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Our guest on episode 78 is poet Blake Auden, who has almost 300,000 Instagram followers and is known for speaking openly about mental health. He also has four collections of poems out in the world, and the most recent is Murmuration, which came out in October.
He and I talked about what therapy and writing have in common, how he approaches social media so that it helps rather than hinders his mental health, and lots more.
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
Murmuration, by Blake Auden
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
Weather, by Jenny Offill
Dept of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
This Time Next Year, by Sophie Cousens
Just Haven't Met You Yet, by Sophie Cousens
The Twelve Dates of Christmas, by Jenny Bayliss
The Winter of Second Chances (UK)/The Season of Second Chances (US), by Jenny Bayliss
On a Night Like This, by Lindsey Kelk
Gifts, by Laura Barnett
Black British Lives Matter, ed. Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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My guest in this special bonus episode is Robinne Lee, the author of my favourite read of 2021, The Idea Of You. She's not British, but I loved this book so much that I wanted to bring you this interview anyway!
Robinne and I talked about her origin story as a fanfic writer, why she chose to make her main character French, why love stories that don’t end happily can have such a big impact on us both in fiction and in real life, and a whole lot more.
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
The Idea of You, by Robinne Lee
Bringing Up Bébé (US)/French Children Don't Throw Food (UK),
by Pamela Druckerman
Bonjour Tristesse, by Françoise Sagan (French version)
Bonjour Tristesse, by Françoise Sagan (in English)
My Oxford Year, by Julia Whelan
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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I’m so excited to bring you an interview with none other than Sophie Kinsella, who’s known to many as the queen of British chick lit and the author of the mega-bestselling Shopaholic series.
We talked about her new book The Party Crasher, how being a musician and being a writer are interconnected, what it’s been like to be a comedy writer over the last year and a half, what her favourite biscuit is, and a whole lot more!
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
The Party Crasher, by Sophie Kinsella
Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
The Tennis Party, by Madeline Wickham
An Island Wedding, by Jenny Colgan
The Beloved Girls, by Harriet Evans
Sorrow and Bliss, by Meg Mason
Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
Murmuration, by Blake Auden
The Christmas Bookshop, by Jenny Colgan
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
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This month’s guest is Kirsty Capes, author of the novel Careless. We talked about why she wanted to write about female friendship, what it was like to study with Bernadine Evaristo, why it's especially important for kids in the foster care system to see themselves reflected in books, and a whole lot more.
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
Careless, by Kirsty Capes
The Tracey Beaker series, by Jacqueline Wilson
No One Is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood
All the Fun of the Fair, by Caroline Hulse
The Adults, by Caroline Hulse
Complicit, by Winnie M Li
Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
The Bookshop of Second Chances, by Jackie Fraser
The Hidden Child, by Louise Fein
Endgame, by Malorie Blackman
The Literary Almanac, by Francesca Beauman
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
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This month’s guest is Mary Pauline Lowry, who wrote The Roxy Letters. Mary is married to a Brit, and she had lots of fascinating insights about the cultural differences between the countries, and I loved talking to her back about Bridget Jones and Jane Austen too. The Roxy Letters was one of my favourite reads of 2020. It was really fun and just what I needed. It’s out now in paperback.
Mary and I talked about why we love epistolary novels, took a bit of an accidental deep dive into books about Hollywood, chatted about the difference between British humour and American humour, and lots more!
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
The Roxy Letters, by Mary Pauline Lowry
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
Where D'you Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
Dear Committee Members, by Julie Schumacher
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy O'Toole
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Emma, by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
Eligible, by Curtis Sittenfeld
Men Are From Mars, Woman Are From Venus, by John Gray
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
Damnation Spring, by Ash Davidson
Grown Ups, by Emma Jane Unsworth
Breast and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami, transl. Sam Bett and David Boyd
He Will Be Mine, by Kristy Greenwood
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones and the Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Idea of You, by Robinne Lee
Mona at Sea, by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Rosaline Palmer Take the Cake, by Alexis Hall
Boyfriend Material, by Alexis Hall
Perfect Timing, by Owen Nicholls
Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
A Slow Fire Burning (signed edition!), by Paula Hawkins
They: What Muslims and Non-Muslims Get Wrong About Each Other, by Sarfraz Manzoo
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Our guest on episode 74 of the Brit Lit Podcast, is Lizzy Dent, who wrote The Summer Job, and who’s also a YA author -- as Rebecca Denton, she wrote This Beats Perfect, among other books.
