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Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Bookshop, Amazon and Bloomsbury, Dan Brown's next Robert Langdon novel, and Simon & Schuster. Then, stick around for a chat with Lucy Rose! Lucy Rose - Cumbrian dwelling in the North East. Writer of folktales and fables. Lucy Rose is an author and award-winning filmmaker with an interest in gothic, girlhood, horror, and literary fiction. Her short fiction and nonfiction have been published in Dread Central, Mslexia, The Observer, The Nerd Daily and more. Lucy's forthcoming debut novel, THE LAMB is forthcoming from W&N Books (UK) and Harper (US).  Her award-winning short film, SHE LIVES ALONE, attended BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals before being acquired by WatchALTER. Lucy's latest short film, TASTE, is visiting festivals over 2023/24 and has attended BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying film festivals. Lucy lives on the North East coast with her beautiful black cat, Figgy.

A new short story by Emma Smith-Barton, read by Mia Khan.Just after giving birth, Sadia turns into a statue. At least, that's how she feels. One moment she's reaching out to pull the curtains shut, and the next she's frozen to the spot. All she can do is look out of the window – and try to understand what's happening to her.Emma Smith-Barton's short stories have appeared in Mslexia and the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology. Her first novel, The Million Pieces of Neena Gill, was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award, and the Romantic Novelists' Association Debut Romanic Novel Award.Reader: Mia KhanSound: Catherine RobinsonProducer: Fay LomasA BBC Audio Drama Wales Production

“The Middle Ground” by Ingrid Jendrzejewski Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege Author Bio: Ingrid Jendrzejewski currently serves as Co-Director of National Flash Fiction Day (UK) and Editor-in-Chief of FlashFlood. She's judged flash competitions for organisations like Flash500, Mslexia, and Quantum Shorts and loves shortform writing in all its flavours. Her novella-in-flash Things I Dream About When I'm Not Sleeping was published by Ad Hoc Press. You can find her at www.ingridj.com and on Twitter at @LunchOnTuesday.

SUBSCRIBE NOW WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PODCASTSGrab a free Audible 30 Day Trial and listen to SAFE HANDS for FREE!It's episode 220 and it's with psychological thriller writer, Helen Cooper who I interviewed in front of a live audience at Leicester's Central Library. It was the first Joined Up Live and I got to chat to Helen about her latest gripping book, My Darling Boy, as well as how she became a writer, what makes a great psychological thriller, why perseverance is everything and of course we will get to hear about the Book That Saved Her Life. Helen Cooper is a writer of psychological thrillers living in Leicester, UK.She has taught English and Academic Writing in both Further and Higher Education and was Head of Learning Enhancement at the University of Birmingham. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Woman, Writers' Forum, Mslexia, the Lincolnshire Echo, Derbyshire Life, and on the Crime Readers' Association website. She was shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Prize in 2014 and came third in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize in 2018.Her novels include The Downstairs Neighbour,  The Other Guest, The Couple In The Photo and now, her latest book, My Darling Boy.She is currently president of Leicester Writers' Club. She lives in Leicester with her new husband and cat.Find all of Helen's links on her website here.Thinking of self-publishing and want help and a cover design? Take a look at this post on Wayne' website.WANT A FREE eBOOK WITH 2 CRIME STORIES? SUBSCRIBE TO WAYNE'S NEWSLETTER HEREDon't forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It's totally free to sign up and you'll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – '10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond' PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.

Today on Killer Women, our guest is Eliza Clark. A native of Newcastle, Eliza lives in London, where she previously attended Chelsea College of Art. She works in social media marketing and has worked for women's creative writing magazine Mslexia. In 2018, she received a grant from New Writing North's “Young Writers' Talent Fund.” Her short horror fiction has been included in Tales to Terrify, and she hosts the cultural podcast You Just Don't Get It, Do You? with her partner. Boy Parts is her first novel. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #elizaclark #harpercollins

Today on Killer Women, our guest is Eliza Clark. A native of Newcastle, Eliza lives in London, where she previously attended Chelsea College of Art. She works in social media marketing and has worked for women's creative writing magazine Mslexia. In 2018, she received a grant from New Writing North's “Young Writers' Talent Fund.” Her short horror fiction has been included in Tales to Terrify, and she hosts the cultural podcast You Just Don't Get It, Do You? with her partner. Boy Parts is her first novel. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #elizaclark #harpercollins

