The incredible author Lauren J. Joseph joins me to talk about her new book Lean Cat, Savage Cat – out on 26 February 2026. Lauren talks about the genre-bending ambiguity of the novel, about characters that have followed her from the stage to the page, and about writing across languages. We touch on the intricacies of first-person narration, but also on what it’s like to write a novel versus writing a PhD.  

References:
Lauren J. Joseph’s Lean Cat, Savage Cat (2026)
Lauren J. Joseph’s At Certain Points We Touch (2022)
Ben Robbins
Alexander Geist
David Bowie
Bryan Ferry
Morrissey
Hildegard von Bingen
Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet
Essen
Dortmund
Karstadt
KaDeWe
Romy Haag
Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy: Low, Heroes, Lodger
Narcissus and Echo
Céleste Albaret
Proust
American Psycho
Pedro Lemebel’s My Tender Matador
Jean Genet