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- Author Interview with Jessica Mary Best on Stars, Hide Your Fires
Join us for an interview with Jessica Mary Best on her sapphic sci-fi murder mystery, Stars, Hide Your Fires, recently released in paperback! Let's talk conlangs, comedy as catharsis, and character chemistry!
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcriptsContent warnings: References to fictional murder, poisoning, classism, and serious illness. Discussion of a real-life mugging and physical assault.A big thank you to Best for joining us for this episode! You can find her on Bluesky, Instagram, or visit her website atjessicamarybest.com.˚☽˚｡⋆ Order a copy of Stars, Hide Your Fires ˚☽˚｡⋆UK LinkUS Link
・:*˚:✧｡ Check out our Patreon!・:*˚:✧｡https://www.patreon.com/TheHiddenBookcase・:*˚:✧｡ Join our Discord for bookish chats and cosycats!・:*˚:✧｡https://discord.gg/wWU6u6xYEuVisit our Bookshop.Org page!UK LinkUS LinkOther media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):- The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Audiodrama)Website- Keep It Steady (Audiodrama)WebsiteOur next read:- She Who Became the SunUK LinkUS LinkKeep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 53 min - Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland
It's Ahistorical Autumn at The Hidden Bookcase! Our second read is Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland. Let's talk asexual rep, awkward conversations with your siblings, and audiobook excellence.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: Aphobia, cheating, death, child murder, war an colonialism.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- Sistersong by Lucy Holland [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Gravity Falls (TV Series)
- Evocation by S.T. Gibson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Loveless by Alice Oseman [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Godkiller by Hannah Kaner [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Power Unbound by Freya Marske [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Merlin (TV Series)
- Blood Is Another Word For Hunger by Rivers Solomon [Read Online]
- REEDS (Webcomic) [Read Online]
- Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Audiodrama) [Listen Online]
Our next read:
- Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
47 min - Fireside Chats: Fat Representation in SFF ft. Anya Josephs
In celebration of Fat Liberation Month, we're joined by writer and psychotherapist Anya Josephs to discuss fat representation in science-fiction and fantasy. Let's talk symbolic representation, systemic vs. individual experiences, and striving to tell stories that change real-world narratives.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com
Content warnings: Discussons of fatphobia, including interpersonal, internalised, structural and societal ableism. Mentions of disordered eating.
You can find Anya Josephs' work, including young adult fantasy novel, Queen of All, on her website.
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cats!・:*˚:✧｡Visit our Bookshop.Org page! [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):- Queen of All by Anya Josephs [Author Website]
- Looking for Body Positivity and Fat Protagonists in YA Fantasy by Anya Josephs (Listicle) [Read Online]
- Six of Crows (Series) by Leigh Bardugo [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Circle of Magic (Series) by Tamora Pierce [GoodReads Link]
- The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon [US LINK]
- Dragon Age: Inquistion (Video Game)
- The Owl House (TV Series)
- Shadow and Bone (Series) by Leigh Bardugo [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Hunger Games (Series) by Suzanne Collins [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Sistersong by Lucy Holland [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Further reading:- The Body Project [Website]
- How History Still Weighs Heavy On South Asian Bodies Today (Article) by Faima Bakar [Read Online]
- Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Venus of Willendorf and Other Voluptuous Ancient Figures May Have Been ‘Ideological Tools’ to Shape Body-Image Norms (Article) by Sarah Cascone [Read Online]
Our next read:
- Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 46 min - The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley ft. Kit Lovick
It's ahistorical autumn at The Hidden Bookcase! Our first read is The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, a joint recommendation by Sorren and guest Kit Lovick. Let's talk timelines, tortoises, and tube stations.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: References to war, abduction, slavery, child murder and death, sexual assault, corrective rape, colonialism and traumatic amputation.
A big thank you to Kit for joining us for this episode! You can follow him on Twitter @sharpsnooter. Click here for more information about urban fantasy horror podcast The Attic Monologues, or find science-fiction miniseries To Chart a Well-Trod Course on Twitter @welltrodpod.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- The Bifrost Incident (Album) by The Mechanisms [Bandcamp]
- Bridgerton (Series) by Julia Quinn [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Mars House by Natasha Pulley [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (Series) by Natasha Pulley [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Film) dir. Stephen Herek
- Doctor Who (TV Series)
- The Flash (TV Series)
- Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Sins of the Cities (Series) by K. J. Charles [Author Website]
- Chrestomanci (Series) by Dianne Wynne Jones [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV Series)
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Series) by Douglas Adams [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Series) by Douglas Adams [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Agents of SHIELD (TV Series)
Next episode, we'll be discussing fat representation in speculative fiction in celebration of Fat Liberation Month, alongside author Anya Josephs:
- Queen of All by Anya Josephs [Author Website]
- Looking for Body Positivity and Fat Protagonists in YA Fantasy by Anya Josephs [Read Online]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
59 min - Fireside Chats: Writing Disability in Fantasy ft. Ella T. Holmes
We're joined by writer and disability advocate Ella T. Holmes in celeberation of Disability Pride Month to discuss writing disability in the fantasy genre. Let's talk toxic perseverance, taking accountability, and just trying.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com
Content warnings: Discussons of ableism, including interpersonal, internalised, structural and societal ableism. Mentions of JK Rowling. Joking reference to a fatal car accident.
