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This week, Jack is joined by debut novelist Khashayar J. Khabushani.
Khashayar's hotly anticipated first novel, I Will Greet the Sun Again, is a beautiful novel about family, queer adolescence, and the multifaceted nature of identity and while it is a story unafraid to face difficult subject matter, just like the poem from which it takes its title, it is ultimately a novel filled with love. 
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(0:27) Introduction(6:10) Being your own protagonist(9:37) Khashayar's early reads(23:42) Recent Reads(31:30) Khashayar's most impactful book(39:27) I Will Greet the Sun Again
Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.Connect with Jack on Instagram
I Will Greet the Sun Again is published in the UK by Viking
Books mentioned in this episode include:Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh - ISBN: 9781784701468The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing - ISBN: 9780007498772 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan - ISBN: 9780099272779Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff - ISBN: 9780099592532Middlemarch by George Elliot - ISBN: 9780141439549
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This week, Jack is joined by novelist Rowan Hisayo Buchanan. Rowan's first novel was 2017's Harmless Like You, which won a Betty Trask and Authors Club First Novel Award. Since then, she has penned Starling Days, and now this year she has released her third novel, The Sleep Watcher, an exquisite exploration of adolescence, family, and the complexity of love.
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(0:27) Introduction(3:37) Roman's childhood reads(17:30) Ghosts and breaking boundaries(20:39) Where to start writing(35:11) Rowan's favourite book(43:43) The Sleep Watcher
Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.Connect with Jack on Instagram
The Sleep Watcher is published in the UK by Sceptre
Books mentioned in this episode include:Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - ISBN: 9780141191447Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi  - ISBN: 9781568363912Reverse Engineering by Scratch Books - ISBN: 9781739830106
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This week, Jack is joined by the legendary international literary agent, Barbara J. Zitwer. Barbara has been at the forefront of bringing some of the most exciting voices from Korea over to the Anglosphere, from Han Kang, the author of The Vegetarian, to the Man Asian Booker Prize winner, Shin Kyung-sook, to name a few.
Now she has released her own book, The Korean Book of Happiness, sharing with us the knowledge she has gained from her years working closely with Korean writers.
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(0:27) Introduction(8:01) Translated texts(21:41) The Korean Book of Happiness(26:59) Why Korea?(31:14) Recipes in the book
Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.Connect with Jack on Instagram
The Korean Book of Happiness is published in the UK by Short Books Ltd
Books mentioned in this episode include:The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin - ISBN: 9781681772370 Walking Practice by Dolki Min - ISBN: 9780063258617The Vegetarian by Han Kang - ISBN: 9781846276033
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This week, Jack is joined by novelist Kate Mascarenas. To date, Kate has published three novels, including The Psychology of Time Travel and The Thief on the Winged Horse. Her third and most recent is the gorgeously gothic Hokey Pokey.
Set in 1929 at the Regent Hotel, Birmingham, Nora checks in under a false name. She is there to spy on the famed operatic singer Berenice Oxbow. But just like the Regent Hotel, there is more to Nora's story than meets the eye.
Purchase Hokey Pokey(0:27) Introduction(5:40) Childhood reading(20:37) University and literature(30:56) Fiction and Therapists(38:14) Recent Reads(51:09) Hokey Pokey
Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.Connect with Jack on Instagram
Hokey Pokey is published in the UK by Bloomsbury
Books mentioned in this episode include: Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce - ISBN: 9780192734501Monsters by Claire Dederer - ISBN: 9781399715034Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet - ISBN: 9781913393441My Friend Natalia by Laura Lindstedt - ISBN: 9781631498176The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter - ISBN: 9780099588115We have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - ISBN:  9780141191454Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi - ISBN: 9780330534697
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This week, Jack is joined by author and musician Mat Osman. Mat is the founding member of the British rock band Suede.
In 2020 his first novel The Ruins was released and this year it was followed by his hotly anticipated second book The Ghost Theatre which was chosen as a book of the year 2023 by The Observer, The Times and The Evening Standard.
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(0:27) Introduction(1:02) A love letter to theatre(17:19) Writing historical fiction(21:55) London allure(24:28) Childhood reading(36:30) Writing habits(43:21) The Ghost Theatre
Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.
The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.Connect with Jack on Instagram
The Ghost Theatre is published in the UK by Bloomsbury
Books mentioned in this episode include:Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders - ISBN: 9781408871775The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber - ISBN: 9781782114413Fingersmith by Sarah Waters - ISBN: 9780349017464
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This week, Jack is joined by novelist Sophie Mackintosh. Sophie's first book, The Water Cure, was published in 2018 and was long-listed for that year's Booker Prize. In 2020 came her second novel, Blue Ticket, and this year she published the haunting and dreamlike Cursed Bread, which was long-listed for the Women's Prize. Sophie was also included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list.
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(0:23) Introduction(1:11) Building rapport with readers(4:46) Childhood reading(14:59) Writing from reality(22:49) Recent reading(29:30) Cursed Bread 
Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.
The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.Connect with Jack on Instagram
Cursed Bread is published in the UK by Penguin Books
Books mentioned in this episode include:Junk by Melvin Burgess - ISBN: 9781783440627The Magic Toy Shop by Angela Carter - ISBN: 9780860681908Close to Home by Michael McGee - ISBN: 9780241582978Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein - ISBN: 9781783789931Sea State by Tabitha Lasley - ISBN: 9780008390976The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - ISBN: 9781529005219
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