One Bright Book
A podcast where three friends read *all* the books, one book at a time. Join Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss one book in depth and chat about their reading. Visit our website at onebrightbook.com Support us by buying books from our shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/OneBrightBook Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episodes
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 time professor and always friend, Rohan Maitzen. A rare and special opportunity to revisit the book from the syllabus that he blew off reading. "You can never entirely escape your sins!" Ready for some time well-spent in the 19th century?
...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 will discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz, with an afterword by Sophie Mackintosh. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you someti...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in late September.
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Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in August. M...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS by Sarah Orne Jewett, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early July.
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Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Frances, and Rebecca as they discuss O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early June.
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Dorian, and Frances as they discuss THE TREES by Percival Everett, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late April.
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- The Trees by Percival...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Trees by Percival Everett. We...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Frances, and Rebecca as they discuss MOBILITY by Lydia Kiesling, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late February.
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Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2025 with Rohan Maitzen, English Professor at Dalhousie University, critic, and writer of the Novel Readings blog.
For our next episode, we will discuss Mobility by Lydia Keisling. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January.
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Dorian, and Frances as they discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will welcome Rohan Maitzen to the podcast to join us in discussion about the books we are most looking forward to in the new year. We would love to have you join us for our conversation coming to you in late Dec...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conver...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss THE HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile. This English language translation of Giono's "often over-looked seafaring tale," an "allegorical critique of modern civilization...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they return from their vacations, and discuss some of their summer reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss THE HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late September.
This third bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and podcaster, David Naimon, while Dorian recharges his depleted battery in the wilds of Canada. We are devoted listeners to David's fine work on Between the Covers, and as you listen in here, we feel confident that you will appreciate the intelligence, the generosity, and the empathy that makes his work irresistible to us.
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Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West and chat about their current reading.
Summer is upon us, so we are setting ourselves free just a little bit. July and August will feature some bonus content as well as a wrap-up conversation about our summer reading. Look out for details about these conversations on our social media accounts. Our ...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our co...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late May.
Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below an...
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Glück, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late April.
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss HARRIET HUME by Rebecca West, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Gluck. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in March.
Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and bu...
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