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  • Emma Hinds, author of 'Witchlore' on Manchester, Magic & Queer Shapeshifters

    Emma Hinds, author of 'Witchlore' on Manchester, Magic & Queer Shapeshifters
    2025/12/19
    For today's episode Hannah was joined by friend of the pod, author Emma Hinds to discuss their latest book Witchlore.In this episode they have a discussion about money and how difficult it is as creatives to get to a point of making a liveable income, they then dive into how Emma has found moving between writing historical fiction and YA fantasy, setting the novel in Manchester, growing up Queer, the world of magic & more.If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. You can follow Emma via A03, Instagram & TumblrBooks & other mentions in this episode:The Hole by Hiroko OyamadaThe Colour Purple by Alice WalkerPhilip PullmanHolly BlackThe Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilsonaloveunlaced.com/ Instagram: a.loveunlacedHer Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno DawsonYou can pre-order Nightcurse in the US here (UK not yet available)Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysterySpirit Warriors by Ashley ThorpeQueer LitSerenity BooksellersWave of NostalgiaLet 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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  • December Book Club with Hayley Dunlop: Christmas Films, Unconventional Female Protagonists & Best Book of 2025

    December Book Club with Hayley Dunlop: Christmas Films, Unconventional Female Protagonists & Best Book of 2025
    2025/12/17
    On today's very Christmassy December Book Club episode Hannah was joined by author Hayley Dunlop to discuss her debut novel It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas which you can buy here.Also available for 99p on Kindle until 23/12/25 here.In this episode they discuss the Christmas film watchalong Hayley hosts each year, how Covid/lockdown changed Hayley's writing journey, complicated families and lots more! If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. You can follow Hayley & join her watchalongs via InstagramYou can follow her work & find the content warnings for her book via hayleyjdunlop.comBooks & other mentions in this episode: In Love with Love by Ella RisbridgerMidnight Chicken by Ella RisbridgerIn The Kitchen: Essays on Food and LifeMerry & Gay (2022)Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas (2019)Jingle Bell Heist (2025)Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)Love Actually (2003)Last Christmas (2019)Single All The Way (2021)Send Flowers by Emily BuchananLet 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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    53 分
  • Iman Hariri-Kia, author of 'Female Fantasy' on Romance Faves, Buffy Fan Fiction & Heated Rivalry

    Iman Hariri-Kia, author of 'Female Fantasy' on Romance Faves, Buffy Fan Fiction & Heated Rivalry
    2025/12/10
    For today's episode Hannah was joined by author Iman Hariri-Kia to discuss her latest novel Female Fantasy. They discuss how this book became a love letter to the romance community, why romance is an important genre, her excitement for upcoming adaptations + all of the book recs your heart could desire!If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. You can follow Iman via Instagram, Substack & imanharirikia.comYou can buy Female Fantasy here (UK) & here (US)Books & other mentions in this episode: Quicksilver by Callie HartBrimstone by Callie HartCheck & Mate by Ali HazelwoodLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodYou, Again by Kate GoldbeckWhen Harry Met Sally (1989)Exit Lane by Erika VeurinkReady or Not by Cara BastoneHeated Rivalry by Rachel ReidHeated Rivalry (2025)Deep End by Ali HazelwoodMate by Ali HazelwoodKiss Of The Basilisk by Lindsay StraubeThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotBank Square Books, MysticGood Spirits by B.K. BorisonIt's Different This Time by Joss RichardIf It Makes You Happy by Julie OliviaMaxton HallThe Love Hypothesis AdaptationEvery Summer After AdaptationLily Allen- West End GirlAudrey Hobert- Who's The Clown?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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    57 分
  • S6. Debut Spotlight-12. Uttama Kirit Patel (Parenthood, Domestic Workers & Mother-In-Laws)

    S6. Debut Spotlight-12. Uttama Kirit Patel (Parenthood, Domestic Workers & Mother-In-Laws)
    2025/12/03
    In today's episode Hannah spoke to Uttama Kirit Patel about her debut novel Shape of an Apostrophe.
    They discuss the choice to be a mother, Indian family culture, claustrophobic settings & the books Uttama has been enjoying + lots more!
    If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok.
    You can follow Uttama via Instagram & uttamapatel.com


    Buy Shape of an Apostrophe here.

