Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @amalmdawad or her website If you’d like to make a donation, Amal recommends the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund or Medecins Sans Frontieres. Courting Samira, Amal Awad (2011)This is How You Get Better, Amal Awad (2015)The Things We See in the Light, Amal Awad (2021)Our conversation with Saman Shad (who released her new novel The Sex Lives of Married Women earlier this year):https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/set-ups-with-saman-shad/id1703734806?i=1000651936624 https://thatromcompod.substack.com/p/episode-16-set-ups-with-saman-shad Bitter & Sweet, Amal Awad (2023)Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2007)Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women, Amal AwadMostly Martha (2002, available to rent on Prime)No Reservations (2007, Stan)Blessed Are The Cheesemakers, Sarah-Kate Lynch (2001, Penguin)By Bread Alone, Sarah-Kate Lynch (2003, Penguin)Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @chloeraeberry / @booktokbookclub / The Berry AgencyThrone of Glass series, Sarah J Maas (Bloomsbury)Mountain Men Matchmaker series, Amy Daws (HarperCollins)‘Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI’ ASA Guidelines for authors on AI“‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements” Guardian Australia Laurie Gilmore@staceymcewanbooks831 Stories@DramaKingBooks Signs of Damage, Diana Reid FairyLoot‘Which Celebrity Book Club Could (Actually) Change Your Life?’ Emily GouldGertrude & AliceImmortal, Sue Lynn Tan Out on a Limb, Hannah Bonam-YoungSipsworth, Simon van Booy Seven Brides for Beau McBride, Amy Barry What Did I Miss?, Holly Brunbauer Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @jodimccalisterAn Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane Marry Me Juliet series, Jodi McAlisterThe Love Contract, Steph Vizard The Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas The Hating Game, Sally Thorne The Paradise Problem, Roomies, Christina Lauren My Big Fat Fake Marriage, Charlotte Stein Seven Brides for Beau McBride, Amy Barry Tempest, Beverly Jenkins The Convenient Marriage, Georgette Heyer When a Scot Ties the Knot, Tessa DareFirst Comes Marriage, Mary Balogh To Seduce a Sinner, Elizabeth Hoyt The Geographer’s Map to Romance, India HoltonIn The Long Run, Emma Mugglestone Mother Tongue, Naima BrownRecorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: Mhairi McFarlane (Follow Mhairi on Instagram @mhairimcf)Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane (2025, HarperCollins)You Had Me At Hello, Mhairi McFarlane (2012, HarperCollins)Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld (2023, Penguin)I Never Met You, Mhairi McFarlane (2019, HarperCollins)Slow Horses (2022-24, Apple TV+)Lucy Prebble on Culture Amp podcastHow To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003, Stan)Spy (2015, Netflix)Here’s Looking At You, Mhairi McFarlane (2013, HarperCollins)Out Of Sight (1998, Binge)The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (2016, Hachette)Last Night, Mhairi McFarlane (2021, HarperCollins)Mad About You, Mhairi McFarlane (2022, HarperCollins)Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane (2016, HarperCollins)You Belong With Me, Mhairi McFarlane (2024, HarperCollins)Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/@emmagreyauthorThe Woman in The Waves, Camille Booker August Blue, Deborah Levy The Last Illusion of Paige White, Vanessa McCauseland That Island Feeling & Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast Karina MayBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy The Official Podcast Riverina Readers FestivalThe Last Love Note, Emma GreyPictures of You, Emma Grey Everything I Know About Love, Dolly Alderton Left On Tenth, Delia Ephron https://leftontenthbroadway.com/ Nobody Wants This The Notebook No Hard Feelings, Genevieve NovakThe Big SickMore or Less Maddy, Lisa Genova Out On A Limb, Hannah Bonam-Young An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/The Merry Gentlemen (2024, Netflix)Georgia Moore posts about xmas movies @georgiamoorewriter (here’s her xmas movies highlight)Our Little Secret (2024, Netflix)Hot Frosty (2024, Netflix)‘Netflix and Lifetime Ask: What if Christmas Movies Were Sexy?’ (New York Times piece includes the interview with Dustin Milligan recommended via friend of the pod, Amy Hutton)Meet Me Next Christmas (2024, Netflix)Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: Amy Andrews @AmyAndrewsBooks, Facebook, website or Substack. Warnings: Spicy language + Rivals spoilers ~15 min inRivals (Disney+) ‘Horniness, hedonism and hope: why Rivals makes me surprisingly nostalgic’ (Guardian)Breaking the Ice, Amy AndrewsBreaking All the Rules, Amy AndrewsHow To Write AcademyLook What You Made Me Do, Amy AndrewsA Family Affair (Netflix)Lonely Planet (Netflix)The Idea of You (Prime)Natasha Lester’s substackThe Younger Man, Zoe Foster BlakeGreen Dot, Madeleine GrayMistakes Were Made, Meryl WilsnerGirl Falling, Hayley ScrivenerAustralian Gospel, Lech BlaineThings Will Calm Down Soon, Zoe Foster BlakeBananapants, Penny ReidRecorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: Amy Barry (@amybarryauthor / @amytmatthews_author)Kit McBride Gets a Wife, Amy Barry (Simon & Schuster, 2024)Marrying Off Morgan McBride, Amy Barry (Simon & Schuster, 2024)Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)Calamity Jane (1953)Young Guns (1988, Stan)Tess LeSue (Amy’s earlier romance author alter ego)Done & Dusted, Lyla Sage (2023, Hachette)Flawless, Elsie Silver (2023, Hachette)Love on Campus podcastCowboy Carter, Beyonce‘Cowboy Phase’ by Lily O’Brien in Kill Your DarlingsAnne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery (1908)LaVyrle SpencerJude DevereauxJodi ThomasDarry Fraser (Australian historical/colonial romance author)Best, First and Last, Amy T Matthews (March 2025, Simon & Schuster)That Island Feeling, Karina May (Dec 31 2024, Pan Macmillan)Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Writes4Women RWA Conference Round Up Tenderly I Am Devoured, Lyndall Clipstone ‘Romance Novels Are Literature’, Casey McQuiston, TIME MagazineThe Paradise Problem, The Unhoneymooners, Beautiful Player, The True Love Experiment, Christina Lauren The Hating Game, Sally Thorne The Book Ninja, While You Were Reading, Fancy Meeting You Here, Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus Books On The RailNicci FrenchThe Glass House, Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist Stuck Up And Stupid, Angourie & Kate Rice The View Was Exhausting, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood Experienced, Kate Young Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Full, linked shownotes on Substack: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @AbraPresslerAuthor Love and Other Scores, Abra Pressler (2023, Pan Macmillan)Northern Beaches Writers Festival Sept 27-29Here For The Right Reasons, Jodi McAlisterRed, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuistonCarrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkin ReidA League Of Their Own‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’ sung by Clare’s daughter DotLove Match, Clare Fletcher Icebreaker, Hannah Grace The Mighty Ducks Playing The Field, Zoe Foster Blake Fangirl Down, Tessa Bailey Cleat Cute, Meryl Wilsner Amy Andrews’ rugby themed booksThe Prospects, KT Hoffman The Art of Catching Feelings, Alicia Thompson 10 Things that Never Happened, Alexis Hall I Hope This Finds You Well, Natalie Sue You Belong With Me, Mhairi McFarlane Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.