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Join host Angela Ledgerwood as she chats to the authors she loves most about books, life, and what lights them up.

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    • 4.4 • 117 Ratings

Join host Angela Ledgerwood as she chats to the authors she loves most about books, life, and what lights them up.

    Lucy Jones on Matrescence and transformation of motherhood,

    Lucy Jones on Matrescence and transformation of motherhood,

    This week Angie welcomes Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood, among other books.




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    • 52 min
    Bianca Bosker on Get The Picture

    Bianca Bosker on Get The Picture

    This week, Bianca Bosker returns to discuss her new book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See.


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    • 42 min
    Cameron Russell on How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone

    Cameron Russell on How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone

    This week Angie welcomes model, activist, and author Cameron Russell on the podcast to talk about her memoir, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone.


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    • 33 min
    Re-Release: Trent Dalton on Boy Swallows Universe and what makes a good man.

    Re-Release: Trent Dalton on Boy Swallows Universe and what makes a good man.

    This week we're re-releasing an episode featuring Trent Dalton. The adaptation of his book, Boy Swallows Universe, is currently a hit on Netflix. Angie and Trent talked about the book in 2019 when it came out.
    Finding meaning in sadness, defining the different types of love and looking at the complexities of masculinity, are the overarching themes in Trent Dalton's novel, Boy Swallows Universe. Trent shares with host Angela Ledgerwood how he used this book to put a positive spin on some of the sadness of his past and how he used his character, Eli, to explore what a do-over on his life would have looked like.


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    • 54 min
    Bianca Bosker on her unexpected wine obsession and how it upended (and enriched) her life.

    Bianca Bosker on her unexpected wine obsession and how it upended (and enriched) her life.

    Angie speaks with award-winning journalist Bianca Bosker about how hearing of the existence of ‘The Best Sommelier in the World Competition’ sparked an obsession to become a sommelier herself, a decision that upended her life and led to her best-selling book Cork Dork: A Wine-FUELED Adventure Among The Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste. We also touch upon her latest obsession—the art world—which will be captured in her forthcoming book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See, out February 6, 2024. Bianca will be back on the pod in February, to talk about her next riveting read!


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    • 44 min
    Re-release: Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag, Massachussets.

    Re-release: Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag, Massachussets.

    Hi everyone!
    In celebration of the release of Isaac Fitzgerald's DIRTBAG, MASSACHUSETTS in paperback, we are re-releasing our episode with him from last year.
    We'll be back in two weeks with Bianca Bosker, author of CORK DORK, to talk about wine for the holidays.

    Enjoy!


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    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
117 Ratings

117 Ratings

Brendan Borrell ,

A thoughtful and graceful interviewer!

Angela offers up a great forum to learn about new books and bookish things. I enjoyed my own conversation with her about my book, but the episodes with Reeves Wiedeman and Adrienne Westenfeld were such treats as well.

bobebst ,

Lights me up

Such delightful and fascinating conversations! Whether I’ve read the book or not I always am left with a new perspective.

Terrili ,

It's back!!!

Sooo happy new episodes have been posted :') This is the most soothing podcast I subscribe to.

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