She and I talked about her favourite food writing, what it’s like to have a novel come out during a pandemic, why we love the book Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, and more.
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Our guest on episode 73 of the Brit Lit Podcast is Danielle Wood who, as Minnie Darke, wrote one of Claire's very favourite books of recent years, called Star Crossed. Among other things, she discussed what makes One Day by David Nicholls such an amazing novel, and gave some recommendations for books by Tasmanian authors.
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Our guest today is Sareeta Domingo, who’s the author of both adult and young adult fiction, and most recently the editor of the collection called Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour. She talks about romantic reads she loves, the process of putting together an anthology, why books by British authors of colour are important, and more.
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Today, we hear from Naoise Dolan, who’s an Irish author and the writer of the Women’s Prize longlisted novel Exciting Times. She and I talked about cultural and literary differences between the UK, the US, and Ireland, what we both think about the idea of “likeable” characters, some great Irish authors, and more.
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Exciting Times, by Naoise Dolan
Grown Ups, by Marian Keyes
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling, by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
A Room Called Earth, by Madeline Ryan
Aftershocks, by Nadia Owusu
A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing, by Jessie Yu
The Road Trip, by Beth O'Leary
I Belong Here, by Anita Sethi
The Adventure of Miss Barbara Pym, by Paul Byrne
Last Night, by Mhairi McFarlane
A Trip of One's Own, by Kate Wills
The End of Men, by Christina Sweeney-Baird
The Wife Who Got a Life, by Tracy Bloom
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I work part-time in a lovely bookshop on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, and in this bonus episode, I interview my boss, Laurie Gillman, who founded the shop five years ago, to talk about what goes into starting and running a bookshop.
Laurie and I talked about what makes East City Bookshop special, some fun stories she has of hanging out with a few British authors, the challenges of the last year, her advice for anyone wanting to start a bookshop, and a whole lot more.
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Tin Man, by Sarah Winman (US / UK & Worldwide)
How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig (US / UK & Worldwide)
Little, by Edward Carey (US / UK & Worldwide)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, by Hanif Abdurraqib (US / UK & Worldwide)
Mary Jane, by Jessica Anya Blau (US / UK & Worldwide)
Creatures of Passage, by Morowa Yejidé (US / UK & Worldwide)
Revival Season, by Monica West (US / UK & Worldwide)
The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris (US / UK & Worldwide)
Once There Were Wolves, by Charlotte McConaghy (US / UK & Worldwide)
Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy (US / UK & Worldwide)
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis, by John Woodrow Cox (US)
A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape, by W Ralph Eubanks (US / UK & Worldwide)
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe (US / UK & Worldwide)
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Our guest on episode 70 is Sophie Cousens, the author of the romantic novel This Time Next Year. She and I talked working in TV taught her about storytelling, what she misses about London, the special island where she lives now, her next book, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
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This Time Next Year, by Sophie Cousens
Just Haven't Met You Yet, by Sophie Cousens
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab
Writers and Lovers, by Lily King
The Summer Job, by Lizzy Dent
Uncoupled / The Paris Connection, by Lorraine Brown
The Mismatch, by Sara Jafari
Beach Read, by Emily Henry
The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
He Will Be Mine, by Kristy Greenwood
Common Ground, by Naomi Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Who's Loving You, by Sareeta Domingo
The Littlest Library, by Poppy Alexander
Act Your Age, Eve Brown, by Talia Hibbert
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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Our guest today is Lorraine Brown, whose debut novel Uncoupling came out a couple of weeks ago in the UK, and will be out in the US as The Paris Connection this summer. It’s a delightful love story which made for a great start to my reading year. Lorraine spoke to me just before her novel was published, and we had a meandering chat about all kinds of things from our love of trains, our experiences of LA, why authors should stay away from their Goodreads reviews, and more.
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Uncoupling/The Paris Connection, by Lorraine Brown
The Note, by Zoe Folbigg
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
The Chalet, by Catherine Cooper
The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Girl A, by Abigail Dean
The Submission, by Amy Waldman
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling, by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
The Crow Folk, by Mark Stay
The Divines, by Ellie Eaton
Insatiable, by Daisy Buchanan
Raceless, by Georgina Lawton
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Our guest today is Cherie Jones, whose Barbados-set novel How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is hot off the press and has won praise from all quarters. Cosmopolitan calls it “visceral and haunting” and Bernadine Evaristo says that it’s “a hard-hitting and unflinching novel from a bold new writer who tackles head-on the brutal extremes of patriarchal abuse”.
