A literary podcast by English authors Lauren James and Lucy Powrie full of book recommendations and writing advice.Everything we discuss in the episode:Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Spindle’s End by Robin McKinleyHowl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne JonesStardust by Neil GaimanThe Gloaming by Kirsty LoganThe Bloody Chamber by Angela CarterThe Tale of Despereux by Kate DiCamilloAncient fairy tales - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35358487The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewishttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/19/francis-spufford-pens-unauthorised-narnia-novelJoanna Harris said "Women write fanfic of all kinds for decades: no comment from literary world. Man writes Narnia fanfic: 'a sensitive and brilliant addition to the Narnia corpus by a major contemporary writer'." https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-praise-spufford-s-narnia-fan-fiction-973456Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smithhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/31/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-author-sued-by-publisher-hachette-seth-grahame-smithPride & Prejudice and Emma by Jane AustenThe Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KisuGP2lcPsClueless (1995) - FilmHogarth Shakespeare (http://hogarthshakespeare.com/) and The Austen Project (https://www.goodreads.com/series/113943-the-austen-project)Eligible and American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeldhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/7646946/Laura-Bush-speaks-about-car-crash-which-killed-friend.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/09/new-curtis-sittenfeld-novel-will-imagine-hillary-clintons-life-without-billGentleman Jack (2019) - TVThe Secret Diaries of Anne ListerLa MaupinEdgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Party (2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxRiP4GNiyM&list=PLs2T_dNZ-XW6UjWC-qUbZSWJyCLFmsdPPCirce and The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerUnder a Dancing Star by Laura WoodRosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966) - Play

Lauren James is the Carnegie-nominated British Young Adult author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, The Quiet at the End of the World and The Next Together series. Her most recent release is the novella The Starlight Watchmaker.https://laurenejames.co.uk | https://twitter.com/Lauren_E_JamesLucy Powrie is the author of The Paper & Hearts Society, the first book in a new series for teenagers (11+). She is an award-winning book blogger and YouTuber, as well as the Brontë Society’s Young Ambassador for 2018 and 2019. http://lucythereader.com | http://youtube.com/lucythereader | https://twitter.com/lucythereader