Powerful women, families of all kinds, fantastical adventures and so much more unite these two spellbinding tales.

Juno Dawson's The Shadow Cabinet is the second installment in her series of witches, intrigue and the unbreakable bonds of friendship. Dawson joins us to talk about the importance of complex female characters, the response to This Book is Gay, the strength her characters find together and more with Poured Over guest host, Marie Hendry.

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs finds two estranged sisters tasked with protecting the most important thing of all: the books in a magical library. Törzs talks about the challenging dynamics of writing about family, fairy tale tropes, her favorite things about writing fantasy and more with Poured Over guest host, Kat Sarfas.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Marie Hendry and Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books (Episode):

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

You Need to Chill by Juno Dawson

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine