Reading Station Eleven during a pandemic
Season 1, Episode 1
In the very first episode of The End of the World Book Club we’re discussing Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel and what’s it like to read pandemic novels during an actual pandemic.
“Sure, but in what other life would I get to perform Shakespeare?”
Spoiler levels for this episode: low
Send in your audio clips for the Severance by Ling Ma Book Club episode:
Deadline: March 25th
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Books mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (the ISBN of my hardback copy is: 9780385353304)
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Severance by Ling Ma
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
King Lear by Shakespeare
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
Other things mentioned:
Film: Contagion (2011)
Thanks to Leena, Sarah Jean, Jen, Maia, Louise, Niamh for their voice clips for this episode, and thanks to anyone who left a comment on any of the posts requesting comments about Station Eleven.
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it.
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
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