So Novel Podcast

For the last episode in this series, we will hear from some more of Bookstgram's favourites!

@sarahsbookchat
Still Life - Sarah Winman
Love Stories - Trent Dalton
The Death of Vivek Oji - Akwaeke Emezi

@anopenbookshelf
Born Into This - Adam Thompson
Henry Hamlet’s Heart- Rhiannon Wilde
Sorrow and Bliss- Meg Mason

@becsbookshelf
A Court of Silver Flames- Sarah J Maas
Below Deck - Sophie Hardcastle
Henry Hamlet’s Heart - Rhiannon Wilde

@thereadingaffair
A Million Things- Emily Spurr
Paper Palace- Miranda Cowley Heller
100 Days- Alice Pung

@books_bymybed
The Paper Palace- Amanda Crowley Heller
The Last Woman in the World- Inga Simpson
Happy Hour - Jacquie Byron

@bedsidebookshelf
A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara
The Love Hypothesis- Ali Hazelwood
It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake- Claire Christian

@checkyourshelf_
It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake- Claire Christian
Songs in Ursa Major- Emma Brodie
Before You Knew My Name- Jacqueline Bublitz

@mrlovesbookshelf
What Do You Celebrate?- Ashleigh Barton & Martina Heiduezek
The Deep- Kyle Perry
Back After The Break- Osher Gunsberg

@hide.and.go.read
Love Stories- Trent Dalton
Work. Love. Body. - Edited by Helen McCabe & Jamila Rizvi
Life’s Too Short- Abby Jimenez
 Unwell Women- Elinor Cleghorn

@aplaceinthesun
The Inheritance- Gabriel Bergmoser
Wild Place- Christian White
With You Forever- Chloe Liese

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Here is Part 2 of the Summer Series!!!

Listen to some of my fave Aussie authors and some of our Aussie publishers share their top reads of 2021.

Jessie Stephens-
Honeybee- Craig Silvey
Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ghosts- Dolly Alderton

Jordanna Levine-
The Last Thing He Told Me- Laura Dave
Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Who Is Maud Dixion- Alexandra Andrews

Anna- HarperCollins Australia-
The Hush - Sarah Foster
You Need To Know- Nicola Moriarty
Here In The After- Marion Firth

Kyle Perry-
Piranesi- Susanna Clarke
Acting Up- Lynne McGrainger
Human Kind: A Hopeful History- Rutger Bregman

Ewa Ramsey-
Small Joys of Real Life- Allee Richards
New Animal- Ella Baxter
Happy Hour- Jacquie Byron

Rachel- Text Publishing-
Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki
Honeygirl- Morgan Rogers
Plain Bad Heroines- Emily M Danforth

Sophie Hardcastle-
Exist Otherwise: The Life and Work of Claude Cahun- Jennifer L Shaw
In The Dreamhouse- Carmen Maria Machado
Can The Monster Speak- Paul Presseado

Claire Christian-
Cassandra Speaks - Elizabeth Lesser
On Connection- Kae Tempest
If I Never Met You- Mhairi McFarlene

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Welcome to the Summer Series!

I have some of my fave people jumping on to share their top books of 2021!

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@what_jess_read
The Deal - Elle Kennedy
Milk Fed - Melissa Broder
The Coconut Children - Vivian Pham

@thats.novel
Raybearer - Jordan Ifueko
Wild Place  - Christian White
Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir

@katie.reads.things
Piranesi- Susanna Clarke
The Royal We- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Firekeepers Daughter- Angeline Boulley

@shehasareaderssoul_
Dead Simple- Peter James
The Wife and the Widow- Christian White
The Light between Oceans- M. L Steadman

@chaptersofnorth
Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo
Bath Hause - PJ Vernon
The Guncle- Steven Rowley

@whiskersandwords_
The Butterfly Garden- Dot Hutchinson
The Hunted - Gabriel Bergmoser
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Jar of Hearts- Jennifer Hillier

@justabookishbabe @betterwordspod
Freckles- Cecelia Ahearn
Henry Hamlet’s Heart - Rhiannon Wilde
Social Queue- Kay Kerr

@_whatkatiereadnext_
The Good Sister- Sally Hepworth
The Riviera House- Natasha Lester
With You Forever - Chloe Lise

@hayleys.little.library
The Simple Wild - K.A. Tucker
Snowflake- Louise Nealon
Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan

On today's BONUS EPISODE I chat to author, Amy Suiter Clarke about her debut release, Girl 11. 

We chat about the podcast and podcasting format featured in Girl 11, why she chose the setting of Minnesota, and which authors she draws inspiration from.

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Welcome to this BONUS EPISODE with author, Amanda Hampson.

In today's chat, I chat to Amanda about her latest release Lovebirds.

We chat about what it's like to write from the perspective of a 15 year old boy, the reasoning for her to include a character who is in late adulthood and we chat about how she got into writing.

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Tabitha Bird about her latest release, The Emporium of Imagination.

We chat about the inspiration behind the book, how grief is explored throughout the book and chat about writing in the genre of magical realism.

Books mentioned in this episode
Miss Benson’s Beetle – Rachel Joyce

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Purchase the book: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-emporium-of-imagination-9781760895914

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In this episode, I chat with Laura from Secret Book Stuff. We chat about the development of Secret Book Stuff, the amazing opportunities the business has experienced, the impact of Covid on their business and some of the interesting things Laura has experienced whilst working at book stores.

Books mentioned in this episode

Laura’s Last, Now, Next

How We Fight for our Lives- Sadie Jones

Vintage Cookbooks, Nigella Lawson

Fave authors- Chloe Caldwell, Elisa Albert, Kae Tempest

How to Endo- Bridget Hustwaithe 

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Sophie Hardcastle who is the author of our March Book Club pick, Below Deck.

In today’s chat we talk about the writing and structure of Below Deck, we chat about the “big topics” in the book including sexual violence and consent and climate change and we also chat about that ambiguous ending.

Also a big thank you to @she.reads.Adelaide for sending through her 5-star review which is featured at the end of the chat.
 

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On today episode of Author Chat I chat to the wonderful Sally Hepworth. Sally is an Australian author based in Melbourne. She is the author of 6 novels including her most recent release, The Good Sister.

In today’s episode, we chat about the inspiration behind The Good Sister and a few of the themes she explores in the book. We also chat about the writing process of The Good Sister and she tells how this wasn’t the book she had planned to release in 2020. We also chat about her IG series and social media presence.

Books mentioned in this episode
The Midnight Library- Matt Haig

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Ashley Audrain who is the author of our February Book Club pick, The Push.

Books mentioned in this episode
The End of Men- Christina Sweeney-Baird

The Ophelia Girls – Jane Healey

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