A Pair of Bookends A Pair of Bookends

For today's very exciting bonus episode Hannah was joined by the Women's Prize longlisted author of 'The Most Fun We Ever Had' Claire Lombardo to chat all about her new novel 'Same As It Ever Was' (out now in the US, published by Doubleday! UK folk you can pre-order!)
We chat about her favourite family saga novels, writing 'nice' men & complicated women, her debut novel's upcoming adaptation and so much more! If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe to boost us in the charts!
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Books mentioned in today's episode: 
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Brother Of The More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido

Thanks so much for listening! If you want to get in touch you can do so via apairofbookendspod@gmail.com

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week 2024, Hannah interviewed one of her local indie bookshops Serenity Booksellers. We chat about how Kelly and her partner Chris turned their bookshop dreams into a reality, what exciting things they have coming up, why it's important to support our indies and a HUGE list of book recommendations! 
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more of you. 
You can find Serenity Booksellers via their website (subscribe to their mailing list to be in with a chance of winning a £100 voucher for their store) or via Instagram or Facebook.
If you're unable to make it in store and wish to support them, the below book recs are linked to Serenity Booksellers bookshop.org page.
For more on Independent Bookshop Week visit https://www.booksaremybag.com/

Books, indie bookshops & other mentions in this episode: 
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Want by Gillian Anderson
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
October, October by Katya Balen
Ghostlines by Katya Balen
James by Percival Everett
Hard By A Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten
The Many by Wyl Menmuir
The Draw of The Sea by Wyl Menmuir
The Heart of The Woods by Wyl Menmuir
Small Hours by Bobby Palmer
The Castle (1997 movie, on Amazon Prime)
Simply Books, Bramhall
Dark Peak Books & Gifts, Glossop
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For today's episode Hannah was joined by Irish author Sarah Gilmartin, to chat all about her latest novel Service (Pushkin Press, out now in paperback)
Please be aware this episode contains reference to SA & statistics of SA cases
We chat about what it was like to write from the perspective of a man accused of sexual assault, her experience of working in restaurants, how the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre helped shape the writing of the case in the book and more. It was such an insightful conversation and the book is in Hannah's top reads of the year! 
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Books & other mentions on the pod:
Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin
Old Romantics by Maggie Armstrong
Multitudes by Lucy Caldwell
Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell
Openings by Lucy Caldwell
Blue Lights- BBC Iplayer

Thanks so much for listening! Until next time, happy reading!

For today's episode I deep dived into the world of Romantasy with social media sensation Carissa Broadbent. We chat about why this genre is so successful, her writing process, what readers have to look forward to with the rest of the series and lots more! If you enjoy this episode, please do rate, review & subscribe so I can reach more of you! 

The Serpent and the Wings of Night and it's sequel The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King are available now everywhere (UK folk, the sequel is out tomorrow so go pre-order!)

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Books & other recs mentioned: 
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Castlevania - Netflix
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J.Maas
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

For books discussed on each episode, head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/apairofbookendspod

Thanks so much for listening & until next time, happy reading!

Bobby Palmer is back on the pod! Back in November 2022, we chatted to Bobby about his debut novel Isaac and the Egg and had an absolute blast so it was only right to bring him back to chat about his second book Small Hours (out now)
We chat about how his relationship with nature has evolved, writing about a memory loss condition, masculinity, writing his third book and all the book reccs your heart could desire! 
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more of you. 
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Bobby's Small Hours Spotify playlist
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Charity mentioned: https://foxproject.org.uk/

Books, authors & other reccs mentioned in this episode:
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
You are Here by David Nicholls
Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak
Max Porter
George Saunders
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
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For today's episode Hannah and Ericka had a completely feral two hours of laughing and talking rubbish and somehow Hannah has managed to edit together an episode! 
We chat about mothers and daughters, autism, death and grief and so much more, we hope you enjoy! Please do rate, review & subscribe as it helps us to reach more of you. You can follow us via Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok
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Buy yourselves a copy of Goodbye Birdie Greenwing and Dog Days and once you have send either myself or Ericka a DM and Ericka will be sending out hand-crocheted ghosts to 'haunt your TBR' 
You can follow Ericka via Instagram & Twitter 
For more of her books and dog chat head to her website

Books & other mentions in today's episode:
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Essential Help for your nerves by Dr. Claire Weekes
Joined up writing podcast with Ericka Waller
https://www.writing.ie/interviews/the-difficult-second-novel-goodbye-birdie-greenwing-by-ericka-waller/
The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
One Day - Netflix
The Last Murder at The End of the World by Stuart Turton
The Devil and The Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Hold Back The Night by Jessica Moor
Young Women by Jessica Moor
How we named the stars by Andres N. Ordorica
Leave no trace by Jo Callaghan
In the blink of an eye by Jo Callaghan

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