Something to Eat and Something to Read

On the Calculation of Volume – Show Notes

On time falling apart, speeding up, slowing down, freezing and colliding. Join us as we think about making sense of how we all inhabit time differently.

Aug 28 • Sophie Hansen

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On The Calculation of Volume

What happens when time stops making sense? A conversation on and around Solvej Balle’s On The Calculation of Volume, 1.

Aug 27 • Sophie Hansen

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July 2026

Shownotes for our Yesteryear episode

A book about performances, reality/fantasy and making sense of the times we are living in... or is it just a page-turning book with a tricky narrator?

Jul 31 • Sophie Hansen

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Yesteryear

Our 'book guest' for this one is Caro Claire Burke's hugely successful novel Yesteryear. Have you read it? What did you think? We had a lot of thoughts…

Jul 30 • Sophie Hansen

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47:55

June 2026

On noticing (part 2)

Notes on noticing little moments of pleasure.

Jun 19 • Sophie Hansen

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May 2026

On noticing...

Some ways that Feast on Your Life has helped Germaine Feast on her own life

May 21 • Sophie Hansen

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Feast on your life. Episode shownotes

Where we discover that paying close attention to the ordinary can bring "frissons of joy" into the everyday... and it doesn't have to be about reading…

May 15 • Sophie Hansen

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Feast on your Life

On reading, noticing, slowing down and paying attention to the pleasures of small things.

May 14 • Sophie Hansen

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41:36

April 2026

A letter about reading

Let's get rid of the idea of "easy" reads and think about the way all books can offer just as much depth and expand our imaginations if we let them

Apr 24 • Sophie Hansen

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Reading for pleasure (difficult or otherwise)

On the ways that creating a depth of experience can be more pleasurable than pleasure alone

Apr 17 • Sophie Hansen

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The Pleasure of reading?!

What do we mean by pleasure? What makes reading enjoyable? It may not be what you think...

Apr 16 • Sophie Hansen

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54:01

March 2026

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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