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Cat Voleur talks about the found footage subgenre with Elle and Regi, including found file books and her upcoming novel, Revenge Arc. They talk about why the genre appeals, the films they’ve seen, the best and worst of the genre, how they got i
The full Esbat music - intro and outro - created by Annie on the Run (long time friend of the podcast Joanne Askew). Annie on the Run is a singer songwriter, featured on BBC Introducing and Indie Music Women. Alternative. Sad Indie. Find more
Elle and Regi discuss one of their favorite topics - fanfiction! They get into how they started, the kind of things they’ve read, what they love about fanfic and how it helped both grow as writers.Follow us on social media, @EsbatBookish and
Welcome to Esbat: A Bookish Podcast. A snippet of just some of the wonderful guests we've had on recently. Music by Annie on the Run.Follow the podcast on Twitter @EsbatBookish
Elle and Regi are joined by three of the Calling Darkness cast - S.H. Cooper, Desdymona Howard and Dan Zappulla. They talk about the jacket, why it’s so special, what makes Calling Darkness great, and reveal some behind the scenes facts, as wel
Elle and Regi are joined by author Katherine Silva to discuss the novel All the Birds, Singing. They discuss isolation, the woods and nature-focused, rural settings in horror, as well as messy female MCs and the use of trauma in horror.You c
JM Sedlock joins Elle and Regi to talk about The Haunting of Hill House. They discuss the book's queer representation, the film & TV adaptations, the way mental health is used in the book and the possible inspirations from Shirley Jackson’s lif
Jamie Zaccaria sits down with Elle and Regi to discuss lesbian vampires. From Carmilla to Daughters of Darkness and beyond, they talk the rise of films in the 70s and 80s, the closeness of women and girls, and what vampires represent about sexu
Elle and Regi are joined by Ariel Powers-Schaub in a discussion of The Chalk Man, C.J. Tudor’s debut novel. They talk about the possible influences on the book, the Satanic Panic and video nasties, and Stephen King.Follow Ariel on Twitter @Ari
Elle and Regi are joined by Ariel Powers-Schaub in a discussion of The Chalk Man, C.J. Tudor’s debut novel. They talk about the possible influences on the book, the Satanic Panic and video nasties, and Stephen King.Follow Ariel on Twitter @Ari
We have another bonus episode just in time for Christmas, with special guests Dee and Dai from Divination Hollow. We talk Christmas, the differences between Christmas in the US and UK, tradiations, books, films and more, with a Christmas trivia
Elle and Regi talk about the last year, their podcast journey, the media they’ve consumed and their plans for 2023. They talk books, TV shows, films, graphic novels, webcomics and more for their last episode of season one.You can follow us on
Elle and Regi discuss The Death of Jane Lawrence with academic Vicky Brewster. They get into the Gothic, Bluebeard, Dark Academia and the media that really terrifies them.Follow Vicky on Twitter @VProofreader. You can follow us on Twitter@Esba
Elle talks to Hannah O’Flanagan about Mexican Gothic, discussing the Gothic, the Weird, and the themes being tackled in the genre today.Follow Hannah on Twitter @HannahOFlanaga1. You can follow us on Twitter@EsbatBookish, Elle @ElleTurpitt an
Join us for a very special bonus episode this Halloween, where we talk to Divination Hollow contributors Dee, Kayla and Dai about Halloween, including traditions, costumes, and what we love about spooky season.Follow Divination Hollow @divinat
Morgan Payne (Diversity in Horror) joins Elle and Regi to discuss Transmuted, and dig into gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia, fatphobia, the difficulties surrounding medical care, and toxic parents.Follow Morgan @diversityhorror on Twitter
Elle and Regi, two women just gettin’ bi, talk about their favourite LGBT+ books and TV shows in this episode, discuss the importance of LGBT+ history, the issues around representation, and why First Kill definitely should not have been cancele
Elle and Regi talk to writer and zinester Eve Harms about Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona, exploring society, reality, parasocial relationships and more.**We apologize for technical issues affecting this episode - part of the discussion was unfort
Author, signer/songwriter and creator of Esbat’s intro and outro music Joanne Askew joins Elle and Regi to talk about Becky Chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild-Built. More discussions about robots and droids, navigating the world, making connections
With Elle out ill, Zeenovos joins Regi to discuss the fantastic and entirely too relatable series Murderbot Diaries, primarily focusing on book 5, Network Effect, all by Martha Wells. During the discussion, Regi learns that Murderbot is ace and
Olivia White talks about The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell, leading to discussions of translations, history presented through fiction, the type of history we’re not taught at school, and a bit about
In their second host-only episode, Elle and Regi talk about the media they’ve been consuming. Regi’s a fan of the Shudder found-footage documentary and gives recommendations for that and some podcasts. Elle shares her thoughts on Men, Women, an
Elle and Regi are joined by Hannah Selector to discuss Bonnie Quinn’s The Man With No Shadow. They dive into internet folklore, liminal spaces, new internet horror and old urban legends.You can follow us on Twitter @EsbatBookish, Elle @ElleTur
AK Faulkner joins Elle and Regi to talk about JK Pendragon’s To Summon Nightmares. A novella that packs a punch, and leads to a proper good rant, as well as topics of horror, LGBT+ representation in horror, and the MCU’s strange tactic of prese
Elle, Regi, and Sandra Ruttan discuss Lore, by Alexandra Bracken, touching on retellings, the gods in the modern day, and how YA novels can be just as, if not more, brutal than their adult fiction counterparts.You can follow us on Twitter @Esb
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