Books and Beyond: Literary power couples

Alison and Karen pay homage to some true literary power couples from the romantic era’s Percy and Mary to the modern day’s Nicole and Jonathan. We include the beat generation’s Jane and Paul, the lost generation’s Zelda and Scott and the timeless Gertrude and Alice. These pairs would make great cat names for those who are double-kittied.

Listen to this week's episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast.

Books mentioned in the show:

• Forest dark by Nicole Krauss
• Here I am by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Save me the waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
• The collected writings by Zelda Fitzgerald
• Tender is the night by F Scott Fitzgerald
• Two serious ladies by Jane Bowles
• The sheltering sky by Paul Bowles
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 
• Selected poems and prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• The autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein
• What is remembered by Alice B Toklas
• Paris was yesterday, 1925-30 by Janet Flanner

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.

Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm. Recent shows can be listened to as podcasts via the Auckland Libraries podcast.