Today on Killer Women, our guest is Eliza Clark. A native of Newcastle, Eliza lives in London, where she previously attended Chelsea College of Art. She works in social media marketing and has worked for women's creative writing magazine Mslexia. In 2018, she received a grant from New Writing North's “Young Writers' Talent Fund.” Her short horror fiction has been included in Tales to Terrify, and she hosts the cultural podcast You Just Don't Get It, Do You? with her partner. Boy Parts is her first novel. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #elizaclark #harpercollins

Asking for help is a thing of bravery. A poet describes her journey towards that help. Molly Twomey is a poet and editor from Lismore, County Waterford in Ireland. Twomey graduated in 2019 with a Masters in Creative Writing from University College Cork. Her work has been featured in Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, The Irish Times, Mslexia, and The Stinging Fly, among other publications. Twomey is the host of the monthly poetry discussion “Just to Say,” sponsored by Jacar Press. Her first collection of poetry, Raised Among Vultures, was published in 2022 by The Gallery Press. Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We're pleased to offer Molly Twomey's poem, and invite you to connect with Poetry Unbound throughout this season.Pre-order the forthcoming book Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World and join us in our new conversational space on Substack.

Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford, and graduated in 2019 with an MA in Creative Writing from University College Cork. She has been published in Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, The Irish Times, Mslexia, The Stinging Fly and elsewhere. She runs an online international poetry event, Just to Say, sponsored by Jacar Press. In 2021, she was chosen for Poetry Ireland's Introductions series and awarded an Arts Council Literature Bursary. Her debut collection, Raised Among Vultures, will be published in May 2022 with The Gallery Press.This week's Southword poem is ‘Reading Ilya Kaminsky' by Gerard Smyth, which appears in issue 42. You can buy single issues, subscribe, or find out how to submit to Southword here.

Another instalment this time with a poet so bloody brilliant it feels almost pointless to give her an introduction. She was named as one of Mslexia's ‘top ten' women poets of the decade, as well as being chosen as one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation poets. Her book ‘Burying the Wren' was published in 2012; it was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and a Times Literary Supplement book of the year. She has such a wealth of knowledge, I can honestly say I learnt a lot in this session! Today we talk about Wild Iris by Louise Gluck. Enjoy.

What if there is no language to describe what the body experiences? In this episode, I talk to Deryn Rees-Jones about poetry and illness. Deryn shares what it feels like being a poet and tackling the complexity of life. With her personal experience of Long Covid, she talks about the challenge of how to use language to describe the precarious state of the body and finding ways to connect with the experience of others. In this amazing conversation, we go deep into topics of the everyday that are at the same time fundamental to human existence. Poets try to find a bridge through language so that experience can be articulated, understood, and shared. Moving beyond illness, we look at poetry and intersectional feminism, the climate crisis – and war. As a special treat, Deryn reads two of her poems: “The Cure” and “Drone” - both are immensely powerful and scarily topical. Deryn Rees-Jones is a poet, an editor and a critic, as well as a professor of creative writing at the University of Liverpool. In 2004, Deryn was named as one of Mslexia's ‘top ten' women poets of the decade. In 2010 she received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors. Deryn's most recent book of poems, 'Erato', published in 2019, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and shortlisted for The Welsh Book of the Year and the TS Eliot Prize in 2019. You can find her poem ‘The Cure' here You can read '14 Little Pieces on Love' here ‘Drone' is one of the poem in ‘Erato' --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michaela-mahlberg/message

