• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Vanessa Hammick
    May 14 2026

    This week's book guest is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.


    Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian, writer, playwright and friend Vanessa Hammick.


    In this episode they discuss AI, dissertations, Kenneth Branagh, broad strokes, and Emma Stone.


    Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss sexual assault and child murder.


    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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    55 mins
  • Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest with Kae Tempest
    May 7 2026

    This week's book guest is Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest


    Sara and Cariad are joined by the incredible spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright Kae Tempest himself.


    In this episode they discuss addiction, school, access to reading, seaside towns and lager tops.


    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest is available here


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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    52 mins
  • Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke with Caro Claire Burke
    Apr 30 2026

    This week's book guest is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.


    Sara and Cariad are joined by international best selling author Caro Claire Burke herself.


    In this episode they discuss mirrors, Christians, botox, TikTok, feminism and dingos.


    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke is available here


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced by Naomi Parnell

    Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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    56 mins
  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
    Apr 23 2026

    This week's book guest is Middlemarch by George Eliot.


    In this episode we discuss soap operas, love stories, socialism, Nietzsche and Cariad getting angry.


    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced by Naomi Parnell

    Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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    48 mins
  • Flesh by David Szalay with David Szalay
    Apr 16 2026

    This week's book guest is Flesh by David Szalay.


    Sara and Cariad are joined by the two time nominee and current winner of the Booker Prize himself, David Szalay.


    In this episode they discuss and class, Vienna, masculinity, prizes, money and Soho.


    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    Flesh by David Szalay. is available here.


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced by Naomi Parnell

    Recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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    43 mins
  • Welcome Back Weirdos!
    Apr 9 2026

    Sara and Cariad are back with another series of truly excellent, weird and wonderful reads and a host of brilliant guests lined up this series!


    Welcome back to the book club where you don't even have to have read the book to join in! In this episodeSara and Cariad discuss books they've read in the break, the National Year of Reading, Odysseus and maggots.


    Thank you for reading with us. We look forward to reading with you (or not) this series!


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

    Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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    39 mins
  • Series 5 Trailer - Sara and Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
    Apr 7 2026

    Sara and Cariad are back for a fifth series of weird and wonderful reads! Send us your listener suggestions and remember you don't even have to have read the book to join in!


    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    For bonus content, access to BTS photos and videos, messages AND to support the pod 💖 sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/c/weirdosbookclub


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub


    Produced by Plosive

    Artwork by Welcome Studio

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    1 min
  • Friends of Weirdos - Single Ladies In Your Area
    Apr 2 2026

    Your favourite Weirdos will be back with a brand new series next week, but to tide you over until then, we're sharing an episode of our brilliant friends Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley's podcast, Single Ladies In Your Area which - all about dating and relationships in your 30s and beyond. For this episode they're joined by special guest... Jameela Jamil!


    Amy and Harriet joined us on the Weirdos Book Club podcast to discuss Helen Fielding's iconic Bridget Jones's Diary, you can listen back to that episode here.

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    1 hr and 8 mins