Buckle in, because it’s a busy one this week! Catch up with what we’re enjoying at the moment, and then listen to us diveinto the issues surrounding TV and movie adaptations of recent true crime and celebrity stories, focusing on the way real-life trauma is used, glamorised, and exploited to generate profit by big-name productions such as with Pam and Tommy,Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and Blonde.

Content Warnings

Strong language, and discussions of murder, rape, and death.

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This week we take a look at a few historical movies centered around sapphic relationships. We discuss how most of these movies rely on the patriarchal and puritanical restrictions of the period to build a story of forbidden love, acknowledging that while female sexuality and lesbianism is a powerful transgression, we also deserve contemporary stories of queer joy, love, and acceptance.

At the end, Ivy spills some tea from the world of book twitter which inevitably sends both of us on yet another rant about book pirating and how it can affect people's livelihood.

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This week we're bringing you an interview with Rebecca Thorne, author of cosy fantasy Can't Spell Treason without Tea, for which you can read our review here. We've been sitting on thisgem for a while and we're over the moon to be able to share it with you now too. We chatted in depth about Rebecca's book, her inspiration and writing process and some other projects she's planning on blessing us with.

While Ivy might not have any tea to spill this week, we did go on a little rant involving authors and reviews.

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We’re back — and with lots of new updates! In our first podcast of 2023, we catch up on what books and shows we’ve been enjoying recently, and then dive into the most recent drama surrounding the book community (spoiler alert: there’s a lot). From an author faking their death to an It Ends With Us colouring book, January has already given us plenty of strange and not-so-wonderful topics to rant about, so if you’re behind on the latest social media incidents, this is the place to learn things about authors, books, and discourse against your will.

Be sure to stay tuned until the end for an exciting announcement about next week’s episode, which may or may not feature our first special guest of the year! We’ll give you a hint: this author’s book includes just as much tea as we have for you in this episode, only steeped in a little more love…

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If you keep up with the queer reading community, you will have seen Courtney Kae's In The Event of Love already, and we're so excited that, for our final day of Queermas, we got to sit down and talk to the wonderful author behind Rachel and Morgan's snowy love story. We discuss traditions and inspirations in this special episode, and also explore thedifficulties that come with being a queer author in an open discussion about Courtney's experiences.

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Today, we're here with our third Queermas podcast episode, this time with best-selling romance author Clare Lydon, whohas published over twenty sapphic books, including The Christmas Catch and Christmas in Mistletoe. Listen to us talkabout festive joy in fiction, Clare's impressive writing career, and also her own podcast, Lesbians Who Write!

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We're already halfway through Queermas, and today we have another special guest episode - this time with ImogenMarkwell-Tweed, author of over twenty queer romance novellas. Imogen's work promises cosy baking scenes and low-stake plotlines, and at Christmas, with her fake dating story Bus Ticket Baby, what could be better? Listen to us talk aboutpregnant protagonists, sexy Christmas ghosts, and Imogen's future projects now!

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On the third day of Queermas the sapphics gave to me... a very special Queermas episode with Make You Mine ThisChristmas author, Lizzie Huxley-Jones (try fitting that into one verse!). Lizzie tells us about their experience andinspirations behind their wonderful, festive laugh-out-loud romance, from their sapphic twist on the fake dating trope, tochasing a baby reindeer through a Christmas market, to their plans for Book Two. You can also expect insight into writingdisabled and autistic characters, and to hear about Lizzie's festive favourites and 2023 book recs!

We also sit down to talk about Ivy's festive Czech traditions — which may or may not involve fish scales.

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Muahahahaha! Happy Halloween, stabby sapphics! To get in the spooky spirit, we had our very first guests on the podcastthis week: up first, author Wendy Dalrymple talks all about her gothic-inspired horror stories, including her newestreleases, Roser Park and Don’t Read This or you Might Die. Then we chat to P.K. Reeves about her new urban fantasynovel, Vampire Magic, which is the second book in the Lineage Series. We also talk about our favourite Halloween go-tosand share some exciting news with our listeners - so be sure to stay tuned until the end, boos, and if you haven’t already,check out Wendy and P.K’s books!

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Join us this week for a good old catch-up about everything we’ve been loving recently, including Apple TV+ dramas and a lot of books! We then ask “What’s the tea, Ivy?” and discuss current subjects such as even more friction in fiction, the Try Guys, Kanye West, and the lack of fat representation in media.

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