Charlie Fox is a writer and artist based in London. 

Charlies book was The Safety of Objects by A.M Homes.

Writers mentioned

R.L. Stine

Angela Carter

Filmmakers mentioned

Chantal Akerman 

John Waters

David Lynch

Movies and tv shows mentioned

Batman Returns

Twin Peaks

Eraserhead

Hook

Music mentioned

Sallys song by Fiona Apple

Deftones

Sky Dair (she/her) is a writer, filmmaker and musician from London. Her practice focuses on the presence of catharsis within the act of making and thinking. She is interested in the intersection and collaging of video, photography, audio and language as a vessel to explore emotional release.

Stephs books were Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter and Poor by Caleb Femi. 

Movies mentioned:
Aftersun
Matilda

Music mentioned:
Feel by Robbie Williams
Born slippy by Underworld

Play mentioned:
The confessions by Alezander Zeldin

Artists mentioned:
Tish Murtha

Other books and writers mentioned:
Shy by Max Porter
Bernardine Evaristo

Most recently the author of “The Other Side: a journey into women, art and the spirit world” Jennifer Higgie is an acclaimed writer, screenwriter, art critic and former editor of the London based contemporary arts magazine, Frieze.
Jennifers book were Jigsaw by Sybille Bedford and The See through House by Shelley Klein.

Juliet is a writer and filmmaker. Her short fiction and journalism have appeared in Frieze, The New York Times, Granta, London Review of Books and other publications. Her short films have screened in galleries and festivals worldwide. She is the author of Trans: A Memoir (2015), Variations (2021), Front Lines: Trans Journalism 2007 - 2021 (2022). Juliet appears in issue 2 of WORMS MAGAZINE.

Rebecca May Johnson has published essays, reviews and non-fiction with Granta, Times Literary Supplement and Daunt Books Publishing, among others, and is an editor at the trailblazing food publication Vittles. Small Fires is her first book- it was short listed for Foyles Nonfiction Book of the year 2022 and was Foyles Non-fiction Book of the Month for September 2023.

Most recently the author of ‘Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion’ Charlie Porter is a writer, fashion critic and curator. He has written for The Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times amongst others. He is one of the most influential fashion writers of his time.
Charlie’s books were In Search of Lost Time {vol 1 - 7} by Marcel Proust

Lauren Elkin is a writer and translator, most recently the author of Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art and the UK translator of Simone de Beauvoir's previously unpublished novel The Inseparables. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications including the London Review of Books, the New York Times, Granta, Harper’s, Le Monde, the Times Literary Supplement and Frieze.

Laurens books were Bodies of Work by Kathy Acker and The Art Of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson.

Read Laurens tribute to Hilary Mantel here

Listening to Ghosts | Lauren Elkin (astra-mag.com)

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This episode contains discussions of PTSD and the depiction of traumatic events including discussion of 9/11 and gun control in the States. Listener discretion is advised.

Sheena Patel is a poet and writer. She is part of the 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE collective and her debut novel I'm a Fan won the Discover Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2023, has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and it was Foyles Fiction Book of the Year 2022.

Sheena’s books :

- ’ Motherhood’ by Sheila Heti

- ’Minor Feelings’ by Cathy Park Hong