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
    Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
    Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li


    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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    49 分
  • November Book Club with Chloe Michelle Howarth (Live @ Queer Lit): Obsession, Queerness in 60s Rural Ireland & Toxic Siblings

    November Book Club with Chloe Michelle Howarth (Live @ Queer Lit): Obsession, Queerness in 60s Rural Ireland & Toxic Siblings
    2025/11/27
    This episode was recorded live at the brilliant Queer Lit/ Social Refuge. For more of their upcoming events click here. The sound in this episode isn't perfect throughout, apologies for this!
    For today's episode Hannah interviewed Chloe Michelle Howarth for the launch event of her new novel Heap Earth Upon It. They discuss Chloe's creative process from ideas on a hangover to creating colour palettes for her novels, sibling dynamics, yearning, the lack of firsthand accounts of Queer people from 60's rural Ireland, writing influences & so much more.
    If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok.
    You can follow Chloe via Instagram, Twitter/X& Tik Tok

    Buy Heap Earth Upon It here.
    Buy Sunburn here.

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    The Princess of 72nd Street by Elaine Kraf
    Shy by Max Porter
    Jeffrey Eugenides
    So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
    Colm Tóibín
    Mouthing by Orla Mackey
    This Immaculate Body by Emma Van Straaten

    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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  • October Book Club with Author & The Witcher Actor Joey Batey: Meeting Characters, Internet Culture & Pluribus

    October Book Club with Author & The Witcher Actor Joey Batey: Meeting Characters, Internet Culture & Pluribus
    2025/11/24
    Sorry for the delay on this one but it's worth the wait we promise! For our October Book Club episode Hannah chats to author, actor & musician Joey Batey about his debut novel It's Not A Cult which you can buy here. They discuss how Joey 'meets' his characters before writing about them, how he stays motivated to write throughout his other projects, his experience of his first book tour, new music & the show that made him tear up a book he was working on.
    If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok.
    You can follow Joey via Instagram, follow The Amazing Devil here: https://theamazingdevil.com/ & you can listen to their music here.

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    The Lamb by Lucy Rose
    Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
    Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
    Pluribus (Apple TV)

    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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    31 分
  • S6. Debut Spotlight-11. Lucas Oakeley (Men Reading Fiction, Yearning & Food)

    S6. Debut Spotlight-11. Lucas Oakeley (Men Reading Fiction, Yearning & Food)
    2025/11/19
    (PSA: Sound on this ep improves 5/10 mins in, apologies!) For today's episode Hannah was joined by author Lucas Oakeley to discuss his debut novel Nearly Departed which you can buy here.They discuss Lucas's social media campaign to get men reading fiction, love stories, food and lots more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. You can follow Lucas via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok. Books & other mentions in this episode: Flesh by David SzalayAll That Man Is by David SzalayThe Trees by Percival EverettAny Human Heart by William BoydImogen by Jilly CooperBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooneyhttps://www.service95.com/why-more-men-need-to-read-about-loveDavid NichollsBobby PalmerMike GayleWuthering Heights (2026)Frankenstein (2025)Saltburn (2023)The Narrow Road To The Deep North (2025)The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganNora EphronMad Men (2007)Game of ThronesBreaking Bad (2008)Succession (2018)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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    40 分
  • S6. Debut Spotlight-10. Viola van de Sandt (Dinner Parties, Miranda July & Writing Trauma)

    S6. Debut Spotlight-10. Viola van de Sandt (Dinner Parties, Miranda July & Writing Trauma)
    2025/11/12
    For today's Debut Spotlight episode Hannah chats to author Viola van de Sandt about her debut novel The Dinner Party, they discuss their favourite dinner party scenes, writing about trauma, how Viola's debut was actually her 4th novel & much more.
    If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok.
    You can buy The Dinner Party here (UK) & here (US)
    You can follow Viola via Instagram

    Books & other mentions in this episode:
    All Fours by Miranda July
    The First Bad Man by Miranda July
    Virginia Woolf: Biography by Hermione Lee
    The Party (2017)
    The Bear: Fishes
    Fleabag: S2 E1
    The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg
    Happiness, As Such by Natalia Ginzburg

    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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    37 分