So Novel Podcast

For the last episode in this series, we will hear from some more of Bookstgram's favourites!

@sarahsbookchat
Still Life - Sarah Winman
Love Stories - Trent Dalton
The Death of Vivek Oji - Akwaeke Emezi

@anopenbookshelf
Born Into This - Adam Thompson
Henry Hamlet’s Heart- Rhiannon Wilde
Sorrow and Bliss- Meg Mason

@becsbookshelf
A Court of Silver Flames- Sarah J Maas
Below Deck - Sophie Hardcastle
Henry Hamlet’s Heart - Rhiannon Wilde

@thereadingaffair
A Million Things- Emily Spurr
Paper Palace- Miranda Cowley Heller
100 Days- Alice Pung

@books_bymybed
The Paper Palace- Amanda Crowley Heller
The Last Woman in the World- Inga Simpson
Happy Hour - Jacquie Byron

@bedsidebookshelf
A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara
The Love Hypothesis- Ali Hazelwood
It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake- Claire Christian

@checkyourshelf_
It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake- Claire Christian
Songs in Ursa Major- Emma Brodie
Before You Knew My Name- Jacqueline Bublitz

@mrlovesbookshelf
What Do You Celebrate?- Ashleigh Barton & Martina Heiduezek
The Deep- Kyle Perry
Back After The Break- Osher Gunsberg

@hide.and.go.read
Love Stories- Trent Dalton
Work. Love. Body. - Edited by Helen McCabe & Jamila Rizvi
Life’s Too Short- Abby Jimenez
 Unwell Women- Elinor Cleghorn

@aplaceinthesun
The Inheritance- Gabriel Bergmoser
Wild Place- Christian White
With You Forever- Chloe Liese

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Here is Part 2 of the Summer Series!!!

Listen to some of my fave Aussie authors and some of our Aussie publishers share their top reads of 2021.

Jessie Stephens-
Honeybee- Craig Silvey
Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ghosts- Dolly Alderton

Jordanna Levine-
The Last Thing He Told Me- Laura Dave
Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Who Is Maud Dixion- Alexandra Andrews

Anna- HarperCollins Australia-
The Hush - Sarah Foster
You Need To Know- Nicola Moriarty
Here In The After- Marion Firth

Kyle Perry-
Piranesi- Susanna Clarke
Acting Up- Lynne McGrainger
Human Kind: A Hopeful History- Rutger Bregman

Ewa Ramsey-
Small Joys of Real Life- Allee Richards
New Animal- Ella Baxter
Happy Hour- Jacquie Byron

Rachel- Text Publishing-
Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki
Honeygirl- Morgan Rogers
Plain Bad Heroines- Emily M Danforth

Sophie Hardcastle-
Exist Otherwise: The Life and Work of Claude Cahun- Jennifer L Shaw
In The Dreamhouse- Carmen Maria Machado
Can The Monster Speak- Paul Presseado

Claire Christian-
Cassandra Speaks - Elizabeth Lesser
On Connection- Kae Tempest
If I Never Met You- Mhairi McFarlene

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Welcome to the Summer Series!

I have some of my fave people jumping on to share their top books of 2021!

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@what_jess_read
The Deal - Elle Kennedy
Milk Fed - Melissa Broder
The Coconut Children - Vivian Pham

@thats.novel
Raybearer - Jordan Ifueko
Wild Place  - Christian White
Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir

@katie.reads.things
Piranesi- Susanna Clarke
The Royal We- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Firekeepers Daughter- Angeline Boulley

@shehasareaderssoul_
Dead Simple- Peter James
The Wife and the Widow- Christian White
The Light between Oceans- M. L Steadman

@chaptersofnorth
Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo
Bath Hause - PJ Vernon
The Guncle- Steven Rowley

@whiskersandwords_
The Butterfly Garden- Dot Hutchinson
The Hunted - Gabriel Bergmoser
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Jar of Hearts- Jennifer Hillier

@justabookishbabe @betterwordspod
Freckles- Cecelia Ahearn
Henry Hamlet’s Heart - Rhiannon Wilde
Social Queue- Kay Kerr

@_whatkatiereadnext_
The Good Sister- Sally Hepworth
The Riviera House- Natasha Lester
With You Forever - Chloe Lise

@hayleys.little.library
The Simple Wild - K.A. Tucker
Snowflake- Louise Nealon
Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan

On today's BONUS EPISODE I chat to author, Amy Suiter Clarke about her debut release, Girl 11. 

We chat about the podcast and podcasting format featured in Girl 11, why she chose the setting of Minnesota, and which authors she draws inspiration from.

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Welcome to this BONUS EPISODE with author, Amanda Hampson.

In today's chat, I chat to Amanda about her latest release Lovebirds.

We chat about what it's like to write from the perspective of a 15 year old boy, the reasoning for her to include a character who is in late adulthood and we chat about how she got into writing.

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Sophie Hardcastle who is the author of our March Book Club pick, Below Deck.

In today’s chat we talk about the writing and structure of Below Deck, we chat about the “big topics” in the book including sexual violence and consent and climate change and we also chat about that ambiguous ending.

Also a big thank you to @she.reads.Adelaide for sending through her 5-star review which is featured at the end of the chat.
 

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On today episode of Author Chat I chat to the wonderful Sally Hepworth. Sally is an Australian author based in Melbourne. She is the author of 6 novels including her most recent release, The Good Sister.

In today’s episode, we chat about the inspiration behind The Good Sister and a few of the themes she explores in the book. We also chat about the writing process of The Good Sister and she tells how this wasn’t the book she had planned to release in 2020. We also chat about her IG series and social media presence.

