Novel Feelings Podcast
1) October book club: Freshwater (S4E5)
Our latest book club discussion is about Freshwater, a semi-autobiographical novel by Nigerian writer, Akwaeke Emezi. We talk about multiplicity and the character's experience with alters, and the rol...Show More
2) Jodi McAlister on An Academic Affair | Author Interview
Romance author and academic Dr Jodi McAlister shares her insights on her latest release, an Academic Affair. Meet academic rivals Sadie and Jonah; when a position comes up that Sadie and Jonah are bot...Show More
3) July Book Club: I Want to Die, But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (S4E4)
Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behav...Show More
4) Neal Shusterman explores All Better Now and a virus of happiness | Author interview
We sit down with Neal Shusterman to discuss his latest Young Adult novel, All Better Now, which speculates on what could happen if there was another pandemic, but this time, of a virus that brings con...Show More
5) Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist talk The Glass House
Join us for a fascinating interview with Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion, authors of the Menzies Mental Health series – i.e. The Glass House and The Oasis. We have a lot to talk about including the comp...Show More
6) May book club: Get a Life, Chloe Brown (S4E3)
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she's come up with six directives to help her "Get a Life". Our May book club discuss...Show More
7) March Book Club: Hospital (S4E2)
A daring literary account of a young woman's experience of psychosis by Bengali-Australian writer Sanya Rushdi. This March, our book club [https://novelfeelings.com/2024/11/18/announcement-s4/] discu...Show More
8) Tara Calaby on spiritualism, representation, and grief l Author interview
Tara Calaby joins us on today's episode to discuss her latest novel, The Spirit Circle: a speculative historical fiction on the intersection of spiritualism and grief. The novel features women who are...Show More
9) Growing out of Y.A. Fiction
This week, we get on the mic to discuss an unexpected identity crisis: we seem to be growing out of Young Adult (YA) fiction. We try to define what exactly YA is (a tough job!) and what we still love ...Show More
10) Book club: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (4.1)
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, a...Show More