Podcast appearances and mentions of Georgette Heyer

Don't have time for terrible❤️ books? Kim and Aimee battle hayfever and the rain to review Rom-com ‘Sit Stay Love' by Amy Hutton. (With reference to our reviews of Jennifer Crusie's ‘Anyone But You' and Georgette Heyer's ‘Arabella' - also featuring dogs!

Jacke talks to D.G. Rampton, Australia's Queen of the Regency Romance, about her love for the novels of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer - and what it's like for a twenty-first-century novelist to set her novels in the early-nineteenth-century world of intelligent heroines, dashing men, and sparkling banter. Find PLUS Jacke dives into the story of a book festival gone horribly wrong, searching for signs of hope amid the literary wreckage. Additional listening: 280 Romance Novels 303 The Search for Darcy: Jane Austen, Tom Lefroy, and the World of Pride and Prejudice 535 The Australian Novelist Who Writes History Through Women's Eyes (with Pip Williams) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The first title that springs to mind at the mention of William Golding's name is most often Lord of the Flies. The classic story of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island all but made his reputation and has somewhat overshadowed his twelve other novels. Golding was a fascinating and often troubled man, a voracious reader who enjoyed the Odyssey in Greek as well as Georgette Heyer and Jilly Cooper and was an influence on many novelists from Stephen King to Penelope Lively, Ben Okri and Kazuo Ishiguro. Definitely a writer ripe for rediscovery. Now, the Slightly Foxed team sit down with the author's daughter Judy and Golding expert Professor Tim Kendall to discuss the life and work of this brave and highly original writer, whose novels transport the reader to distant but entirely believable worlds. His work grapples with the big questions of existence but his originality as a writer sometimes worked against him, and Lord of the Flies was rejected by seven publishers before it was accepted by Charles Monteith at Faber. It was glowingly reviewed and became a bestseller but, behind the scenes, Golding was struggling with his addiction to alcohol and the fame his writing would bring him. After a poor reception from the critics for several of his following books, including both The Spire and The Pyramid, Golding was thrown into a deep depression. This crisis lasted over ten years, but when he finally returned to writing he went on to produce a series of successful novels – including Rites of Passage, winner of the 1980 Booker Prize. In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.  The usual round of reading recommendations include South from Granada, Gerald Brenan's recollection of the years he spent in an Andalusian village in the 1920s with visits from the Bloomsbury group; Robert Harris's Precipice, a semi-fictional account of the relationship in 1914 between Prime Minister Asquith, and Venetia Stanley, and Penelope Lively's novel Passing On. For episode show notes, please see the Slightly Foxed website. Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major by Bach Hosted by Rosie Goldsmith Produced by Philippa Goodrich

Sean Williams, author of 5 million words, is famous for his hugely successful forays into the worlds of Star Wars, Dr Who, the Marvel Universe and more, but did you know he also writes ghost stories for young readers? ”Honour Among Ghosts” and “Her Perilous Mansion” are exciting, mysterious, witty and clever reads, officially for 8-12 year olds, but really for anyone who enjoys a rollicking adventure. + It's a case of “Art vs Mother' in two “gloriously unhinged…yet deeply philosophical” novels celebrated by our special guest Associate Professor Kylie Cardell. In “Nightbitch” Rachel Yoder's protagonist unleashes her inner canine to navigate the new imperatives of motherhood. In “All Fours” Miranda July's heroine, also at a hormonal crossroad, finds a space to explore who she is and what she will make of her changing reality. Guests Sean Williams, author of “Her Perilous Mansion”and “Honour Among Ghosts”.  He's the NYTimes Bestselling author of 50 books and over 120 short stories. Associate Professor Kylie Cardell teaches and researches life narrative with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. She is the author of “Dear World: Contemporary Uses of the Diary” and Editor (with Kate Douglas) of “Telling Tales: Autobiography of Childhood and Youth”. She's also the essays Editor for the Australian scholarly journal, “Life Writing”. Other books that get a mention Sarah mentions “Chantaram” by Gregory David Roberts. Michaela mentions “Three Wild Dogs and the Truth” by Markus Zusak and Robbie Arnott's books, “Dusk” and “Limberlost” Sean mentions author Georgette Heyer, his other books “Ink” and “Impossible Music” and the series he co-wrote with Garth Nix, “Troubletwisters” Nikki mentions Hilary Mantel's books “Wolf Hall” and “Bring up the Bodies” and Anne Patchett's books “Tom Lake”, “The Dutch House”, “These Precious Days”, “Commonwealth”and “Bel Canto”. She also mentions “Shoe Dog” by Nike's founder, Phil Knight. INSTAGRAM @allenandunwin @penguinrandomhouse @aucklanduniversitypress @adelaidesean @raijoy @mirandajulySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Williams, author of 5 million words, is famous for his hugely successful forays into the worlds of Star Wars, Dr Who, the Marvel Universe and more, but did you know he also writes ghost stories for young readers? ”Honour Among Ghosts” and “Her Perilous Mansion” are exciting, mysterious, witty and clever reads, officially for 8-12 year olds, but really for anyone who enjoys a rollicking adventure. + It's a case of “Art vs Mother' in two “gloriously unhinged…yet deeply philosophical” novels celebrated by our special guest Associate Professor Kylie Cardell. In “Nightbitch” Rachel Yoder's protagonist unleashes her inner canine to navigate the new imperatives of motherhood. In “All Fours” Miranda July's heroine, also at a hormonal crossroad, finds a space to explore who she is and what she will make of her changing reality. Guests Sean Williams, author of “Her Perilous Mansion”and “Honour Among Ghosts”.  He's the NYTimes Bestselling author of 50 books and over 120 short stories. Associate Professor Kylie Cardell teaches and researches life narrative with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. She is the author of “Dear World: Contemporary Uses of the Diary” and Editor (with Kate Douglas) of “Telling Tales: Autobiography of Childhood and Youth”. She's also the essays Editor for the Australian scholarly journal, “Life Writing”. Other books that get a mention Sarah mentions “Chantaram” by Gregory David Roberts. Michaela mentions “Three Wild Dogs and the Truth” by Markus Zusak and Robbie Arnott's books, “Dusk” and “Limberlost” Sean mentions author Georgette Heyer, his other books “Ink” and “Impossible Music” and the series he co-wrote with Garth Nix, “Troubletwisters” Nikki mentions Hilary Mantel's books “Wolf Hall” and “Bring up the Bodies” and Anne Patchett's books “Tom Lake”, “The Dutch House”, “These Precious Days”, “Commonwealth”and “Bel Canto”. She also mentions “Shoe Dog” by Nike's founder, Phil Knight. INSTAGRAM @allenandunwin @penguinrandomhouse @aucklanduniversitypress @adelaidesean @raijoy @mirandajulySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin and I have differing perspectives on Sunshine characters. See who you agree with (and vote by emailing me).Mentioned in the podcast: Cole and Laila are Just Friends by Bethany Turner, Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer, Lost, Charlie Brown

Episode Notes Historical adventures with swashbuckling, alternate identities, and criminals with a heart of gold seem to have been inescapable in early 20th century pulp, and Georgette Heyer's "The Masqueraders" is a fine example of the form. This one adds another common trope: cross-dressing! Support us on Patreon and listen to the show a week early! Adam's Patreon Phil's Patreon What Mad Universe?!? on Bluesky What Mad Universe?!? on Twitter Philip's Bluesky Philip's Twitter Adam's Bluesky Adam's Twitter What Mad Universe on Facebook What Mad Universe on Instagram What Mad Universe RSS Feed Engineer/Producer: Alex Ross Theme song by Jack Feerick Additional music: Franz Schubert's Piano Trio In E Flat (c) 2024 Adam Prosser and Philip Rice. Music (c) its respective creators. Used under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution 3.0 International License.

