Two Lit Chicks

After our wonderful chat with Uju Asika in Wednesday's Book Bite, she is back to challenge the chicks with her Boys in Books Quiz. Let us know how you did on our socials!

Uju Asika is a popular blogger, writer and speaker with a background in journalism and TV screenwriting. She is the author of Bringing Up Race: How To Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World and the picture book A World for Me and You. Her new book Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation was published by DK this month. Born in Nigeria, Uju grew up in the UK and has worked in London, New York and Lagos. She lives in north London with her husband Abiye and two teenage sons. In her spare time, Uju is a books and Netflix binger, kitchen raver, and Arsenal suffer head.

Uju's Books
Bringing Up Race
A World for Me and You
Raising Boys who Do Better

Uju's socials
Instagram
Twitter

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Uju Asika is a popular blogger, writer and speaker with a background in journalism and TV screenwriting. She is the author of Bringing Up Race: How To Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World and the picture book A World for Me and You. Her new book Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation was published by DK this month. Born in Nigeria, Uju grew up in the UK and has worked in London, New York and Lagos. She lives in north London with her husband Abiye and two teenage sons. In her spare time, Uju is a books and Netflix binger, kitchen raver, and Arsenal suffer head.

Uju's Books
Bringing Up Race
A World for Me and You
Raising Boys who Do Better

Uju's socials
Instagram
Twitter

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A quiz for all you romantic comedy lovers out there! In the final episode of our week of Kelk, Lindsey challenges the chicks with her romcom quiz. Who will win: Julia or Ed? Can you beat the high score?

As ever, let us know how you did on social media. 

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More Kelk than you can shake a stick at!

She's back, and she's got writing advice for everyone, including her thoughts on sex scenes,  spice scales, and minotaur milking. And we discuss the important question: is rimming noisy?

Pre-order Lindsey's new Book Love Me Do here

Listen to the wrestling podcast Lindsey co-hosts Tights and Fights here

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This episode is sponsored by IngramSpark, the online self-publishing company that allows you to print, globally distribute, and manage your print and ebooks

Lindsey Kelk is the author of books including I Heart New York, On a Night Like This, On a Christmas Wish, and One in A Million. Her next book, Love Me Do, is out in July and is available to pre-order now. As well as writing books, she co-hosts Tights and Fights, a pro-wrestling podcast on the Maximum Fun Network. She also hosts and produces the award-winning beauty podcast Full Coverage. Born and raised in South Yorkshire, she lived in Nottingham, London and New York before settling in LA, where she lives with her husband and two very rude cats.

Lindsey's Book Choices
The Sweet Valley High Series by Francine Pascal
Bridget Jones' s Diary  by Helen Fielding
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Pre-order Lindsey's new Book Love Me Do here

Listen to the wrestling podcast Lindsey co-hosts Tights and Fights here 

Listener of the week (Amanda Scotland)
The Babysitters Club Series by Ann M. Martin

Julia’s Book Shooters 

Don’t forget you can still order Julia’s romcom Shooters  on Amazon here.  Help keep it high in the charts!
Julia on Instagram
Julia on TikTok

You can pre-order Julia's second book Chasing the Light here

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For this week's quiz, we are joined again by Lucy Hooft. If you haven't listened to our Book Bite interview with her about how she turned her extensive and exotic travels into a fictional spy series, then do so now...Okay, done? Now Lucy is testing us on our knowledge of places in fiction. Can you name the place, title and author based on an  excerpt from the book? 

About Lucy Hooft
Lucy is the author of the Sarah Black spy series. Originally from the UK, she has spent most of the last 20 years living and working around the world in different locations that have served as inspiration for the books. She now lives with her family in Luderitz, Namibia, growing giant kelp, setting up a school and trying to find time in between to crack on with the next book.

Lucy's Books
The Kings Pawn
The Head of the Snake

Lucy on Twitter
Lucy on Instagram

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Today we discuss the importance of place in fiction with somebody who's used her travels as the inspiration for her spy novels. Make sure you listen to the end and hear all about her amazing kelp farm.

About Lucy Hooft
Lucy is the author of the Sarah Black spy series. Originally from the UK, she has spent most of the last 20 years living and working around the world in different locations that have served as inspiration for the books. She now lives with her family in Luderitz, Namibia, growing giant kelp, setting up a school and trying to find time in between to crack on with the next book.

Lucy's Books
The Kings Pawn
The Head of the Snake

Lucy on Twitter
Lucy on Instagram

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The Trilogy of Swan pods concludes with a Richard Swan sci-fi quiz.

You've heard the bestselling fantasy and sci-fi author talk about the books that changed him; you've heard him give his writing advice and dish his publishing secrets.

Now take on the test of a lifetime, or at least of your Friday, and see if you can answer the mercurial nerd's most testing of speculative questions.

Remember: there's no money at stake. Just a lifetime's worth of delicious pride.

Hmmm, pride.

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Back by popular demand, and also because we've already recorded this, today's Book Bites features the return of Sunday Times-bestselling SFF author Richard Swan. You heard about his own book and book influences on the main pod, now hear about his tips for writing, or more accurately, his tips for not following tips for writing. He also delves into the secrets of publishing and pulls back the curtain for us on what makes a book a bestseller, as well as, uh, kind of revealing the end of his Empire of the Wolf trilogy. Sort of. So much packed into one bite size pod  -  we spoil you, do we not?

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This episode is sponsored by IngramSpark, the online self-publishing company that allows you to print, globally distribute, and manage your print and ebooks

Richard Swan is a Sunday Times-bestselling fantasy and science fiction author.  Prior to 2018 he published a number of space opera novels including the trilogy The Art of War. 2022 saw his traditionally published debut The Justice of Kings, epic fantasy with a legal twist and the first in the Empire of the Wolf trilogy. It was an instant Sunday Times Bestseller, cementing his title as the major new voice of fantasy. This year saw the release of the critically acclaimed follow-up The Tyranny of Faith.  He was born in North Yorkshire but spent his youth on various RAF bases. He then had a successful career negotiation multi-million dollar commercial litigation lawsuits. He now lives in Sydney with his wife and two young children.

The Swan's Book Choices
Space Trap by Monica Hughes
The Reality Dimension by Peter F. Hamilton
Use of Weapons  by Ian M. Banks

Other Books Mentioned
Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan
Ed's review: Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee (order here)
Ed's Second review and also discussed at length on the pod: (Reclamation by Richard Swan, order here)

Craig David
Watch his clip from the Hay festival here

Listener of the week (Stephanie Manning, alleged mother of Ed Crocker)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

You can pre-order Julia's second book Chasing the Light here

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