In 2018, Sarah Tinsley & her partner took their 3-month-old daughter on a global adventure. Starting in Japan, they travelled to 8 countries across 4 continents, including remote parts of Costa Rica & campervanning across Australia/New Zealand. Sarah recounts the highs & lows, the challenges, & what it taught her about herself & motherhood. She also unravels the myths behind travelling with babies, the societal pressures parents face & shares fantastic tips for parents who want to take the plunge. Sarah is a UK writer living in France. Her short fiction has been published widely, including Mslexia & Litro. Her first novel, The Shadows We Cast, is out now & you can purchase it here:https://srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-shadows-we-cast-sarah-tinsleyYou can also find out about her fortnightly writing workshops and writing services through her website at https://sarahtinsley.com and follow her on https://twitter.com/sarahtinsleyuk Find out more at www.ruthmillingtonauthor.comDon't forget to RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app. It means you will be the first to hear when new episodes come out and it will help others to find this podcast!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthmillingtonauthor/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthMillington1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruth.millington.52/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-millington-54915b24/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSShare Your Story  Have an extreme travel story to tell? Contact me at: https://ruthmillingtonauthor.com/contact/Support the ShowSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ruthmillington)SponsorA huge thanks to today's sponsor HelpYouFind.Me a secure - yet simple - way to share private data for use in emergency situations that is end-to-end encrypted and accessible only by you and the people you choose to share it with. Perfect for the extreme traveller! Find out more at https://helpyoufind.me/Extreme10 and get a 10% discount when you sign up! Production (for this episode)Creator, co-producer, writer and host: Ruth MillingtonMusic credit: Epic Orchestra - Blockbuster Adventure Music by JuliusHAdditional Music by DmitryTaras from Pixabay

In this episode, Andrea Holland talks with us about the poem that has been a friend to her – 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. ​ Andrea joined The Poetry Exchange at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich. We are hugely grateful to the National Centre for Writing for hosting us so warmly, and to all the readers who visited us there. Andrea is in conversation with The Poetry Exchange hosts, Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer. Andrea Holland is a poet and lecturer in Creative Writing. As winner of the Norfolk Commission for Poetry her collection 'Broadcasting' was published in 2013 (Gatehouse Press). The collection focuses on the forced requisition of several Norfolk villages for D-Day training in 1942, and the subsequent dislocation of villagers and community. Her pamphlet, 'Borrowed' (Smith/Doorstop, 2007) was first-stage winner of the Poetry Business Competition 2006. Her writing has appeared in journals such as Mslexia, The North, Rialto, Smith's Knoll, and in Slanted: 12 Poems for Christmas (IST, 2014). The 'gift' reading of Song of Myself is read by Michael Shaeffer. ********* From 'Song of Myself' Walt Whitman I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you, And you must not be abased to the other. Loaf with me on the grass, loose the stop from your throat, Not words, not music or rhyme I want, not custom or lecture, not even the best, Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice. I mind how once we lay such a transparent summer morning, How you settled your head athwart my hips, and gently turned over upon me, And parted the shirt from my bosom bone, and plunged your tongue to my bare-stripped heart, And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet. Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth, And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love, And limitless are leaves stiff or drooping in the fields, And brown ants in the little wells beneath them, And mossy scabs of the worm fence, heaped stones, elder, mullein and pokeweed.

In this podcast, I look at the elemental that create a good newsletter and what you need to do to get people looking forward to getting your email each week. We get 121 emails on average every single day. So how do you get someone to open your marketing email and not delete it? I go over the different kinds of newsletters you might want to create and why each of these works. And why you may want to consider charging for people to get your newsletter. Plus, I share why I no longer ask for you to sign up to my newsletter so get my Actually Useful Podcast Show Notes, which are worksheets that go with each podcast episode. I also look at why you need to think about your newsletter as a magazine. Then I give you a quick exercise to do to help you understand what really makes a good newsletter. I share the four different kinds of newsletters that you can make. As well as the one you might want to avoid as it's so difficult to get right. I go over the importance of creating a community around your newsletter. And the idea that I pinched from another newsletter which I reckon everyone should do. Plus, I explain why you should feel proud for getting even one person signed up to your mailing list. And why building a list is far harder than ‘the experts' will tell you. But that there are ways to encourage the right kinds of people to sign up. All the newsletters mentioned in this podcast: Brew Time newsletter - https://brewtime.substack.com/ Nick Parker's newsletter - https://www.thatexplainsthings.com/about/ Sian Meades Williams newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/69d207801f23/freelancewritingjobs The Quietus subscription - https://thequietus.com/articles/28506-membership Books That Matter - https://www.booksthatmatter.co.uk/ The Idler - https://www.idler.co.uk/ Popbitch - https://popbitch.com/ The Friday Club - https://knowltonmarketing.co.uk/the-friday-club/ You Are The Media - https://www.youarethemedia.co.uk/ Sofie Hagen - https://www.sofiehagen.com/newsletter Mslexia - https://mslexia.co.uk/ Further reading and listening: Nick Parker's podcast episode 16 - https://indieessentials.co.uk/tone-of-voice-with-nick-parker/ What makes a good newsletter - https://indieessentials.co.uk/what-makes-a-good-newsletter/