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Acclaimed Australian broadcaster and wordsmith Kel Richards is passionate about classical mysteries, and the Golden Age of the 1930s when Agatha Christie and her fellow authors were writing them... Kel is also an Anglican lay canon, deeply immersed in Narnia creator and theologian C.S. Lewis' Oxford college world and his circle of friends, including Prof. J. R. Tolkien. Bring all of them together and you have Kel's Country House Mysteries, featuring Jack Lewis and friends solving brain teasing "closed door" mysteries in 1930's Oxford. Hi, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today on the Binge Reading show Kel talks about his love for old fashioned clue puzzle mysteries – the sort that aren't generally written any more – as well as his passion for Australian English – one of the richest vocabularies in the world, in his view. Freebies and Sales This Week We've got two book offers this episode – the free Mystery  Thriller Freebies for June free featuring Sadie's Vow, Book #1 in the Home At Last trilogy – A gold rush romance historical mystery series Three feisty women. Three steadfast men. A shared quest for justice. These mystery, thriller, and suspense writers have teamed up to bring you these FREE books! Scoop them up today! DOWNLOAD MYSTERY & THRILLER FREEBIES https://books.bookfunnel.com/thrillingfreebies-jun/nr6fg5wdhw PLUS - KOBO THRILLER AND MYSTERY SALE - GET OF GOLD & BLOOD THREE BOOK BUNDLE And there's a deal on the first three books in the Of Gold & Blood mystery series - another Kobo multi genre sale offer.  Three long form mysteries, at a great sale price... get three books for price of one https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/p/june-thriller-sale Before we get to Kel – a reminder You can help defray the costs of production by buying me a cup of coffee on buymeacoffee.com/jennywheelx And if you enjoy the show. Leave us a review so others will find us too. Word of mouth is the best way for others to discover the show and great books they will love to read. Links to things discussed in this episode Dr Johnson mysteries, Lillian De La Torre,: https://www.amazon.com/The-Dr.-Sam-Johnson-Mysteries-4-book-series/dp/B07CQB6YKR#: Charles Dickens Investigations, J. C. Briggs:  https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-Investigations-11-book-series/dp/B07MPBQLL2 Teddy Roosevelt as detective, Lawrence Alexander:   https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Softly-Theodore-Roosevelt-Mystery/dp/1561290327 Jane Austen as detective, Stephanie Barron:  https://www.goodreads.com/series/40959-jane-austen-mysteries Master of the Closed Door Mystery:  John Dickson Carr:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr#:~ Kel Richards' G. K. Chesterton mystery: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Mummys-Tomb-Chesterton-Mystery/dp/1589199634 English humourist P.G. Wodehouse: https://www.wodehouse.co.uk/ Performing Flea, P.G. Wodehouse: https://www.amazon.com.au/Performing-Flea-P-G-Wodehouse/dp/1841591912 J R Tolkien, The Ents:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent#: The Inklings:  https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Inklings The Eagle and Child pub:  https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child The Nazguls: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Nazg%C3%BBl Bill Ponzini The Nameless Detctive: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/bill-pronzini/nameless-detective Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe series: https://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/raymond-chandler-philip-marlowe-books-in-order/ The Aussie Bible: https://www.amazon.com.au/Aussie-Bible-Kel-Richards/dp/0647508486 SkyNews, Peta Credin, https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/peta-credlin Austral English; E.E. Morris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian_National_Dictionary What Kel is reading P.G Wodehouse Mr Mulliner Short Stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_Mr_Mulliner Why Shoot A Butler, Georgette Heyer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311134.Why_Shoot_a_Butler_

Rob interviews author K.T. Bond, about her book series, "Serendipity"   You can order K.T. Bonds' books at 4horsemenpublications.com/our-authors/kt-bond/ Order now and use the Promo Code 4HP10 for 10% off! Support the author by ordering from the 4 Horsemen Publications directly. By ordering at www,4horsemenpublications.com, you save 10% and the author gets more than if you order from other places.    About K.T. Bond:   Eight years ago, Emma-award-winning author K.T. Bond began her second career as a ghostwriter. This Halloween baby likes to think the seed for romance writing was planted in her soul way back when she was a preteen reading Janet Daley, Betty Neels, and Georgette Heyer. With a greatly enlarged reading list including such diverse authors as Olivia Gaines, Julia Quinn, and JR Ward, K.T. has been publishing her own stories since 2017. K.T. wrote almost forty sweet and steamy contemporary romances for her clients. Now, continuing in that trend, her own stories feature men and women from many walks of life, different races and cultural heritages, ranging in age from mid-twenties to over fifty, all embracing a second chance for love and passion. K.T. is a retired English educator, an avid reader, Nana to a sweet little Japanese-Jamaican girl, the chief cook and dog walker in her family, and an unashamed binge watcher of Midsomer Murders. A lifetime learner and member of the renewed Romance Writers of America, she's a true believer in Ben Franklin's axiom, “Those who love deeply never grow old.” ________________________________________________________________________________ Our theme song is by Benny and the No Goods.   Check out their awesome music right HERE Bennyandthenogoods.bandcamp.com One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Alley Chats wherever you listen to our podcast.  Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Alley Chats is produced and edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group.  Follow this show on Facebook @alleychats Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com.   Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com If you're an artist or writer or creative type that would have a table at in artist alley and would like to be on Alley Chats, message us through the Facebook page or email us directly at rob@alleychatspodcast.com

You could think of her as someone who tries to preserve a fading world -- or to chronicle a changing one. Rakhshanda Jalil joins Amit Varma in episode 365 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about literature, language and loss. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Rakhshanda Jalil on Twitter, Wikipedia, The Wire, Scroll and Amazon. 2. But You Don't Look Like a Muslim -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 3. Invisible City: The Hidden Monuments of Delhi -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 4. Urdu: The Best Stories of Our Times -- Edited & translated by Rakhshanda Jalil. 5. Liking Progress, Loving Change -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 6. Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 7. A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 8. Shahryar: A Life in Poetry -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 9. Release and Other Stories -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 10. The Temple and The Mosque -- Premchand (translated by Rakhshanda Jalil). 11. Fear, Depression in Indian Muslims Is Palpable Even Among Those Who Are ‘Privileged' -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 12. In New India, a Muslim Rose Smells Different From a Hindu Rose -- Rakhshanda Jalil. 13. Aaliya Waziri's essay about her mother Rakhshanda Jalil. 14. Being Muslim in India — Episode 216 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ghazala Wahab). 15. Hussain Haidry, Hindustani Musalmaan — Episode 275 of The Seen and the Unseen. 16. The Many Cities of Delhi — Episode 172 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rana Safvi). 17. The Age of Average -- Alex Murrell. 18. Order Without Design -- Alain Bertaud. 19. Asar–us–Sanadid -- Syed Ahmed Khan. 20. Basu Da's Bombay. 21. Pushpesh Pant Feasts on the Buffet of Life — Episode 326 of The Seen and the Unseen. 22. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen. 23. Stage.in. 24. Yogendra Yadav on why he was named Salim. 25. The Elephant in the Room -- Kay Ryan. 26. Who Broke Our Republic? — Episode 163 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Kapil Komireddi). 27. Malevolent Republic -- Kapil Komireddi. 28. The Incredible Curiosities of Mukulika Banerjee — Episode 276 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mukulika Banerjee). 29. The Pathan Unarmed — Mukulika Banerjee. 30. Khwaab Baaki Hai -- Ale Ahmad Suroor. 31. Uneasy Lies the Head -- Mayank Austen Soofi. 32. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 33. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul. 34. Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein -- Song from Hum Hindustani. 35. Tu Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega -- Song from Dhool Ka Phool, with lyrics by Sahir Ludhainvi. 36. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms — Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah). 37. The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao — Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 38. The Life and Times of Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Episode 285 of The Seen and the Unseen. 39. Why Freedom Matters -- Episode 10 of Everything is Everything. 40. Who gains from the new Maternity Benefit Act Amendment? — Devika Kher. 41. Here's What's Wrong With the Maternity Benefits Act — Suman Joshi. 42. The Right to Property — Episode 26 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 43. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 44. Women at Work — Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 45. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 46. Ibn-e Safi on Amazon. 47. Suyash Rai Embraces India's Complexity — Episode 307 of The Seen and the Unseen. 48. Personal Libraries -- Rakhshanda Jalil's book collection. 49. Charles Dickens, Mills and Boon, Georgette Heyer, Barbara Cartland, Jean-Paul Sartre, James Hadley Chase, Northrop Frye and TS Eliot. 50. Exile and the Kingdom -- Albert Camus. 51. Waiting for Godot -- Samuel Beckett. 52. The Art of Translation — Episode 168 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arunava Sinha). 53. The Life and Times of Jerry Pinto — Episode 314 of The Seen and the Unseen. 54. Danish Husain and the Multiverse of Culture — Episode 359 of The Seen and the Unseen. 55. Ranjit Hoskote is Dancing in Chains -- Episode 363 of The Seen and the Unseen. 56. Sara Rai Inhales Literature — Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen. 57. Raw Umber : A Memoir -- Sara Rai. 58. The Death of Sheherzad -- Initizar Husain (translated by Rakhshanda Jalil). 59. Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 60. Drown -- Junot Diaz. 61. Mehroom -- Raman Negi. 62. Hindi Nationalism -- Alok Rai. 63. Saare Jahaan Se Achha -- Rakesh Sharma speaks to Indira Gandhi. 64. Premchand on Amazon and Wikipedia. 65. The Nature and Purpose of Literature -- Premchand's presidential address at the First All India Progressive Writers' Conference, 1936. 66. The Progressive Writer's Movement. 67. Kashi Ka Assi — Kashinath Singh. 68. Patrice Lumumba. 69. Testaments Betrayed -- Milan Kundera. 70. Hum Jo Tarik Rahon Mein Mare Gae -- Faiz Ahmad Faiz. 71. The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills — Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 72. Aag Ka Dariya (River of Fire) -- Qurratulain Hyder. 73. Rahman Abbas on Amazon, Wikipedia and Twitter. 74. Tambih -- Shahryar. 75. Bol -- Faiz Ahmad Faiz. 76. Hum Dekhenge -- Faiz Ahmad Faiz. 77. Hum Dekhenge -- Faiz. 78. Krishan Chander, Qurratulain Hyder and Ismat Chugtai. 79. Rekhta. 80. The Paradise of Food -- Khalid Jawed (translated by Baran Farooqi). 81. Sturgeon's Law. 82. Imposter Syndrome. 83. 'How We Spend Our Days Is How We Spend Our Lives' -- Amit Varma. 84. Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austen. 85. Mirza Ghalib on Rekhta. 86. Faiz Ahmad Faiz on Rekhta. 87. Mujhse Pahli Si Mohabbat Meri Mahbub Na Maang -- Faiz Ahmad Faiz. 88. Hindostan Hamara -- Edited by Jan Nisar Akhtar. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! Episode art: ‘Change' by Simahina.

