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For the last episode in this series, we will hear from some more of Bookstgram's favourites! @sarahsbookchat Still Life - Sarah Winman Love Stories - Trent Dalton The Death of Vivek Oji - Akwaeke Emezi @anopenbookshelf Born Into This - Adam Thompson Henry Hamlet’s Heart- Rhiannon Wilde Sorrow and Bliss- Meg Mason @becsbookshelf A Court of Silver Flames- Sarah J Maas Below Deck - Sophie Hardcastle Henry Hamlet’s Heart - Rhiannon Wilde @thereadingaffair A Million Things- Emily Spurr Paper Palace- Miranda Cowley Heller 100 Days- Alice Pung @books_bymybed The Paper Palace- Amanda Crowley Heller The Last Woman in the World- Inga Simpson Happy Hour - Jacquie Byron @bedsidebookshelf A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara The Love Hypothesis- Ali Hazelwood It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake- Claire Christian @checkyourshelf_ It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake- Claire Christian Songs in Ursa Major- Emma Brodie Before You Knew My Name- Jacqueline Bublitz @mrlovesbookshelf What Do You Celebrate?- Ashleigh Barton & Martina Heiduezek The Deep- Kyle Perry Back After The Break- Osher Gunsberg @hide.and.go.read Love Stories- Trent Dalton Work. Love. Body. - Edited by Helen McCabe & Jamila Rizvi Life’s Too Short- Abby Jimenez  Unwell Women- Elinor Cleghorn @aplaceinthesun The Inheritance- Gabriel Bergmoser Wild Place- Christian White With You Forever- Chloe Liese I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

Here is Part 2 of the Summer Series!!! Listen to some of my fave Aussie authors and some of our Aussie publishers share their top reads of 2021. Jessie Stephens- Honeybee- Craig Silvey Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid Ghosts- Dolly Alderton Jordanna Levine- The Last Thing He Told Me- Laura Dave Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid Who Is Maud Dixion- Alexandra Andrews Anna- HarperCollins Australia- The Hush - Sarah Foster You Need To Know- Nicola Moriarty Here In The After- Marion Firth Kyle Perry- Piranesi- Susanna Clarke Acting Up- Lynne McGrainger Human Kind: A Hopeful History- Rutger Bregman Ewa Ramsey- Small Joys of Real Life- Allee Richards New Animal- Ella Baxter Happy Hour- Jacquie Byron Rachel- Text Publishing- Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki Honeygirl- Morgan Rogers Plain Bad Heroines- Emily M Danforth Sophie Hardcastle- Exist Otherwise: The Life and Work of Claude Cahun- Jennifer L Shaw In The Dreamhouse- Carmen Maria Machado Can The Monster Speak- Paul Presseado Claire Christian- Cassandra Speaks - Elizabeth Lesser On Connection- Kae Tempest If I Never Met You- Mhairi McFarlene I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

Welcome to the Summer Series! I have some of my fave people jumping on to share their top books of 2021! I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read @what_jess_read The Deal - Elle Kennedy Milk Fed - Melissa Broder The Coconut Children - Vivian Pham @thats.novel Raybearer - Jordan Ifueko Wild Place  - Christian White Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir @katie.reads.things Piranesi- Susanna Clarke The Royal We- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan Firekeepers Daughter- Angeline Boulley @shehasareaderssoul_ Dead Simple- Peter James The Wife and the Widow- Christian White The Light between Oceans- M. L Steadman @chaptersofnorth Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo Bath Hause - PJ Vernon The Guncle- Steven Rowley @whiskersandwords_ The Butterfly Garden- Dot Hutchinson The Hunted - Gabriel Bergmoser The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid Jar of Hearts- Jennifer Hillier @justabookishbabe @betterwordspod Freckles- Cecelia Ahearn Henry Hamlet’s Heart - Rhiannon Wilde Social Queue- Kay Kerr @_whatkatiereadnext_ The Good Sister- Sally Hepworth The Riviera House- Natasha Lester With You Forever - Chloe Lise @hayleys.little.library The Simple Wild - K.A. Tucker Snowflake- Louise Nealon Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan

