In this month's podcast, the KYD team get together remotely once again to discuss human–animal relationships and Erin Hortle's stunning Tasman-soaked debut novel The Octopus & I (Allen & Unwin), and what we thought about the human–human relationships in the new small screen adaptation of Sally Rooney's worldwide sensation Normal People (Stan). 

Further reading:

Read an extract from The Octopus and I.

Read our review of Normal People (the novel).

Connell's Chain on Instagram.

After reading The Octopus and I we'd also recommend: The Animals in that Country (Laura Jean McKay), Only the Animals (Ceridwen Dovey), Flames (Robbie Arnott) and From the Wreck (Jane Rawson).

Produced by Hayley May Bracken.

Theme music: Broke For Free, ‘Something Elated’.

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