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A Pair of Bookends

Hannah MacDonald

A weekly bookish podcast hosted by Hannah MacDonald. Join us for monthly Book Club episodes - read the book at your own pace and then listen to us deep dive with the author! Our Debut Spotlight series is to put the freshest authors and their work firmly on your radar and in our new series we bring you a monthly culture round up of all the recommendations we"ve collected over the previous month of consuming. Follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Twitter and TIk Tok.

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S2 Debut Spotlight - 4. Sarah Jost

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2023/06/19

Welcome back Bookends to another episode in our Debut Spotlight series, for this episode we were joined by debut author Sarah Jost to chat about 'One Last Chance', the unconventional, life-affirming love story you'll be staying up all night to finish. TW: This conversation includes discussion around cancer and loss. Aswell as chatting about her experiences in writing her debut, we also chatted to Sarah about her experience working in schools and how that feeds into her character study, what it's

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54:10

S2 Debut Spotlight - 3. Senta Rich

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2023/06/05

Welcome back Bookends to the second season in our Debut Spotlight series, for this episode Hannah was joined by screenwriter and novelist Senta Rich to chat about her debut novel 'Hotel 21'- a story of a kleptomaniac hotel cleaner who moves from hotel to hotel as soon as anything gets personal, her need to steal being the driving force to escape dealing with past traumas but at her 21st hotel, her life starts to change in unexpected ways leaving her wondering whether she can continue the path she's

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38:43

Bonus Books: Now You See Us with Balli Kaur Jaswal

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2023/06/02

Welcome back Bookends to our BONUS episode where Hannah chats to the brilliant Balli Kaur Jaswal about her latest novel 'Now You See Us', a moving, funny and insightful book about the lives of three Fillipina domestic workers who group together after their friend is wrongfully accused of murdering their employer. We chatted about the disturbing realities of domestic workers in Singapore, privilege, the power of social media and so much more, we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!Buy

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55:33

May Book Club: Scorched Grace with Margot Douaihy

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2023/05/26

Welcome back Bookends to our May Book Club episode! Today we chat about the first in an exciting new Queer crime series 'Scorched Grace' by the incredible Margot Douaihy. Unfortunately for this episode, Lydia was in the midst of an illness so was unable to record so Hannah was a singular bookend but was joined by Margot to chat all about her fantastic, compelling debut, the inspiration behind it, her upbringing as a Maronite Catholic and how that informed her writing, Queerness, complex characters

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25:27

Minisode- Turning pain into poetry with Tiannah Malika

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2023/05/19

TW: This episode contains discussion around themes of infant & pregnancy loss/ stillbirth and grief. Welcome back Bookends! Today we have a powerful & important minisode for you, we were joined by American poet, artist and filmmaker Tiannah Malika (also known as Spike Tee) to chat about her debut collection 'Gray Skies Turned To Sonshine', a book of art and poetry exploring her experiences of stillbirth and grief. Aswell as listening to some extracts of Tiannah's work we chat about why these

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53:31

S2 Debut Spotlight - 2. Natasha Calder

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2023/05/12

Welcome back Bookends to Season 2 in our Debut Spotlight series, for today's episode we were joined by Natasha Calder, author of the brilliant and eerie 'Whether Violent or Natural' which was published by Bloomsbury in the UK yesterday! We chatted to Natasha about her experiences from her first book 'The Offset' which she co-authored with friend Emma Szewczak to writing solo for her debut novel. Aswell as deep diving into her writing processes for this book, we chatted unreliable narrators, the joy

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S2 Debut Spotlight- 1. Lydia Sandgren

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2023/05/05

Welcome back Bookends to Season 2 of our Debut Spotlight series where we shine the light on the freshest new authors and their work, we recorded this back at the start of April and are thrilled to bring you this conversation with the incredible best-selling debut author of 'Collected Works', Lydia Sandgren.Aswell as deep diving into this wonderful tome of a novel, we chat about the characters that feel like friends, parenting and gender disparities, how being a psychologist informs her writing and

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The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023 Special with Margo...

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2023/04/21

Welcome Bookends to a very exciting bonus episode in collaboration with The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023, we were joined by all three of this year's winners of the prize: Margo Jefferson, Michelle de Kretser and Victoria Adukwei Bulley. It was truly an honour to chat to these three incredible women about their winning books and learning more about their process, their inspirations and their feelings about winning the prize. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!Buy Constructing A Nervous System: A

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51:46

April Book Club: The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy...

