A Pair of Bookends

Jan Book Club with Nicola Dinan: Turning 30, Finding Success & The Importance of Humour


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Welcome to our January Book Club episode! For today's episode Hannah was joined by author Nicola Dinan to discuss her latest novel Disappoint Me. They discuss the pressures of turning 30, what success means, the vulnerability in writing sex scenes & lots more. There is also of course some chat on Nicola's debut novel, the wonderful Bellies
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Books & other mentions in this episode: 
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney: 'The Daily' Interview
'The Back of Beyond' from Collected Short Stories Vol 4 by W. Somerset Maugham
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
The Dune Novels by Frank Herbert
Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive

Thanks so much for listening! Until next time, happy reading!
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