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The End of the World Book Club Sanne Vliegenthart
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The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it.
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The Rise and Rise of YA Dystopia | with Hunger Games translator Maria Postema
The Hunger Games and Divergent translator Maria Postema joins me to revisit the era of the YA dystopian novel. We talk about what it’s like being at the very beginning of a YA revolution, the best and most challenging parts of translating YA dystopia, the Dutch aversion to fantasy worlds, how to escape manuscript thieves (!) and more.
Spoiler levels: low
Books mentioned:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
Gone Series by Michael Grant
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Kinderen van Moder Aarde by Thea Beckman (Dutch only, sorry! For now...)
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Knife of Never Letting Go/Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness
Matched by Ally Connie
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill
The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Dry by Neal Shusterman
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
Other
Marathon Man (film)
Battle Royale (film)
Writers for the Future
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Skandar series by A.F. Steadman
Find Maria Postema online
https://www.tiktok.com/@booksofmaria
https://www.instagram.com/maria_postema/
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it.
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
Patreon
Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Buy a book
You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our Bookshop.org page (ad, affiliate link). On this page you can browse all the books we'll be discussing this season: Browse the books -
A beginner's guide to The Broken Earth Trilogy | with Joel Rochester
This week Joel Rochester (Fictional Fates on YouTube) joins me to discuss the award-winning The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (which starts with The Fifth Season). We chat about climate refugees, racism, motherhood, world-building and how best to tackle this series if you feel a bit intimidated.
P.s. I am currently unable to find the PDF I mention on any of my audiobook apps, so I'm not sure what happened there, but it’s the same summary that comes in the back of the physical books
Spoiler level: surprisingly low!
Books:
The Broken Eartly Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (obviously)
The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Keeper’s Six by Kate Elliott
Find out more about Joel Rochester
Fictional Fates on YouTube
Fictional Fates on TikTok
Fictional Fates on Instagram
All These Sunken Souls
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it.
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
Patreon
Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Buy a book
You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our Bookshop.org page (ad, affiliate link). On this page you can browse all the books we'll be discussing this season: Browse the books -
Embracing hope in post-apocalyptic fiction | with Sarah Jean Horwitz
The alternative title for this episode was ‘post-apocalyptic fiction for readers who don’t like sad books’. This week’s guest is middle-grade author Sarah Jean Horwitz and our mission is to find some great recommendations in the realm of apocalyptic fiction that aren’t filled with dread and disaster. We turn to the genre of Hopepunk and sample a selection to discover what’s out there!
Spoiler level: no heavy spoilers for any of the books mentioned
Books
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers (+ The Long way to a Small, Angry Planet)
Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
World Running Down by Al Hess
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
Honourable mentions (that didn’t quite fit the brief)
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
Other books and things mentioned
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Loneliest Girl in the World by Lauren James
Climate Fiction Writers League Newsletter
Find out more about Sarah Jean Horwitz
Sarah Jean’s website
The Demon Sword Asperides by Sarah Jean Horwitz
Sarah on Instagram
Send in your audio clips for the Severance by Ling Ma Book Club episode:
Deadline: March 25th
Email your voice clip to endoftheworldbookclubpod@gmail.com
Please include:
SUBJECT: Severance Book Club
Name (first name only please) and feel free to include pronouns
The 30-45 second audio clip as an attachment (you can include your name in this clip too, or leave it out)
Any additional info that would be helpful for me to have.
If your clip is a bit too long or there are pauses or mistakes, I will edit them a bit, so don’t worry about getting it perfect!
Anyone sending a voice clip is consenting to their clip being used in an episode of The End of the World Book Club. If you don’t want your name read out, please include this in the email.
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it.