Don't have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee are here to help, with a quick review of ‘Tea and Scandal' by Joan Smith, the Georgette Heyer of Canada.We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Twitter @or_treasure or email trashortreasurepodcast@outlook.com

Sapphire, Michelle and Joseph chat about what they've been reading, watching, and listening to this week including the thought-provoking The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry, the international bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, the atmospheric novella Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore), and Blue Sisters, the highly anticipated second novel by Coco Mellors.This week's deep dive book is the critically-acclaimed grim dark epic Babel by R. F. Kuang.This week's listener recommendation request comes from Cathy who is looking for engaging detective fiction similar to her favourite, Agatha Christie. Sapphire recommends The Maid and The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose, An Expert In Murder by Nicola Upson, The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey, Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers, The Appeal by Janice Hallett, and The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett. Michelle recommends Whose Body? By Dorothy L Sayers, Footsteps In The Dark by Georgette Heyer, Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi, and Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn. Joseph recommends The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo.Also mentioned in this episode:The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah by Benjamin ZephaniahThe Bee Sting by Paul Murray The Year of Living Danishly by Helen RussellHow to Raise a Viking by Helen RussellThe Novel Thoughts team also pay tribute to poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah. Rest in power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we get excited about three books: ‘The Christmas Party' by Georgette Heyer, ‘The Christmas Murder Game' by Alexandra Benedict, and ‘The Writer's Journey' by Travis Elborough. Then Dave shares a fantastic resource for finding the best books of the year.  The Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict The Writer's Journey: In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats by Travis Elborough Our History of the 20th Century by Travis Elborough A Traveller's Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals, and Letters by Travis Elborough Atlas of the Unexpected by Travis Elborough Atlas of Vanishing Places by Travis Elborough Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track by Melissa Joulwan The Largehearted Boy Essential and Interesting ‘Best of 2023' Book Lists The Largehearted Boy List of Online ‘Best of 2022' Book Lists Video: Gosford Park trailer Transcript of this episode The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tis the season for . . . holiday mysteries!  Get your holiday reading sorted with this list of mysteries that feature holly, mistletoe, and plenty of murder.Snowed-in country estates abound with tense family gatherings in these books. Cranky family members, too much food, and a patriarch threatening to change his will are the ingredients of a festive Christmas mystery. Mystery book to read at Christmas: Murder on a Midnight Clear by Sara Rosett (Published: 2020; Setting: 1923) Season 1 Bonus episode: Murder on a Midnight Clear: https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1bonus/Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman (Published 2023; Setting: 1816)A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer (1941)Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (1938)The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Hay (1936)An English Murder by Cyril Hare (1951) Support the show

Book Review reporter Alexandra Alter discusses two of her recent pieces. The first is about Georgette Heyer, the "queen of Regency romance," and recent attempts to posthumously revise one of her most famous works in order to remove stereotypical language. The second looks at Rebecca Yarros, author of one of this year's most surprising and persistent bestsellers: the "romantasy" novel "Fourth Wing." Then, staff critic Alexandra Jacobs joins Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz to discuss her review of Barbra Streisand's epic memoir, "My Name is Barbra."

Don't have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out with a spoiler-free review of Georgette Heyer's classic romantic comedy, ‘Friday's Child'. (The audiobook we refer to is narrated by Owen Findlay.)We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Twitter @or_treasure or email trashortreasurepodcast@outlook.com

…Just in case Sunday's is still problematic for you! Don't have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee do a short a sharp review of Regency romance ‘Sweet and Twenty' by Joan Smith, who was known as Canada's Georgette Heyer. (And here's the link to vote for the ‘People's Choice' award at 2023 Sydney Crime Writers Festival  - we reviewed ‘Brunswick Street Blues'  by Sally Bothroyd in Episode 95 and loved it!) We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Twitter @or_treasure or email trashortreasurepodcast@outlook.com

Don't have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee do a short a sharp review of Regency romance ‘Sweet and Twenty' by Joan Smith, who was known as Canada's Georgette Heyer. (And here's the link to vote for the ‘People's Choice' award at 2023 Sydney Crime Writers Festival  - we reviewed ‘Brunswick Street Blues'  by Sally Bothroyd in Episode 95 and loved it!) We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Twitter @or_treasure or email trashortreasurepodcast@outlook.com

The girls live up to the description "Horny English Majors" this week as they challenge themselves to sort all their favorite AEW feuds into romance tropes!  Is Roddy Strong a Sarah Dessen romance hero?  Is Adam Cole addicted to drama? Are Eddie and Claudio reenacting our favorite Georgette Heyer? Are Kenny and Ibushi operating their romance on an eternal timeline that's hard to even comprehend? All that and some honestly pretty disturbing appreciation of the Jericho/Sammy promo discussed this week on Tunnel Talk!

