Language Chats Page-turners for language lovers: our favourite books about language & travel
Need a recommendation for something new to read?
In this episode, we chat about our favourite books about language, travel or both (and a few books that we’re planning to read soon)! From novels that whisk you away to another place where you find yourself surrounded by new sounds and experiences, to non-fiction reads about how language is changing and where it has come from, let us tell you a bit about the language- and travel-related reads that have inspired, enlightened and delighted us over the last few years.
You’ll find links to all the books we mention in the show notes below.
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Episode Links
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Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing by Gretchen McCulloch
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Ep #039 - Enthusiastic about linguistics: A chat with Gretchen & Lauren from Lingthusiasm
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The Grape Series by Laura Bradbury
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Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
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All Good Things by Sarah Turnbull
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Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop
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Dreaming in Chinese... and Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick by Deborah Fallows
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Mother Tongue: The Story Of The English Language by Bill Bryson
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How Language Works by David Crystal
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Languages Are Good For Us by Sophie Hardach
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The Yield by Tara June Winch
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Empires Of The Word: A Language History Of The World by Nicholas Ostler
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How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention by Daniel Everett
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker
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I Heart Rome by Maria Pasquale
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Ciao Bella!: Six Take Italy by Kate Langbroek
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Still Life by Sarah Winman
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La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italy and the most Enchanting Language in the World by Dianne Hales
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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Not A Year Off: The Story Behind Language Stories by Lindsay Williams | Language Stories podcast