Celebrating 100 episodes of this podcast, Charlie is joined by Phillip Lewis, Melissa Fu, and Amanda Geard for a general bookish chat. This is a slightly quieter episode with some incredibly poignant and compelling stories.

A transcript is available on my site

General references:
Seamus Heany's Limbo
Phillip quotes from Dorothy L Sayers' Unnatural Death. The full quote is "...After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowadays."
Melissa's episode of The Diverse Bookshelf
Amanda's episode of Richard & Judy's podcast
Phillip's episode of Charlotte Readers
Information about Charles Ray Finch
Information about Ronnie Long
Netflix's The Staircase
The episode of this podcast that includes Dorothy L Sayers is episode 100 with Liz Fenwick

Books mentioned by name or extensively:
Amanda Geard: The Midnight House
Amanda Geard: The Moon Gate
David S Rudolph: American Injustice
Dodie Smith: I Capture The Castle
Dorothy L Sayers: Unnatural Death
Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden
Grace Paley: Enormous Changes At The Last Minute
Judy Finnigan: Roseland
Melissa Fu: Peach Blossom Spring
Phillip Lewis: The Barrowfields

Buy the books: UK || USA

Release details: recorded 28th March 2024; published 29th July 2024

Where to find Phillip online: Website || Twitter || Instagram

Where to find Melissa online: Website || Instagram

Where to find Amanda online: Website || Twitter || Facebook || Instagram

Where to find Charlie online: Twitter || Instagram || TikTok

Discussions

04:10 What does your genre do and what it is for?
09:48 Where do you write, and where do you like to read?
16:46 What's the nicest thing anyone's said about your books, or the nicest review?
20:29 Tell us about a time when you were a guest on another podcast
25:38 What did you do before you were a published author or what do you do alongside your writing?
33:06 You can have a coffee morning with three other authors. Who are you choosing?
39:44 What bookish event or personal bookish event are you looking forward to within the next few years?

Photo credit: Isil Dohnke, Sophie Davidson, Amanda Geard

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