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
Patreon
Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Buy a book
You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our Bookshop.org page (ad, affiliate link). On this page you can browse all the books we'll be discussing this season: Browse the books -
Apocalypse in the British countryside | with Leena Norms
In this episode Leena Norms and I talk about apocalyptic books that take place in the British countryside, featuring my personal favourite: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Spoiler level: Medium (for The Day of the Triffids only)
*Any book links in the description are affiliate links to Bookshop.org
Books mentioned:
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Resistance by Owen Sheers
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Dracula by Bram Stoker
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Beach by Alex Garland
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ron
The Children of Men by P.D. James
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Feral by George Monbiot
Salt Lick by Lulu Allison
The High House by Jessie Greengrass
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Other things mentioned:
Jean’s Thoughts on YouTube
More from Leena
Leena on YouTube
Poetry collection: Bargain Bain Romcom
Podcast: No Books on a Dead Planet
My guest episode on Leena's podcast, about 'The Water Will Come'
Send in your audio clips for the Severance by Ling Ma Book Club episode:
Deadline: March 25th
Email your voice clip to endoftheworldbookclubpod@gmail.com
Please include:
SUBJECT: Severance Book Club
Name (first name only please) and feel free to include pronouns
The 30-45 second audio clip as an attachment (you can include your name in this clip too, or leave it out)
Any additional info that would be helpful for me to have.
If your clip is a bit too long or there are pauses or mistakes, I will edit them a bit, so don’t worry about getting it perfect!
Anyone sending a voice clip is consenting to their clip being used in an episode of The End of the World Book Club. If you don’t want your name read out, please include this in the email.
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it.
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
Patreon
Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Buy a book
You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our Bookshop.org page (ad, affiliate link). On this page you can browse all the books we'll be discussing this season: https://bit.ly/BrowseEndOfTheWorldBooks -
I’ve never read… Nineteen Eighty-Four | with Ariel Bissett
Each season I’ll be tackling an apocalyptic or dystopian classic that I’ve put off reading for some reason. And it only felt fitting to start with one of the most famous dystopian novels: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Join me and guest Ariel Bissett (YouTuber, Podcaster and Orwell Enthusiast!) as we talk about why this book is still so relevant today and discuss whether it’s an accessible classic.
Spoiler levels for this episode: Medium (no massive spoilers for the plot, but we do discuss a few specific scenes)
Books mentioned:
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Penguin Modern Classics edition
Shepard Fairey edition
Audiobook read by Peter Capaldi
Audiobook read by Stephen Fry
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Professor Shoshana Zuboff
The Question Mark by Muriel Jaeger
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Clarence Brown
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
Other things mentioned:
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) with John Hurt
‘Alternative Facts’ article
Boost in sales for 1984
The Matrix (1999)
More from Ariel Bissett:
Books Unbound Podcast
Ariel Bissett on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArielBissett
Listen to my guest episode on Books Unbound: #84 Eerie Dystopians!
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it. Follow the podcast on Instagram @endoftheworldbookclubpod
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
Patreon | Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Buy a book | You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our Bookshop.org page (ad, affiliate link). On this page https://bit.ly/BrowseEndOfTheWorldBooks -
Reading Station Eleven during a pandemic
In the very first episode of The End of the World Book Club we’re discussing Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel and what’s it like to read pandemic novels during an actual pandemic.
“Sure, but in what other life would I get to perform Shakespeare?”
Spoiler levels for this episode: low
Books mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (the ISBN of my hardback copy is: 9780385353304)
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Severance by Ling Ma
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
King Lear by Shakespeare
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
Other things mentioned:
Leena’s Podcast: No Books on a Dead Planet
Film: Contagion (2011)
Emily St John Mandel Interview
Thanks to Leena, Sarah Jean, Jen, Maia, Louise, Niamh for their voice clips for this episode, and thanks to anyone who left a note on any of the posts requesting comments about Station Eleven.
Send in your audio clips for the upcoming Severance by Ling Ma Book Club episode
Deadline: March 25th 2024
Email your voice clip to endoftheworldbookclubpod@gmail.com
Please include:
SUBJECT: Severance Book Club
Name (first name only please) and feel free to include pronouns
The 30-45 second audio clip as an attachment (you can include your name in this clip too, or leave it out)
Any additional info that would be helpful for me to have
If your clip is a bit too long or there are pauses or mistakes, I will edit them a bit, so don’t worry about getting it perfect!
Anyone sending a voice clip is consenting to their clip being used in an episode of The End of the World Book Club. If you don’t want your name read out, please let me know in your email email.
The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it. Follow the podcast on Instagram @endoftheworldbookclubpod
Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.
Patreon | Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Buy a book | You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our Bookshop.org page (ad, affiliate link). On this page you can browse all the books we'll be discussing this season: https://bit.ly/BrowseEndOfTheWorldBooks