Cherie and I talked about what it’s like to study writing far from home, where to start if you want to read short stories, what it’s like to live in Barbados, and more.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
(All available in the UK here and most available in the US here)
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, by Cherie Jones UK / US / Worldwide
In Praise of Love and Children, by Beryl Gilroy UK / US / Worldwide
The Girl with the Louding Voice, by Abi Daré UK / US / Worldwide
Augustown, by Kai Miller UK / US / Worldwide
The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead UK / US / Worldwide
Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, by Leanne Shapton UK / US / Worldwide
Ms Hempel Chronicles, by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum UK / US / Worldwide
Summer Lightning & Other Stories, by Olive Senior UK / US / Worldwide
Miguel Street, by V. S. Naipaul UK / US / Worldwide
People Like Her, by Ellery Lloyd UK / US / Worldwide
Rescue Me, by Sarra Manning UK / US / Worldwide
The Lonely Fajita, by Abigail Mann UK / US / Worldwide
Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love, by Brian Bilston UK / US / Worldwide (signed!)
Little Scratch, by Rebecca Watson UK / US / Worldwide
The Humiliations of Welton Blake, by Alex Wheatle UK / US / Worldwide
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe UK / US / Worldwide
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Our guest today is bestselling novelist Milly Johnson, who’s the author of many books of romantic fiction, most recently I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day. Milly has had a fascinating career, including as a greetings card joke writer, and I hope you’ll enjoy learning about that as much as I did! She talks to us about Christmas themed-book recommendations, why her latest book is her favourite of hers, her time ghost writing for Purple Ronnie, and more.
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I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, by Milly Johnson UK / US / Worldwide
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe UK / US / Worldwide
The Yorkshire Pudding Club, by Milly Johnson UK / US / Worldwide
The Birds and the Bees, by Milly Johnson UK / US / Worldwide
The Queen of Wishful Thinking, by Milly Johnson UK / US / Worldwide
For My Best Friend Forever, by Purple Ronnie UK / US / Worldwide
Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Jumper, by Debbie Johnson UK / US / Worldwide
The World at My Feet, by Catherine Isaac UK / US / Worldwide
Christmas For Beginners, by Carole Matthews UK / US / Worldwide
Let's Meet on Platform 8, by Carole Matthews UK / US / Worldwide
I Heart Christmas, by Lindsey Kelk UK / US / Worldwide
Seven Days of Us, by Francesca Hornak UK / US / Worldwide
The Adults, by Caroline Hulse UK / US / Worldwide
The Little Library Christmas, by Kate Young UK / US / Worldwide
Seven Kinds of People You Meet in Bookshops, by Shaun Blythell UK / US / Worldwide
The Flip Side, by James Bailey UK / US / Worldwide
Black History Walks, by Tony Warner UK / US / Worldwide
Erin's Diary, by Lisa McGee UK / US / Worldwide
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Our guest on episode 66 is Lucy Farfort, who’s the illustrator of the gorgeous new picture book Afraid of the Dark, written by Isabel Otter and Sarah Shaffi. It’s a lovely book about moving house, new beginnings, friendship and finding ways to cope with fear. Lucy and I talked about the process of illustrating books, advice for anyone who’d like to get into the field, the importance of diversity in publishing, and more.
You can see Lucy Farfort talking about and showing us her book here.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Afraid of the Dark, by Isabel Otter, Sarah Shaffi, and Lucy Farfort UK / US / Worldwide
Islandborn, by Junot Diaz and Leo Espinosa UK / US / Worldwide
Billy and the Beast, by Nadia Shireen UK / US / Worldwide
The Bear and the Piano, by David Litchfield UK / US / Worldwide
Holes, by Louis Sachar UK / US / Worldwide
When Life Gives You Mangos, by Kereen Getten UK / US /Wordwide
Failosophy, by Elizabeth Day UK / US / Worldwide
Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton UK / US / Worldwide
The Little Library Year, by Kate Young UK / US / Worldwide
The Little Library Christmas, by Kate Young UK / US / Worldwide
Freshers, by Lucy Ivison and Tom Ellen UK / US / Worldwide
All About Us, by Tom Ellen UK / US / Worldwide
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, by Milly Johnson UK / US / Worldwide
Mantel Pieces, by Hilary Mantel UK / US / Worldwide
A Song for the Dark Times, by Ian Rankin UK / US / Worldwide
Symona's Still Single, by Lisa Bent UK / US / Worldwide
Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams UK / US / Worldwide
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe UK / US / Worldwide
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Our guest on episode 65 is Annie Lyons, who, among other books, is the author of the lovely, heart-warming novel Eudora Honeysett Is Quite Well, Thank You, known in the US as The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett. It’s about an older woman who grew up in the Second World War and is now at the end of her life, and kind of over the whole thing, and ready to be done. But then a new family moves in next door, and she makes a new friend. I read it this spring, when reading had been a struggle for weeks –it was just the book I needed.
