In today's episode Hannah spoke to Uttama Kirit Patel about her debut novel Shape of an Apostrophe.
They discuss the choice to be a mother, Indian family culture, claustrophobic settings & the books Uttama has been enjoying + lots more! 
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You can follow Uttama via Instagram & uttamapatel.com


Buy Shape of an Apostrophe here.

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li


Let us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!

This episode was recorded live at the brilliant Queer Lit/ Social Refuge. For more of their upcoming events click here. The sound in this episode isn't perfect throughout, apologies for this! 
For today's episode Hannah interviewed Chloe Michelle Howarth for the launch event of her new novel Heap Earth Upon It. They discuss Chloe's creative process from ideas on a hangover to creating colour palettes for her novels, sibling dynamics, yearning, the lack of firsthand accounts of Queer people from 60's rural Ireland, writing influences & so much more. 
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. 
You can follow Chloe via Instagram, Twitter/X& Tik Tok

Buy Heap Earth Upon It here. 
Buy Sunburn here. 

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Princess of 72nd Street by Elaine Kraf
Shy by Max Porter
Jeffrey Eugenides
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Colm Tóibín
Mouthing by Orla Mackey
This Immaculate Body by Emma Van Straaten

Let us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!

Sorry for the delay on this one but it's worth the wait we promise! For our October Book Club episode Hannah chats to author, actor & musician Joey Batey about his debut novel It's Not A Cult which you can buy here. They discuss how Joey 'meets' his characters before writing about them, how he stays motivated to write throughout his other projects, his experience of his first book tour, new music & the show that made him tear up a book he was working on. 
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. 
You can follow Joey via Instagram, follow The Amazing Devil here: https://theamazingdevil.com/ & you can listen to their music here. 

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Pluribus (Apple TV)

Let us know your thoughts by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!

(PSA: Sound on this ep improves 5/10 mins in, apologies!) For today's episode Hannah was joined by author Lucas Oakeley to discuss his debut novel Nearly Departed which you can buy here.
They discuss Lucas's social media campaign to get men reading fiction, love stories, food and lots more. 
If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe, for more content you can find us over on Patreon. You can follow us via Instagram, X & Tik Tok. 
You can follow Lucas via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok. 

Books & other mentions in this episode: 
Flesh by David Szalay
All That Man Is by David Szalay
The Trees by Percival Everett
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Imogen by Jilly Cooper
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
https://www.service95.com/why-more-men-need-to-read-about-love
David Nicholls
Bobby Palmer
Mike Gayle
Wuthering Heights (2026)
Frankenstein (2025)
Saltburn (2023)
The Narrow Road To The Deep North (2025)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Nora Ephron
Mad Men (2007)
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