Another brand-spankingly new episode of the Pickle Jar. This week we speak to Charlotte Ansell. Charlotte performs her poems regularly and her work has appeared in Poetry Review, Mslexia, Butcher’s Dog, Prole, Algebra of Owls and various anthologies; most recently ‘These are the hands’ – an anthology of poems by NHS workers. She has won various competitions (Red Shed, BBC Write Science competition in 2015, Watermarks in 2016, commended in Yorkmix in 2016 and shortlisted in the Poetry in film category of the Outspoken prize for poetry in 2017). Her latest collection Deluge was a PBS Winter choice and is out with Flipped Eye. Today we dig deep into a Sylvia Plath poem called Stillborn. You can have a read of it here - https://hellopoetry.com/poem/695/stillborn/

Don’t anthropomorphise. This episode is not explicit. Written by Clare O'Brien, courtesy of 50-Word Stories. Performed by Angela Kanwar as Chloe and Sophie Ryder as Claudette.. Produced by Karin Heimdahl. (Sophie Ryder) Writing licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Previously PR to a politician and PA to a rock star, Clare now lives noisily in Scotland, writing her first novel, Light Switch. Her work has recently appeared in Mslexia, The London Reader, Spelk, Cabinet of Heed, Northwords Now, and anthologies from The Emma Press and Hedgehog Poetry. Find out more at http://clarevobrien.weebly.com/ Angela Kanwar is a versatile British Voiceover Artist with a warm, engaging and assuring tone. www.linkedin.com/in/angela-kanwar-b2784729 Find Sophie Ryder on Twitter https://twitter.com/SophieRyderVA 50-Word Stories https://fiftywordstories.com/ Karin Heimdahl produces audio drama Y2K https://y2kpod.com TRANSCRIPT CHLOE Sometimes, when I look into his eyes, I swear he understands everything I’m saying. CLAUDETTE Don’t anthropomorphise. They’re only human. NARRATOR/CHLOE Chloe licked the man’s hand as he scraped leftovers into their bowls. What did it matter, anyway? They were onto a good thing here. Credits This episode of Listen, Rinse, Repeat was voiced by Angela Kanwar as Chloe and Sophie Ryder as Claudette. It was produced by Karin Heimdahl and written by Clare O'Brien, courtesy of fiftywordstories.com Clare lives in Scotland, writing her first novel, Light Switch. Music by Chip Michael. Sound effects from freesound.org under the Creative Commons 0 license.

On episode 62, we hear from Rachel Winters, the author of the rom com Would Like to Meet. She and I talked about our favourite rom coms in both books and film form, advice for people wanting to get into publishing, books featuring older people, and more. Books Mentioned on the Podcast: (buy them all here) Would Like to Meet, by Rachel Winters You Deserve Each Other, by Sarah Hogle You Had Me At Hello, by Mhairi McFarlane If I Never Met You, by Mhairi McFarlane The Switch, by Beth O'Leary The Flatshare, by Beth O'Leary The Lido/Mornings with Rosemary (US title), by Libby Page Now Let's Dance, by Karine Lambert The Binding, by Bridget Collins Well Met, by Jen De Luca Heat Stroke, by Hazel Barkworth The High Moments, by Sara-Ella The Cabinet of Calm, by Paul Anthony Jones Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe ***** Get your first book for just $9.99 when you sign up for Book of the Month with the code BRITLIT! In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops! Get 20% off a year's digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout. Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Rachel Winters Twitter    