Books mentioned in this episode
The Midnight Library- Matt Haig

https://www.instagram.com/sallyhepworth

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Ashley Audrain who is the author of our February Book Club pick, The Push.

Books mentioned in this episode
The End of Men- Christina Sweeney-Baird

The Ophelia Girls – Jane Healey

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to the delightful Jordanna Levin. Jordanna is a journalist, podcaster, moon buff and author.

We discuss her latest release “ Higher Love” and chat about the laws of vibration, the social media comparison trap and what you can take away from the book if you are in a relationship. We also have a chat about her debut release “Make it Happen”, and what is next on the cards for Jordanna.

Books mentioned in this episode
The Midnight Library- Matt Haig

The Push- Ashley Audrain

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat with the author and journalist Jessie Tu. Jessie’s debut release, A Lonely Girl is A Dangerous Thing, was released in July 2020.

We chat about gender expectations, class, race and growing up as a migrant in Australia, and the stereotypes that still exist around Asian Australians.

*In the episode I make reference to a podcast that Jessie appeared on, it was in fact, The Booktopia Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/jessie_tuuu2

Find the book at https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/A-Lonely-Girl-is-a-Dangerous-Thing-Jessie-Tu-9781760877194

Our So Novel Book Club pick for February is The Push, published by Penguin Australia.

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In today's episode, you will hear from some of my favourite bookstagrammers! Not only are these accounts amazing, but they've always supported my account and this podcast, so I hope you enjoy hearing from them and discovering their top 3 reads of the year, as well as what they are most looking forward to in 2021.

@nellreadsbooks

1 Maggie O’Farrell - Hamnet

2 Erin Hortle- The Octopus and I

3 Stan Grant- Talking To My Country

2021- Deborah Levy- Real Estate

@sophies.little.library

3 Abi Dare- The Girl With The Louding Voice

2 Ariel Lawhon- Code Name Helene

1 Pip Williams- The Dictionary of Lost Words

2021- Sarah J Maas- A Court of Silver Flames

@brookes_bookstagram

3 Kyle Perry- The Bluffs

2 Kristin Hannah- The Nightingale

1 Matt Haig- The Midnight Library

@anopenbookshelf

3 Jessie Burton- The Confession

2 Victoria Hannan- Kokomo

1 Erin Hortle- The Octopus and I

2021- Melissa Broder- Milk Fed

@becbookshelf_

1 Claire Christain- It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

2 Ewa Ramsey- The Morbids

3 Taylor Jenkins Reid- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid- Malibu Rising and Beth O’Leary- Road Trip

@checkyourshelf_

3 Steve Cavanagh - Fifty Fifty

2 Colleen Hoover- Verity

1 Sarah J Maas- Crescent City

2021- Angie Thomas- Concrete Rose

@_readingnook

1 Tim Murphy- Christodora

2 Claire Christian- It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

3 Abi Dare- The Girl With The Louding Voice

2021- Taliaa Hibbert- Act Your Age Eve Brown

@haylesnextpage

3 Ariel Lawhon- Code Name Helene

2 Charlotte McConaghy- The Last Migration

1 Chanel Miller- Know My Name

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid, Taliaa Hibbert, Emily Henry

@ronells_bookshelf

3 Lucy Foley- The Guest List

2 Delia Owens- Where the Crawdads Sing

1 Kristin Hannah- The Great Alone

2021- VE Schwab- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

@myhomelibrary_

3 Adam Kay- This is Going to Hurt

2 Sally Rooney- Conversations with Friends

1 Hanya Yanagihara- A Little Life

2021- Abigail Dean- Girl A

@the_reading_affair

3 Sophie Hardcastle- Below Deck

2 Imbi Neembe - The Spill

1 Frederick Backman- Beartown

2021- Barack Obama- A Promise Land

@bookgirlbetweenthepages

1 Sarah J Maas- Crescent City

2 Michelle Andrews & Zara McDonald- The Space Between

3 Jennifer Niven- Breathless

2021- A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J Maas

@lawslittlebookshelf

1 Angie Cruz- Dominicana

2 Eddie Jaku- The Happiest Man on Earth

3 Delia Owens- Where The Crawdads Sing

2021 - Justice, Justice - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

@paulineisreading

3 Claire Christian- It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

2 Kevin Wilson- Nothing To See Here

1 Laura McPhee Brown - Cherry Beach

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid- Malibu Rising

@pups_and_paperbacks

1 Kyle Perry- The Bluffs

2 Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald- The Space Between

3 Jane Harper- The Dry

2021- Sarah J Maas- A Court of Thorn and Roses

@thats.novel

1 Rosamund Lupton- Three Hours

2 Ariel Lawhon- Code Name Helene

3 Nardi Simpson- Song of the Crocodile

@books_bymybed

3 Trent Dalton- All Our Shimmering Skies

2 Craig Silvey- Honeybee

1 Taylor Jenkins Reid- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid- Malibu Rising

@hide.and.go.read

3 Sally Hepworth- The Good Sister

2 Claire Christain- It's Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

1 A Court of Mist and Fury

@maddys.books

3 Hazel Hayes- Out of Love

2 Meg Mason- Sorrow and Bliss

1 TJR- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Welcome to the So Novel Podcast. I’m your host Jess and in this fortnightly podcast, I will be chatting all things books- as well as, interviews with authors, publishers and bookstagrammers. So whether you’re looking for your next read or you want to know the story behind the story, then this is the podcast for you!