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In the first episode of season 1, host Rebecca Thandi Norman welcomes comedian and writer Josh Gondelman to discuss the classic kids' comedy book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. They dive into how to structure jokes for kids that still resonate with adults and to how this book is reflected in Josh's own work. How does a comedian build his comedic sensibility? Books are a pretty good start!

Read Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Subscribe to Josh's newsletter, That's Marvelous!

Read Josh's book, Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results

Resources we discussed off-mic:

Labour Notes

How Things Work by Hamilton Nolan

Salvo by Kim Kelly

Jacobin articles by Alex N. Press

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This podcast is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman, produced by Kate Krosschell, and sound engineered by Winther Robinson. Title music is by DJARTMUSIC.

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Has a book ever changed your life? How old were you? At Book Imprint, host Rebecca Thandi Norman interviews people about the books that changed their lives before the age of 25, ostensibly the time until which our brains are developing.

Check out the trailer and subscribe to our feed at Book Imprint to listen to the first episode, launching 29th January 2025.

Join us for season 1! Have questions or comments? Write to us at [email protected] and follow along at @bookimprintpodcast.

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We have news! This is not only the final episode of season 3....it's also the final episode of Tea & Murder! Ever! Well, at least for now. We're answering some listener questions, including how to get away with murder, how to fake your own death, and even a few questions about Christie's work!

Books recommended in this episode:

The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah

A Game for All the Family by Sophie Hannah

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall

Trail of Echoes by Rachel Howzell Hall

Stay subscribed to this feed to hear the first episode of our upcoming podcast, Book Imprint, which will be interviews with notable people about books that changed their lives before the age of 25. And we might occasionally drop in a new episode of Tea & Murder as a little treat.

Special thanks to Bond & Grace, our season 3 sponsor. You can get 20% off with code TEA20.

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It's our final interview of season 3! Host Rebecca Thandi Norman talks with G.T. Karber, the creator and author of Murdle murder mystery puzzles. What started as an online game has become a whole universe, with books, a board game, live events, and event the upcoming Murdle Junior!

Karber and Rebecca discuss the first Miss Marple novel, Murder at the Vicarage, and how Miss Marple changes over the course of her series. The chat about Miss Marple's power of invisibility, comfort reading, and why Rebecca loves Murdle so much.

Get your Murdle book here.

Thanks for joining us this season! We'd love to hear from you. If you have any comments, feedback, or just want to say hi, reach out at [email protected] or on Instagram at @teaandmurder.

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In this episode of Tea & Murder, host Rebecca Thandi Norman and Professor Caroline Derry discuss A Murder is Announced. One of Rebecca's favorite Marples, this book includes one of Christie's most obvious lesbian-coded couples as well as an in-depth look at English village life in a post-WWII world.

Rebecca and Caroline talk about the wonderful round-robin scene at the beginning of the book (a classic!), other LGBTQ-coding in Christie's work, and what this coding reflects about the time Christie was writing.

Read Professor Derry's book:

Lesbianism and Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Regulation in England and Wales

Next up, we're reading:

Murder at the Vicarage

Feel free to get in touch with comments, feedback, or ideas for future episodes! You can find us on Instagram at @teaandmurder or via email at [email protected].

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Who else could make Rebecca re-read a Tommy and Tuppence book other than the fantastic Teresa and Bill Peschel of Peschel Press? They discuss how the book reflects the style and interests of the time, the parody aspect of the book, and whether Rebecca actually enjoyed reading this one (surprise: she did!).

Teresa, who wrote a book of reviews of Christie adaptations, Agatha Christie, She Watched, talks them through the various adaptations of this book. Bill explains his work in creating the annotated version of the novel, and why he thinks annotated books are so important.

Buy Agatha Christie, She Watched

Buy The Complete Annotated The Secret Adversary (only available in some countries)

Our next book will be A Murder is Announced

Feel free to get in touch with comments, feedback, or ideas for future episodes! You can find us on Instagram at @teaandmurder or via email at [email protected].

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Welcome to season 3 of Tea & Murder! This episode is sponsored by Bond and Grace. Bond and Grace is a women-founded literary brand producing art novels, fine art, and art prints. They make incredible gifts for book lovers of all kinds! Bond and Grace is giving our readers 20% off of their art novels and prints with the code TEA20.

In this episode, host Rebecca Thandi Norman chats with illustrator Ilya Milstein, who among many other things, draws the World of Agatha Christie puzzles! We discuss The Witness for the Prosecution in both its short story and play forms, as well as what it takes to visually adapt Christie's work. Ilya takes us through his journey to become an illustrator and why he is so particular about how he represents characters like Poirot and Marple.

**There are some spoilers in this episode.**

Learn more about Ilya's work.

Buy the World of Agatha Christie puzzles (here's the Poirot one!).

The next episode we'll be reading The Secret Adversary.

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Welcome to season 3 of Tea & Murder! This episode is sponsored by Bond and Grace. Bond and Grace is a women-founded literary brand producing art novels, fine art, and art prints. They make incredible gifts for book lovers of all kinds! Bond and Grace is giving our readers 20% off of their art novels and prints with the code TEA20.

For this episode, we speak with Bond & Grace Chief Product Officer Ayana Christie. We chat about her family's background running an antique store in Brooklyn, New York, her work with Bond & Grace, and the book After the Funeral.

Ayana read Christie has a young person, but hasn't read much since, so this was a return to her roots to see if Christie's work still appeals in the same way, Find out whether she enjoyed the story, what the book says about post-war England, and whether a Vermeer is really worth killing for.

*There are spoilers in this episode*

Learn more about Ayana's family antique store, Yanatiba, on their website and Instagram.

Our next episode features Witness for the Prosecution.

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Welcome to season 3 of Tea & Murder! This episode is sponsored by Bond and Grace. Bond and Grace is a women-founded literary brand producing art novels, fine art, and art prints. They make incredible gifts for book lovers of all kinds! Bond and Grace is giving our readers 20% off of their art novels and prints with the code TEA20.

Co-host of "The Swinging Christies" podcast Gray Robert Brown joins host Rebecca Thandi Norman for a discussion of The Clocks, a true 1960s thriller-cum-mystery with Poirot in a role that puts his little grey cells to the test. During their interview, Gray and Rebecca talk about the book's literary elements, such as the theme of time, the quirky characters of Wilberham Crescent, and how many references to other books and films Christie manages to fit into this story.

Listen to The Swinging Christies.

Our next book is After the Funeral.

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Welcome to season 3 of Tea & Murder! This episode is sponsored by Bond and Grace. Bond and Grace is a women-founded literary brand producing art novels, fine art, and art prints. They make incredible gifts for book lovers of all kinds! Bond and Grace is giving our readers 20% off of their art novels and prints with the code TEA20.

In this episode, we talk with author Julia Seales about the gothic-style Christie novel Endless Night. Julia's first novel, A Most Agreeable Murder, was recently released to rave reviews, combining Austen and Christie into a Regency-era murder mystery, with a hefty dose of comedy. The second book in the series will be coming out soon.

In discussing Endless Night, we discuss the tone of the book and how it differs from Christie's other work, the twist, and the emotional heft of the ending. Julia also talks about her own work, how to make murder funny, and what it takes to create characters you want to revisit.

Read A Most Agreeable Murder.

Our next book is The Clocks.

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