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| 122: The Lads Talk Forthcoming Film Adaptations | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:34:11 | |
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... | |||
| 121: The Lads Chat Big Date Energy AND Slowcoach | 15 Aug 2024 | 00:32:21 | |
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. | |||
| 112: Q1 reading report | 06 Apr 2023 | 00:41:09 | |
Alice and Bethany atone for not putting out an episode for the first three months of the year by telling you all about everything they've read in the first quarter of 2023. | |||
| 22: Book Club - Wide Sargasso Sea | 05 Aug 2018 | 00:43:58 | |
Alice and Bethany grapple with Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea. They don't necessarily agree on it but have a lot to say about it anyway, before going on a meander towards classics, contemporary classics, the literary legacy of Jane Eyre and more. Join us at 8pm on Tuesday 7th August for the Twitter chat on the hashtag #WPAYOSargasso. | |||
| 21: Mid-year Roundup | 16 Jul 2018 | 00:40:14 | |
This week, Alice and Bethany take you through their favourite books of the year so far and tell you about what they're looking forward to in the second half of the year. | |||
| 20: Book Club - When I Hit You | 01 Jul 2018 | 00:37:28 | |
In this Book Club episode, Alice and Bethany discuss When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy, and then go off-piste to chat about book prizes and celebrity-endorsed book clubs... | |||
| 19: Girls Interrupted | 17 Jun 2018 | 00:41:13 | |
Alice and Bethany discuss three books that deal with women on the edge. Problems by Jade Sharma - https://amzn.to/2yptG4i The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - https://amzn.to/2t59GPb Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen - https://amzn.to/2t4Qot8 | |||
| 18: Book Club - I'll Be Gone In The Dark | 03 Jun 2018 | 00:48:50 | |
In this episode Alice and Bethany discuss classic-in-the-making I'll Be Gone In The Dark with Grace and Emma from Foul Play magazine, which you can find out about here - http://www.foulplaymag.com | |||
| 17: Summer Thrillers | 27 May 2018 | 00:39:08 | |
In this episode Alice and Bethany talk about 5 thrillers that were released in either hardback or paperback this year which they think would make amazing summer holiday reads. They are: He Said She Said by Erin Kelly - https://amzn.to/2shIeMZ Darling by Rachel Edwards - https://amzn.to/2saLt8O The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton - https://amzn.to/2xciXcQ The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - https://amzn.to/2GRd1FL The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn - https://amzn.to/2KXzIKu | |||
| 16: Book Club - Rebecca | 13 May 2018 | 00:44:12 | |
In this episode, Alice and Bethany go deep and spoilerish on Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. Join us at 7pm on Tuesday 15th May on the What Page Are You On Twitter account (@whatpagepod) for a live Twitter chat if you feel like joining in! | |||
| 15: Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling! | 06 May 2018 | 00:25:43 | |
In a little extra episode, Bethany talks to Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, authors of the hilarious and moving novel Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling!, which was born out of a Facebook group started by the pair 10 years ago. They talk about working collaboratively, turning a Facebook group into a novel and their hopes for the 8th amendment referendum. | |||
| 14: Girls Gone Wild | 29 Apr 2018 | 00:42:17 | |
This week, Alice and Bethany talk about girls going wild, whether thats for booze or love. The books we discuss are Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth - https://amzn.to/2JBmGlm Eat My Heart Out by Zoe Pilger - https://amzn.to/2KnbJF6 I Love Dick by Chris Kraus - https://amzn.to/2jiIeYW We also mention Ponti by Sharlene Teo Marlena by Julie Buntin The Awakening by Kate Chopin | |||
| 13: Book Club - Sweetbitter | 08 Apr 2018 | 00:40:44 | |
In today's episode we focus on Stephanie Danler's Sweetbitter, and are joined by writer, academic and former waitress Rebecca May Johnson. There will be a Twitter chat to accompany this Book Club episode at 7pm on Tuesday 10th April under the hashtag #WPAYOSweetBitter. [You can buy Sweetbitter here - https://amzn.to/2GAIU5U] | |||
