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Read Like a Writer is the books podcast from Faber & Faber, Profile Books, Serpent’s Tail and Canongate, independent publishers bringing the voices – and book recommendations – of their authors to your ears, hosted by Anna Fielding. In each episode, we’ll hear about the books they strongly recommend you read, their latest projects and learn about their local indie bookshop too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode, writer, broadcaster and the Editor-in-Chief of Empire magazine, Terri White speaks to Anna Fielding about her memoir (Coming Undone), her favourite independent bookshop (West End Lane Books in London) and shared five of her favourite books. About Coming Undone: To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream – living …
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In this episode of Read Like a Writer, Leone Ross discusses her upcoming novel This One Sky Day and talks to Anna about her TBR pile, top recommendations and her favourite Indie bookshop, The Word Bookshop. Trigger warning: Eating disorders Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow Anna on Twitter: @anna_anna Praise for This One Sky Day:…
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In this episode of Read Like a Writer, Catriona Ward discusses her novel The Last House on Needless Street and chooses some books from her shelves, as well as telling us about her favourite indie bookshops. The Last House on Needless Street, a book in which nothing is what it seems, was described by Stephen King as the best thing he's read since Go…
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In this episode, poet, activist, broadcaster, essayist and now novelist Salena Godden speaks about her debut novel (Mrs Death Misses Death), her favourite independent bookshop and recommends five brilliant writers’ books. About Mrs Death Misses Death: Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks …
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In the first episode of season 2 of Read Like a Writer, Torrey Peters discusses her debut novel, Detransition, Baby, a uniquely trans take on motherhood, love and friendship. Follow Torrey on Twitter: @torreypeters Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow Anna on Twitter: @anna_anna Follow @readlikeapod on Twitter. 'Irresistible ... Det…
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9 - Live from London Book Fair: Historical Fiction Special with Jess Kidd, Claire McGlasson & Alix Nathan
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A very special episode, live from London Book Fair: host Anna Fielding is joined by three authors for a discussion of historical fiction, the genre that unites their latest books: Jess Kidd's Things in Jars is set in London in 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet: the kidnapping of a young …
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8 - Carmen Maria Machado
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Carmen Maria Machado's genre-bending short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, has met with widespread acclaim. Shortlisted for the American National Book Award and the International Dylan Thomas Prize, it demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. Startling narratives map …
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Claire Adam was born and brought up in Trinidad, where her debut novel Golden Child takes place. She now lives in South London, where her favourite independent bookshop, Kirkdale Bookshop, is found. From Raymond Carver and Doris Lessing to the adventures of Ernest Shackleton, Claire Adam tells us her reading recommendations. Golden Child is publish…
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In our Read Like a Writer Christmas special, each of this season's five guests tells us which books they'll be giving and receiving this Christmas. With thanks to Matt Haig, E. Foley and B. Coates, Ambrose Parry (aka Chris Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman), Shaun Bythell, Sarah Perry and of course to our wonderful host, Anna Fielding. Join us on Twitter…
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Winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 2016 for The Essex Serpent, as well as the Book Industry Book of the Year Award, Sarah Perry lives in Norwich. Her latest novel Melmoth is a Gothic horror and a retelling of Charles Robert Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer. It tells the story of Melmoth, a mysterious figure who appears to those who refuse to bear…
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Shaun Bythell runs The Bookshop, Wigtown, and is the author of The Diary of a Bookseller which documents, with wry humour, the realities of running a secondhand bookshop in Wigtown, western Scotland: the customers, staff and passersby who fill his pages are amusing, infuriating and all too real. He selects books to recommend across fiction and non-…
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3 - Ambrose Parry (aka Chris Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman)
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Ambrose Parry is the pen name of Chris Brookmyre (award-winning author of the Jack Parlabane books) and consultant anaesthetist Marisa Haetzman. In this episode, Anna Fielding talks to the couple about their first book together: The Way of All Flesh, a story of murder in 19th century Edinburgh. They also discuss some of their favourite books and th…
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2 – E. Foley & B. Coates
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Remarkable women from history solve modern day problems in E. Foley & B. Coates's new book, What Would Boudicca Do? Think Frida Kahlo on style, Cleopatra on sibling rivalry and Boudicca on sticking up for yourself. Liz and Beth talk about their favourite feminist reads, their love for indie bookshop Foyles and books they can't wait to dive into. Wh…
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Matt Haig's most recent book, Notes on a Nervous Planet, is about how to stay human and sane in the ever more hectic age in which we live. In the first ever episode of Read Like a Writer, he talks mental health, City Books (his local independent bookshop in Brighton), and some of his own favourite books with Anna Fielding. Notes on a Nervous Planet…
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