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• Interview with Adiba Jaigirdar where we discuss culture, her sapphic debut rom com and dead pet pigeons

• You can follow Adiba on Twitter, Instagram and her Website

• Hope you enjoy this episode!

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• In this episode I speak with Lyla Lee, author of I’ll Be The One and The Mindy Kim Series

• We discuss her very unconventional publication journey (starting when she was just 13!) and her favourite K Drama’s and KPOP artists

• You can follow Lyla on Twitter, Instagram or her Website

• Hope you enjoy the episode!

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• In this episode I talk about how to successfully write Multiple POVs

• I provide examples of books that do it well as well as some exercises that might help you make your POVs distinct

• Hope you enjoy!

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• In this episode I speak with Casey McQuiston, bestselling debut author of Red, White & Royal Blue.

• We discuss their inspiration behind writing RWRB, their favourite reads, their publication journey and I quiz them on British slang!

• You can follow Casey on Twitter, Instagram and you check out their Website

• Thank you for tuning in to this weeks episode!

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• In this episode I speak with Lizzie Huxley-Jones about representations of autism in the media and in books as well as the anthology she edited called STIM, an anthology of essays by autistic writers

• We discuss the fact that most people writing about autistic people aren’t actually autistic and why this is a problem

• She gave some amazing book recs which i’ll list below:

• The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas

• Forever Neverland by Susan Adrian

• Do You Know Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westscott

• Explaining Humans by Camila Pang

• A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

• We also talk about the publisher Knights Of who exclusively publish diverse stories, I even recorded an episode with Knights Of’s Editor, Eishar, which you can check out here

• “If you haven’t read anything by an autistic person, make that the thing you do this month.” - Lizzie Huxley-Jones

• You can follow Lizzie on Twitter, Instagram and her Website

• Thanks for listening!

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• In this episode I interview Claribel Ortega, author of Ghost Squad which is out next week April 7th!

• In the episode she takes us through her publication journey, what inspired her to write Ghost Squad as well as her non-writing hobbies

• We discuss IN LENGTH British TV and culture, and I test Claribel on her knowledge of British slang!

• She also talks about weight training and how this hobby changed her life.

• This was such a fun episode to record, I hope you all enjoy :-)

• You can pre-order Claribel’s book here

• You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram

• You can also check out her website: https://www.claribelortega.com/

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• In this episode I speak with debut author Leah Johnson about her book ‘You Should See Me in a Crown’

• We also speak about the pandemic and its effect on publishing as well as how inclusive/ accessible publishing could be if more people cared about those who can’t live in New York or London as well as people who need to work from home. We discuss how the pandemic is exposing a lot of flaws that were obvious to many before

• Leah Johnson shares the essay that got her noticed by agents and editors

• Some quotes from the episode:

• “I wish someone had told me... when you get it (achieving your dreams) hold onto it with both hands and don’t let anybody tell you don’t deserve it because you do.” 

• “(Janelle Monaes concerts) are gay church” - Leah Johnson

• “No matter how many people in the world tell you that because of who you are you dont deserve beautiful things, you absolutely deserve beautiful things. You deserve to be loved. You deserve to be cared for. You deserve to take up space.” 

• “Crown is a self love anthem” 

• You can find Leah on Twitter and Instagram

• Her website is www.byleahjohnson.com

• Add her book on Goodreads or Pre-order

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• In this episode I talk about word count conventions in fiction with an emphasis on what is deemed “normal” in YA and who is allowed to break these rules

• Hope you enjoy!

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• In this episode Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights, and I discuss what it’s like juggling a book deal and a degree

• We discuss ageism, pros and cons of publishing young among other things

• Authors mentioned:

• Alice Oseman, author of Heartstopper; I Was Born For This, Radio Silence, Solitaire

• Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season series and Priory of the Orange Tree

• Tomi Adeyemi, author of The Children of Blood and Bone series

• Lyla Lee, author of the Mindy Kim series and the I’ll Be The One duology

• Tashie Bhuiyan, author of Counting Down With You

• You can find Chloe on Twitter, Instagram of her Website

• Thank you for listening!

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• In today’s episode I interview Jasveen Bansal, Marketing Exec at Egmont Publishing/Electric Monkey Books

• We talk about her very interesting journey into publishing and how creative access helps PoC get really good paid internships in publishing https://creativeaccess.org.uk/

• We also talk about her favourite reads as well as Egmont titles she really loves and recommends

• The episode ends with some brilliant advice from Jasveen that you won’t want to miss!

• You can follow her on twitter @Jasveen_Bansal