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  • Hazel Barkworth, author of 'The Drownings' on Witch Trials, Campus Novels & Female Rage

    Hazel Barkworth, author of 'The Drownings' on Witch Trials, Campus Novels & Female Rage
    2025/06/04
    On today's episode Hannah was joined by writer Hazel Barkworth to discuss her latest novel The Drownings. (spoiler free)
    Aswell as writing and book chat, they discuss competitive swimming, body image, influencers & loads more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe- it's a free way to support the pod & means the world! For exclusive content you can find us via Patreon & Substack.
    You can follow Hazel via Instagram & you can buy her previous book Heatstroke here.
    You can follow us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly
    https://serenitybooksellers.com/ / instagram.com/serenitybooksellers/
    The Secret History by Donna Tartt
    Uncomfortable Oxford Tours
    The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
    High Season by Katie Bishop

    Let us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!
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    36 分
  • S5 Debut Spotlight- 7. Daria Lavelle (Love Stories, Grief & Speculative Fiction)

    S5 Debut Spotlight- 7. Daria Lavelle (Love Stories, Grief & Speculative Fiction)
    2025/05/28
    On today's episode Hannah was joined by debut author Daria Lavelle to discuss her novel Aftertaste.
    Aswell as discussing the book (spoiler free), Daria tells us her most romantic food memory, why we should all be going on food tours, her love of speculative fiction and lots more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for further content you can find us via Patreon and Substack.
    You can follow Daria via Instagram, her website & Twitter
    You can buy Aftertaste in the UK here & in the US here.
    You can follow us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
    The Antidote by Karen Russell
    Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

    Let us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!
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    39 分
  • Lotte Jeffs, author of 'This Love' on Queer Parenting, IVF & Friendship

    Lotte Jeffs, author of 'This Love' on Queer Parenting, IVF & Friendship
    2025/05/21
    For today's episode Hannah was joined by writer & podcaster Lotte Jeffs to discuss (spoiler free!) her debut novel This Love. We also discuss her experience of collaborating with poet Thomas Stewart to create the poetry of her character Ari, chosen family, why the gays do partying better & lots more! If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for more content you can find us via Patreon & Substack. You can follow Lotte via Instagram or via https://lottejeffs.com/You can listen to her podcast with Stu Oakley here. Books & other mentions in this episode: The Queer Parent: Everything You Need to Know From Gay to Ze by Lotte Jeffs & Stu OakleyMy Magic Family by Lotte Jeffs, Illustrated by Sharon DaveyHow to be a Gentlewoman: The Art of Soft Power in Hard Times by Lotte Jeffshttps://www.thetimes.com/life-style/article/cynthia-nixon-interview-miranda-sex-city-just-like-that-2023-zfspcdfwvhttps://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/dan-levy-theres-always-laughter-in-dark-times-dxnscbq86Good Grief (Netflix)Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst (translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg)What A Shame by Abigail BergstromSelfish Girls by Abigail BergstromThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallTexasNatalie ImbrugliaRomeo & Juliet (1996)Sarah WatersOranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson The Ellen Showfourteen poems: a queer poetry anthology edited by Ben Townley-CanningDo Ask, Do Tell: Queer Life, Love and Culture Laid Bare by Lotte Jeffs & Stu OakleyLet us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!
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    40 分
  • Saba Sams, author of 'Gunk' on Motherhood, Birth Scenes & Brighton

    Saba Sams, author of 'Gunk' on Motherhood, Birth Scenes & Brighton
    2025/05/14
    On today's episode Hannah was joined by Saba Sams to discuss her debut novel Gunk, listeners may remember Saba from our podcast back in 2023 when she joined us to discuss her award-winning short story collection Send Nudes
    They discuss Motherhood, the fear of infertility, living in the age of capitalism, short books & lots more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and if you'd like to support us further you can subscribe via Patreon or Substack
    You can follow Saba via Instagram

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh
    Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
    Janet Planet (2023)

    Let us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!
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  • May Book Club with Agustina Bazterrica: Tender Is the Flesh Adaptation, Writing Horror & Climate Change

