As the summer draws to a close, we look forward to the music, books and TV shows coming up this autumn. Hannah Moore speaks to music editor Laura Snapes, the Guardian commissioning editor for books Lucy Knight, and its TV editor, Kate Abbott.
The recommendations referenced in this episode:
Music
Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Joy Crookes – Skin
Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under
Gwenno – Tresor
Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Yard Act – The Overload
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
Lizzo – Special
Rosalía – Despechá
Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loneliest Time
Hudson Mohawke – Cry Sugar
Books
Leila Mottley – Nightcrawling
Alan Garner – Treacle Walker
Elizabeth Strout – Oh William!
Ruth Ozeki – The Book of Form and Emptiness
Gabrielle Zevin – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Cormac McCarthy – The Passenger and Stella Maris
Kamila Shamsie – Best of Friends
Alan Rickman, Alan Taylor (editor) – Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries
Malorie Blackman – Just Sayin’
TV
House of the Dragon (HBO / Sky Atlantic)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)
The Sandman (Netflix)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
Paper Girls (Prime Video)
A League of Their Own (Prime Video)
Mo (Netflix)
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