Taking Off Their Smelly Socks

This week, Amanda and Swapna talk about the newly discovered lines of The Epic of Gilgamesh, Waterstones’ aid for Syria, Nobel predictions, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev, The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason, and Scribd. Links Discussed: New lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh discovered Waterstones starts Books for Syria Hachette signs up for diversity survey Kobo’s new loyalty points plan How the blurb sausage is made The most banned books of the year are 80% by diverse authors and/or reflect cultural content Harry Potter fans leaving their socks for Dobby Nobel prize predictions?   New Books: Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine Carry On by Rainbow Rowell