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Ordinary People, with Diana Evans
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06/25/20 • 26 min
Today, we’re revisiting our interview with Diana Evans from a couple of years ago, as well as hearing about new books out this month. Diana Evans is the author of three novels, 26a, The Wonder, and most recently Ordinary People, which came out this spring in the UK to much acclaim and is out this week in the US. She talked to Claire about her favourite London-set books, her own past life as a dancer, why it was important for her to capture the experience of middle class black brits, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
26a, by Diana Evans
The Wonder, by Diana Evans
Ordinary People, by Diana Evans
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, by Jean Rhys
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
This Is London: Life and Death in the World City, by Ben Judah
Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot
Tender Is the Night, by F Scott Fitzgerald
Dancer, by Colum McCann
Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake, by Lucia Joyce
78: Murmuration, with Blake Auden
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12/02/21 • 25 min
Our guest on episode 78 is poet Blake Auden, who has almost 300,000 Instagram followers and is known for speaking openly about mental health. He also has four collections of poems out in the world, and the most recent is Murmuration, which came out in October.
He and I talked about what therapy and writing have in common, how he approaches social media so that it helps rather than hinders his mental health, and lots more.
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
Murmuration, by Blake Auden
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
Weather, by Jenny Offill
Dept of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
This Time Next Year, by Sophie Cousens
Just Haven't Met You Yet, by Sophie Cousens
The Twelve Dates of Christmas, by Jenny Bayliss
The Winter of Second Chances (UK)/The Season of Second Chances (US), by Jenny Bayliss
On a Night Like This, by Lindsey Kelk
Gifts, by Laura Barnett
Black British Lives Matter, ed. Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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30: What Would the Spice Girls Do?: How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up with Lauren Bravo
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11/15/18 • 31 min
Lauren Bravo is the author of What Would the Spice Girls Do?: How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up, which makes some fascinating and important points about identity, feminism, and the power of the girl gang. In this episode, Lauren talks to Claire about what she was reading back in the days when the Spice Girls were blaring out from her ghetto blaster, her friendship with previous podcast guest Daisy Buchanan, the book she made her boyfriend read while standing over him to make sure he laughed in the right places, and more.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
What Would the Spice Girls Do?: How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up, by Lauren Bravo
Sweet Valley Twins, by Francine Pascal
The Baby-Sitters Club, by Ann M. Martin
Anastasia Krupnik Stories, by Lois Lowry
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends, by Kelsey Miller
Promising Young Women, by Caroline O'Donoghue
The Break, by Marian Keyes
OMG, What a Complete Aisling, by Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght
Conversations with Friends, by Sally Rooney
Work Like a Woman, by Mary Portas
Crudo, by Olivia Laing
07: Eat a Bacon Sandwich
The Brit Lit Podcast
12/28/17 • 23 min
As we look to the New Year, we hear from Rosy Edwards and Amy Baker of The Riff Raff, a London-based community of writers. They spoke about their memoirs about dating and travel, recommended books they’ve recently loved, and gave tips to anyone whose Near Year’s Resolution is to finally write that book.
Books mentioned on the show:
Confessions of a Tinderella, by Rosy Edwards
Miss-adventures: A Tale of Ignoring Life Advice While Backpacking Around South America, by Amy Baker
His Frozen Fingertips, by Charlotte Bowyer
Is Monogamy Dead?: Rethinking relationships in the 21st century, by Rosie Wilby
Rattle, by Fiona Cummins
Dark Pines, by Will Dean
What We Lose, by Zinzi Clemons
Girl in Snow, by Danya Kukafka
Fire Sermon, by Jamie Quatro
Little Deaths, by Emma Flint
Educated, by Tara Westover
The Party, by Elizabeth Day
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, by Jennifer Ryan
Unconventional, by Maggie Harcourt
Freshers, by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison
23: A Particular Kind of Loneliness
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08/09/18 • 20 min
On this week's episode, we hear from Sarah J Harris, who's the author of The Color of Bee Larkham's Murder, as well as YA novels under a different name. She discusses the particular loneliness of synaesthesia, her love for the martial arts, the long path to publication, and more.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder, by Sarah J Harris
Jessica Cole: Model Spy, by Sarah Sky
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton
Don’t You Cry, by Cass Green
The Woman Next Door, by Cass Green
In a Cottage in a Wood, by Cass Green
I Am Heathcliff, ed. by Kate Mosse
Hold Back the Stars, by Katie Khan
The Light Between Us, by Katie Khan
The Versions of Us, by Laura Barnett
The Summer of Impossible Things, by Rowan Coleman
Bitter Orange, by Claire Fuller
Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?, by Holly Bourne
Perfidious Albion, by Sam Byers
Country, by Michael Hughes
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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64: Everything Is Fine, with Gillian Harvey
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08/27/20 • 21 min
Our guest today is Gillian Harvey, the author of Everything Is Fine. She and I talked about how she ended up living in France, how social media can affect our self-worth, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Everything is Fine, by Gillian Harvey
A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle
A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clark
The Neighbour, by Nicola Gill
Normal People, by Sally Rooney
This Lovely City, by Louise Hare
After the End, by Clare Mackintosh
Intimations, by Zadie Smith
The Fleet Street Girls, by Julie Welch
Love in Colour, by Bolu Babalola
Diamonds at the Lost and Found, by Sarah Aspinall
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!