You can find Ella T. Holmes on Twitter, Tumblr and Substack. For her stories and other relevant links, see her Linktree.・:*˚:✧｡ Check out our Patreon!・:*˚:✧｡・:*˚:✧｡ Join our Discord for bookish chats and cosy
cats!・:*˚:✧｡Visit our Bookshop.Org page! [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Fly Or Die: The Ableist Narrative of Toxic Perseverance by Ella T. Holmes [Read Online]
- Fallen Gods (Series) by Hannah Kaner [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- TV Tropes: Disability Tropes [Read Online]
- Problematic and Irritating Disability Tropes to Avoid in Writing by Arie Farnam [Read Online]
- Spoonie Authors' Network: Disability Tropes 101 [Read Online]
- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong [UK Link] / [US Link]
- Disfigured by Amanda Leduc [UK Link] / [US Link]
- Emily Wilde's Encylcopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett [UK Link] / [US Link]
Our next read:- The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley [UK Link] / [US Link]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 1 hr 4 min - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
It's sapphics in space summer at The Hidden Bookcase! Our third read is This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Let's talk enemies to lovers, echoes through time, and eating each other.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: Vomit, cannablism, poisoning, and death.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Steven Universe (TV Series)
- The Locked Tomb (Series) by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- The Death of Chatterton (Painting) [View Online]
- Songs of Innocence and Experience (Poetry Collection) by William Blake [Read Online]
- Ozymandias (Poem) by Percy Shelley [Read Online]
- Hannibal (TV Series)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Murderbot Diaries (Series) by Martha Wells [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Circe by Madeline Miller [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu [US LINK]
Our next read:
- The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
53 min - Author Interview: S.T. Gibson on Evocation
Join us for an interview with S.T. Gibson on her newest release, Evocation, the first book in The Summoner's Circle series. Let's talk tarot, trios, and traditional publishing vs. indie.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: References to burnout, self-destructive tendencies, addiction and death.
A big thank you to Saint for joining us for this episode! You can find her on Substack, Instagram, and Twitter.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Van Helsing (Film) dir. Stephen Sommers
- Dracula Untold (Film) dir. Gary Shore
- The Raven Cycle (Series) by Maggie Stiefvater [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Anita Blake (Author)
- The Dresden Files (Series) by Jim Butcher [UK LINK]
- Simon R. Green (Author)
- Constanine (Film) dir. Francis Lawrence
- Hellblazer (Series) [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Monet Refuses the Operation (Poem) by Lisel Mueller [Read Online]
- Tim Riggins Speaks of Waterfalls (Poem) by Nico Alvarado [Read Online]
- Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente [Amazon]
- The Cask of Amontillado by Egar Allen Poe [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Saltburn (Film) dir. Emerald Fennell
- Odd Spirits by S.T. Gibson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
44 min - Frontier by Grace Curtis
It's sapphics in space summer at The Hidden Bookcase! Our second read is Frontier by Grace Curtis. Let's talk tortoises, train compartment murders, and being ten (and old enough to know forbidden secrets.)
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: Discussions of murder, human extinction, climate crisis, violence, classism, xenophobia, death including parental death.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Supernatural (TV Series)
- Alice Isn't Dead by Night Vale Presents (Audio Drama) [Listen Online]
- Firefly (TV Series)
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Attic Monologues (Audio Drama) [Listen Online]
- Undercover by Tamsyn Muir
- The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Early Riser by Jasper Fforde [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Evocation by S.T. Gibson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
42 min - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine ft. Anna LeClair
It's sapphics in space summer at The Hidden Bookcase! Our first read is A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, recommended by guest Anna LeClair. Let's talk language, liches, and loving a culture devouring yours.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: References to colonialism, empire, death, suicide, murder, poisoning, bombings, fatal allergic reactions, traumatic injuries, xenophobia, classism, and transphobia.
A big thank you to Anna for joining us for this episode! If you'd like to check out The Attic Monologues on her recommendation, you can find out more about it and where to listen here.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- A Power Unbound by Freya Marske [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Murderbot Diaries (Series) by Matha Wells [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Mistborn (Series) by Brandon Sanderson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Shadow Saga (Series) by Orson Scott Card [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu [US LINK]
- Babel by R. F. Kuang [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Frontier by Grace Curtis [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
51 min - Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
It's Sequels Spring at The Hidden Bookcase! Our third read is Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn, the second book in the Legendborn Cycle Let's talk pacing, points of view, and poly or bust!
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Content warnings: References to war, death, beheading, gun violence, kidnapping, racism, slavery, rape, gaslighting and J.K. Rowling.
Find out more about Readers for Accountability and the SMP boycott.
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Other media referenced in this episode (in order mentioned):
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Hunger Games (Series) by Suzanne Collins [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Covenant by LySandra Vuong [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
52 min
About The Hidden Bookcase
From the publisher's feed
The Hidden Bookcase is a book club podcast hosted by Morgan Greensmith and Sorren Briarwood, focusing mainly on queer genre fiction. Each month, we recommend one another a book, read each recommendation and return to discuss our thoughts.
Episodes are released on alternating Mondays. You can find our upcoming reads, and more information about the show at planarprod.com or on our Twitter @HiddenBookcase, or on our TikTok, Instagram, Tumblr, or Facebook @HiddenBookcasePodcast.