For our February Book Club episode Hannah was joined by author Michelle Steinbeck to discuss her latest novel Favorita, which you can buy here. Favorita was translated by writer/translator Jen Calleja, you can follow her work here. 
In this episode, Hannah and Michelle discuss the writer/translator relationship, how Shame shows up in this novel, the misogyny experienced by the female characters in this book plus so much more. 
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Books & other mentions in this episode:
My Father was a Man on Land and a Whale in the Water by Michelle Steinbeck, translated by Jen Calleja
Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt
Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin & Kenward Elmslie, edited by Chip Livingston
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
Franz Kafka
Daniil Kharms
Elena Ferrante
Dacia Maraini
Goliarda Sapienza
Maggie Nelson
Guestbook: Ghost Stories by Leanne Shapton
My Work by Olga Ravn

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For our fourth instalment in the Books to Screen series, Hannah was joined by author and friend of the pod Catherine Airey to discuss the adaptation of the moment - Wuthering Heights! This film has attracted so much attention and has been at the centre of the cultural conversation in the last week so it would have been silly not to cover this in this series. In this episode, Hannah and Catherine discuss the controversial casting of a white actor as Heathcliff, whether this was a faithful adaptation or fan fiction, our thoughts on Nelly as a villain, Isabella's new trajectory plus so much more!
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You can buy Catherine's novel here or you can pre-order the paperback here. 
You can follow Catherine via Instagram. 
Buy tickets for Catherine's upcoming event with Roxy Dunn here. 

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Twilight
I Capture The Castle (2003)
I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
As Young As This by Roxy Dunn
The Odyssey (2026)
Vladimir (2026)
Margo's Got Money Troubles (2026)
The Rachel Incident (Upcoming)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Wuthering Heights (2011)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Saltburn (2023)
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett- Wuthering Heights / Class article

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For today's episode Hannah was joined by author Rhiannon Lucy Coslett to discuss her latest novel Female, Nude. In this episode they discuss the choice to become a mother, Rhiannon's research into various female & non-binary artists whose art was impacted by motherhood, wealth divides in friendships, the beauty of Greece plus lots more!
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You can follow Rhiannon via Instagram.

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
Artists & works referenced in Female, Nude
The Year of the Cat by Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
The Republic of Parenthood by Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
The Tyranny of Lost Things by Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
The Original by Nell Stevens
Sarah Waters
Bad Sex in Fiction Awards
Bad Behaviour by Mary Gaitskill
Elena Ferrante
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (BBC)

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For our third instalment in the Books to Screen series, author/musician Sophie Crawford joins us to discuss a very unique adaptation, Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew to Ten Things I Hate About You (1999). In this episode Hannah and Sophie discuss how it's unbelievable that the play is considered a comedy, the sexism and misogyny in the play and the film, the romcom magic the film has, the various castings plus much more! 
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You can buy Sophie's debut novel here.
You can follow Sophie via sophiecrawford.co.uk & Instagram.

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Faust - Jan Švankmajer (1994)
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Clueless (1995)
Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights (2026)
Hamnet (2025)
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Tales of The City by Armistead Maupin
Tales of The City (2019)
Michelle Tea
Peter Panic by James Baldwin
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Watership Down (1978)

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In today's instalment of our Debut Spotlight series Hannah chats to author Elspeth Wilson about her debut novel These Mortal Bodies. In this episode they discuss how beneficial journaling is to the creative process, the messiness of grief, setting the novel at an elite university and the secret societies that can be found there plus some excellent book recs.
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You can follow Elspeth via Substack & Instagram.

