Welcome to the very first episode of Bookies’ Favourite, the book club podcast where four friends with very different reading habits come together to talk about big prize lists, bold opinions, and maybe even read a few books along the way.

Meet your hosts:

📻 Aaron Rice – radio journalist, pop culture guy, and proud non-reader (he’s working on it).
📚 Colin Rice – Aaron’s twin, book-a-week reader, creative writing and publishing grad, and aspiring novelist.
📖 Hannah – a passionate reader who knows her way around a good plot twist.
🏆 Lucy – International Booker Prize devotee and the only one among us to have read 11 out of 13 books on the 2025 longlist (yes, she’s our MVP).

In this debut episode, Lucy breaks down the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist and shares her predictions for the soon-to-be-announced shortlist (dropping Tuesday, April 8th). Hannah’s read one book and adds her thoughts too. The rest of us… are just here for the ride, vibes, and occasional chaos.

We’ll be back tomorrow with a bonus episode reacting to the shortlist reveal and mapping out our reading schedule for the six shortlisted titles. After that, new episodes drop every Monday as we make our way through the shortlist—one book a week.

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