| 111: Our books of 2022 | 03 Feb 2023 | 01:07:18 | |
Alice and Bethany are BACK from their unplanned hiatus! And they've got a long, juicy episode for you about their favourite books of 2022, which obviously they should have recorded weeks ago... but didn't. Enjoy! | |||
| 12: Party Monsters | 19 Mar 2018 | 00:46:11 | |
Alice and Bethany take it back to 1976-1996 in New York and have a look at a couple of different scenes. First, the ball scene courtesy of House of Impossible Beauties, then the club kids and their disco bloodbath in Party Monster and What I Loved. They finish up with The Future Won't Be Long which doesn't just perfectly blend the two worlds but takes in a whole lot more. The House of Impossible Beauties - Joseph Cassara - http://amzn.to/2pn5p6Z Party Monster - James St James - http://amzn.to/2DCT181 What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt - http://amzn.to/2pm9OrN The Future Won't Be Long - Jarett Kobek - http://amzn.to/2G4zySM | |||
| 11: Book Club - Lullaby | 05 Mar 2018 | 00:37:51 | |
Alice and Bethany kick off their new regular feature - the What Page Are You On book club - with Leila Slimani's Lullaby. There will be a Twitter chat at 7pm on 6th March using the hashtag #WPAYOLullaby. | |||
| 10: Different Kinds of Love | 19 Feb 2018 | 00:52:45 | |
In this episode, Alice and Bethany are riding the Valentine's wave of romance, and discuss a few books that deal with forbidden love. We talk about: The Bones of Grace by Tahmima Anam [which regretfully both of us were unable to finish as we did not anticipate how long it was] Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman Women by Chloe Caldwell Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro [We also refer to I Love Dick by Chris Kraus] | |||
| 9: Thrillers in the Great Outdoors | 22 Jan 2018 | 00:52:11 | |
In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk about three thrillers set in nature - Dark Pines by Will Dean, Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski and Exquisite by Sarah Stovell. This is followed by a conversation between Bethany and Will about writing and publishing his first novel and everything he's learned along the way. | |||
| 8: 2018 Books To Look Forward To | 26 Dec 2017 | 00:30:19 | |
Alice and Bethany round off the year with 10 books they're looking forward to in 2018. For people who love spoilers, those books are
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| 7: Our Top 10s of 2017 | 11 Dec 2017 | 01:00:25 | |
In this episode Alice and Bethany have drawn up their own lists of their top 10 books of the year, and come together to compare notes. Will there be overlap? Will there be disagreements? Only time will tell... | |||
| 6: Reading habits | 27 Nov 2017 | 00:53:09 | |
In this episode, Alice and Bethany interrogate each other about what they read, how they read it, who they listen to when they want recommendations and how they treat the books in their possession. You probably won't get too many new book ideas from this episode, but it'll make you laugh. | |||
| 5: The Eighties | 13 Nov 2017 | 00:57:39 | |
Alice and Bethany were both born in the eighties, so while we're riding the Stranger Things nostalgia wave, we decided to take it back and do an episode on literature of the 1980s. We discuss Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis Beloved - Toni Morrison The White Hotel - DM Thomas Tiger Eyes - Judy Blume A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins Perfume - Patrick Suskind Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson Mort - Terry Pratchett The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood | |||
| 4: Ghost Stories for Hallowe'en | 30 Oct 2017 | 00:46:54 | |
Alice and Bethany celebrate the most wonderful time of the year by chatting about ghost stories, classic and contemporary. The books discussed: The Woman In Black - Susan Hill The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell The Upstairs Room - Kate Murray-Browne Thornhill - Pam Smy And, not a ghost story but a gothic banger we wanted to talk about- Such Small Hands by Andres Barba The Travelling Bag - Susan Hill | |||