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix
She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/girls-only-drinking-societies-dark-academia
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Venus Fly Trap by Emma Medrano
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/elspeth-wilson-shares-her-favourite-dark-academia-reads?&new-list-page=true

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For the first episode in Season 7 of our Debut Spotlight series Hannah spoke to Rebecca Ferrier about her debut novel The Salt Bind. They discuss her writing journey, how a D&D actor inspired one of her characters, Cornish folklore plus lots more.
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You can follow Rebecca via Instagram & TikTok

Books & other mentions in this episode:
Solace House by Will Maclean
The Folklore of Cornwall by Ronald. M James
Practical Magic (1998)
Dimension 20- Podcast
BBC- The Reith Lectures - Hilary Mantel

 
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For our second instalment of Books to Screen, Emily Goulding joins us to discuss the adaptation that got away... The Secret History. In this episode Hannah & Emily discuss the failed attempts to adapt this hugely popular novel, what they loved about the book, why Emily thinks The Goldfinch didn't work as an adaptation + lots of recommendations!
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You can follow Emily via Instagram 
Read her reviews here: Times Literary Supplement, Irish Times

Books & other mentions in this ep:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
My Brilliant Friend- NowTV
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Netflix
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Chlorine by Jade Song
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Normal People (BBC)
Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House
Hamnet (2025)
The Goldfinch (2019)
The Pitt (2025)
The Girlfriend (2025)
Weapons (2025)
BBC Radio 4 Book Club Podcast- Donna Tartt (2014)
Zero to Well-Read Podcast- The Secret History
Once Upon a Time... at Bennington College Podcast
Frida Slattery As Herself by Ana Kinsella
The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi
Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad
The Book of Mysteries by Rebecca Tamás

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Joining Hannah for today's episode is returning guest, Roxy Dunn. Roxy appeared on the podcast back in 2024 to dicuss her incredible debut novel As Young As This and she's back now to talk about her second novel Wants and Needs (spoiler free ofc!)
They discuss what drew Roxy to exploring modern dating through the lens of ethical non-monogamy (in her writing), what she's learnt from rejection, the mother/daughter relationship + lots more!
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You can follow Roxy via Instagram.

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
Wants and Needs by Roxy Dunn
As Young As This by Roxy Dunn
Alison by Lizzy Stewart
The Wreck by Lizzy Stewart
People in Love by Claire Daverley
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Everyone I know is Dying by Emily Slapper
New York Times' The Book Review: 'The Correspondent' Author Virginia Evans On Her Breakout Year
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

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Welcome to our first episode of Books to Screen, to kick us off author and friend of the pod Emma Hinds has joined us to deep dive into one of the most anticipated adaptations, Hamnet. 
In this episode Hannah and Emma discuss the differences between the book and the film, the scenes they loved, the scenes they missed and Emma puts their historical fiction writer cap on and talks about some historical inaccuracies in the film. Aswell as this, Emma reveals some of their own favourite adaptations and castings, we hope you enjoy! 
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You can follow Emma via Instagram, Tumblr & Patreon
Buy Emma's books: The Knowing, The Quick and The Dead & Witchlore

Books & other mentions in this ep: 
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet (2025)
War & Peace (BBC)
Wolf Hall (BBC)
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Strangers by Taichi Yamada
Little Women (2019)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Enola Holmes (Netflix)
Earlyfate by Nat Reeve
Nettleblack by Nat Reeve
Serenity Booksellers
H is For Hawk (2025)
H is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
The Odyssey (2026)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Persuasion (2022)
Julia Armfield
Lucy Rose
The Betrayal of Thomas True by A J West
The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
The Essex Serpent (2022)
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Pre-order Nightcurse by Emma Hinds (US)
Pre-order Nightcurse by Emma Hinds (UK)
One Day (2011)
One Day (Netflix)

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Welcome back to our first Book Club episode of 2026, this month Hannah spoke to debut author Grace Murray about her novel Blank Canvas. They discuss how Grace balanced work, studies & writing this novel, writing advice for budding writers & her experience of being on Penguin's WriteNow scheme. They also discuss chat through campus novels, writers that inspire Grace, lies and deception and so much more. 
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You can follow Grace via Instagram. 

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Difficult Ghost: Searching For Truman Capote by Leila Guerriero
Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Mrs. S by K. Patrick
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Heated Rivalry (NowTV)

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