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A weekly bookish podcast hosted by Hannah MacDonald. Join us for monthly Book Club episodes - read the book at your own pace and then listen to us deep dive...
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A weekly bookish podcast hosted by Hannah MacDonald. Join us for monthly Book Club episodes - read the book at your own pace and then listen to us deep dive with the author! Our Debut Spotlight series is to put the freshest authors and their work firmly on your radar and in our new series we bring you a monthly culture round up of all the recommendations we've collected over the previous month of consuming. Follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Twitter and TIk Tok.
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A Pair of Bookends
A Pair of Bookends
July Book Club: I Will Crash with Rebecca Watson
24 LUG 2024 · For this month's Book Club episode Hannah was joined by 'Little Scratch' author Rebecca Watson to chat about her latest novel 'I Will Crash' (out now & published by Faber).
We discuss what and who inspires her unique writing style, family estrangement and how pertinent that feels now following the story of Alice Munro, how it felt having her work adapted to stage and lots more! If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe as it helps to boost us in the charts and means the world!
If you want to give Rebecca a follow you can do so via https://www.instagram.com/rebeccawhatsun/?hl=en & https://twitter.com/rebeccawhatsun?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
You can also follow her work via https://rebeccawatson.substack.com/
You can follow us via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod, https://twitter.com/apairofbookends & https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends& for extra exclusive content for less than £3 a month, subscribe to us on https://www.patreon.com/APairofBookends
Books & other mentions on this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571356591
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571356744
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571365463
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/my-stepfather-sexually-abused-me-when-i-was-a-child-my-mother-alice-munro-chose/article_8415ba7c-3ae0-11ef-83f5-2369a808ea37.html
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781784870850
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780413728807
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780008591182
Thank you so much for listening & if you want to let us know your thoughts you can do so via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com, until next time happy reading!
S4 Debut Spotlight- 4. Ania Card
17 LUG 2024 · For today's episode Hannah was joined by author ofhttps://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781915368515', Ania Card. Aswell as talking about her journey as a debut author, we chat about immigrant representation (specifically Polish immigrants), how music and dancing were central to the novel, writing safe spaces for Queer characters and lots more.
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, it's a free way to help support us, you can also for less than £3 a month support us via https://www.patreon.com/APairofBookends
Or check out our Bookshop.org page https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/apairofbookendspod.
You can follow Ania via https://www.instagram.com/ania.card/ or via https://x.com/aniacard?lang=en
Or buy her book https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781915368515
If you want to give us a follow you can do so via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod, https://twitter.com/apairofbookends and https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
Books mentioned in this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781804440902
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781529922905
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781913097257
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781916913004
If you want to get in touch you can email via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening, until next time- happy reading!
S4 Debut Spotlight- 3. Nikkitha Bakshani
12 LUG 2024 · Welcome back Bookends to another episode in our Debut Spotlight series, today I was joined by the wonderful Nikkitha Bakshani, author of https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780349727509, an incredible debut novel with a protagonist as memorable as the likes of Fleabag and Queenie.
In this episode we discuss creating characters through the lens of astrology, cultural and generational differences in parenting approaches and therapy, modern dating and lots more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more of you!
You can support Nikkitha via https://substack.com/@nikkitha or follow her on https://www.instagram.com/nikkitaha/
If you want to give us a follow you can do so via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod, https://x.com/apairofbookends and https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends, for extra monthly episodes and early access you can support us via https://www.patreon.com/APairofBookends
Books & other mentions in this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571370894
American Fiction - Amazon Prime
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781804270141
https://www.instagram.com/burleyfisher/?hl=en
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781035407910
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781408897126
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781408890950
Keep an eye out on our Instagram for a giveaway of a hardback copy of Ghost Chilli! Until next time, happy reading!
In Conversation with Louise Candlish, author of 'Our Holiday'
3 LUG 2024 · For today's episode Hannah was joined by Louise Candlish, a household name in the crime/thriller genre.
Hannah and Louise deep dive into Louise's latest bookhttps://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780008614652 (spoiler free!), we also speak about the real second home crisis that inspired the book, how the TV adaptation process is going, her literary influences and lots more!
Follow Louise via https://www.instagram.com/louisecandlish/?hl=en, https://x.com/louise_candlish?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor and https://www.facebook.com/LouiseCandlishAuthor/?locale=en_GB
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe as it helps to put us on other people's radar, you can also support the pod by subscribing via https://www.patreon.com/APairofBookends for less than £3 a month
Follow us via: https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod/, https://twitter.com/apairofbookends and https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
Books, authors & other mentions on this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781399721127
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780008586270
The White Lotus- Now TV
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780007527533
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780099541271
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780099554776
A Man in Full - Netflix
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781784876760
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780241976883
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780099534891
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781804940204
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781473680920
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781472252746
Inside No.9 - BBC Iplayer
Tales of the Unexpected - Now TV
The Sweeney- ITVX
In Conversation with Ilaria Bernardini, author of 'Faremo Foresta/We Will Be Forest'
26 GIU 2024 · For today's episode Hannah was joined by the prolific Italian author & screenwriter, Ilaria Bernardini to chat about her novelhttps://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781916797147 (Known in Italy as: 'Faremo Foresta')
Ilaria was incredibly generous in sharing her experiences in this episode, most of which were huge inspirations for this book. We also discussed the differences between her work as a screenwriter and as a novelist, father/daughter dynamics, adapting this novel into a film and lots more. If you enjoy this episode, please do rate, review & subscribe as it helps to reach more of you!