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2023/04/14

Welcome Bookends to our April Book Club episode! This month we're inviting you to delve into 'The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa', a tragicomic coming-of-age tale of Andy Africa, a Nigerian teenager who amidst debating theories of anifuturism and mathematics takes a fascination in blonde, white women. Set amidst a backdrop of political and social unrest and a complex family life, this smart and funny novel showcases contemporary African life, the ramifications of colonialism, Western

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10. Debut Spotlight- Julia Boggio

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2023/04/03

Welcome back Bookends to another episode in our Debut Spotlight series where we shine the light on the freshest new authors and their work. For this episode we were joined by Julia Boggio who is the author of the sizzling romance of the season 'Shooters' and the co-host of the Two Lit Chicks podcast.As Julia was a professional photographer herself for 15 years, there's little she doesn't know about the biz and she was unafraid to share the gossip on the world of wedding photography and how that

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47:10

Bonus Books: The Book of Eve with Meg Clothier

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2023/03/31

Welcome back Bookends! Today's episode is a joyous one, we had Meg Clothier on to chat to us about her brilliant new book 'The Book of Eve', an exciting and magical exploration of women and power and the forces of religion and beyond. We loved it and highly recommend you get yourselves a copy! It's out now and published by Wildfire. Aswell as chatting about the book, we discuss the overlap between self and fiction, how Meg's constant desire to smell things around her evokes a sensory experience for

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9. Debut Spotlight- Costanza Casati

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2023/03/27

Welcome back Bookends to another episode in our Debut Spotlight series, where we shine the light on the freshest new authors and their work. For this episode, we were joined by the wonderful Costanza Casati, author of one of our favourite reads this year, the powerhouse myth retelling- 'Clytemnestra'. We discuss the importance of keeping these stories alive for future generations, why it was important to Costanza to represent female rage and desire through Clytemnestra and were spoiled by her

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March Book Club: Dazzling with Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ

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2023/03/24

Hey bookends! We're so delighted to bring you our March Book Club episode, in conversation with the force of nature that is Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, author of the magical, breathtaking new novel 'Dazzling' which we hope you can join us in reading! We discuss her inspiration for Dazzling, why Wildfire was the obvious choice of publisher for her, the state of the economy and how that impacts the art that we create, Igbo culture and so much more, it was a truly illuminating conversation and potentially the

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46:52

Minisode - Women's Prize 2023 Special

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2023/03/17

Hey Bookends! It's our favourite time of year and we are here to bring you a 'minisode' of all of our thoughts on this year's Women's Prize For Fiction Longlist, we are always so excited for the release of this list and this year was no different! Apologies in advance for how sweary we are, we were very excited and borderline delirious after recording two pods in one day... but if deep diving into the women's prize isn't necessarily your thing, we also talk about rats in bow-ties, Hannah discovers

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8. Debut Spotlight- Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

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2023/03/13

Welcome back Bookends to the latest instalment in our Debut Spotlight series, where we shine the spotlight on some of the freshest, most exciting new authors to put on your radar. Back in January we recorded an episode with the wonderful Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow to discuss her incredible debut novel 'All The Little Bird-Hearts' which we both completely adored. Aswell as talking through her journey into being published, we discuss the importance of neurodiverse representation in a neurotypical world,

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BONUS BOOK CLUB: Cursed Bread with Sophie Mackintosh

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2023/03/08

Hello to all you fabulous Bookends! We are so delighted to be bringing you a Bonus Book Club episode this month, where we are in conversation with the incredible Man Booker Prize longlisted author Sophie Mackintosh with her latest novel, the Women's Prize long-listed 'Cursed Bread'. We chatted to Sophie about her experiences with rejection, how a historical poisoning in rural France inspired her latest book and why intimacy and desire are some of our favourite themes ever! We hope you enjoy this

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7. Debut Spotlight- Ann-Helen Laestadius

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2023/02/27

Welcome back Bookends to our latest episode in our Debut Spotlight series, this episode is with Swedish Sami journalist and author Ann-Helen Laestadius to discuss her best-selling debut adult novel 'Stolen', published in the UK in January after a huge bout of success in Sweden in 2021. TW: This conversation includes discussion of animal abuse and mental illness which some listeners may find distressing. Aswell as discussing the novel, we talked about Sami communities, culture and identity, men's

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6. Debut Spotlight - Nicole Flattery

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2023/02/20

Welcome back Bookends to our latest instalment in our Debut Spotlight series! This week we were joined by writer Nicole Flattery to chat about her upcoming novel 'Nothing Special', we loved chatting to Nicole about how she didn't fully kick off her writing career until her late twenties and how odd it is that we view women's success against a timeline. Aswell as deep diving into her brilliant book, we discussed the moral ambiguity of Andy Warhol, how reading plays can transform the way you view

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Feb Book Club: Are You Happy Now with Hanna Jameson

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2023/02/17

Welcome back Bookends to another Book Club episode! Our Feb book choice is the brilliantly unsettling Are You Happy Now, a book that will give you whiplash for all its twists and turns! An incredible dystopia about the mental health crisis and millenial life. We were joined by author Hanna Jameson and we had a great time chatting to her about the book, fan fiction communities, curating playlists for novels and the all important trio- capitalism, grief and sex. We hope you enjoy!If you enjoy this

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5. Debut Spotlight - Kevin Jared Hosein

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2023/02/13

Happy Monday Bookends! Welcome back to the latest episode in our Debut Spotlight series, this time we are in conversation with the Carribean Author and Poet Kevin Jared Hosein, author of upcoming debut international novel 'Hungry Ghosts' (publishing on 16th of Feb with Bloomsbury). It was such a delight to chat to Kevin about his incredible novel which explores class, grief, loss, religion, morality and so much more, we cannot recommend it enough! Aswell as deep diving into his book we talk about

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