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Prolific readers Alice Slater and Bethany Rutter take a literary theme, from ghost stories to crime to fat women, and chat about it for the next 40 minutes.

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    • Arts
    • 4.6 • 10 Ratings

Prolific readers Alice Slater and Bethany Rutter take a literary theme, from ghost stories to crime to fat women, and chat about it for the next 40 minutes.

Follow us on Twitter @WhatPagePod (https://twitter.com/WhatPagePod)

    The lads chat to Eliza Clark

    The lads chat to Eliza Clark

    Alice and Bethany have the huge pleasure of talking to girlie of the moment, Eliza Clark, largely about her new novel Penance but also about true crime, Tumblr, the wild success of Boy Parts and its upcoming stage adaptation!

    • 35 min
    The lads chat body horror with Heather Parry

    The lads chat body horror with Heather Parry

    Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of talking to Heather Parry about her short story collection This Is My Body Given For You, which is a gnarly little thing full of troubling images and ideas. She also talks about the great work she does at the Society of Authors, and lots more!

    • 39 min
    The Lads Chat Unlikeable Female Characters with Anna Bogutskaya

    The Lads Chat Unlikeable Female Characters with Anna Bogutskaya

    Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of talking to the film journalist and programmer Anna Bogutskaya about her new non-fiction book Unlikeable Female Characters! They take a dive into the world of 'unlikeable' women through film and TV from erotic thrillers to Skyler White via the Hays Code and Amy Dunne from Gone Girl.

    • 42 min
    Fat Talk with Virginia Sole-Smith

    Fat Talk with Virginia Sole-Smith

    Bethany has the huge pleasure of chatting to Virginia Sole-Smith about her revolutionary new book Fat Talk: Coming of Age in Diet Culture, which investigates the radical possibility of abandoning our cultural fears around 'childhood obesity' to create bodily autonomy in children and beyond.

    • 57 min
    The Lads Celebrate Death of a Bookseller

    The Lads Celebrate Death of a Bookseller

    Alice's debut novel, Death of a Bookseller, is out NOW! So obviously Bethany had to ask her all the nosy questions about it!

    • 45 min
    The lads chat to actual Katherine Heiny

    The lads chat to actual Katherine Heiny

    Alice and Bethany have a whale of a time with the funny, smart Katherine Heiny, author of the new collection Games and Rituals, as well as the novels Standard Deviation and Early Morning Riser. Games and Rituals is out now!

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

Hannah Pancakes ,

Brilliant!

Listened to my first episode today - Alice and Bethany’s discussion on spoOoOoky ghost stories was so fun and interesting! They have great chemistry together and it’s just so comforting to listen to them chat about books. This one will definitely be a regular listen for me ❤️

adnhnrt ,

A hugely enjoyable listen

This is a hugely enjoyable listen. Bethany and Alice combine their huge knowledge of literature of all kinds with a genuine passion for what they’re discussing. Their friendship and camaraderie also makes the whole podcast a brilliant listening experience. I hope to hear many more!

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