Among other things, Annie talked to me about her recent favourite reads, her love of Mary Berry, and about her fascinating career in publishing – she worked as a bookseller on Charing Cross Road for a while, and I guarantee you will never be able to guess who her most famous customer was.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeysett
The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes, by Ruth Hogan
Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, by Louis de Bernieres
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka
Mary Berry's Christmas Collection, by Mary Berry
Mary Berry's Baking Bible, by Mary Berry
Once Upon a Tyne, by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
Byker Grove, by Adele Parks
The Diary of an MP’s Wife, by Sasha Swire
The Baby Group, by Caroline Corcoran
Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton
The High Moments, by Sara-Ella Ozbek
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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Our guest today is Gillian Harvey, the author of Everything Is Fine. She and I talked about how she ended up living in France, how social media can affect our self-worth, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Everything is Fine, by Gillian Harvey
A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle
A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clark
The Neighbour, by Nicola Gill
Normal People, by Sally Rooney
This Lovely City, by Louise Hare
After the End, by Clare Mackintosh
Intimations, by Zadie Smith
The Fleet Street Girls, by Julie Welch
Love in Colour, by Bolu Babalola
Diamonds at the Lost and Found, by Sarah Aspinall
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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Our guest on episode 63 is Robert Webb, who, as well as being a writer, is an actor, best known for the hit British comedy Peep Show. He’s the author most recently of the novel Come Again. He describes that novel like this: Middle-aged widow time travels back to 1992 and tries to save future dead husband when he is an annoying student. Grief, nostalgia, jokes, car-chase, new love, renewal, joy. He and I talked about 90s nostalgia, the unusual structure of his book, and the emotional toll of time travel.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Come Again, by Robert Webb
The Innocent, by Ian McEwan
Feel Free, by Zadie Smith
Sweet Sorry, by David Nicholls
One Day, by David Nicholls
Under the Volcano, by Malcolm Lowry
A Star is Bored, by Byron Lane
Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher
The Golden Rule, by Amanda Craig (UK, 2nd July, literary fiction)
Hearts and Minds, by Amanda Craig
How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right? by Pandora Sykes (UK, 9th July, essays)
The Hungover Games, by Sophie Heawood
My Best Friend's Girl, by Dorothy Koomson
All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson
In Case You Missed It by Lindsey Kelk
Note to Boy, by Sue Clarke
Older and Wider, by Jenny Eclair (UK, 2nd July, non-fiction)
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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I encourage you, now and always, to buy some of your books from Black-owned bookshops in London and in the UK more generally.
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Today, we’re revisiting our interview with Diana Evans from a couple of years ago, as well as hearing about new books out this month. Diana Evans is the author of three novels, 26a, The Wonder, and most recently Ordinary People, which came out this spring in the UK to much acclaim and is out this week in the US. She talked to Claire about her favourite London-set books, her own past life as a dancer, why it was important for her to capture the experience of middle class black brits, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
26a, by Diana Evans
The Wonder, by Diana Evans
Ordinary People, by Diana Evans
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, by Jean Rhys
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
This Is London: Life and Death in the World City, by Ben Judah
Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot
Tender Is the Night, by F Scott Fitzgerald
Dancer, by Colum McCann
Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake, by Lucia Joyce
Nijinski, by Richard Buckle
The Cranes Dance, by Meg Howrey
Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert
Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert
To Be Someone, by Ian Stone
Out of Love, by Hazel Hayes
The Seduction, by Joanna Briscoe
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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Here's a list of books by Black British authors.
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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:
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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
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