You can follow Ilaria via https://www.instagram.com/ilaria___bernardini/?hl=en or via https://twitter.com/faremoforesta
You can follow us via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod, https://twitter.com/apairofbookends & https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
Books & other recs mentioned in this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571216260
https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-the-dreamers-2004-online (movie adaptation by Bernardo Bertolucci)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780008532819
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMehcJ_CR68
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781784162054
https://www.rizzolibookstore.com/product/dolore-non-esiste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0CvItt7kmE
For episode requests or interview pitches please contact us via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com
In Conversation with Sam Taylor, author of 'The Two Loves of Sophie Strom'
24 GIU 2024 · On today's episode Hannah was joined by author and literary translator Sam Taylor to discuss his latest novel https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571380107, which is out now and published by Faber!
We discuss how the book went from being a Sci-fi novel when he first started writing 14 years ago to becoming a historical novel about Nazi Berlin, the differences between working as a translator and a novelist, how falling in love influenced his novel and loads more. If you enjoy this episode, please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more of you!
You can follow us via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod, https://twitter.com/apairofbookends and https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
Book, authors & other recs mentioned on this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781849164177
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781472223821
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780007250554
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780099555643
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/18/sam-taylor-the-two-loves-of-sophie-strom-novel-translating-a-book-is-like-x-raying-it-you-get-a-deep-tissue-read
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780008402785
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780552776639
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781784878290
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780747579885
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781526622433
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780140167771
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781783784288
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781529921915
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781529115543
If you'd like to get in touch please email via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com
Thanks so much for listening! Until next time, happy reading!
Bonus: In conversation with Claire Lombardo, author of 'Same As It Ever Was'
19 GIU 2024 · For today's very exciting bonus episode Hannah was joined by the Women's Prize longlisted author of 'https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781474611886 Claire Lombardo to chat all about her new novel https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781399608213
We chat about her favourite family saga novels, writing 'nice' men & complicated women, her debut novel's upcoming adaptation and so much more! If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe to boost us in the charts!
You can follow Claire via https://www.instagram.com/claire_lombardo/?hl=en-gb or https://x.com/clairelombardo?lang=en&mx=2
For more exclusive content & for less than £3 a month, join us on https://www.patreon.com/APairofBookends, you can also follow us via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod/, https://x.com/apairofbookends & https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
Books mentioned in today's episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571375578
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780008553807
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780140167771
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780099469599
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781849831550
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780241248782
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781526612656
Thanks so much for listening! If you want to get in touch you can do so via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com
Independent Bookshop Week 2024 with Serenity Booksellers
17 GIU 2024 · To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week 2024, Hannah interviewed one of her local indie bookshops Serenity Booksellers. We chat about how Kelly and her partner Chris turned their bookshop dreams into a reality, what exciting things they have coming up, why it's important to support our indies and a HUGE list of book recommendations!
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more of you.
You can find Serenity Booksellers via their https://serenitybooksellers.com/ or via https://www.instagram.com/serenitybooksellers/or https://www.facebook.com/serenitybooksellers/
If you're unable to make it in store and wish to support them, the below book recs are linked to Serenity Booksellers bookshop.org page.
