Lost Ladies of Lit
Hosted by Amy and Kim · Amy Helmes & Kim Askew
4.9from 107 ratings
- 284
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- 107
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Lost Ladies of Lit
A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers. You can support Lost Ladies of Lit by visiting https://www.patreon.com/c/LostLadiesofLit339 (https://www.patreon.com/c/LostLadiesofLit339).
- Publisher
- Amy Helmes & Kim Askew
- Category
- arts · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 284 episodes have a transcript.
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rosemary Tonks — The Bloater with Rebecca Perry
13 Oct 2026
Emily Hahn — No Hurry to Get Home with Julia Cooke
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Women Diarists with Betsy Rubiner
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Rosemary Tonks — The Bloater with Rebecca Perry
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Okay, so now we are going to return to the mystery that we teased at the beginning of this episode. What happened to Rosemary Tonks? Because after publishing six novels, two poetry collections, and a substantial body of literary journalism, and she became a really recognizable figure in literary London, she basically disappears. Rebecca, can you talk about Tonks' struggles following the bloater and how it affected her outlook on her own work subsequently? Yeah, it seems like her mother's unexpected death in 1968 was kind of the catalyst for her changing her life. She also had, you know, her marriage broke apart at that point. […]
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- Rebecca Perry
- Julia Cooke
- Betsy Rubiner
- Sarah Parkhouse
- Emily Midorikawa
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 82 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 25 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Amy and Kim host the show. Published by Amy Helmes & Kim Askew.
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