Podcasts by What Page Are You On?

Prolific readers Alice Slater and Bethany Rutter take a literary theme, from ghost stories to crime to fat women, and chat about it for the next 40 minutes.

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118: The lads chat to Eliza Clark from 2023-07-13T23:02

Alice and Bethany have the huge pleasure of talking to girlie of the moment, Eliza Clark, largely about her new novel Penance but also about true crime, Tumblr, the wild success of Boy Parts a...

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117: The lads chat body horror with Heather Parry from 2023-07-06T23:04

Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of talking to Heather Parry about her short story collection This Is My Body Given For You, which is a gnarly little thing full of troubling images an...

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116: The Lads Chat Unlikeable Female Characters with Anna Bogutskaya from 2023-06-08T23:02

Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of talking to the film journalist and programmer Anna Bogutskaya about her new non-fiction book Unlikeable Female Characters! They take a dive into th...

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115: Fat Talk with Virginia Sole-Smith from 2023-05-04T23:02

Bethany has the huge pleasure of chatting to Virginia Sole-Smith about her revolutionary new book Fat Talk: Coming of Age in Diet Culture, which investigates the radical possibility of abandon...

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114: The Lads Celebrate Death of a Bookseller from 2023-04-27T23:02

Alice's debut novel, Death of a Bookseller, is out NOW! So obviously Bethany had to ask her all the nosy questions about it!

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113: The lads chat to actual Katherine Heiny from 2023-04-21T08:19:35

Alice and Bethany have a whale of a time with the funny, smart Katherine Heiny, author of the new collection Games and Rituals, as well as the novels Standard Deviation and Early Morning Riser...

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112: Q1 reading report from 2023-04-06T23:02

Alice and Bethany atone for not putting out an episode for the first three months of the year by telling you all about everything they've read in the first quarter of 2023.

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111: Our books of 2022 from 2023-02-03T00:02

Alice and Bethany are BACK from their unplanned hiatus! And they've got a long, juicy episode for you about their favourite books of 2022, which obviously they should have recorded weeks ago.....

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110: The Lads Chat to Sara Gran from 2022-11-04T00:02

If you've been listening to WPAYO for a little while you'll know that a true Book of the Pod is Come Closer by Sara Gran. We are so hyped that she has a NEW book out, called The Book of the Mo...

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109: The Lads Chat to Chelsea G Summers from 2022-10-06T23:02

Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of interviewing Chelsea G Summers, author of the bloody and brilliant A Certain Hunger!

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108: The Lads Chat to Erin Kelly from 2022-08-25T23:02

Alice and Bethany have the extreme joy of interviewing friend of the pod, thee Erin Kelly, author of Alice's fave, The Poison Tree and Bethany's fave, The Burning Air, as well as huge bestsell...

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107: The Lads Had To Remove This Post from 2022-06-23T23:02

Alice and Bethany discuss the dark and delicious novella We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault. We Had To Remove This Post deals with the corrosive nature of r...

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106: The Lads Chat to Torrey Peters from 2022-05-19T23:02

It's no secret that WPAYO loved Detransition, Baby - we dedicated a whole episode to it! So we're beyond delighted to speak to Torrey Peters ahead of the British Book Awards, where she's nomin...

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105: Blockbusters: Red Dragon from 2022-05-12T23:02

Alice and Bethany go deep on Red Dragon by Thomas Harris as part of their Blockbusters series, since they both love Silence of the Lambs.

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104: The Lads Interview Joanne Harris from 2022-05-05T23:02

This week we had the huge pleasure of talking to literary legend Joanne Harris about her latest book, A Narrow Door, which is absolutely brilliant, thrilling and haunting. We also chatted abou...

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103: The Lads Talk Through Their TBR Piles from 2022-04-28T23:02

Alice and Bethany go through the five books they're each planning to read in the near future. If you want to see a list of the books, head to the podcast Instagram or Twitter!

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102: The Lads Predict the British Book Awards from 2022-04-21T23:02

Alice and Bethany take a look at a few categories from the British Book Awards and chat through their thoughts and feelings, as well as trying to predict what will win. Lots of chat, speculati...

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101: The Lads Read New Animal from 2022-04-14T23:02

Alice and Bethany take messy gal fic into a darker direction with New Animal by Ella Baxter, which is out now from Picador.

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100: The Lads Interview Coco Mellors from 2022-04-07T23:04

Alice and Bethany absolutely loved Coco Mellors' glittering debut Cleopatra & Frankenstein, a portrait of a marriage in early noughties NYC, and in this episode they get to ask the author ...

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99: The Lads Discuss Welcome To Your Life! from 2022-03-31T23:02

Bethany's adult debut novel is out NOW and she and Alice have a lil chat about the book and its creation!

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98: The Lads Interview Catherine Ryan Howard from 2022-03-18T00:02

Bethany attempts to keep calm as she and Alice meet Catherine Ryan Howard, author of several of the best 21st century thrillers, including her latest novel 56 Days. Catherine talks about her f...

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97: The Lads Read Notes On An Execution from 2022-03-11T00:02

Alice and Bethany do a deep dive on the brilliant Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka, exploring the life and death of a murderer on death row and the women whose lives he affected.