She's been a journalist, an editor, a columnist, a novelist -- someone who sees the world and writes it down. Seema Goswami joins Amit Varma in episode 346 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about her life and times, and what they taught her. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Seema Goswami on Twitter, Instagram, Amazon and her own site. 2. Seema Goswami's column in HT Brunch. 3. Woman on Top -- Seema Goswami. 4. Race Course Road -- Seema Goswami. 5. Madam Prime Minister -- Seema Goswami. 6. The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen. 7. One Foot on the Ground — Shanta Gokhale's brilliant memoir. 8. I Feel Bad About My Neck -- Nora Ephron. 9. Swim against the stereotypes -- Seema Goswami. 10. Zeenat Aman on Instagram. 11. The Culture Code --  Clotaire Rapaille. 12. Jane Austen on Amazon and Wikipedia. 13. Photographic memory -- Seema Goswami. 14. Cameo: Personalized videos from your favorite stars. 15. The West Wing -- Aaron Sorkin. 16. The Prem Panicker Files — Episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prem Panicker). 17. Kohrra and Dahaad. 18. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen. 19. Self-Portrait — AK Ramanujan. 20. The Complete Works of George Bernard Shaw. 21. Georgette Heyer, Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew, James Hadley Chase and Alistair MacLean on Amazon. 22. SJ Bennett's murder mysteries. 23. Manu Pillai on Amazon and The Seen and the Unseen (1, 2, 3, 4). 24. Madhulika Liddle's Muzaffar Jang mysteries. 25. The Malory Towers collections by Enid Blyton: 1, 2, 3, 4. 26. The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. 27. Aakash Singh Rathore, the Ironman Philosopher -- Episode 340 of The Seen and the Unseen. 28. Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don't Have To — David Sinclair. 29. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity — Peter Attia. 30. Peter Attia on the Huberman Lab Podcast. 31. Pandemic Praise -- Seema Goswami. 32. Blooming Glory -- Seema Goswami. 33. The Life and Times of Vir Sanghvi — Episode 236 of The Seen and the Unseen.  34. Why I Loved and Left Poker — Amit Varma. 35. The archives of Amit Varma's poker column for the Economic Times, Range Rover. 36. Amarcord -- Federico Fellini. 37. Pushpesh Pant Feasts on the Buffet of Life — Episode 326 of The Seen and the Unseen. 38. The Indianness of Indian Food — Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor). 39. Chourangi, Dhamaka and Semma. 40. The Slow Fire Chef on Twitter. 41. Mahabelly, Savya Rasa and Jamun. 42. The Romantic Idiot -- Samarth Bansal. 43. Cut the Clutter with Shekhar Gupta. 44. Mojo Story on YouTube. 45. Faye D'Souza on YouTube and Instagram. 46. Faye D'Souza doing stand-up comedy on One Mic Stand. 47. Larking About -- Seema Goswami. 48. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life — Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 49. Films, Feminism, Paromita — Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 50. The Poetic Feminism of Paromita Vohra — Episode 339 of The Seen and the Unseen. 51. Seema Goswami's Instagram post on her mother and grandmother. 52. The Simple Knot -- Seema Goswami. 53. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh — Shrayana Bhattacharya. 54. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 55. The Imitation Game -- Seema Goswami. 56. Wanting — Luke Burgis. 57. Luke Burgis Sees the Deer at His Window — Episode 337 of The Seen and the Unseen. 58. René Girard on Amazon and Wikipedia. 59. The Life and Times of Nilanjana Roy — Episode 284 of The Seen and the Unseen. 60. Shashi Tharoor on Amazon. 61. The Paradox of Narendra Modi — Episode 102 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shashi Tharoor). 62. Kashi Ka Assi — Kashinath Singh. 63. Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery -- Yashowardhan Mishra. 64. Daniel Silva, Clare Mackintosh and Elizabeth Jane Howard on Amazon. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! Episode art: ‘Write it Down' by Simahina.

Don't have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out with a review of Georgette Heyer's romantic comedy classic, ‘Arabella', and discuss the importance of dogs in narrative. (With reference to Episode 2: Georgette Heyer's ‘Frederica') We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Twitter @or_treasure or email trashortreasurepodcast@outlook.com

Eight years ago, Emma-award-winning author KT Bond began her second career as a ghostwriter. This Halloween baby likes to think the seed for romance writing was planted in her soul way back when she was a preteen reading Janet Daley, Betty Neels, and Georgette Heyer. With a greatly enlarged reading list including such diverse authors as Olivia Gaines, Julia Quinn, and JR Ward, KT has been publishing her own stories since 2017. KT is a retired English educator, an avid reader, Nana to a sweet little Japanese-Jamaican girl, the chief cook and dog walker in her family, and an unashamed binge watcher of Midsomer Murders. A lifetime learner and member of the renewed Romance Writers of America, she's a true believer in Ben Franklin's axiom, “Those who love deeply never grow old.” Website: https://4horsemenpublications.com/our-authors/kt-bond/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k.t.bond/ Music by Jam Hansley Edited/Produced by Calista Muncy Buy our books: www.4horsemenpublications.com All Social media: @Drinkingwithauthors

Today, we have the audio from our in-store event with Diana Biller, the author of The Widow of Rose House, The Brightest Star in Paris, and, most recently, Hotel of Secrets. Much like the book, Diana is brilliant and funny and gives good banter. She talks about the time a professor called her essay on jury selection “elegant”, taking herself seriously as an artist, the underrated hotness of ethical men, writing historical romances in uncommon settings and the limitations of seeing history exclusively through the lens of Georgette Heyer's interpretation of Regency England, and Diana's approach to research and writing. Then Diana takes some really excellent audience questions, and, ends, of course, with some books she's loved recently.

Lex Croucher grew up in Surrey, reading a lot of books and making friends with strangers on the internet, and now lives in London with an elderly cat. With a background in social media, Lex now writes historical-ish rom-coms for adults (Reputation, Infamous) and historical fantasy rom-coms for teenagers. We're discussing their debut YA novel, Gwen and Art Are Not in Love.Our interview begins at 34:00We've got a Substack publication now! On the last day of the month, we share recommendations for two things we reckon you should read/watch/listen to. The beauty of Substack is you can revisit all our old editions and comment on our episode updates to share your thoughts. Come say hi! Mini book club: Fish Out of WaterWe are going full spoilers with this book because we found it quite problematic and wanted to fully discuss our thoughts. The blurb makes it sound like swimmer Finn may be questioning his sexuality, but the book takes a dark turn into emotional abuse and coercive control with no thorough questioning representation and a problematic ending.*We read copies provided by Text Publishing for review. In this interview, we chat about:What is 'authentic historical fiction'? Why Gwen and Art is a blend of fantasy and historyThe difference between writing Regency romance and Gwen and Art Cover art to drool over – including a special edition proof with scratch-off gold foil heartWhy Lex sought comfort in reading and writing queer YA during London lockdownsAn overview of Trouble – which basically asks 'what if Maria in Sound of Music was coming to the house with nefarious intentions'The beauty of 'unlikeable' protagonistsThe madness of having two books released within months of each otherLex's journey to publication (both non-fiction and fiction) and what it takes to make money as an authorBooks and other things mentioned:After the Fall by Louise O'Neill (listen to our interview)A Knight's Tale (film)Georgette Heyer (author)Bridgerton (series)Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirAny Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow RowellDouble Booked by Lily Lindon'Dumb bitch lit' with Genevieve NovakFollow @lexcanroar on InstagramGwen and Art Are Not in Love is available in Australia and the UK now. Trouble will be released in July. Connect with us on Instagram: @betterwordspod

