This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading sequels. Our first read is A Restless Truth by Freya Marske, the second book in The Last Binding Trilogy. Let's talk vulnerability, virginity, and very, very unfortunate predictions.

Content warnings: References to murder, human sacrifice, suicide, child abuse, racism, transphobia and animal death. Joking references to incest.

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading graphic novels. Our second read is Thieves by Lucie Bryon, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk manic pixie dream girls, mental illness portrayals, and making the most of your medium.  

Content warnings: Discussions of mentall ilness including anxiety and impulse control disorders. References to bullying and internalised homophobia. 

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading graphic novels. Our first read is Finding Home by Hari Conner, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk art style, portrayals of abuse in fiction, and arboreal emotions!

Content warnings: Joking references to murder. Discussions of abusive relationships, including controlling behaviours and racial fetishisation, panic attacks, mental illness, addiction, alcoholism, racism, and burnout. Mentions of heroin and the Vietnam war. 

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Looking for a copy of Finding Home? You can purchase PDF copies of all four volumes, as well as the AU (alternate universe) comics at Hari Conner's website: www.hari-illustration.com

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Join us for a cosy chat by the fire as we go over our favourite (and least favourite!) reads of 2022, the titles we're looking forward to picking up in 2023, and our reading goals for the year!

Content warnings: COVID mention, mention of disordered eating in a fictional context. 

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The HarperCollins strike has now finished, but you can find out more about the union's fantastic work here.

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The Hidden Bookcase Spring Reading List

Usually we list all of the books we mention on an episode in the shownotes, but since this was a wrap-up, we chatted about a lot more titles than usual! You can view the list in its entirety here, organised by the context in which we mentioned each book. 

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading childhood favourites. 

Our second read is Finding the Fox by Ali Sparkes, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk repression, reading past bedtime, and railway tracks! This episode also features an interview with the author, so keep listening for insights into Sparkes' writing process, her favourite type of characters to write, and more.

Content warnings: Mentions of bullying, child abuse, fatphobia, parental and sibling death, animal attack, kidnapping, drugging, the cost of living crisis. 

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You can find out more about Sparkes' children's fiction, including The Shapeshifter series at alisparkes.com, and you can follow her on Twitter @SparkesAli. To learn more about her adult fiction, including the Herny and Sparrow series, visit adfoxfiction.com.

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We'll be back on January 16th 2023 with a reading wrap-up where we chat about our favourite books of 2022, our anticipated releases, and more. In the meantime, you're always welcome through the bookcase! 

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading childhood favourites!

Our first read is Secret of the Sirens by Julia Golding, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk shapeshifters, family structures, subverting gendered tropes. 

Content warnings: Discussion of/reference to murder by drowning, violent animal death, the climate crisis, incest, suicide, mass-murder, slavery, fatphobia, and racial stereotyping.

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading urban sci-fi.

Our second read is Dreadnought by April Daniels, chosen by our guest, Moira-Juliet (MJ) Scott. Let's talk superhero battles, beauty standards, and... best friends to lovers?

Content warnings: Mentions of transphobia including references to transphobic slurs, transmisogony, child abuse, being kicked out by parents, anti-Semitic violence, Nazis, colonial violence, racism, traumatic amputation, ableist language, plane crashes and J.K. Rowling.

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You can find Moira-Juliett Scott's work over on The [Listless] Network, including her directing, sript-editing, and voicework in The Children of Room 56. You can follow the development of her upcoming horror anthology podcast @WhitmanSonsPod on Twitter. You can follow her personal accounts @MJRammmy on Twitter and Instagram. 

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It's urban sci-fi month at The Hidden Bookcase!

Our first read is In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk poetry, pronouns, and gender presentation. 

Content warnings: Mentions of foot binding, implied suicide, racism, and body horror. 

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It's spooky month at The Hidden Bookcase! 

Our second read is Family Business by Jonathan Sims, chosen together by Morgan and Sorren. Let's talk tragedy, Tories, and guinea pig teeth.

Content warnings: Mentions of gore, murder, animal death, cannibalism, being eaten alive, moths, spiders, classism, agoraphobia, mental illness and grief.

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Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

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In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu  [US LINK]

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It's spooky month at The Hidden Bookcase!

Our first read is Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, chosen by Morgan and by guest Zoey Davis. Let's talk mutual pining, mispronunciations, and memes.

Content warnings: Mentions of traumatic amputation, blood and gore, murder of a child, mental illnesses including schizophrenia, suicidal thoughts, cancer, terminal illnesses, chronic illnesses, and unhealthy/codependent relationships.

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You can find Zoey Davis' work over on The [Listless] Network. You can find him on Twitter @zoey_wav and on Instagram @zoey.wav.

Looking for a copy of Gideon the Ninth? If you purchase through the following affiliate link, you're helping to support The Hidden Bookcase and independent bookshops local to you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

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