The Dark Academicals Podcast
1) Episode 11.6: ‘And He Shall Appear’ by Kate van der Borgh
It’s already time for the finale of season eleven! This season has truly flown by and we’re hoping to send it off with another brilliant 2025 release. Kate van der Borgh’s debut novel, ‘And He Shall ...Show More
2) Episode 11.5: ‘Spoilt Creatures’ by Amy Twigg
This episode of the podcast has been an evolution. If you’re a reader of our Substack (if not, um why?) then you’ll probably be confused that ‘Spoilt Creatures’ is making an unexpected appearance on s...Show More
3) Episode 11.4: ‘Voice Like a Hyacinth’ by Mallory Pearson
It was the cover of ‘Voice Like a Hyacinth’ that initially caught our attention, but as soon as we realised it was a tricksy novel about female friendship featuring obsessions, a ritual and a creepy p...Show More
4) Episode 11.3: ‘Arcana Academy’ by Elise Kova
We’re both suckers for fantasy romance so when that intersects with dark academia? Just give it to us. This season is really delivering on making us read authors we’ve wanted to try for ages and nev...Show More
5) Episode 11.2: ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen
It’s that time of the season - dark academia adjacent time! Our adjacent title for this season is a book from one of my literary heroes and one of my most beloved writers, Jane Austen. It’s the first...Show More
6) Episode 11.1: ‘Blood Over Bright Haven’ by ML Wang
Welcome to Season 11 of The Dark Academicals! We’ve got a heck of a season coming up for you this summer and our first title of the season is a book that has received a whole lot of love since it was...Show More
7) Episode 10.7: In Conversation with Kat Dunn, author of ‘Hungerstone’
Wildly, it’s becoming a bit of tradition to see out the end of the season with a podcast episode dedicated to speaking to an author and Season 10 saw us speak to the wonderfully lovely and very smart ...Show More
8) Episode 10.6: ‘The Coven’ by Harper L Woods
A book pitched as ‘dark academia romantasy’? Say less. This promises some potential for morally grey taboo romance, a real villain and a fun time, but the ever present conflict between romantasy, sp...Show More
9) Episode 10.5: ‘Vita Nostra’ by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
‘Vita Nostra’ has lingered on our masterlist of dark academia titles since the conception of The Dark Academicals and after we tackled a novel about translation in season nine, it felt only right to t...Show More
10) Episode 10.4: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ by Joan Lindsay
While I feel like I’ve known about the existence of ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ by Joan Lindsay for so very long, it even has a film adaptation, but the mysterious synopsis and the question it asks about...Show More