The Hyphen: Late To The Game But Obsessed With Audiobooks

Hi friends—

How are you doing?

Another week on the coronacoaster. Last week was pretty rough and involved drinking a lot of wine in the bath, but this week has been a complete turnaround. I’m learning, as everyone is I’m sure, to go with the flow a little bit more because we can’t actually control the things we thought we could.

This week I’ve been really enjoying getting up early and stomping around my local park listening to an audiobook before sitting down at my desk. I know a lot of people have been finding it hard to read and that includes me in the last couple of weeks. It’s been fun getting back into them. Getting a gulp of fresh air and a soothing voice in my ears has been a tonic. I had some spare Audible credits (according to my account I had not downloaded an audiobook since 2015) so I have been starting off with some non-fiction.

I listened to Ryan Holiday’s book Stillness Is The Key (quite intense, but interesting) and Martha Beck’s The Joy Diet (nothing to do with food but about filling your days with more joy). Both are about slowing down, being more stoic, and making more space for yourself in your daily life.

Soon I’ll probably move onto fiction. A few that I’ve bookmarked: Carey Mulligan reading Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Robert Webb’s new novel Come Again narrated by Olivia Coleman and Bad Love narrated by Vivienne Acheampong.

I also recorded my SABOTAGE audiobook this week (see below) and I have some VERY EXCITING NEWS about my OLIVE audiobook also…..(also see below!)

Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter. (If there’s anything you’d like me to share in next week’s newsletter, please email me at hello@emmagannon.co.uk)

Love,
Emma xo

Exciting News! Fleabag’s BAFTA-nominee Sian Clifford is reading the audiobook for OLIVE!

Things I’ve Consumed This Week…

• Comedians Gina Yashere and London Hughes reveal why they both felt the need to quit Britain for the US

• This time-management trick changed my whole relationship with time

• BBC forges £100m diversity masterplan

• I work from home in a job I hate

• Naomi Alderman was writing a pandemic novel before the pandemic hit

• How the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a crisis of agoraphobia

• Ayishat Akanbi on ‘cancel culture’

• Why Reni Eddo-Lodge’s success with Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race has been bittersweet

• Women of colour are trapped in a cycle of tokenism

• Don’t turn your back on Black lives when the hashtags fade

Glennon Doyle is this week’s guest on Ctrl Alt Delete Podcast!