Charlie and Zoe Duncan (The Shifting Pools) discuss coping with and healing from war trauma in reality and fiction, the use and power of dreams, employing various styles and formats, and how fascinating reader interpretations can be. Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://wormhole.carnelianvalley.com/podcast/episode-14-zoe-duncan Interview with Danuta Kean for Mslexia magazine On Cornwall and Enanti Article in The Times about Zoe's life and work Question Index 00:46 How long have you been writing? 01:55 Favourite poet? 02:40 Tell us about your childhood (that relates to the book) 03:53 What was it like being in England? 08:32 Is there a reason for the lack of a name for the place Eve lives in? 09:41 How did you come to use Enanti as Eve's coping method? 11:08 How do you see the ending, do you have an answer for it for yourself? 12:53 Was water always to be the healing element? 14:32 The style and structure - what was the purpose of it? 19:23 Was Time something you were thinking about when writing? 21:04 What did you learn about dreams in the context of the subconscious? 24:00 Was the idea of womanhood, sisters, siblings, a theme? 31:04 There is so much hope in the book... 31:48 What did you want readers to take away? 33:47 What is the impact of long-term trauma and grief if not dealt with? 36:07 Was the book cathartic for you? 37:40 What's next? 39:56 (Given everything we've discussed) it must have been busy in your head whilst you were writing? Purchase Links The Shifting Pools: Publisher's website Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Barnes & Noble I am an Amazon Associate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. Photograph used with the permission of the author. Credit: Ashvin Mistry.

On episode 61, we hear from Rosanna Amaka, whose debut novel The Book of Echoes came out in the now long-distant era of February this year, though I spoke to her just before her publication date. The Book of Echoes is a powerful novel that encompasses several different points in history, including the slave trade and the Brixton Riots. Alex Wheatle, who also writes about that part of London, said the following about the Book of Echoes: 'So bewitching I almost felt like I time-travelled back into Brixton 1981. A gorgeous book'. The Observer called it impassioned, lyrical, and affecting, and the Independent called it powerfully redemptive. Rosanna Amaka talked about her long and winding path to publication, how Brixton has changed over the years, and more. Books Mentioned on the Podcast: The Book of Echoes, by Rosanna Amaka The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead The Intuitionist, by Colson Whitehead The Flatshare, by Beth O'Leary The Switch, by Beth O'Leary A Theatre for Dreamers, by Polly Samson You People, by Nikita Lalwani  Stim, by Lizzie Huxley-Jones Sway, by Dr Pragya Agarwal Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, by Craig Brown One Two Three Four, by Craig Brown Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe   ***** In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops! Get 20% off a year's digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout. Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it. Sign up to Claire's newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts. For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Rosanna Amaka Twitter / Website   

On Episode 60, our guest today is Clare Pooley, who's known for her blog Mummy Was a Secret Drinker. She's the author most recently of the heart-warming novel The Authenticity Project.  Clare Pooley and I talked about up lit, the importance of community, how writing a novel compares to writing a memoir, and more. Books Mentioned on the Podcast: The Authenticity Project, by Clare Pooley Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman Three Hours, by Rosamund Lipton Saving Missy/The Love Story of Missy Carmichael, by Beth Morrey One Day in December, by Josie Silver The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, by Josie Silver The Light we Lost, by Jill Santopolo One True Loves, by Taylor Jenkins Reid If I Never Met You, by Mhairi McFarlane Island Stories: an Unconventional History of Britain by David Reynolds The World According to Physics, by Jim Al-Khalili Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe   ***** Get 20% off a year's digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout! Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it. Sign up to Claire's newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts. For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Clare Pooley Twitter / Website 

Our guest on episode 59 is Dolly Alderton. As well as being half of the High Low podcast, Dolly is also a successful journalist and columnist, and her novel, Ghosts, is forthcoming later this year. Her bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love came out in the UK in 2018, and is finally out in the US this month, in hardcover, ebook and also audio. We covered her favourite literary friendships, how it feels to write a novel after writing a memoir,  the challenges and joys of working closely with a good friend on a hugely successful project, and more.  Books Mentioned on the Podcast: Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante Standard Deviation, by Katherine Heiny Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding Your Voice in My Head, by Emma Forrest  The Hungover Games, by Sophie Heawood The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes The Sea, the Sea, by Iris Murdoch Me, by Elton John Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones Reckless Daughter: a Portrait of Joni Mitchell, by David Yaffe High Times, Hard Times, by Anita O'Day A Theatre for Dreamers, by Polly Sampson Actress, by Anne Enright Nothing To See Here, by Kevin Wilson The Pisces, by Melissa Broder Actress, by Anne Enright My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe ***** Get 20% off a year's digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout! Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it. Sign up to Claire's newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts. For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Dolly Alderton Twitter / Website / Podcast  