On today's BONUS EPISODE I chat to author, Amy Suiter Clarke about her debut release, Girl 11.  We chat about the podcast and podcasting format featured in Girl 11, why she chose the setting of Minnesota, and which authors she draws inspiration from. I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

Welcome to this BONUS EPISODE with author, Amanda Hampson. In today's chat, I chat to Amanda about her latest release Lovebirds. We chat about what it's like to write from the perspective of a 15 year old boy, the reasoning for her to include a character who is in late adulthood and we chat about how she got into writing. I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Tabitha Bird about her latest release, The Emporium of Imagination. We chat about the inspiration behind the book, how grief is explored throughout the book and chat about writing in the genre of magical realism. Books mentioned in this episode Miss Benson’s Beetle – Rachel Joyce https://www.instagram.com/birdtabitha Purchase the book: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-emporium-of-imagination-9781760895914 I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

In this episode, I chat with Laura from Secret Book Stuff. We chat about the development of Secret Book Stuff, the amazing opportunities the business has experienced, the impact of Covid on their business and some of the interesting things Laura has experienced whilst working at book stores. Books mentioned in this episode Laura’s Last, Now, Next How We Fight for our Lives- Sadie Jones Vintage Cookbooks, Nigella Lawson Fave authors- Chloe Caldwell, Elisa Albert, Kae Tempest How to Endo- Bridget Hustwaithe  https://www.instagram.com/seceretbookstuff I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Sophie Hardcastle who is the author of our March Book Club pick, Below Deck. In today’s chat we talk about the writing and structure of Below Deck, we chat about the “big topics” in the book including sexual violence and consent and climate change and we also chat about that ambiguous ending. Also a big thank you to @she.reads.Adelaide for sending through her 5-star review which is featured at the end of the chat.   https://www.instagram.com/sophie_hardcastle I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

On today episode of Author Chat I chat to the wonderful Sally Hepworth. Sally is an Australian author based in Melbourne. She is the author of 6 novels including her most recent release, The Good Sister. In today’s episode, we chat about the inspiration behind The Good Sister and a few of the themes she explores in the book. We also chat about the writing process of The Good Sister and she tells how this wasn’t the book she had planned to release in 2020. We also chat about her IG series and social media presence. Books mentioned in this episode The Midnight Library- Matt Haig https://www.instagram.com/sallyhepworth I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to Ashley Audrain who is the author of our February Book Club pick, The Push. Books mentioned in this episode The End of Men- Christina Sweeney-Baird The Ophelia Girls – Jane Healey https://www.instagram.com/ashleyaudrain I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

On today’s episode I talk to Kate Lloyd, otherwise known as @lilliytales on bookstagram. Kate is the Marketing Manager for Text Publishing Australia and is one of the original bookstagram accounts. We chat about Kate’s intro to bookstagram and I have a fan girl moment too! We chat about our Last, Now, Next reads and we deep dive into the publishing world! Kate answers some questions about the mysterious world of publishing- how booksta accounts can receive ARCs, what is the etiquette in regards to posting before a books publications date and what publishers look for in active bookstagram accounts. Books mentioned in this episode Kate’s Last, Now, Next Love is an Ex-Country- Randa Jarrar Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan New Animal- Ella Baxter The Shape of Sound- Fiona Murphy Jess’s Last, Now, Next New Animal- Ella Baxter The Performance- Claire Thomas Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan Deep dive Publishing World https://www.instagram.com/lillytales I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read

In this episode, I chat to bookstagrammer Simone from @thats.novel We chat about bookstagram aesthetics, unpopular opinions on bookshelves, Last Now Next reads and we deep dive The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth Books mentioned in this episode Simone’s Last, Now, Next The Code Breakers- Alli Sinclair Outlawed- Anna North Majesty- Katherine McGee (American Royals) The Starless Sea- Erin Morgenstern The Divines- Ellie Eaton Jess’s Last, Now, Next The Nowhere Child- Christian White Everything is beautiful- Eleanor Ray Milk Fed Melissa Broder Deep dive The Good Sister- Sally Hepworth https://www.instagram.com/that’s.novel I would love to hear from you! Follow the podcast on IG https://www.instagram.com/sonovelpodcast Or follow my personal account for more bookish content https://www.instagram.com/what_jess_read