Elizabeth Thornton tên thật là Mary Forrest George, nhũ danh Baxter được sinh ra (24/01/1940) và lớn lên tại Aberdeen, Scotland, nơi bà dạy học một số năm trước khi thành lập trường mầm non của mình mang tên St. Swithin Street Nursery School và hiện nay vẫn còn hoạt động. Sau đó bà và chồng di cư đến Canada cùng với ba đứa con trai của họ. Cô dạy mẫu giáo và lớp Một một số năm ở Winnipeg, Manitoba, trước khi trở thành hội trưởng tại một nhà thờ Presbyterian ở Winnipeg. Tiếp tục theo đuổi việc học tập, bà ghi danh học buổi tối tại trường Đại học Winnipeg ngành Hy Lạp cổ điển. Năm năm sau, sau khi hoàn thành một luận án danh dự về Phụ nữ, bà tốt nghiệp cử nhân với huy chương vàng. Sau khi đọc một tiểu thuyết lãng mạn của Georgette Heyer, bà đã bị thu hút bởi thể loại này. Sau đó viết đã trở thành sở thích của bà. Năm 1987, cuốn sách đầu tiên của bà, Bluestocking Bride, đã được Zebra books cho xuất bản. Bà là tác giả của hai mươi bốn tiểu thuyết lãng mạn lịch sử , và hai truyện ngắn. Bà đã được đề cử và nhận được nhiều giải thưởng trong đó có giải Romantic Times Trophy dành cho Tác giả viết tiểu thuyết lãng mạn lịch sử hay nhất. Bảy tiểu thuyết của bà đã được vào vòng chung kết giải Rita của Mỹ cho các nhà văn viết tiểu thuyết lãng mạn: Scarlet Angel, Strangers at Dawn, Princess Charming, The Perfect Princess, Shady Lady, The Marriage Trap, và The Bachelor Trap. Các tiểu thuyết của bà thường xuyên xuất hiện trên các danh sách bán chạy nhất quốc gia và đã được dịch ra nhiều ngôn ngữ. Sở thích của bà là đọc sách (đặc biệt là các tiểu thuyết bí ẩn và hồi hộp, tiểu sử, và lịch sử), bà thích đi du lịch để nghiên cứu tìm đề tài cho các cuốn tiểu thuyết của mình. Bà cũng là một fan hâm mộ Harry Potter. Bà mất ngày 12/07/2010.

Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that belonged to Georgette Heyer and Jean Plaidy. Over recent decades, literary fiction has turned back to History, from Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy to Helen Dunmore, Francis Spufford and Eleanor Catton. In the nineteenth century the historical novel had been more respected, with examples (sometimes impressive, sometimes absurd) from Scott, Dickens, and George Eliot.This lecture will examine the genre's vicissitudes (while noticing Georgette Heyer's novelistic virtues).A lecture by John Mullan recorded on 1 March 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/historical-fictionGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/Website:  https://gresham.ac.ukTwitter:  https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollegeSupport the show

✨Top 5 Book Boyfriends Episode 2 ✨ Today we're discussing our favorite fictional men & why we love them!

In this episode, we get excited about three books: 'The Christmas Party' by Georgette Heyer, 'The Christmas Murder Game' by Alexandra Benedict, and 'The Writer's Journey' by Travis Elborough. Then Dave shares a fantastic resource for finding the best books of the year.  BOOKS The Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer https://amzn.to/3VjHeUl The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict https://bit.ly/3tXkhKR The Writer's Journey: In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats by Travis Elborough https://bit.ly/3UYd3m1 Our History of the 20th Century by Travis Elborough https://amzn.to/3i3d6OT A Traveller's Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals, and Letters by Travis Elborough https://amzn.to/3U6QEBO Atlas of the Unexpected by Travis Elborough https://amzn.to/3VdC3oS Atlas of Vanishing Places by Travis Elborough https://bit.ly/3ESRLQU Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track https://amzn.to/3AFsIhN DISTRACTION OF THE WEEK The Largehearted Boy List of Online 'Best of 2022' Book Lists https://bit.ly/3VfxSsI Gosford Park trailer https://bit.ly/3AzRyQ0 Transcript of this episode https://bit.ly/3GCiGSk The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TWINS! For two romance readers steeped in 80s romance mythology, it's hard to believe that it took us five seasons to have an interstitial on twins (a Twinterstitial?)! Jen has a theory about a romance twin continuum and Sarah jumps right back out of a boiling twin pot. It's an exciting episode full of romance history, with plenty of recent titles to try. Just think: if you had a twin during the holiday season, someone else could deal with all your relatives for you! That's the real HEA. Buy the Fated Mates Best of Book Pack from our friends at Old Town Books in Alexandria Virginia, and get the eight traditionally published books on the list and a Fated Mates sticker! We love the idea of you gifting yourself this box, but maybe you'd like to slide into someone's text messages with the link as a very excellent gift for you! Or…you can do what Sarah does, and buy the box and spread the love around—sending each of the books to someone on your list. FYI, you can also throw in other books (or a signed Sarah MacLean book!) if you'd like! Let us know what you end up doing with these fabulous books, and don't forget to tag us on Instagram or Twitter when you unbox (#FMBestof22)!Show NotesYou might not be descended from people on the Mayflower, but according to the BBC, at least 35 million people are.People are getting taller over time, but someone forgot to tell Jen's DNA about it. Sarah's new oven has a proving function (not that kind of proving) She made chelsea buns not cinnamon rolls. Georgette Heyer's books are racist and antisemetic, so we don't often discuss her, but False Colors is one of the first twin romances. The 80s were thick with twins: Sweet Valley High, Flowers in the Attic, Twins, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen from Full House, and The Parent Trap to name just a few. Twins take a lot of energy to film, and here is a really cool video from Movies Insider explaining how filming twin scenes has evolved over 100 years.

Historical Fiction with an engaging story and characters (I've enjoyed Kristin Hannah) from Anya via IG  Anya via IG was looking for "Historical Fiction with an engaging story and characters (I've enjoyed Kristin Hannah)."  Our three booksellers, Kari, Jack and Emma, started with the query: Are you sure you have read everything Kristin Hannah has written? They then took off, recommending books such as Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus, Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel,  by Kawai Strong Washburn, Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys and The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer among many others.Shelf Help is a podcast where booksellers help you answer one of life's trickier  - and we'd argue extremely important - questions: what should you read next?  If you've got a reading dilemma, you can email us a question or voice memo at shelfhelpuv@gmail.com. We're here to help your shelves. Shelf Help is a collaboration between the Book Jam, a nonprofit designed to inspire readers; CATV Upper Valley media community (NOW LOCATED AT JAM, Junction Arts & Media); three Upper Valley bookstores: Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock, VT; the Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, VT; and Still North Books & Bar in Hanover, NH.  

About Sophie Irwin: Sophie has spent years immersed in the study of historical fiction, from a dissertation on why Georgette Heyer helped win World War Two, to time spent in dusty stacks and old tomes doing detailed period research when writing this book.  Her love and passion for historical fiction bring a breath of fresh air and a contemporary energy to the genre. Her debut novel is A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting and joining me today to talk about that, and so much more, is author Sophie Irwin.  In this episode, Mike and Sophie discuss:  Why her writing starts with consuming stories across multiple genres and media platforms.  The draw of historical fiction (and how it is similar to fantasy).  Building an immersive world without overwhelming your readers.  Embracing and feeding your inner selves - past, present, and future.  Finding a community within the solitary process of writing.  Key Takeaways:  Historical fiction has a texture that is rich and gorgeous in a way that is different from modern reality.  Turn the trope on its head and consider giving your protagonist a reason that isn't altruistic and is honest about their drive.  For your character to break the rules, you have to establish what they are. In historical fiction, there's different rules depending on the time and location of your setting. Tell the story you want to tell and the rest will work itself out.  Your first draft is going to be bad and you're going to hate it (and maybe hate yourself). Push through that. The second draft is for making the writing better.  "You have to try and retain some of that childlike ability to try and fail and carry on anyway." – Sophie Irwin Buy A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3AI8aWW Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780593491348 Connect with Sophie Irwin:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophie.irwin/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophieHIrwin  Connect with Mike Carlon: Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvS4fuG3L1JMZeOyHvfk_g Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkingastory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/

In this episode, I chat with Sophie Irwin about her new novel, A Ladies Guide To Fortune Hunting, women finding autonomy in Regency England, character arcs, and Bridgerton!Sophie Irwin grew up in Dorset before moving to south London after university. She spent several years working as an assistant editor before going freelance.Sophie has spent years immersed in the study of historical fiction, from a dissertation on why Georgette Heyer helped win World War Two to time spent in dusty stacks and old tomes doing detailed period research when writing her debut novel A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting. Her love and passion for historical fiction bring a breath of fresh air and contemporary energy to the genre. Sophie hopes to transport readers to Regency London, where ballrooms are more like battlegrounds.Sophie IrwinA Lady's Guide To Fortune Hunting, Sophie IrwinRed, White, and Royal Blue, Casey McQuistonSupport the show

Don't have time to waste on terrible books? Need help picking your next Georgette Heyer book? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Heyer's ‘The Foundling'.

