The Brit Lit Podcast
1) 78: Murmuration, with Blake Auden
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, an...Show More
2) Bonus episode: The Idea Of You, with Robinne Lee
My guest in this special bonus episode is Robinne Lee, the author of my favourite read of 2021, The Idea Of You. She's not British, but I loved this book so much that I wanted to bring you this interv...Show More
3) 77: The Party Crasher, with Sophie Kinsella
I’m so excited to bring you an interview with none other than Sophie Kinsella, who’s known to many as the queen of British chick lit and the author of the mega-bestselling Shopaholic series. We talke...Show More
4) 76: Careless, with Kirsty Capes
This month’s guest is Kirsty Capes, author of the novel Careless. We talked about why she wanted to write about female friendship, what it was like to study with Bernadine Evaristo, why it's especiall...Show More
5) 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 lo...Show More
6) 74: The Summer Job, with Lizzy Dent
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 ...Show More
7) 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 discusse...Show More
8) 72: Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour, with Sareeta Domingo
Our guest today is Sareeta Domingo, who’s the author of both adult and young adult fiction, and most recently the editor of the collection called Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour. She...Show More
72: Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour, with Sareeta Domingo
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9) 71: Exciting Times, with Naoise Dolan
Today, we hear from Naoise Dolan, who’s an Irish author and the writer of the Women’s Prize longlisted novel Exciting Times. She and I talked about cultural and literary differences between the UK, th...Show More
10) The Most Fun Job, with Laurie Gillman of East City Bookshop
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I work part-time in a lovely bookshop on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, and in this bonus episode, I interview my boss, Laurie Gillman, who founded the shop five years...Show More