On episode 58, we hear from Erin Somers, the American author of the novel Stay Up with Hugo Best. From time to time on the podcast, I interview people who are not British, for their take on UK books and culture, and it was great to chat to Erin about what differentiates British humour from American humour in particular. We talked about the American institution that is the late night show, the challenge of writing humour, the ridiculous tradition of book blurbing, and more. Books Mentioned on the Podcast: Stay Up with Hugo Best, by Erin Somers Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo Spring, by Ali Smith Women Talking, by Miriam Toews Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home, by Nina Stibbe Man at the Helm, by Nina Stibbe The Lido/Mornings with Rosemary, by Libby Page People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain, by Libby Page What Would the Spice Girls Do?, by Lauren Bravo How To Break Up With Fast Fashion: A guilt-free guide to changing the way you shop - for good, by Lauren Bravo. People Like Us, by Hashi Mohamed Miss Austen, by Gill Hornby Harry Potter Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book, by Tanis Grey Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe ***** Get 20% off a year's digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout! Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it. Sign up to Claire's newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts. For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Erin Somers Twitter / Website  

Our guest on episode 57 is Talia Hibbert, who's the author of many romance novels including, most recently, Get a Life, Chloe Brown. We talked about the illustrated cover trend, how she got her start writing novels, what it's like to get picked as a Book of the Month author, and more. Books Mentioned on the Podcast: Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert Splendid , by Julia Quinn Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black The Kingmaker, by Kennedy Ryan The Rebel King, by Kennedy Ryan Three Little Words, by Jenny Holiday Roaring Girls: The Forgotten Feminists of British History, by Holly Kyte Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read The Matchmaker, by Catriona Innes The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, by Abbi Waxman Star-Crossed, by Minnie Darke. Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid Very Nice, by Marcy Dermansky Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson Summerlings, by Lisa Howarth The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe ***** Get 20% off a year's digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout! Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it. Sign up to Claire's newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts. For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Talia Hibbert Twitter / Website  

Storyteller Series kicks off with a wondrous tale - Judge by Zuzanna Fiminska. Zuzanna Fimińska is a writer filling the world with great conversations and many points of view. Her work was published in Mslexia, Other Stories, Coil Magazine, Cecile's Writers, Cadaverine and others. She's the creator Project Neighbours, a series of interviews with people from around the world about diversity and creating a world fit for purpose: www.projectneighbours.com/interviews. Opening and Closing Music Credit: Dusk Cathedral by Lee Rosevere RELEASED: April 2nd, 2019 GENRES: Electronic, Ambient, Hip-Hop Beats, Instrumental LENGTH: 00:17:44 LABEL: Happy Puppy Records freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rose…Dusk_Cathedral Interlude: RELEASED: March 20th, 2019 GENRES: Electronic, Minimal Electronic, Instrumental LENGTH: 00:41:43 LABEL: Happy Puppy Records freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts_6/Lee_Rosevere_-_Music_For_Podcasts_6_-_15_Where_Was_I-

In this episode I chat with Lauren Groff, bestselling author of FATES & FURIES, about her latest short story collection, FLORIDA. We chat about her writing career spanning 6 books thus far, how she moves from short stories to novels, her ways of working, and how she gets her language and characters to sing. (spoiler: I *love* her work - she is really good) This is a great episode to listen to if you want to know: - how can I improve the language that I use in my stories? - how can I learn to see the world around me more clearly? - what are some unusual techniques I can bring to my writing? - how can poetry help my prose? - how can I sustain and develop my voice over several projects? This episode is supported in part by Mslexia Magazine, the UK’s best-selling magazine for women who write. To subscribe, or check out their competitions and submission opportunities, visit: https://Mslexia.co.uk You can pick up an issue here: https://mslexia.co.uk/product-category/single-issues/ And subscribe here: https://mslexia.co.uk/why-subscribe/ Here's Lauren Groff's brilliant latest story collection, FLORIDA - get it now with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/florida-lauren-groff-9781785151880#oid=1908_1 And here's her New York Times bestselling novel FATES AND FURIES: https://wordery.com/fates-and-furies-lauren-groff-9780099592532#oid=1908_1 And hey, you know you've been putting it off for ages. Buy my novel, THE HONOURS, and be done with it: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 If you'd like to show your support for the show and what I do, I have a Ko-fi page where you can bung me a few sweet beans as a gesture of appreciation: https://ko-fi.com/timclare Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm. You're awesome.