In the UK, you can support the podcast by using this link to buy from Blackwells.com, which ships internationally at inexpensive rates.
Get your first two audiobooks for just $14.99 with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.
Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.
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65: Eudora Honeysett Is Quite Well, Thank You, with Annie Lyons
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09/24/20 • 31 min
Our guest on episode 65 is Annie Lyons, who, among other books, is the author of the lovely, heart-warming novel Eudora Honeysett Is Quite Well, Thank You, known in the US as The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett. It’s about an older woman who grew up in the Second World War and is now at the end of her life, and kind of over the whole thing, and ready to be done. But then a new family moves in next door, and she makes a new friend. I read it this spring, when reading had been a struggle for weeks –it was just the book I needed.
Among other things, Annie talked to me about her recent favourite reads, her love of Mary Berry, and about her fascinating career in publishing – she worked as a bookseller on Charing Cross Road for a while, and I guarantee you will never be able to guess who her most famous customer was.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeysett
The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes, by Ruth Hogan
Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, by Louis de Bernieres
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka
Mary Berry's Christmas Collection, by Mary Berry
Mary Berry's Baking Bible, by Mary Berry
Once Upon a Tyne, by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
Byker Grove, by Adele Parks
The Diary of an MP’s Wife, by Sasha Swire
The Baby Group, by Caroline Corcoran
Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton
The High Moments, by Sara-Ella Ozbek
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!
In the UK, you can support the podcast by using this link to buy from Blackwells.com, which ships internationally at inexpensive rates.
Get your first two audiobooks for just $14.99 with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.
Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected]
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35: Oh My Gods, with Alexandra Shepperd
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01/24/19 • 18 min
Alexandra Sheppard is the author of YA novel Oh My Gods, the story of Helen Thomas, whose dad is none other than the Greek god Zeus. Not only does Helen have all the usual teen stuff to deal with — like new friends to make and a cute boy to impress — she also has to keep her chaotic family’s true identities secret. Alex talks about her love for Greek mythology, how it felt to re-read her teenage diaries, an author she and Claire love, and more.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Oh My Gods, by Alexandra Sheppard
The Everlasting Rose, by Dhonielle Clayton
The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton
On The Come Up, by Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Tiny Pretty Things, by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra
Shiny Broken Pieces, by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra
Well-Read Black Girl, ed. by Glory Edim
Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Matilda
Kick the Moon, by Muhammad Khan
The Wall, by John Lanchester
The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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13: In a Pub, Three Writers
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03/22/18 • 36 min
Our guest on Episode 13 is John Mitchinson, a long-time publishing veteran, co-founder of Unbound and co-host of the Backlisted Podcast. We go deep into the weeds of the groundbreaking publishing company he helped found, his own role there, and publishing in general.
Books mentioned on the episode:
The Good Immigrant, by Nikesh Shukla
A Murder of Crows, by Ian Skewis
The Sewing Machine, by Natalie Fergie
Black And Blue, by Ian Rankin
My House of Sky: A Life of J A Baker, by Hetty Saunders and Robert Macfarlane
The Peregrine, by J A Baker
Something Happened, by Joseph Heller
Town House, by Norah Lotts,
Dance To The Music Of Time, by Anthony Powell
The Kingdom, by Emmanuel Carrere, transl. John Lambert
Jesus' Son, by Denis Johnson
Berg, by Ann Quinn
The Perfect Girlfriend, by Karen Hamilton
Panic Room, by Robert Goddard
Morning: How to Make Time, by Allan Jenkins
The Feed, by Nick Clark Windo
74: The Summer Job, with Lizzy Dent
The Brit Lit Podcast
08/05/21 • 27 min
Our guest on episode 74 of the Brit Lit Podcast, is Lizzy Dent, who wrote The Summer Job, and who’s also a YA author -- as Rebecca Denton, she wrote This Beats Perfect, among other books.
She and I talked about her favourite food writing, what it’s like to have a novel come out during a pandemic, why we love the book Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, and more.
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In the US and now the UK, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!
In other countries, you can support the podcast by using this link to buy from Blackwells.com, which ships internationally at inexpensive rates.
Get your first two audiobooks for just $14.99 with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.
Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Brit Lit Podcast have?
The Brit Lit Podcast currently has 83 episodes available.
What topics does The Brit Lit Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Publishing, Reading, Podcasts, Books and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on The Brit Lit Podcast?
The episode title 'Ordinary People, with Diana Evans' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Brit Lit Podcast?
The average episode length on The Brit Lit Podcast is 28 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Brit Lit Podcast released?
Episodes of The Brit Lit Podcast are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of The Brit Lit Podcast?
The first episode of The Brit Lit Podcast was released on Sep 21, 2017.
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