Hey pals! Today, we're swooning over UNMASKED BY THE MARQUESS by Cat Sebastian. Alistair, Marquess of Pembroke is a old timey bisexual dude with a stick up his butt and Robin (formerly known as Robert Selby and Charity Church) is the nonbinary chaos agent ready to shake up his world one scam at a time. We're so excited to celebrate Pride Month by showing queer people in all times, and we hope you enjoy this semi-bonkers of a romance with many surprise cat elements.    Brazen banter: Rachel has COVID (*yikes*)! Pissing off bigots by writing books that they'll hate! Tiny, portable washing machines! Cat Scale: 6.5   Revolutionary Resources FEMALE HUSBANDS by Jen Manion Frederica by Georgette Heyer (boo) Behind the Name: Alistair Anne of Green Gables (miniseries) Entails CatDog   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Connect with us on the interwebs! WE HAVE MERCH Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight@gmail.com

Esta es una muestra de "Manual para damas cazafortunas". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 9 h 26 min. Encuentra este audiolibro completo en: https://bit.ly/manualparadamascazafortunas-audiolibroNarrado por: Estela FernándezLa cacería está a punto de comenzar... y no hay ni un minuto que perder. Kitty Talbot necesita una fortuna. O, mejor dicho, necesita a un hombre que tenga una. Al fin y al cabo, esto es 1818 y solo los varones cuentan con el privilegio de obtener su propia riqueza.Con apenas doce semanas para que sus hermanas y ella se queden sin hogar, Kitty tiene una única opción: la temporada social londinense, en la que deberá emplear cada gramo de ingenio que posee para conseguir un marido rico.Sin embargo, el desconfiado lord Radcliffe está decidido a frustrar sus planes a cualquier precio. Le da igual que la cazafortunas en cuestión tenga una mente ágil, un espíritu inquebrantable y unos ojos con un brillo de lo más interesante.Por su parte, Kitty tiene claro que no puede perder ni un instante y no permitirá que nadie, ni siquiera un lord, se interponga en su camino. La crítica ha dicho:«Una novela inteligente, divertida y de un escapismo total con un final inmensamente satisfactorio».The Bookseller «Manual para damas cazafortunas es uno de los libros más divertidos y románticos que he leído en mucho tiempo. No puedo esperar a leer lo siguiente que escriba Sophie Irwin».Taylor Jenkins Reid «Este libro me absorbió por completo. ¡Qué historia más descarada, inteligente y deliciosa! Kitty Talbot es una heroína fabulosa y valiente. Aposté por ella durante todo su divertido periplo».Sophie Kinsella «Vitoreé a Kitty mientras ponía en su sitio a la alta sociedad en su extravagante búsqueda de un marido rico... Un debut impresionante».Mary Balogh «¡Apártese, señor Darcy! Los lectores de Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer o mis propias novelas adorarán este debut brillante y divertidísimo. Totalmente irresistible».Eloisa James «Los fans de Bridgerton devorarán la maravillosa primera novela de Sophie Irwin... ¡Manual para damas cazafortunas es un dulce para saborear!».Kate Quinn «Una comedia maravillosa, tan inteligente, caprichosa y encantadora como su heroína... Un debut brillante que parece una novela de Jane Austen con el turbo puesto».Joanna Toye «Este libro es divertidísimo. Me reí tanto que acabé con un ataque de tos. Es un homenaje a Georgette Heyer tremendamente placentero, pero con una sensibilidad moderna propia. Es una cosa tremenda».Harriet Tyce «Divertida, fresca y original, con dos personajes principales exquisitos que se hacen querer... Querrás ponerla en tu carné de baile».Cesca Major© 2022, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U.#penguinaudio #audiolibro #audiolibros #irwin #sophieirwin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 73rd or 70th episode (depending on your perspective) is the most unashamedly self-indulgent yet. I tie in religious texts, mythology, punk rock, Ernest Hemingway, Plato, Elvis, Don Quixote, Shakespeare, Idi Amin, Georgette Heyer, Henry V and many other disparate concepts and people into the story of martial arts. Let's Get Ready to Ramble!Useful Links: Clubb Chimera WebsiteClubb Chimera Facebook PageClubb Chimera TwitterClubb Chimera YouTubeClubb Chimera InstagramJamie Clubb Books Information on private lessons, seminars, webinars and the many different services offered by Clubb Chimera Martial Arts.

(*RE-UPLOAD) (1/17/22) On Episode 3, Dermaine opens up with a poem dedicated to faint and defeating your fears, followed by a happy retirement for a Steelers great. The book of the week is Georgette Heyer's Beauvallet. To prepare for Black History Month, our song of the week is from a good friend of Dermaine's whose talent and skill has touched many artists within the DMV.

In this episode, we read Chapters 26 to 30 of Mansfield Park. We talk about Fanny's preparations for the ball, the amber cross, her emotion reactions after Edmund gives her the chain, her post-ball meeting with Mary, and the scene where Henry tells Mary he plans to marry Fanny.We discuss Lady Bertram, then Ellen talks about what is meant by being ‘out', and Harriet follows this with some information about balls and dancing. Harriet also talks about how adaptations and modernisations treat these chapters. Things we mention: General and character discussion:John Wiltshire [Editor], The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Mansfield Park (2005)Helena Kelly, Jane Austen, the Secret Radical (2016) [sees the amber cross and chain as a metaphor for slavery and Christianity]Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Jane Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions: Subversive Laughter, Embodied History (2005) [sees the amber cross, chain and necklace as a sexual metaphor]The topaz crosses that belonged to Jane and Cassandra Austen:Credit: Jane Austen's House Museum, photography by Peter SmithAdrian Dickens, Jewels of the Regency (2022 – YouTube video of presentation to the Jane Austen Society of Australia)Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern, Talking of Jane Austen (1943) The Daily Knightley (2021) [podcast]John Sutherland, Can Jane Eyre be happy?(2000)William Hogarth, The Painter and his Pug (1745)The Regency novels of Georgette Heyer (1902-1974)Historical discussion:Tea with Cassiane YouTube videos about Regency dancing5 Things That Jane Austen Films Always Get Wrong About the Dancing (2020)A Regency Dancer Analyzes Jane Austen's Ballroom Scenes (2021)A Regency Dancer Reads Jane Austen Part 2 (Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, and The Watsons) (2022)Popular culture discussion:Adaptations:BBC, Mansfield Park (1983) – starring Sylvestra Le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell (6 episodes)Miramax, Mansfield Park (1999) – starring Frances O'Connor and Jonny Lee MillerITV, Mansfield Park (2007) – starring Billie Piper and Blake RitsonModernisations:YouTube, Foot in the Door Theatre, From Mansfield With Love (2014-2015) For a list of music used, see this episode on our website.  

Merry and Pru do a little literary name-dropping on this discussion of points of view to use in your book. Can you borrow the techniques of George R.R. Martin? How about William Styron or F. Scott Fitzgerald? Too “guy” for you? Okay—how about Georgette Heyer or Jane Austen? They all used the points of view of their characters to draw you in and hold you…and you can do that, too!

Who needs the series to be put in order? Clearly, Marty and Kate don't. In this episode, they discuss phase three from Gwen Hayes' Romancing the Beat.Correction Note: around minute 22, the author Kate is trying to remember is actually Georgette Heyer, and she's from the 1930's, not 10's.  Also, it was Eloisa James and not Julia Quinn.Get Love, Laugh, Lich, Kate Prior's debut novella.Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get You and Me in Quarantine for free!You can find Kate on Twitter @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.Please subscribe and rate our podcast, it helps us reach new listeners.