| 3: Book to Film Adaptations | 16 Oct 2017 | 00:47:22 | |
In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk through their favourite film adaptations of great books, adaptations they feel missed the mark, and what we're looking forward to coming out in cinemas. | |||
| 110: The Lads Chat to Sara Gran | 04 Nov 2022 | 00:32:11 | |
If you've been listening to WPAYO for a little while you'll know that a true Book of the Pod is Come Closer by Sara Gran. We are so hyped that she has a NEW book out, called The Book of the Most Precious Substance, and that we got to talk to her about it for this episode! The Book of the Most Precious Substance is out NOW from Faber! | |||
| 2: Contemporary True Crime | 01 Oct 2017 | 00:42:02 | |
In this episode, Alice and Bethany wrestle with ethical questions around how much they enjoy true crime books, what makes true crime fiction good or bad, and whether fiction inspired by real crimes is any different to non-fiction marketed as true crime. The books we discuss are: The Fact of a Body - Alexandria Marzano Lesnevich The Red Parts - Maggie Nelson The Adversary - Emmanuel Carrere Forensics - Val McDermid See What I Have Done - Sarah Schmidt Little Deaths - Emma Flint The Girls - Emma Cline | |||
| 1: Fat Books | 17 Sep 2017 | 00:44:26 | |
This is the first episode of the new books podcast What Page Are You On! In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk about books that have a high fat content, both fiction and non-fiction. The books we discuss are: Hunger - Roxane Gay Shrill - Lindy West Dumplin' - Julie Murphy Girls Series - Jacqueline Wilson Just As Long As We're Together / Here's To You Rachel Robinson - Judy Blume Butter - Erin Lange The Cat Ate My Gym Shorts - Paula Danziger Daisy In Chains - Sharon Bolton The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris | |||
| Introduction | 15 Sep 2017 | 00:01:41 | |
We give you a super brief flavour of what you'll hear on What Page Are You On. | |||
| 109: The Lads Chat to Chelsea G Summers | 06 Oct 2022 | 00:42:01 | |
Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of interviewing Chelsea G Summers, author of the bloody and brilliant A Certain Hunger! | |||
| 108: The Lads Chat to Erin Kelly | 25 Aug 2022 | 00:42:43 | |
Alice and Bethany have the extreme joy of interviewing friend of the pod, thee Erin Kelly, author of Alice's fave, The Poison Tree and Bethany's fave, The Burning Air, as well as huge bestseller He Said She Said! Her new novel, The Skeleton Key, is out on September 1. | |||
| 107: The Lads Had To Remove This Post | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:32:17 | |
Alice and Bethany discuss the dark and delicious novella We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault. We Had To Remove This Post deals with the corrosive nature of repeated exposure to violence on a content moderator for a tech giant, and we loved it. | |||
| 106: The Lads Chat to Torrey Peters | 19 May 2022 | 00:51:48 | |
It's no secret that WPAYO loved Detransition, Baby - we dedicated a whole episode to it! So we're beyond delighted to speak to Torrey Peters ahead of the British Book Awards, where she's nominated in the Discover category. Detransition, Baby is out now in paperback! | |||
| 105: Blockbusters: Red Dragon | 12 May 2022 | 00:42:42 | |
Alice and Bethany go deep on Red Dragon by Thomas Harris as part of their Blockbusters series, since they both love Silence of the Lambs. | |||
| 104: The Lads Interview Joanne Harris | 05 May 2022 | 00:41:31 | |
This week we had the huge pleasure of talking to literary legend Joanne Harris about her latest book, A Narrow Door, which is absolutely brilliant, thrilling and haunting. We also chatted about the great work done by the Society of Authors, and Joanne's generosity with informal creative writing education via Twitter! A delight. | |||
| 103: The Lads Talk Through Their TBR Piles | 28 Apr 2022 | 00:30:24 | |
Alice and Bethany go through the five books they're each planning to read in the near future. If you want to see a list of the books, head to the podcast Instagram or Twitter! | |||
| 120: The Lads Give Their Midyear Reading Roundup | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:43:28 | |
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. | |||
