Papertrail Podcast

Michael is the author of 'Hold', which was just shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels. He is a graduate of the Royal Holloway writing programme and lives in London, where he works as a teacher.

Michael's Book Choices:

• The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
• Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter

You can follow Michael on twitter @michaeldonkor

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Marc's Novel, 'Three Dreams In The Key Of G' was published by Dead Ink Books in 2018. He is the author of many other novels, as well as short and flash fiction. He can also be found on YouTube where he reviews and discusses literary and experimental fiction.

Marc's Book Choices:

• The Damned United by David Pearce
• This Is Not a Novel by David Markson
• Cobralingus by Jeff Noon

You can follow Marc on twitter @21stCScribe, on his website, and on YouTube.

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Tyler Wetherall is a journalist and author living in New York. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including The Guardian, The Times, Vice, Electric Literature. She teaches Creative Writing and Journalism at Manhattanville College.

Tyler's Book Choices:

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

You can follow Tyler on twitter @TylerWrites

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Megan Hunter is the author of 'The End We Start From'. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and she was a finalist for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award with her short story 'Selfing'.

Megan's Book Choices:

• Bluets by Maggie Nelson
• In The Cut by Susanna Moore
• NW by Zadie Smith

You can follow Megan on Twitter and Instagram @meganfnhunter

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Chris is the author of the short story collection 'Mothers'. You can find his 'A Brief Survey of The Short Story' columns on The Guardian.

Chris's Book Choices:

• A Tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kiš
• Molloy by Samuel Beckett
• Homesick For Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

You can follow Chris on twitter @Chris_Power

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Happy holidays everyone! This is a different episode to usual, where Alex and Sophie have a festive round-up of some of their favourite books from this year (and a few from previous years)

Was the crackling fire a bit much?

Shownotes:

Longform interview with Sheila Heti

Nut Loaf Recipe

Rhiannon is a columnist, feature writer, and editor for The Guardian. In 2012 she co-founded The Vagenda which was published in book form by Vintage. Her debut Novel, 'The Tyranny of Lost Things' was published by Sandstone Press in 2018.

Rhiannon's Book Choices:

• Dept. Of Speculation by Jenny Offill
• The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
• Bad Behaviour by Mary Gaitskill

You can follow Rhiannon on twitter @RhiannonLucyC and find out more about her on her website.

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Tasha is a SFF writer living in London. Her debut novel, the Mughal India inspired epic fantasy, 'Empire of Sand' came out on the 13th of November in the US and the 15th of November in the UK. Go check it out!

TASHA'S BOOK CHOICES:

• The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
• Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
• A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore

You can follow Tasha on twitter @TashaDrinksTea

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Daisy's debut short story collection 'Fen' came out in 2016 and made some serious waves. Now, at just 27, she's on the Booker Prize Shortlist for her novel 'Everything Under'. Sophie spoke with Daisy about three of the books that are important to her and her writing. (They spoke before the shortlist was announced, so please forgive there being no mention of that).

DAISY'S BOOK CHOICES:

• Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg
• White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
• Get In Trouble by Kelly Link

You can follow Daisy on twitter @DJdaisyjohnson

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Aaron is the Director & Editor of Broken Sleep Books as well as the author of the poetry collection 'Tertiary Colours'. He has two upcoming collections in 2019, 'Angels The Size of Houses' and 'The Last Hundred'

Aaron's Book Choices:

• The Dirt by Neil Strauss, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars
• The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
• The White Stones by J.H. Prynne

You can follow Aaron on twitter @GodzillaKent

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