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One Bright Book
@onebrightbook.bsky.social
A podcast where three friends read all the books, one book at a time. Links & notes at https://onebrightbook.com

Find us here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-bright-book/id1614302344
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The biggest news of this youngish pod's life: we'll be providing the afterword for
@unnamedpress.bsky.social's
forthcoming edition of Sarah Orne Jewett's MARSH ISLAND! Excited and honoured!
If you're in the US, you'll likely have a day or two off this week. What will you be reading?
And if you're *not* in the US, you don't need a day off, you're doing just fine. But we still want to know what you're reading.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Frances really spoiling the surprise here...
Just took this off the shelf, knowing that we’ll be reading it for the January episode of @onebrightbook.bsky.social. Tempting to start rereading now. But I think I’ll wait for the December holiday break.
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Our conversation about Jacqueline Harpman's I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN is now available for your listening pleasure!
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Episode 40: I Who Have Never Known Men
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz, and chat a…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Episode 40 goes live tomorrow! Milestone!
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Will *we* become TikTok starts, just like this book????
Another fun conversation with @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social and @ds228.bsky.social for the next episode of @onebrightbook.bsky.social Coming to you… sometime this week. What can I say? We do this for giggles! 🤭
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Tomorrow we record!
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
GOALS
Very amused to see our podcast described as 'borderline unlistenable'. I promise we'll try harder in future. Personally, I won't rest until it's unequivocally unlistenable.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Rereading I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Roz Schwartz. Chatting about it with @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social and @ds228.bsky.social on Tuesday for the next episode of @onebrightbook.bsky.social. Would love to hear your thoughts.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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On a Very Special Episode of @onebrightbook.bsky.social I’m joined by @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social to talk about William Makepeace Thackeray’s wonderful VANITY FAIR

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Bonus Episode 4: Dorian Stuber and Rohan Maitzen Discuss Vanity Fair
Welcome to One Bright Book! Rebecca and Frances move out of the picture for this bonus episode where Dorian gets a chance to finally discuss VANITY FAIR by William Makepeace Thackeray with his one …
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October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
29 years ago @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social assigned me this book. I did not read it. But now I have performed my teshuvah (repentance)...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Don't look now but a special BONUS episode of the pod is coming your way! Featuring @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social and this bad boy
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We love to hear it!
In other news I listened to the @onebrightbook.bsky.social episode on this today and it was SO GOOD. It's exactly the kind of book that you read and then at the end you're like, wait, what, I need to talk about it or hear other people talking about it, and the conversation on the ep was perfect.
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Exciting day for the pod! Recorded the conversation that will feature as the afterword to the forthcoming @unnamedpress.bsky.social edition of Sarah Orne Jewett's MARSH ISLAND!
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While you're waiting on our next episode, why not check out an older one? Like an early episode on then-recent Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah's terrific novel GRAVEL HEART
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Episode 4: Gravel Heart
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss GRAVEL HEART by Abdulrazak Gurnah and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss…
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October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Oh it went down alright
I gotsta find out went down on that @onebrightbook.bsky.social Stone Door episode…
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That smile knows a thing or two
October 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I loved this plucky, exploratory, enlightening conversation, & Frances provides an excellent intro! I adore Carrington & savored the experience of reading this book, but it’s not for everyone. This discussion is for everyone, however, & you’ll be entertained. Thanks for the #NYRBWomen25 shoutout! 💛
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Episode 39 is live, and it might be one of our best!
We discuss Leonora Carrington's singular THE STONE DOOR--and never has our love for each other been more tested!
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Episode 39: The Stone Door
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we wil…
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October 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rude gestures????
THE STONE DOOR episode comes out tomorrow on One Bright Book! This is an unusual episode for us — strange alliances, strong feelings, disagreements, rude gestures. You’ll want to listen. @onebrightbook.bsky.social @nonsuchbook.bsky.social @ds228.bsky.social
Just another day or so until our latest episode drops... Hang in there! You got this!
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just another day or so until our latest episode drops... Hang in there! You got this!
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
y'all we recorded a banger today... our thoughts on Leonora Carrington, coming soon...
September 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Currently reading
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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This is going to be an interesting conversation. Chatting on Sunday with @ds228.bsky.social and @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social. Coming to you sometime next week. Have you read it? How did it strike you? Would love to hear from the #NYRBWomen25 folks who just read it.
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM