The YourShelf Podcast

Juliano Zaffino
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The YourShelf Podcast

Bringing together our favourite authors, artists, thinkers and creatives to talk about books, life, and their work.

  1. 01/28/2022

    #15 Fiction Book of the Year 2021 with Lauren Groff

    The YourShelf Podcast is back with three very special episodes for our Books of the Year 2021! Finally, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Lauren Groff to discuss YourShelf's Fiction Book of the Year 2021, Matrix. Buckle up for utopia, reclamation through historical fiction, and lesbian rebel nuns.

    57 min

  2. 01/28/2022

    #14 Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021 with Michelle Orange

    The YourShelf Podcast is back with three very special episodes for our Books of the Year 2021! In the middle part of this triptych, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Michelle Orange to discuss YourShelf's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021, Pure Flame, which explores mother-daughter relationships and female legacies through narrative.

    1h 10m

  3. 01/28/2022

    #13 Poetry Book of the Year 2021 with Naomi Morris

    The YourShelf Podcast is back with three very special episodes for our Books of the Year 2021! First up: YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Naomi Morris to discuss YourShelf's Poetry Book of the Year 2021, Hyperlove. Expect love, sex, obsession, extremity, erasure and theory, as well as book recommendations (and more) from Naomi.

    1h 18m

  4. 09/30/2021

    #12 Not Looking Away with Lucia Osborne-Crowley

    Returning after a hiatus with episode twelve, Not Looking Away, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) chats over Zoom with Lucia Osborne-Crowley to discuss her new book My Body Keeps Your Secrets and her 2019 memoir I Choose Elena. Together they explore writing trauma and its legacies, and the importance of not looking away from the pain and suffering of ourselves and others.

    1h 5m

  5. 01/05/2021

    #11 Prose Book of the Year 2020 with Doireann Ní Ghríofa

    In episode eleven, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up over Zoom with Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of the YourShelf Prose Book of the Year 2020, to discuss her mesmerising, genre-defying book A Ghost In The Throat, as well as recapping some of the best books of 2020.

    1h 15m

  6. 01/04/2021

    #10 Poetry Book of the Year 2020 with Seán Hewitt

    In episode ten, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up over Zoom with Seán Hewitt, author of the YourShelf Poetry Book of the Year 2020, to discuss his poetry collection Tongues of Fire, as well as recapping some of the best books of 2020.

    1h 6m

  7. 11/30/2020

    #9 Natural Strangeness with Rebecca Tamás

    In episode nine, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up over Zoom with Rebecca Tamás to discuss her recent book of essays, Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman! Together they cover the origins of the book, and what it has to say about ecology, humanity, feminism and more.

    42 min

  8. 10/31/2020

    #8 Spooky Stories with Daisy Johnson and Julia Armfield

    In episode eight, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up over Zoom with Daisy Johnson (author of Fen, Everything Under and Sisters) and Julia Armfield (author of Salt Slow), for a seasonal special on all things spooky, just in time for Halloween! Together they discuss Daisy and Julia's works, particularly their short stories, as well as horror movies, writing bodily horror, and what makes a good spooky story.

    46 min
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Bringing together our favourite authors, artists, thinkers and creatives to talk about books, life, and their work.

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  • Creator
    Juliano Zaffino
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2019 - YourShelf
  • Show Website
    The YourShelf Podcast

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