Tayari Jones: Kin + Nadia Davids: Cape Fever + two bloody rom-coms (REVIEWERS: Tony Birch and Beejay Silcox)

Kate and Cassie read Kin, the latest novel from Tayari Jones — the acclaimed American novelist behind An American Marriage, a book that resonated with both critics and readers alike. Her work sits alongside a bold mix of stories in this episode, from a vampiric love story to speed‑dating slasher fiction, and South African writer Nadia Davids adds her own unsettling brilliance, taking us into the life of a furious yet outwardly obedient domestic servant in a mysterious house on a hill in Cape Fever. BOOKS Tayari Jones, Kin, Penguin Nadia Davids, Cape Fever, Scribner Shailee Thompson, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates, Atria Books Pip Knight, Aubrey Wants to Die, Harper Collins GUESTS Tony Birch, poet and novelist; Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at Melbourne University Beejay Silcox, writer and critic OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED David Peace, The Red Riding Quartet; Twilight series Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire Dan Jennings, Dancing Through the Fire Rebecca Perry, May We Feed the King Maylis de Kerangal, Painting Time CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Harvey O'Sullivan and Simon Branthwaite Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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