It’s officially smut month! Amy and series regulars Millie Heffernan and Abby Guy are joined by our special guestie Izzie Duffield (who also writes as Elizabeth Stevens as well as many other names). Come with us as we dive into fantasy smut! What is smut in romance and what happens when you add guys with huge wingspans into the mix?

Find Izzie’s work here.

Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single “Same Old” here.

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Amy & the podcast team sit down to discuss Aya de Léon's romantic suspense novel, Side Chick Nation, as part of our Climate Fiction month!

Aya de León is an acclaimed writer of poetry, prose, stage, and screen. She teaches creative writing at UC Berkeley and is the 'acquiring editor for a new climate justice fiction imprint Fighting Chance Books, which will publish stories of people taking collective action in the here and now to solve the climate crisis' (ayadeleon.com).

LINKS

• Find Aya de Léon here: ayadeleon.com
• Watch the Live Bookclub on YouTube: @AmyAndPodcast
• Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandpodcast
• Join the Amy & Bookclub: Amy & Bookclub
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• Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.

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Amy & Justina chat with Jennifer Mills, a celebrated writer of climate fiction and dystopian novels and author of The Airways (2021), Dyschronia (2018) and Gone (2011). Her latest book, Salvage, is out on May 27. Join us as we chat about ambiguous utopias, the ethics (or lack thereof) of space billionaires, and the responsibility we have to each other and the world in the face of climate emergency.

Pre-order Salvage here.

Find more of Jennifer's work here.

For a chance to win Side Chick Nation by Aya de León (our book of the month!) or Overstory by Richard Powers click here!

Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.

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Amy & Payton talk with special guesties Dr Alex Cothren and Dr Rachel Hennessy about climate-fiction writing and scholarship – but we’re fun nerds, I promise. You can find Alex’s satirical short stories in basically any literary mag you could possibly think of, and by August 2025, his debut anthology Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere will be published by Pink Shorts Press. Rachel Hennessy is an award-winning author of five novels and her most recent, City Knife, concluded her "cli-fi-ish" dystopian YA/Teen trilogy, The Burning Days. Take a deep breath and relax that heart-rate because we’re here to discuss how we might find hope and eschew defeatism in these trying times.

Pre-order Alex's anthology here.

Find Rachel's latest novel here.

Ready to read some cli-fi? For a chance to win Side Chick Nation by Aya de León or Overstory by Richard Powers click here!

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Amy & season regulars, Payton and Millie, are joined by special guestie Melanie Ross to talk climate fiction. Listen in as we talk climate disasters, the subtlety of cli-fi, and the potential of a forest's imagination.

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Amy & the podcast team sit down for our very first live bookclub where we chat, with earl grey cocktails (and tea) in hand, about all things Pride and Prejudice.

From Mr. Darcy's exorbitant Pemberley and the reality of where this generational wealth comes from, the misjudgement of Lydia Bennet, and what Mr. Collins' hinge profile would look like, no topic of conversation is off limits.

LINKS

• Watch the Live Bookclub on YouTube: @AmyAndPodcast
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• Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor
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This week our host, Amy Matthews, is joined by season regulars Justina Ashman and Harry Stewart...But wait! There's more! Today, we are graced by two iconic guests.

They are the masterminds behind the smash-hit For the Love of Austen series, including the joyous Emma of 83rd Street and well-loved Elizabeth of East Hampton. It's none other than the authors of contemporary Austen reimaginings, Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding!

Grab your tea (or your favourite Austen-era cocktail) and settle in as we dive into how these authors bring classic characters into the modern world, and what Mr. Darcy might look like with a smartphone.

LINKS

• Follow Audrey and Emily on IG: @audrey.and.emily
• Follow Audrey Bellezza on IG: @audreybellezzawrites
• Follow Emily Harding on IG: @emilyhardingwrites
• Check out more from Audrey and Emily here: audreyandemily.com
• Check out more from Emily Harding here: emilyhardingdotcom.com
• Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandpodcast
• Join the Amy & Bookclub: Amy & Bookclub
• Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor
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Amy & season regulars, Payton, Harry, and Abby, demonstrate just how far our conversations can digress (like why, exactly, Harry would be a beaver), and discuss which song Jane Austen is going to sing when she joins us for karaoke.

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