Welcome back bookends to our first book club episode of 2023! Our January book club pick is the powerhouse short story collection 'Send Nudes', for this episode we were joined by the author of the book, the insanely talented Saba Sams. We talk about the messiness of humans, the joy of getting our worst impulses down on the page and why a vagina smelling like prawn cocktail crisps is potentially the greatest line ever written?!
We loved this conversation and we hope you do too, as always it's full of recommendations, please do check those about below! Rate, review & subscribe if you enjoy the podcast as it helps us to reach new bookends. Follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Tik Tok and Twitter.

To buy Send Nudes, out now in paperback: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/send-nudes-by-the-winner-of-the-bbc-national-short-story-award-2022-9781526621795/9781526621795
To follow Saba & her work: https://www.instagram.com/saba_sams/?hl=en

Books & Authors mentioned:
Summer of my amazing luck by Miriam Toews
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill
Jhumpa Lahiri
Salvage the bones by Jesmyn Ward
Young Skins by Colin Barrett
Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton

Other Recs:
I May Destroy You - BBC Iplayer
Fish Tank (2009 Movie)
Wasp (2003 Short Film)
The White Lotus (HBO / Now TV)
The Bear (Disney +)