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So many books, so little time. Companion podcast to 52weeks52books52women.com. Interviews with women writers about their books.

Madhulika Sikka


    • Dec 11, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 37:39


    Legendary editor magazine editor Tina Brown dishes on her time as editor of Vanity Fair in the gilded 1980s of New York, which chronicled in blue school notebooks that became The Vanity Fair Diaries.

    The Leavers by Lisa Ko

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2017 16:45


    Lisa Ko talks about her book The Leavers, a finalist for the National Book Award. How far would you go to get a better life and what compromises would endure? Is realizing your own potential more important than your child's?

    Little FiresEverywhere by Celeste Ng

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2017 18:51


    Celeste Ng talks about her arrestingly beautiful new novel Little Fires Everywhere about what makes a mother, the path not taken, and secrets that can tear people apart

    Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2017 21:13


    Attica Locke on her new character, Texas Ranger Darren Mathews and race, law enforcement and the deep deep roots of the black community in East Texas.

    The Party by Elizabeth Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017 18:33


    The Party by Elizabeth Day by Madhulika Sikka

    Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2017 23:07


    Gabrielle Zevin talks about sex scandals, political theater, feminism and slut-shaming, all themes in her refreshing new novel Young Jane Young

    Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2017 15:29


    Kamila Shamsie discusses her stunning new novel Home Fire that tells the story of two British Pakistani families who follow different paths and clash in an explosive encounter that tests loyalty, family, friendship, love and belonging.

    One Day We'll All be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 19:12


    Author Scaachi Koul discusses a range of things from fear of flying to internet trolling for being a brown woman in the social media space

    Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2017 19:04


    Ayobami Adebayo joins me on the phone from Lagos, Nigeria to talk about her stunning debut novel "Stay With Me" for 52weeks52books52women

    Ausma Zehanat Khan - Among The Ruins

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2017 12:50


    Ausma Zehanat Khan talks about her latest Detective Esa Khattak mystery novel. This time the Toronto Muslim cop finds himself embroiled in a human rights case in Iran

    SarahSchmidt - See What i Have Done

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2017 15:32


    Sarah Schmidt talks about her retelling of one of the most sensational crimes in American history - Lizzie Borden, axe murderer? In this debut novel See What I have Done, she paints a psychological portrait of the household at the time of the murders.

    Ayisha Malik - Sofia Khan is Not Obliged

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2017 13:44


    Ayisha Malik - discusses her debut comic novel, a muslim Bridget Jones' Diary on the life and loves of a Hijabi Londoner looking for love.

    Jennifer Finney Boylan - Long Black Veil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2017 14:10


    Renowned transgender writer Jennifer Finney Boylan discusses her debut mystery - Long Black Veil, an exploration of identity and whether friendships can survive a change of identity.

    The H Spot by Jill Filipovic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2017 16:23


    Jill Filipovic discusses her provocative new book The H Spot-The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness

    Diksha Basu - The Windfall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017 16:17


    Diksha Basu talks about her debut novel, The Windfall, that examines the changes that come to a family as a result of becoming rich. A wonderful, astute observation of the new rich in modern day India

    KarenRinaldi The End Of Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 24:23


    Karen RInaldi discusses her debut novel, The End of Men, about four prosperous, succesful women who are still struggling to have it all, on their own terms. Do they really need men to achieve that?

    J Courtney Sullivan -Saints for All Occasions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 18:22


    Episode 1 of the companion podcast to 52weeks52books52women.com An interview with author J. Courtney Sullivan on her new novel Saints For All Occasions

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