| 102: The Lads Predict the British Book Awards | 21 Apr 2022 | 00:44:17 | |
Alice and Bethany take a look at a few categories from the British Book Awards and chat through their thoughts and feelings, as well as trying to predict what will win. Lots of chat, speculation and conjecture! | |||
| 101: The Lads Read New Animal | 14 Apr 2022 | 00:30:10 | |
Alice and Bethany take messy gal fic into a darker direction with New Animal by Ella Baxter, which is out now from Picador. | |||
| 100: The Lads Interview Coco Mellors | 07 Apr 2022 | 00:43:20 | |
Alice and Bethany absolutely loved Coco Mellors' glittering debut Cleopatra & Frankenstein, a portrait of a marriage in early noughties NYC, and in this episode they get to ask the author all about it! The book is available now from 4th Estate. | |||
| 99: The Lads Discuss Welcome To Your Life! | 31 Mar 2022 | 00:36:23 | |
Bethany's adult debut novel is out NOW and she and Alice have a lil chat about the book and its creation! You can buy it from Waterstones here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/welcome-to-your-life/bethany-rutter/9780008469948 | |||
| 98: The Lads Interview Catherine Ryan Howard | 18 Mar 2022 | 00:52:19 | |
Bethany attempts to keep calm as she and Alice meet Catherine Ryan Howard, author of several of the best 21st century thrillers, including her latest novel 56 Days. Catherine talks about her frankly fascinating writing process, her relationship with true crime, writing a 'lockdown novel' and loads and loads more. | |||
| 97: The Lads Read Notes On An Execution | 11 Mar 2022 | 00:32:47 | |
Alice and Bethany do a deep dive on the brilliant Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka, exploring the life and death of a murderer on death row and the women whose lives he affected. | |||
| 96: The Lads Chat to Lucy Foley | 04 Mar 2022 | 00:32:18 | |
Alice and Bethany get to sit down with the 21st century's answer to Agatha Christie, the excellent Lucy Foley! They chat all things murder mystery as they celebrate the launch of Lucy's latest thriller, The Paris Apartment, which is out now. | |||
| 95: The Lads Read Attica Locke | 25 Feb 2022 | 00:31:26 | |
Over the past two months, Bethany has become obsessed with the crime author Attica Locke, so this episode is a little introduction to her major themes and her most famous novel Bluebird, Bluebird. | |||
| 94: The Lads Do BookTok | 11 Feb 2022 | 00:35:40 | |
Alice educates Bethany on the wonderful world of BookTok, a place that Alice is spending a lot of time these days. They talk virality, what makes a BookTok hit, and what publishers can do to hop on the TikTok train. | |||
| 93: The Lads chat to Daphne Palasi Andreades | 04 Feb 2022 | 00:42:33 | |
If you don't know about Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades, where have you been?! It's one of the most anticipated books of the year, and in the words of Raven Leilani, 'an ode to girlhood'. We've been so lucky to talk to Daphne on today's episode, and we hope you enjoy the chat and the book, which is out now from 4th Estate. | |||
| 119: The Lads List Their 10 Books of the 21st Century | 18 Jul 2024 | 01:05:54 | |
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 | |||
| 92: The Lads' Books of 2021 | 10 Dec 2021 | 01:09:21 | |
Alice and Bethany wrap up the year in style and let you know their respective top 10s of 2021! For a full list, please see our Instagram account for WPAYO! | |||
| 91: Blockbusters: The Lads Read Agatha Christie | 03 Dec 2021 | 00:44:12 | |
She's sold over 2 BILLION COPIES and is the most-translated author in history. Alice has never read any Agatha Christie, so the WPAYO gals read And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. | |||
| 90: Dark Tales with Jen Campbell | 19 Nov 2021 | 00:51:20 | |
Jen Campbell is a Proper Expert on fairytales, especially as they relate to disability and disfigurement, so Alice and Bethany were extremely keen to talk to her about her new book, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers And Other Gruesome Tales. They travel around the world discussing the fairytale tropes from different countries and continents and ask Jen all their burning fairytale questions like why disability is so prevalent in tales of yore. | |||