Don't have time to waste on terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing ‘Aunt Sophie's Diamonds' by Joan Smith (author of Episode 54's ‘Imprudent Lady') and whether it's worth your time when you want a quick, light romantic read with a touch of farce. (Also with references to Georgette Heyer novels discussed in Episode 52: ‘The Talisman Ring' and Episode 56: ‘A Christmas Party')

Annnnd….we're back! This week, we've got a new Trailblazer episode: Sandra Kitt—the first African American author at Harlequin (Rites of Spring, Harlequin American #43)—joins us to talk about the early days of writing category romance in the US, about writing for Vivian Stephens, about launching romance lines at Kensington and BET, and about her longstanding career. She also talks about writing the books that speak to you first and finding an audience for them later. This conversation is far reaching and could have gone for hours longer — our hope is that it is not the last time Sandra will join us at Fated Mates. We are so grateful to her for making time for us. Find the full list of trailblazer episodes here. For more conversations with Sandra Kitt, please listen to her episode of the Black Romance Podcast. Join us LIVE tonight, Feburary 9th, for our special edition IAD celebration/Fated Mates funtime/Munro/Very likely Derek Craven too episode! Tickets are “pay what you wish” at live.fatedmates.net, you're welcome to join us for free, or make a donation to help offset the costs of transcribing this season's Trailblazer episodes. Our next read along will feature some of Sarah's favorite quick & dirty books by London Hale, the pen name of authors Ellis Leigh and Brighton Walsh. Their Temperance Falls series is full of kinks and tropes and HEAs and while we won't be talking about all ten books, we'll definitely be talking about a few of them. Specific titles to follow, but Sarah is for sure going to want you to read Talk Dirty to Me, which is older mayor of the town heroine, younger firefighter and also phone sex operator hero because…obviously. The whole series is free in KU.Show NotesPeople Sandra mentioned: Vivian Stephens, Elsie Washington/Rosalind Welles, Georgette Heyer, Walter Zacharias, Beverly Jenkins, Jennifer Enderlin, Julie Moody Freeman, Kathryn Falk, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Patricia Veryan, Janet Dailey, Jayne Ann Krentz, Anita Richmond Bunkley, Eboni Snoe, Donna Hill, Gwynne Foster, Marcia King-Gamble, Brenda Jackson.

The direct selling industry is an ABSOLUTE roller coaster ride

We read a book! Alice and Sara discussed Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer, queen of historical romance. We talked about enemies to lovers, Spanish roads, English tourists and whatever the hell 'stocks broidered with gold quirks about the ankles' are. Special thanks this week to George Procter for providing voice acting! Historical Friction is a podcast about storytelling, pop culture, the past, and why we reenact it. Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/historicalfriction Follow the show on Twitter @historyfriction Follow Sara on Twitter @tinyredbook Follow Alice on Twitter @aaprocter

2021 has been kind of a mess, honestly, and Sarah hasn't been reading as much as usual, because *waves hands at the world.* But Hana Khan Carries On is a total delight and exactly the book she needed this year, so we're reading it with you! We'll talk about romcoms, authorial voice, podcasting heroines, about how much we enjoy heroes who deserve a bit of cold storage, about writing contemporaries that reflect the time we live in, and about first person narration and why it works really well when it works really well. Also, Sarah tries to get herself invited to hang out with Uzma Jalaluddin and tries to trademark a Ted Lasso reference all in one episode. It's rough out here. Leave her alone.Get ready for more trailblazers and our Best of 2021 episode this month! Our next read-alongs will be the Tiffany Reisz Men at Work series, which is three holiday themed category romances. Read one or all of them: Her Halloween Treat, Her Naughty Holiday and One Hot December.Show NotesThis week's book is Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin. Her first novel was Ayesha At Last, which was a Pride & Prejudice retelling. Mindy Kaling is adapting Hana Khan for Amazon. The Folio Society has a new version of Georgette Heyer's Venetia. The introduction is by Stephen Fry, who is a real champion of poetry, including a great book about the joys of reading and writing poetry called The Ode Less Travelled.The dating app invented for Ted Lasso is called Bantr. If you can't identify different voices, maybe it's because we all have podcast voice. In the ReadsRomance family, we call Toronto Clean Chicago….because well, I think it explains itself. The Golden Crescent might be an invented neighborhood for this book, but it seems similar to Toronto's Crescent Town. If you'd like more information about what it means when food or a restaurant is Halal. Perhaps you do not know about biryani, an Indian delicacy, or poutine, a Canadian one.Jen was right about the meaning of the word pillory.This book has aspects of the 1998 movie You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, which had a terrible ending. From what we can tell, the NPR of Canada is CBC radio.In some recent books, we get an unflinching portrayals of toxic white women on page---characters like Marissa in this book, or Misty in American Dreamer. Adriana Herrera was a guest on last year for an interstitial about the immigrant experience.Our next read-alongs will be the Tiffany Reisz Men at Work series, which is three books. Read one or read them all: Her Halloween Treat, Her Naughty Holiday, and One Hot December.

Today on the Mr B's Podcast, Hannah and fellow bookseller Amy discuss the ever growing world of young adult literature and why Mr B's loves Laura Wood and her delightful historical fiction novels, as well as Laura's newest release 'A Single Thread of Moonlight'...as well as what it means to be in the Georgette Heyer club (if ya know, ya know)

