 Jan 2016


#3

The Beautiful Read: The Eye Of The Sheep, Sofie Laguna

In my opinion, there is no greater discovery in 2015 than this book. Despite its heavy the... more

27 Dec 2015

43 MINS

43:23

27 Dec 2015


#2

The True Crime One: This House Of Grief, Helen Garner

Would a man really stage an accident to murder his three children and get back at his estr... more

20 Dec 2015

43 MINS

43:21

20 Dec 2015


#1

The Prize Winner: All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

The Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction this yearsounds more like something from a Mills and... more

14 Dec 2015

40 MINS

40:57

14 Dec 2015