Something to Eat and Something to Read

Q&A - Matia author Emily Tsokos Purtill

Perth-based author Emily Tsokos Purtill shares what she's eating and reading these days.

Mar 5 • Sophie Hansen

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February 2026

Show notes from our big summer round-up episode

The books, recipes, movies, and podcasts we loved most this summer.

Feb 5 • Sophie Hansen

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What we read, cooked, watched and loved this summer

Our first episode for 2026 is a chatty, cheery one full to bursting with recommendations from a busy summer of reading, cooking and watching good…

Feb 5 • Sophie Hansen

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November 2025

Our Audible Advent Show Notes 🎄

All the books, recipes and things we mentioned in our Christmas 2025 episode.

Nov 30, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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An Audible Advent

25 good things to read, cook and do to bring us right up to Christmas Day (and beyond) feeling as festive (and calm!) as possible.

Nov 30, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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Tart - shownotes

Books, thoughts, links and recommendations that sprung from our most recent episode of the pod. Plus something to cook for a date.

Nov 7, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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Tart - Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef

A spicy book and conversation about appetites, food, figuring yourself out, writing anonymously, the power of a good soup recipe, and basically ALL the…

Nov 7, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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40:17

October 2025

Happiness and Love - shownotes

Our guest this episode is the novel Happiness and Love, and the big question we ask (among others) is this - can you truly enjoy a meal when you're…

Oct 3, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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Happiness and Love

Join us for a dinner party that left us with no appetite as we discuss how unlikeable characters and uncomfortable situations stir emotions, and what we…

Oct 2, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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September 2025

Sophie and Germaine's Top 5

Book recommendations, recipes and other good things to eat and read this month.

Sep 18, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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August 2025

Q&A - The magic of cooking and reading with psychotherapist Kate O'Connor

A psychotherapist's take on the ways cooking and reading can be portals to answering questions about what we desire, how cats mirror her emotional world…

Aug 28, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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Show notes - Winter reading and cooking, holding on and letting go

Books we will love forever, a cute little sponge cake and all the links and things we mentioned in this episode.

Aug 15, 2025 • Sophie Hansen

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