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56: The Little Library Year, by Kate Young

Release Date: 11/14/2019

The Brit Lit Podcast

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74: The Summer Job, with Lizzy Dent

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73: Star-Crossed, with Minnie Darke

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72: Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour, with Sareeta Domingo

The Brit Lit Podcast

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71: Exciting Times, with Naoise Dolan

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Today, we hear from Naoise Dolan, who’s an Irish author and the writer of the Women’s Prize longlisted novel Exciting Times. She and I talked about cultural and literary differences between the UK, the US, and Ireland, what we both think about the idea of “likeable” characters, some great Irish authors, and more.

The Most Fun Job, with Laurie Gillman of East City Bookshop

The Brit Lit Podcast

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On episode 56, we hear from Kate Young, who’s the author of The Little Library Cookbook and The Little Library Year, collections of recipes inspired by books. Kate Young is Australian but has lived in the UK for ten years, so I think we can claim her as one of our own. We talked about her journey writing about books and food, the process of creating recipes, Australian authors who deserve to be better known elsewhere, and more.

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

The Little Library Cookbook: 100 Recipes from Your Favorite Books, by Kate Young

The Little Library Year: Seasonal Cooking and Reading, by Kate Young

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee

The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Song for Summer, by Eva Ibbotson

Home Fire, by Kamila Shamsie

Possum Magic, by Mem Fox