74: The Summer Job, with Lizzy Dent
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.
*****
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive?
*****
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Buy all the books available in the UK from Bookshop UK here
Buy all the books available in the US from Bookshop US here
*****
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.
The Brit Lit Podct has recently been named as one of the top 10 British literature podcasts!
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected]
*****
The Brit Lit Podcast
Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website
Lizzy Dent
Claire
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.
*****
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive?
*****
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Buy all the books available in the UK from Bookshop UK here
Buy all the books available in the US from Bookshop US here
*****
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.
The Brit Lit Podct has recently been named as one of the top 10 British literature podcasts!
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected]
*****
The Brit Lit Podcast
Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website
Lizzy Dent
Claire
Previous Episode
73: Star-Crossed, with Minnie Darke
Our guest on episode 73 of the Brit Lit Podcast is Danielle Wood who, as Minnie Darke, wrote one of Claire's very favourite books of recent years, called Star Crossed. Among other things, she discussed what makes One Day by David Nicholls such an amazing novel, and gave some recommendations for books by Tasmanian authors.
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways.
*****
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Buy all the books available in the UK from Bookshop UK here
Buy all the books available in the US from Bookshop US here
*****
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.
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected]
*****
The Brit Lit Podcast
Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website
Claire
Next Episode
75: The Roxy Letters, with Mary Pauline Lowry
This month’s guest is Mary Pauline Lowry, who wrote The Roxy Letters. Mary is married to a Brit, and she had lots of fascinating insights about the cultural differences between the countries, and I loved talking to her back about Bridget Jones and Jane Austen too. The Roxy Letters was one of my favourite reads of 2020. It was really fun and just what I needed. It’s out now in paperback.
Mary and I talked about why we love epistolary novels, took a bit of an accidental deep dive into books about Hollywood, chatted about the difference between British humour and American humour, and lots more!
*****
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive?
*****
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
The Roxy Letters, by Mary Pauline Lowry
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
Where D'you Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
Dear Committee Members, by Julie Schumacher
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy O'Toole
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Emma, by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
Eligible, by Curtis Sittenfeld
Men Are From Mars, Woman Are From Venus, by John Gray
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
Damnation Spring, by Ash Davidson
Grown Ups, by Emma Jane Unsworth
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/the-brit-lit-podcast-114902/74-the-summer-job-with-lizzy-dent-15894831"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to 74: the summer job, with lizzy dent on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy