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The Brit Lit Podcast

A show of news and views from the world of British books and publishing

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62: Would Like to Meet, with Rachel Winters

62: Would Like to Meet, with Rachel Winters

On episode 62, we hear from Rachel Winters, the author of the rom com Would Like to Meet. She and I talked about our fa... Read more

28 May 2020

36mins

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03: Dizzied by the Free-Flowing Drink

03: Dizzied by the Free-Flowing Drink

Claire speaks to Elizabeth Day, author of the literary thriller The Party, about her time at Cambridge, how her journali... Read more

2 Nov 2017

26mins

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02: Drizzle on the Tent

02: Drizzle on the Tent

Claire talks to Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest, about the British authors who inspire her, as well as her l... Read more

19 Oct 2017

18mins

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33: Unbelievable Situations A Lot Of the Time, with Lindsey Kelk.

33: Unbelievable Situations A Lot Of the Time, with Lindsey Kelk.

Lindsey Kelk is back on the podcast today to catch us up on what she’s been up to in the last year. Lindsey is the autho... Read more

27 Dec 2018

30mins

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47:The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, with Abbi Waxman

47:The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, with Abbi Waxman

Abbi Waxman’s latest novel The Bookish Life of Nina Hill is out this week on both sides of the Atlantic. Nina Hill loves... Read more

11 Jul 2019

30mins

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59: Everything I Know About Love, with Dolly Alderton

59: Everything I Know About Love, with Dolly Alderton

Our guest on episode 59 is Dolly Alderton. As well as being half of the High Low podcast, Dolly is also a successful jou... Read more

19 Feb 2020

1hr 1min

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15: Indispensable Hearts of the Community

15: Indispensable Hearts of the Community

Claire speaks to Libby Page, author of The Lido, which is out today. They discuss the inspiration for the book, the magi... Read more

19 Apr 2018

20mins

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53: All The Books, with Liberty Hardy

53: All The Books, with Liberty Hardy

From time to time on the podcast, we speak to someone who is not British, so that we get an outside perspective on UK bo... Read more

3 Oct 2019

29mins

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41: The Sisterhood, with Daisy Buchanan

41: The Sisterhood, with Daisy Buchanan

Daisy Buchanan is the author most recently of the memoir The Sisterhood, a book about growing up as the eldest of six gi... Read more

18 Apr 2019

41mins

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51: The Lost Letters of William Woolf, with Helen Cullen

51: The Lost Letters of William Woolf, with Helen Cullen

From time to time on the podcast, we speak to someone who is not British, so that we get an outside perspective on UK bo... Read more

5 Sep 2019

33mins

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12: School Uniforms and Sticky Toffee Pudding

12: School Uniforms and Sticky Toffee Pudding

Our guests today are Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison, two authors who co-write YA novels about awkward love stories. They disc... Read more

8 Mar 2018

38mins

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27: Looking Through the Spy Hole, with Claire Fuller

27: Looking Through the Spy Hole, with Claire Fuller

In this first anniversary episode, we hear from Claire Fuller, who is the author of three novels: Our Endless Numbered ... Read more

4 Oct 2018

22mins

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07: Eat a Bacon Sandwich

07: Eat a Bacon Sandwich

As we look to the New Year, we hear from Rosy Edwards and Amy Baker of The Riff Raff, a London-based community of writer... Read more

28 Dec 2017

23mins

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08: We Just Need a Hot Air Balloon

08: We Just Need a Hot Air Balloon

Our guest today is Nikesh Shukla, writer, editor, rapper, and advocate for BAME voices in publishing. We talked about th... Read more

11 Jan 2018

21mins

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32: Seven Days Of Us with Francesa Hornak

32: Seven Days Of Us with Francesa Hornak

We hear from Francesa Hornak, the author of Seven Days of Us, a page-turner of a novel about family tension perfect to c... Read more

13 Dec 2018

23mins

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21: The Stuff You Can't Prepare For

21: The Stuff You Can't Prepare For

Claire speaks to Daisy Buchanan, who's a prolific journalist and the author of How to Be a Grown-Up, which is out now in... Read more

12 Jul 2018

34mins

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22: Around Books All The Time

22: Around Books All The Time

We hear from Bronte Hutchinson, who's a successful and popular Bookstagrammer. She talks about the logistics of what she... Read more

26 Jul 2018

12mins

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13: In a Pub, Three Writers

13: In a Pub, Three Writers

Our guest on Episode 13 is John Mitchinson, a long-time publishing veteran, co-founder of Unbound and co-host of the Bac... Read more

22 Mar 2018

36mins

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46: The Flatshare, with Beth O’Leary

46: The Flatshare, with Beth O’Leary

Our guest today is Beth O’Leary, who’s the author of the runaway hit The Flatshare, which is a Sunday Times bestseller a... Read more

27 Jun 2019

23mins

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31: One Day in December, with Josie Silver.

31: One Day in December, with Josie Silver.

Josie Silver is the author of One Day in December, a delightful novel, perfect for curling up with by the fire. Claire l... Read more

29 Nov 2018

18mins

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