78: Murmuration, with Blake Auden
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Our guest on episode 78 is poet Blake Auden, who has almost 300,000 Instagram followers and is known for speaking openly about mental health. He also has four collections of poems out in the world, and the most recent is Murmuration, which came out in October.
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Bonus episode: The Idea Of You, with Robinne Lee
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My guest in this special bonus episode is Robinne Lee, the author of my favourite read of 2021, The Idea Of You. She's not British, but I loved this book so much that I wanted to bring you this interview anyway!
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77: The Party Crasher, with Sophie Kinsella
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I’m so excited to bring you an interview with none other than Sophie Kinsella, who’s known to many as the queen of British chick lit and the author of the mega-bestselling Shopaholic series.
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76: Careless, with Kirsty Capes
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This month’s guest is Kirsty Capes, author of the novel Careless. We talked about why she wanted to write about female friendship, what it was like to study with Bernadine Evaristo, why it's especially important for kids in the foster care system to see themselves reflected in books, and a whole lot more.
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75: The Roxy Letters, with Mary Pauline Lowry
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This month’s guest is Mary Pauline Lowry, who wrote . Mary is married to a Brit, and she had lots of fascinating insights about the cultural differences between the countries, and I loved talking to her back about Bridget Jones and Jane Austen too. The Roxy Letters was one of my favourite reads of 2020. It was really fun and just what I needed. It’s out now in paperback. Mary and I talked about why we love epistolary novels, took a bit of an accidental deep dive into books about Hollywood, chatted about the difference between...
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74: The Summer Job, with Lizzy Dent
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Our guest on episode 74 of the Brit Lit Podcast, is Lizzy Dent, who wrote The Summer Job, and who’s also a YA author -- as Rebecca Denton, she wrote This Beats Perfect, among other books.
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73: Star-Crossed, with Minnie Darke
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Our guest on episode 73 of the Brit Lit Podcast is Danielle Wood who, as Minnie Darke, wrote one of Claire's very favourite books of recent years, called Star Crossed. Among other things, she discussed what makes One Day by David Nicholls such an amazing novel, and gave some recommendations for books by Tasmanian authors.
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72: Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour, with Sareeta Domingo
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Our guest today is Sareeta Domingo, who’s the author of both adult and young adult fiction, and most recently the editor of the collection called Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour. She talks about romantic reads she loves, the process of putting together an anthology, why books by British authors of colour are important, and more.
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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.
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The Most Fun Job, with Laurie Gillman of East City Bookshop
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I work part-time in a lovely bookshop on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, and in this bonus episode, I interview my boss, Laurie Gillman, who founded the shop five years ago, to talk about what goes into starting and running a bookshop.
info_outlineOur guest on episode 57 is Talia Hibbert, who’s the author of many romance novels including, most recently, Get a Life, Chloe Brown.
We talked about the illustrated cover trend, how she got her start writing novels, what it’s like to get picked as a Book of the Month author, and more.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert
Splendid , by Julia Quinn
Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert
The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black
The Kingmaker, by Kennedy Ryan
The Rebel King, by Kennedy Ryan
Three Little Words, by Jenny Holiday
Roaring Girls: The Forgotten Feminists of British History, by Holly Kyte
Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
The Matchmaker, by Catriona Innes
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, by Abbi Waxman
Star-Crossed, by Minnie Darke.
Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Very Nice, by Marcy Dermansky
Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson
Summerlings, by Lisa Howarth
The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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