Hello friends,Today we continue the conversation with fabulous sisters Leah and Bea Koch, co-owners and founders of The Ripped Bodice, the romance-only bookstore in the Los Angeles area. They also work with Sony Pictures in the development of romance-to-screen adaptations. Bea Koch is the author of Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency, which was published during the pandemic. In the first part of our conversation we talked about Regency women, romance, racial diversity in romance publishing, history, and so much more. And our conversation continues - in this edition, Leah and Bea talk with me about feminism and the romance genre and what it all has to do with Austen and with our lives today. Also, we got their favorite Jane Austen novels, some of the interesting retellings they love, and some of their favorite films and characters from Austen and the Regency era. Enjoy this excerpt from our conversation. Plain JaneLet me ask something: You two are young and feminist, and bring ... in some ways, diversity, and also, you're very, very well educated. You've got fancy degrees … But you love romance. You love romance reading, you've always loved romance reading. So what draws you to romance? And also, do you feel like you are a typical romance reader? Are you an example of readers of romance? Leah Koch  Very much. .. I think you have to spend - pre-pandemic - an hour in our store to sort of just see the parade of humanity that that comes through. I think that's something really valuable that the store offers that's just really different. I mean, obviously, not everyone's going to sit in the store ... people-watching. But I just feel like for so long there was this notion that romance readers are white women in their 60s - and not that they don't read and love romance, we have many wonderful customers of that age - but  … to me the biggest thing that's wrong about the stereotypical romance reader is age. We really see 12 to 90 …  just the entire entire age spectrum, whether that's young people getting interested in young adult books and sort of reading their first books that have kissing in them, or … one of the things I hear all the time is, “I just graduated from whatever, high school, college graduate, law school ...Now I get to read for myself again, and I'm going to return or start romance.”Bea Koch  I hear that all the time. I think it's what's so amazing is to hear what's bringing people to romance now is what brought us to romance as young women. And that is that these books center internal thoughts of the characters. And as young women as young people - I'm sorry, this is not a gendered thing, but I will speak from my own experience as a woman - you're told your emotions are too much all the time. Don't be so loud. Don't be so emotional. Don't fall in love. That's the wrong thing to do. You're getting all of these signals from society that you're too much. And romance is about all that too much being like the best part. Yeah, emotion is the best part of a romance. And I always think of the movie Inside Out. Sorry, like, I'm off on another tangent! But when I saw Inside Out as an adult - it wasn't available to me as a child - I was like, “What an amazing movie for kids to have now, to be able to talk about all their emotions and really feel like that's important.” And to me as a young woman, my romances - [and] the relationships my friends were having - that was my whole world. And so to find a whole genre where that was the most important thing and was so central and never denigrated, it made romance so important to me. And I love to hear new generations finding it for that same reason.Plain Jane So you're bringing me now to a little bit of Jane Austen. So something that Jane Austen did that's so powerful is to center this interior life, feelings of a woman. She also made damn sure to make it a very intelligent woman  - her heroines are the smartest people in the room. And Jane Austen is always there letting you know how whip smart they are.Bea Koch … They are surrounded by other women and we get to see dumb women and other smart women as well. Something I always love about Austen is I think you can see her own love for her sister in her writing. And in the way the sisters - of course, like Pride and Prejudice sisters - but in all her books, sisters and friendships play out. I think we even see it in romance. Of course, the central love story is so important. But many of my favorite romance novels focus just as much on the friendships surrounding the couple and the way love changes not only your relationship with your partner, but your relationship with your sister and your best friend. And if you're building your family and bringing all these people in, and I think the idea that Austen still to this day connects to people in that way and makes you feel instantly like those sisters our are your sisters, and you're in that drawing room with them and feeling their squabbles and their love for each other and how they'll be there for each other even when one makes a mistake. It's just so universal. Not only the love between Lizzy and Darcy but the love between Lizzy and Jane and - Leah's favorite - Mary.Plain Jane Leah: Who's your favorite? Mary?Leah KochMary [laughing]Plain JaneYou love Mary? Because you know, I actually kind of like Mary because she's the one - she's sitting and reading all the time. And she is a rebel in her own way. She refuses to be pleasant. And if she wants to be self righteous then she can. Why do you love Mary, Leah?Leah Koch  She's so annoying … she's such an a*****e. I always picture her as Goth, like she would be like dressing Goth now. ...Plain JaneLove. It. She's Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice.Bea Koch  I think Leah always associated with Mary because … of course, I'm always like, “I'm such a Lizzy.” Like I totally am. And then there's this other kind of version of which is Leah, which is like, “[I'm] the rebel. I'm not the cool one to be.”I think the idea that Austen still to this day connects to people in that way and makes you feel instantly like those sisters our are your sisters, and you're in that drawing room with them and feeling their squabbles and their love for each other and how they'll be there for each other even when one makes a mistake. It's just so universal. Plain JaneOkay … now that we're on to Jane Austen. What is the relationship between Jane Austen and romance novels where you're concerned? Because, you know, scholars will tell you, Jane Austen was part of the Romantic period, Bea as you point out helpfully in your book, but was kind of anti-romance in some ways in her writing. She wanted women to think for themselves and she wanted us to carry our brains like armor, you know. So what how would you describe that relationship? She's influenced a lot of Regency romance. Would you say she has been foundational to Regency romance? Bea Koch  I would certainly say she's foundational to Regency romance - I think not only in her actual stories, but literally the history of Regency romance is a pastiche of true fact and fiction. [Georgette Heyer's] role, I think, in the history of Regency is really much more complicated than Austen because of some of the anti-Semitism and other stuff in her work. But she was an obsessive scholar of Austen and her research notebooks are her doing all this research on a lot of stuff she read about in Austen. Leah Koch  Isn't there like a phrase that you said never existed but people think is real?Bea KochYes, there is. There are a couple things from Georgette Heyer's work that contemporary romance novelists have referenced as though it is a true Regency fact. But it was made up in the 1930s by Georgette. And it's called, I want to say it's like the Bunbury Incident.Leah Koch  That sounds right. Yeah.Bea Koch  So I learned about this. When I was at Yale, I took a class about historical romance novels with two amazing authors. Plain JaneI wanted to ask you about this. You studied romance novels at Yale!Bea KochIt was one of the most amazing experiences, truly, of my life … But I found I was like, “Oh my gosh, I'm not the only person reading this. And I'm not the only person who really sees that there's something here that should be studied, like in an academic way!” And so yes, we read - I think it's a Loretta Chase - that references something from a Georgette Heyer, that didn't actually happen in the Regency. … It's like a wink and a nod to romance readers saying … this history is its own. That's not unproblematic. Georgette Heyer has serious anti-Semitism in her work, which as a Jewish woman, deeply offends me and makes me uncomfortable including her in the hierarchy, in the … bloodline, of romance. But the way these sources play on each other I think is so important in understanding our history, and how we got to where we are now.Leah Koch It's exactly what you just said, Janet. We're still having this discussion. Now. We still have it once a week, which is, “Can a book be feminist if it ends with, you know, the woman getting together with a man?” And obviously, romance novels now include people of many other genders who do not end up with just man and woman. But for now … we hear from people all the time, that are like, well, if she needs a man to be happy, then how is this feminist? And I feel that like, that was the exact question that Jane Austen was exploring, and romance novels still explore. And I think we have a lot of different answers to that question, depending on how annoying the person who's asking it is being![W]e hear from people all the time, that are like, well, if she needs a man to be happy, then how is this feminist? And I feel that like, that was the exact question that Jane Austen was exploring, and romance novels still explore.Bea Koch I think that goes back to that question of devaluing our life, right? Like, “romance is not important. And if you're writing about romance, you're not writing about what's important.” Which is so interesting because to me romance is the most important thing. And if you're not writing about romance, what are you writing about?Plain JaneI feel like Shakespeare was writing about a lot of things, but he was also writing about romance. I think there's some sexism involved in that. And double standards involved in that. That we've all been influenced by. Those of us interested in reading and in literature are constantly having to deal with this devaluation of, basically, our lives and our experiences, and what matters to us and what makes the world go round.Leah KochIn some ways, [in] feminism, I feel like there's often these wild swings, from “only focus on your career … partners and children don't matter,” and then we wildly swing the other direction with, “If you want to stay at home and have eight children, that's what you should do.” And we seem to have a lot of trouble finding a place in the middle. And I think modern romance novels, I think certainly attempt to do that. And I think good modern romance novels tend to be very holistic in their approach to the central characters' lives. So I think now, you know, and obviously in the past as well, but when you look at the bestsellers coming out of our store… the characters have a very interesting career, or it's in a really interesting setting. And it's just a very holistic approach that for some reason seems to freak people out - that you can both have an interesting career and if you so choose, fall in love at the end of it, and you don't have to go off and have a babies. But if you want to, you can, and then they will all get their own books.—-Thanks for listening, friends. Talk back to us! Are you a reader of romance that doesn't fit the stereotypical mold? What romance books and authors have you discovered and love? Did you enjoy this conversation, or have a comment or question for Leah and Bea? Let us know - comment below, or email me at AustenConnection@gmail.com. You can also find us on Twitter at @AustenConnect on and Insta at austenconnection. Stay in touch! Yours truly,Plain JaneTo hear more conversations, check out The Austen Connection archives, or find the podcast on Apple. 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 In this episode, we read Chapters 26 to 31 of Sense and Sensibility. We talk about how unsatisfying Ellen found several of these chapters, the role of gossip, the similarity between Elinor's and Marianne's situations, the importance of reputation, and whether the turnaround in our perception of Mrs Jennings was planned for by Jane Austen. We discuss the character of Marianne, then Harriet's partner, Michael, talks about duelling in Regency England. Harriet talks about how the adaptations present these sections, and how the modernisations update the Willoughby-Colonel Brandon-Marianne stories. Things we mention: References: Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: A Life (1997) Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935) – it is in this book that Lord Peter Wimsey comments on duelling with pistols rather than swords The Regency novels of Georgette Heyer (1902-1974) Adaptations of the book: BBC, Sense and Sensibility (1971) – starring Joanna David and Ciaran Madden (4 episodes)BBC, Sense and Sensibility (1981) – starring Irene Richard and Tracey Childs (7 episodes)Columbia Pictures, Sense and Sensibility (1995) – starring Emma Thompson and Kate WinsletBBC, Sense and Sensibility (2008) – starring Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield (3 episodes) Modernisations of the book: Sri Surya Films, Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) – starring Tabu and Aishwarya RaiMGM, Material Girls (2006) – starring Hilary Duff and Haylie DuffMWM Studios, From Prada to Nada (2011) – starring Camilla Belle and Alexa PenaVegaSilver Peak Productions, Scents and Sensibility (2011) – starring Ashley Williams and Marla SokoloffJoanna Trollope, Sense & Sensibility (The Austen Project #1) (2013)YouTube, Elinor and Marianne Take Barton (2014) – starring Abi Davies and Bonita Trigg  Creative commons music used:  Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 12 in F Major, ii. Adagio. Extract from Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 38. Performance by Ivan Ilić, recorded in Manchester in December, 2006. File originally from IMSLP.Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, iii. Allegretto Grazioso. File originally from Musopen.Extract from George Frideric Handel, Suite I, No. 2 in F Major, ii. Allegro. File originally from Musopen. Extract from