On this vibe, I get to talk to my sister @MsLexia. Listen to our random yet, fun rant on just about everything! ***I DO NOT OWN ANY RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC PLAYED IN THIS VIDEO*** Follow Vibes & Slow Jams on IG & FB for updates, interactions, etc! Please don’t forget to like comment and subscribe! ♥️ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vibes--slow-jams/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vibes--slow-jams/support

On this vibe, I get to talk to my sister @MsLexia. Listen to our random yet, fun rant on just about everything!  ***I DO NOT OWN ANY RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC PLAYED IN THIS VIDEO***   Follow Vibes & Slow Jams on IG & FB for updates, interactions, etc! Please don’t forget to like comment and subscribe! ♥️

Annabel Abbs grew up in Wales and Sussex, with stints in Dorset, Bristol and Hereford. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of East Anglia and a Masters in Marketing from the University of Kingston. After fifteen years running a marketing consultancy company she sold it and took a career break to bring up her four children, before returning to her first love, literature. Her debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the 2015 Impress Prize for New Writing and the 2015 Spotlight First Novel Award, and was longlisted for the 2015 Caledonia Novel Award and the 2015 Bath Novel Award. Her short stories and journalism have appeared in various places including Mslexia,  The Guardian, The Irish Times, Weekend Australian Review, Elle, The Author, The Daily Telegraph, Psychologies and the Huffington Post. She has been profiled in Writing Magazine, Sussex Life, Next NZ, Litro and Female First, Her blog, www.kaleandcocoa.com, featured in the Daily Telegraph in August 2015 and May 2016. She lives in London and Sussex with her family and an old labrador. You will hear how she went from having a near death experience, to spreading gratitude in her whole family, what she was thinking and feeling while she was in the hospital, not being able to walk and what she did to keep her gratitude practice even after getting out of the hospital and many other surprising tips. DIRECT LINK TO THE MAIN IDEAS AND MENTIONED RESOURCES  Please feel free to SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES Looking for an easy way to be more grateful and happy during workdays?  Get the Daily Checklist with the Best 5 Ways To Easily Supercharge Your Gratitude During Workdays! Thank you so much for listening and feel free to contact me at hello@georgianbenta.com, I’m reading every email! :) Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/the-gratitude-podcast/support

Melissa Addey writes historical novels and non-fiction books. The first novel, which was set in China, The Fragrant Concubine, was longlisted for both the Mslexia Novel Competition and the Historical Novel Society Indie Award. It landed Melissa an agent at Coombs Moylett & Maclean Literary Agency. She also writes non-fiction books, the first being 100 Things to do while Breastfeeding and the second titled The Happy Commuter and has recently released The Storytelling Entrepreneur and Merchandise For Authors. Melissa just finished a year as a Writer in Residence at the British Library in London and has spent three months this year being a blogger for Mslexia, the UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.

Melissa Addey writes historical novels and non-fiction books. The first novel, which was set in China, The Fragrant Concubine, was longlisted for both the Mslexia Novel Competition and the Historical Novel Society Indie Award. It landed Melissa an agent at Coombs Moylett & Maclean Literary Agency. She also writes non-fiction books, the first being 100 Things to do while Breastfeeding and the second titled The Happy Commuter and has recently released The Storytelling Entrepreneur and Merchandise For Authors. Melissa just finished a year as a Writer in Residence at the British Library in London and has spent three months this year being a blogger for Mslexia, the UK's bestselling magazine for women who write. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