    May Book Club with Agustina Bazterrica: Tender Is the Flesh Adaptation, Writing Horror & Climate Change
    2025/05/07
    For our May Book Club episode Hannah was joined by author of the viral Tender Is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica to discuss her latest novel The Unworthy. They discuss why writing graphic horror scenes doesn't affect Agustina, the writers that have influenced her work & the books, TV & films she's been enjoying recently. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for more content you can find us via Patreon. You can follow Agustina via Instagram, Twitter/X & Facebook. You can follow us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik TokBooks & other mentions in this episode: Sarandí by Pamela Terlizzi PrinaEven If Everything Ends by Jens LiljestrandAnswered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel by Truman CapoteFeud: Capote vs. The Swans (FX/Disney +)The Vegetarian by Han KangGreek Lessons by Han KangThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBefore Night Falls by Reinaldo ArenasFunes the Memorious (Short Story) by Jorge Luis BorgesCaliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia FedericiWitches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia FedericiThe Matrix (1999)Angeles SalvadorSinners (2025)Oddity (2024)BRAT: A Ghost Story by Gabriel SmithBlackwater I: The Flood by Michael McDowellLet us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!
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    51 分
  • Top of Your TBR with Nat Reeve

    Top of Your TBR with Nat Reeve
    2025/04/30
    On today's episode we are throwing it back to pod roots (OG listeners will remember this from 2022) by bringing back a Top of Your TBR episode where Hannah interviews an author about their book and the books they think should be at the top of YOUR TBR piles. For today's episode Hannah was joined by the novelist, researcher and lecturer Nat Reeve to discuss his novels Nettleblack and Earlyfate, his writing influences and the 5 books he thinks should be at the top of your reading piles. WRITING AGENTS - bafflingly, Nat Reeve has two amazing historical novels that are published by Cipher Press but does not have a writing agent, if you'd like to get in touch with Nat regarding representation please do email him via nat.reeve.1895@gmail.comIf you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe as it helps to boost us in the charts! You can also find us via Patreon for exclusive content. You can follow us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok. Books & other mentions in this episode: Nettleblack by Nat ReeveEarlyfate by Nat ReeveMansfield Park by Jane AustenA Little Trickerie by Rosanna PikeCharles DickensWilkie CollinsGilbert and Sullivan - LibrettosHot Fuzz (2007)Victorian Psycho by Virginia FeitoWuthering Heights by Emily BronteThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanMrs March by Virginia FeitoJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteFayne by Ann-Marie MacDonaldWe That Are Young by Preti TanejaKing LearThe Quick and The Dead by Emma HindsThe Knowing by Emma HindsMother Naked by Glen James BrownMischief Acts by Zoe GilbertLet us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!
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    58 分
  • Jo Harkin, author of 'The Pretender' on Switching Genres, Lambert Simnel & Writing Influences

    Jo Harkin, author of 'The Pretender' on Switching Genres, Lambert Simnel & Writing Influences
    2025/04/23
    On today's episode Hannah was joined by Jo Harkin to chat about her latest novel The Pretender.
    They discuss how Jo ended up switching from Sci-Fi to Historical Fiction, her research process, the writers and books that influenced this book and lots more.
    If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for extra content from us you can find us via Patreon.
    If you want to give us a follow you can do so via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok.
    You can buy Jo's previous novel Tell Me An Ending which was a New York Times Sci-Fi Book of the Year here.

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru
    Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
    White Tears by Hari Kunzru
    The Portrait Artist by Dani Heywood-Lonsdale
    The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
    Hilary Mantel
    The Cauliflower® by Nicola Barker
    Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
    Margaret Atwood
    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Thanks so much for listening, until next time-happy reading!
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    38 分
  • April Book Club with Elif Shafak: Inequality in the Arts, Representing Marginalised Communities & Water Scarcity

    April Book Club with Elif Shafak: Inequality in the Arts, Representing Marginalised Communities & Water Scarcity
    2025/04/16
    On today's episde Hannah was joined by the wonderful Elif Shafak to discuss her latest novel There Are Rivers in the Sky which is out now in paperback. They discuss the importance of storytelling, not letting fear hold her back, why she wanted to write about the Yazidi people and so much more.
    If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for more content you can find us via Patreon.
    You can find Elif via Instagram and via her Substack: Unmapped Storylands.
    You can find us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    The Poems of Hannah Arendt
    Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah
    The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
    10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
    How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

    Thanks so much for listening, until next time- happy reading!
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    48 分