For more on Independent Bookshop Week visit https://www.booksaremybag.com/
Books, indie bookshops & other mentions in this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-coast-road-murrin-alan-murrin/7600182?ean=9781526663702
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/want-gillian-anderson/7652031?ean=9781526657954
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-seven-sisters-lucinda-riley/3558269?ean=9781529003451
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-terrible-kindness-the-sunday-times-top-10-bestseller-jo-browning-wroe/7280465?ean=9780571368310
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/october-october-katya-balen/2778314?ean=9781526601933
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghostlines-katya-balen/7625783?ean=9781526663863
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/james-percival-everett/7445787?ean=9781035031238
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hard-by-a-great-forest-leo-vardiashvili/7495552?ean=9781526659828
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/three-burials-anders-lustgarten/7546521?ean=9780241638798
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-many-wyl-menmuir/835194?ean=9781784630485
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-draw-of-the-sea-wyl-menmuir/6723483?ean=9780711273979
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-heart-of-the-woods-wyl-menmuir/7598877?ean=9780711289246
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/small-hours-bobby-palmer/7450401?ean=9781035402656
The Castle (1997 movie, on Amazon Prime)
https://simplybooks.info/
https://darkpeakbooks.co.uk/
https://www.bookabookshop.co.uk/
https://trumanbooks.co.uk/
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wife-the-latest-novel-from-a-master-at-family-drama-the-times-charlotte-mendelson/7638263?ean=9781529052817
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-exhibitionist-charlotte-mendelson/6417522?ean=9781529052787
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/still-life-sarah-winman/1030301?ean=9780008666804
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/homecoming-the-instant-sunday-times-bestseller-kate-morton/7520182?ean=9781529094084
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-house-at-riverton-kate-morton/3123431?ean=9781529092158
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/breakdown-cathy-sweeney/5039535?ean=9781474618519
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/glorious-exploits-ferdia-lennon/7450925?ean=9780241617649
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/anxious-people-the-no-1-new-york-times-bestseller-now-a-netflix-tv-series-fredrik-backman/5068163?ean=9781405930253
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/green-dot-madeleine-gray/7398596?ean=9781399612760
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cloudstreet-tim-winton/1655851?ean=9781447275305
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dirt-music-tim-winton/3442357?ean=9781509871131
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/breath-tim-winton/371354?ean=9781509871124
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/gould-s-book-of-fish-richard-flanagan/683782?ean=9781784702892
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wanting-richard-flanagan/4394504?ean=9781784702922
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/for-thy-great-pain-have-mercy-on-my-little-pain-victoria-mackenzie/7516273?ean=9781526647931
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/you-are-here-nicholls-david-9781444715446/2754344?ean=9781444715446
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rare-singles-benjamin-myers/7624795?ean=9781526671905
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-unfinished-business-of-eadie-browne-freya-north/7531442?ean=9781802793000
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/other-women-emma-flint/7008512?ean=9781509840540
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/whale-fall-elizabeth-o-connor/7540698?ean=9781035024728
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/stand-up-guy-the-most-uplifting-romance-you-ll-read-this-year-nina-kaye/7531374?ean=9781804366325
Baby Reindeer- Netflix
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sparrow-james-hynes/7208341?ean=9781529092394
Thanks so much for listening, until next time happy reading!
In Conversation with Sarah Gilmartin, author of 'Service'
12 GIU 2024 · For today's episode Hannah was joined by Irish author Sarah Gilmartin, to chat all about her latest novel https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781911590828
Please be aware this episode contains reference to SA & statistics of SA cases
We chat about what it was like to write from the perspective of a man accused of sexual assault, her experience of working in restaurants, how the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre helped shape the writing of the case in the book and more. It was such an insightful conversation and the book is in Hannah's top reads of the year!
If you enjoyed this episode please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more of you!
You can follow Sarah via https://twitter.com/sarahgilmartin_
You can email us via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or follow us https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod/ https://twitter.com/apairofbookends https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
For more exclusive content with Hannah and friend of the pod Emma Hinds, head to https://www.patreon.com/APairofBookends
Books & other mentions on the pod:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781911590583
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781915290137
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571313518
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571353750
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780571382750
Blue Lights- BBC Iplayer
Thanks so much for listening! Until next time, happy reading!
The Serpent and the Wings of Night with Carissa Broadbent
5 GIU 2024 · For today's episode I deep dived into the world of Romantasy with social media sensation Carissa Broadbent. We chat about why this genre is so successful, her writing process, what readers have to look forward to with the rest of the series and lots more! If you enjoy this episode, please do rate, review & subscribe so I can reach more of you!
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781035040957 and it's sequel https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781035040964are available now everywhere (UK folk, the sequel is out tomorrow so go pre-order!)
You can follow Carissa via https://www.instagram.com/carissabroadbentbooks/, https://www.tiktok.com/@carissabroadbent?lang=en and https://twitter.com/CarissaNasyra?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
You can also follow us via https://www.instagram.com/apairofbookendspod/, https://twitter.com/apairofbookends and https://www.tiktok.com/@apairofbookends
Books & other recs mentioned:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780241655306
Castlevania - Netflix
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9780349437019
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781526605399
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781408891384
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13480/9781474622998
For books discussed on each episode, head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/apairofbookendspod
Thanks so much for listening & until next time, happy reading!
A weekly bookish podcast hosted by Hannah MacDonald. Join us for monthly Book Club episodes - read the book at your own pace and then listen to us deep dive...
mostra di più
A weekly bookish podcast hosted by Hannah MacDonald. Join us for monthly Book Club episodes - read the book at your own pace and then listen to us deep dive with the author! Our Debut Spotlight series is to put the freshest authors and their work firmly on your radar and in our new series we bring you a monthly culture round up of all the recommendations we've collected over the previous month of consuming. Follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Twitter and TIk Tok.
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| Autore | A Pair of Bookends |
| Organizzazione | Hannah MacDonald |
| Categorie | Libri |
| Sito | - |
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