Poet and journalist celeste doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields (Wrecking Ball Press, UK, March 2015). Cornrows was listed as one of the “Ten Best Books of 2015” by Beltway Quarterly Poetry. Her poem “For the Chef at Helios…” received a 2015 Pushcart Prize nomination. Her multiple accolades include a Lucille Clifton Scholarship to attend Squaw Valley Writers Workshop, the 2010 AWP WC&C Scholarship, and residencies at Atlantic Center of the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her journalism has appeared in the Huffington Post, Village Voice, Time Out New York, and QBR (Quarterly Black Book Review). Most recent poems can be found in Rabbit Ears: TV Poems an Anthology. Celeste received her MFA from North Carolina State University; she currently teaches creative writing at Morgan State University.Jane Satterfield is the recipient of awards in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, Maryland Arts Council, Bellingham Review, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Mslexia, and more. Her essays have received awards from the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Massachusetts Review, Florida Review, and the Heekin Foundation, among others. Her books of poetry are Her Familiars, Assignation at Vanishing Point, and Shepherdess with an Automatic. She is also the author of Daughters of Empire:  A Memoir of a Year in Britain and Beyond (Demeter Press). Born in England, she teaches creative writing at Loyola University Maryland. Read Five Poems in Beltway Poetry Quarterly by celeste doaks.Read “Parachute Wedding Dress” by Jane Satterfield.Recorded On: Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Poet and journalist celeste doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields (Wrecking Ball Press, UK, March 2015). Cornrows was listed as one of the “Ten Best Books of 2015” by Beltway Quarterly Poetry. Her poem “For the Chef at Helios…” received a 2015 Pushcart Prize nomination. Her multiple accolades include a Lucille Clifton Scholarship to attend Squaw Valley Writers Workshop, the 2010 AWP WC&C Scholarship, and residencies at Atlantic Center of the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her journalism has appeared in the Huffington Post, Village Voice, Time Out New York, and QBR (Quarterly Black Book Review). Most recent poems can be found in Rabbit Ears: TV Poems an Anthology. Celeste received her MFA from North Carolina State University; she currently teaches creative writing at Morgan State University.Jane Satterfield is the recipient of awards in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, Maryland Arts Council, Bellingham Review, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Mslexia, and more. Her essays have received awards from the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Massachusetts Review, Florida Review, and the Heekin Foundation, among others. Her books of poetry are Her Familiars, Assignation at Vanishing Point, and Shepherdess with an Automatic. She is also the author of Daughters of Empire:  A Memoir of a Year in Britain and Beyond (Demeter Press). Born in England, she teaches creative writing at Loyola University Maryland. Read Five Poems in Beltway Poetry Quarterly by celeste doaks.Read “Parachute Wedding Dress” by Jane Satterfield.

In GBA 211 we get better acquainted with Lizanne. She talks van driving, assembly lines, office jobs, corporate catering, what it's like being a woman working in male dominated industries, her love of cars, vans and other driving machines and turning her life and thoughts into stories and comedy. Lizanne plugs: YouTube/ Shepherd1964 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizanne_davies I plug: Tragic Summer: http://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ Spark Hackney Open Mic: Head/Heart: https://www.facebook.com/events/455504937947384/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ HGV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_goods_vehicle Fiant Mutipla: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla Ford Motor-company Dagenham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Dagenham West Ham: http://www.whufc.com/ Lewis Hamilton: http://www.lewishamilton.com/ Formula 1: https://www.formula1.com/ The Goodies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodies Monty Python: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python Dave Allen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_%28comedian%29 Jasper Carrot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Carrott Two Ronnies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Ronnies Aston Martin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin Jo Brand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Brand Lee Hearst / Backyard: http://www.leehurst.com/ Harry Hill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hill Bill Bailey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bailey Rhythm Factory: http://www.rhythmfactory.co.uk/ Mslexia: https://mslexia.co.uk/ NHS Direct: http://www.nhs.uk/nhs-direct/pages/nhs-direct-legacy-enquiries.aspx DVLA: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

A short story by Jo Reed, read by Jill Marsh When Alele's father decides to marry her off to Mr. Muyila in exchange for a bull, her mother has other ideas... This story was first published in Mslexia in Spring 2009.