Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast
Hosted by Vick Hope · Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media
4.8from 154 ratings
- 175
- Episodes
- 17
- Transcribed
- 154
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast
The podcast that asks women with lives as inspiring as any fiction, to share the five books by women that have shaped them. Join Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, and her inspirational guests as they celebrate the best books written by women, sharing their creativity, voices, and perspectives. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the biggest celebration of women's creativity in the world and has been running for over 30 years. Sit back and enjoy.
- Publisher
- Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media
- Category
- arts · arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
17 of 175 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tayari Jones on Finding Her Voice, Toni Morrison & the Power of Storytelling
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Maria Semple on writing strong women and embracing vulnerability in books
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How a “Dating Odyssey” Inspired Louise O’Neill
Inside a recent episode
Tayari Jones on Finding Her Voice, Toni Morrison & the Power of Storytelling
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, one, I think the issues it engages are still very relevant. Questions of domestic violence, questions of, you know, child abuse. People are still, so many people are going through life with these secret wounds. And the color purple is a space where people can really think about, you know, what it means to survive. I think the relationship between Celie and Nettie, the sisters that closest the connection, and they are biological family, but they also behave like found family. And that they have to continually choose. It's that easy for them to stay connected. And they are constantly making the decision to be sisters, to be friends, to be each other's rock. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast
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- Tayari Jones
- Maria Semple
- Louise O’Neill
- Diana Reid
- Katherine Rundell
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 42 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 112 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100
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- Quality
- 51
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Questions about Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast
Who hosts Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast?
Vick Hope host the show. Published by Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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