Read Like a Writer is the books podcast from Faber & Faber, Profile Books, Serpent’s Tail and Canongate, independent publishers bringing the voices – and book recommendations – of their authors to your ears, hosted by Anna Fielding. In each episode, we’ll hear about the books they strongly recommend you read, their latest projects and learn about their local indie bookshop too. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Read Like a Writer is the books podcast from Faber & Faber, Profile Books, Serpent’s Tail and Canongate, independent publishers bringing the voices – and book recommendations – of their authors to your ears, hosted by Anna Fielding. In each episode, we’ll hear about the books they strongly recommend you read, their latest projects and learn about their local indie bookshop too. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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April 30, 2021
14 – Terri White
<p>In this episode, writer, broadcaster and the Editor-in-Chief of Empire magazine, Terri White speaks to Anna Fielding about her memoir (<strong>Coming Undone</strong>), her favourite independent bookshop (West End Lane Books in London) and shared five of her favourite books.</p><p> </p><p>About <strong>Coming Undone:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream – living in New York City, with a top job editing a major magazine. In reality, she was struggling with the trauma of an abusive childhood and rapidly skidding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a psychiatric ward. Coming Undone is Terri's story of her unravelling, and her precarious journey back from a life in pieces.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Coming Undone </strong>is published by Canongate and is out now: <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/coming-undone-a-memoir/9781786896810" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/coming-undone-a-memoir/9781786896810</a></p><p> </p><p>‘A stunning memoir . . . it feels urgent and necessary . . . White writes like a blood-stained angel’ Cathy Rentzenbrink </p><p> ‘A breathtaking read . . . her honesty and her eloquence is the thing that makes it such a privilege to read . . . a raw, shocking, beautiful book’ Dolly Alderton </p><p> ‘Coming Undone by Terri White is possibly the most affecting, moving memoir I've ever read. Painful and exquisite . . . It's a remarkable book’ Marian Keyes</p><p> ‘Raw and remarkable’ Guardian, Book of the Year </p><p> </p><p>Follow Terri White on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Terri_White" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@terri_white</a>. Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow her on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/anna_anna" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@anna_anna</a></p><br><p>The books discussed and recommended in this episode are: </p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/consent-a-memoir/9780008424923" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Consent</a> by Vanessa Springora </p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dead-girls-9781916277847/9781916277847" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dead Girls</a> by Selva Almada </p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/song-of-solomon/9780099768418" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Song of Solomon</a> by Toni Morrison </p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/crow/9780571099153" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crow</a> by Ted Hughes</p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-bell-jar/9780571268863" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bell Jar</a> by Sylvia Plath</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 9, 2021
13 – Leone Ross
<p>In this episode of Read Like a Writer, Leone Ross discusses her upcoming novel This One Sky Day and talks to Anna about her TBR pile, top recommendations and her favourite Indie bookshop, The Word Bookshop.</p><br><p>Trigger warning: Eating disorders</p><br><p>Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow Anna on Twitter: @anna_anna</p><br><p>Praise for This One Sky Day:</p><br><p>A true feat of imagination and wonder.' <strong>Nikesh Shukla</strong></p><p>'It blisters with life, love, grief and magic.'<strong> Niven Govinden</strong></p><p>'Stunning.' <strong>Kei Miller</strong></p><br><p>Dawn breaks across the archipelago of Popisho. The world is stirring awake again, each resident with their own list of things to do:</p><br><p>A wedding feast to conjure and cook</p><p>An infidelity to investigate</p><p>A lost soul to set free</p><br><p>As the sun rises two star-crossed lovers try to find their way back to one another across this single day. When night falls, all have been given a gift, and many are no longer the same.</p><br><p>The sky is pink, and some wonder if it will ever be blue again.</p><br><p>Out in hardback, ebook and audiobook on 15 April, available to <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/7884/s/9780571358007-this-one-sky-day/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pre-order now</a>.</p><br><p>Follow @LeoneRoss and @readlikeapod on Twitter.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 12, 2021
12 - Catriona Ward
<p>In this episode of Read Like a Writer, Catriona Ward discusses her novel The Last House on Needless Street and chooses some books from her shelves, as well as telling us about her favourite indie bookshops. The Last House on Needless Street, a book in which nothing is what it seems, was described by Stephen King as the best thing he's read since Gone Girl. Follow Catriona on Twitter: @catrionaward</p><br><p>Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow Anna on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/anna_anna" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@anna_anna</a></p><br><p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/readlikeapod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@readlikeapod</a> on Twitter.</p><br><p><strong>About The Last House on Needless Street</strong></p><br><p><strong>'The buzz is real ... I've read it and was blown away' Stephen King</strong></p><p><strong>'Books like this don't come along too often' Joanne Harris</strong></p><p><strong>'Believe the hype' Kiran Milwood Hargrave</strong></p><br><p>This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.</p><br><p>All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies.</p><br><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-last-house-on-needless-street-the-gothic-masterpiece-of-2021/9781788166164" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy your copy</a></p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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