What Page Are You On?

What Page Are You On?
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What Page Are You On?

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)

  1. The Lads Catch Up On Their Recent Reading Habits

    6 DAYS AGO

    The Lads Catch Up On Their Recent Reading Habits

    Alice and Bethany catch up on what they've been reading, but it turns out it's been a weird reading year for them both. Much yapping lies ahead.

    33 min
  2. The Lads Gather Autumn/Winter Recommendations

    SEP 12

    The Lads Gather Autumn/Winter Recommendations

    Alice and Bethany chat through a few of the books they're excited about for the rest of the year, and ask their author and bookseller friends for more recommendations! Because of the way we have to record episodes in advance, at least one of the books is already out, so if any of them sound good to you, it may be possible to read them already rather than wait!

    34 min
  3. The Lads Talk Forthcoming Film Adaptations

    AUG 29

    The Lads Talk Forthcoming Film Adaptations

    Following the escandalo that has dogged the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, Alice and Bethany discuss a few forthcoming adaptations of books, plus one that's taking up a lot of Alice's brain space, released on the same day as this episode...

    34 min
  4. The Lads Chat Big Date Energy AND Slowcoach

    AUG 15

    The Lads Chat Big Date Energy AND Slowcoach

    Alice and Bethany look inward and discuss the two books Bethany has released this year! First up, Big Date Energy, aka what happens when you try to write a romcom where the main character is more like 'The Friend', and then Slowcoach, where we talk about how weirdly horrible and borderline traumatic PE lessons were.

    32 min
  5. The Lads Give Their Midyear Reading Roundup

    AUG 1

    The Lads Give Their Midyear Reading Roundup

    Alice and Bethany talk through what they've been reading so far in 2024, and how not recording the pod has affected their reading habits.

    43 min
  6. The Lads List Their 10 Books of the 21st Century

    JUL 18

    The Lads List Their 10 Books of the 21st Century

    Inspired by the New York Times' list of the 100 greatest books of the 21st Century, Alice and Bethany each compile their own top 10s, and find they have only one book in common, but don't agree on what that book is about... Bethany's list:  The Fact of a Body - Alex Marzano-Lesnevich What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan Beyond Black - Hilary Mantel Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides Crimson Petal & The White - Michel Faber  Fingersmith - Sarah Waters Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro Life After Life - Kate Atkinson Alice's list: A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori) Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado Just Kids - Patti Smith Lanny - Max Porter My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt

    1h 6m
  7. The lads chat to Eliza Clark

    07/13/2023

    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
  8. The lads chat body horror with Heather Parry

    07/06/2023

    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!

    40 min
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Ratings & Reviews

4.8
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26 Ratings

About

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)

Information

  • Creator
    What Page Are You On?
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    125
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    What Page Are You On?

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