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96: The Lads Chat to Lucy Foley from 2022-03-04T00:02

Alice and Bethany get to sit down with the 21st century's answer to Agatha Christie, the excellent Lucy Foley! They chat all things murder mystery as they celebrate the launch of Lucy's latest...

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95: The Lads Read Attica Locke from 2022-02-25T00:04

Over the past two months, Bethany has become obsessed with the crime author Attica Locke, so this episode is a little introduction to her major themes and her most famous novel Bluebird, Blueb...

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94: The Lads Do BookTok from 2022-02-11T00:02

Alice educates Bethany on the wonderful world of BookTok, a place that Alice is spending a lot of time these days. They talk virality, what makes a BookTok hit, and what publishers can do to h...

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93: The Lads chat to Daphne Palasi Andreades from 2022-02-04T00:02

If you don't know about Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades, where have you been?! It's one of the most anticipated books of the year, and in the words of Raven Leilani, 'an ode to girlhood...

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92: The Lads' Books of 2021 from 2021-12-10T00:02

Alice and Bethany wrap up the year in style and let you know their respective top 10s of 2021! For a full list, please see our Instagram account for WPAYO!

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91: Blockbusters: The Lads Read Agatha Christie from 2021-12-03T00:02

She's sold over 2 BILLION COPIES and is the most-translated author in history. Alice has never read any Agatha Christie, so the WPAYO gals read And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orien...

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90: Dark Tales with Jen Campbell from 2021-11-19T00:02

Jen Campbell is a Proper Expert on fairytales, especially as they relate to disability and disfigurement, so Alice and Bethany were extremely keen to talk to her about her new book, The Sister...

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89: Bethany Talks Romance with Lindsey Kelk from 2021-11-12T00:02

What are the essential ingredients of a romantic interest? Are people gagging for escapism right now? Why do you love Twilight so much? These are all questions that baby romance author Bethany...

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88: Alison Rumfitt Tells You You're Worthless from 2021-10-28T23:02

Alice and Bethany celebrate the release of Tell Me I'm Worthless with an interview with the book's esteemed author Alison Rumfitt. A truly audacious addition to the great tradition of haunted ...

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87: Blockbusters: The Lads Read Twilight from 2021-10-21T23:02

Alice and Bethany continue their slow and intermittent series on blockbuster books with an episode about Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Has it stood the test of time?

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86: Calla Henkel Wrote A Book You Will Love from 2021-10-14T23:02

Bethany interviews the extremely interesting Calla Henkel about her phenomenal novel Other People's Clothes, which - if you listen to this podcast and enjoy Alice + Bethany's recommendations -...

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85: The Lads Get Scared from 2021-10-07T23:02

Alice and Bethany kick off Spooky Season with this rundown of 10 scary novels, from thrillers to horror to noir, that they rate in three very important categories.

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84: The Lads Get Beastly from 2021-09-30T23:02

Alice and Bethany take a look at two recent reissues of novels about women getting *very* intimate with nature, Bear by Marian Engel and Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls.

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83: The Lads Do A BookTube Reading Tag from 2021-09-23T23:02

Alice and Bethany do a rest-of-the-year reading tag as seen on Ariel Bissett's YouTube channel and talk about their plans, ruminate on ghostwritten books and start cautiously thinking about 20...

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82: The Lads Do The Sally Rooney Campaign from 2021-09-06T23:02

Alice and Bethany navigate Rooney Fever by discussing the masterful marketing campaign by Faber for Beautiful World, Where Are You? which is released this week.

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81: The Lads Play A Game from 2021-08-26T23:02

Alice and Bethany read each other the first line of five books from their TBR pile and try to guess what they're from.

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80: The Lads Celebrate Women In Translation Month from 2021-08-19T23:02

Alice and Bethany take you through a non-comprehensive list of some translated fiction they've enjoyed for Women In Translation month.

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79: The Lads Get Short and Sweet from 2021-08-12T23:02

Alice and Bethany take you through some quick reads: novellas to consume on a train journey, on the beach or chilling in a pub garden this summer.

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78: The Lads Talk to Nina Mingya Powles from 2021-08-05T23:02

Alice and Bethany are so lucky to be able to speak to Nina Mingya Powles, author of previous WPAYO fave Tiny Moons, about her new book, Small Bodies of Water. It's out now from Canongate and y...

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77: The Lads Love The Service from 2021-07-22T23:02

Alice and Bethany discuss The Service by Frankie Miren, a genuinely brilliant book that you should buy and read right now.

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76: The Lads Do The Latest Cat Person Discourse from 2021-07-15T23:04

Alice and Bethany discuss the article Cat Person And Me by Alexis Nowicki and try to grapple with the question of whether it's okay to lift other people's lives to use as material in ...

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75: The Lads Go Blockbuster from 2021-07-08T23:02

Alice and Bethany take a look at the best-selling books of all time, and attempt to crack the key to the DaVinci Code('s success).

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74: The Lads Do A Mid-Year Roundup from 2021-07-01T23:04

Alice and Bethany go through their books of 2021 so far. A full list will be posted on the What Page Are You On account on Instagram!

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73: The Lads Do A Writing Q&A from 2021-05-13T23:02

Alice and Bethany answer YOUR questions about writing, from the first draft all the way through to what we would avoid in a publisher.

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72: The Lads Survive the Apocalypse from 2021-05-06T23:04

Alice and Bethany survey the terrain of post-apocalyptic novels, from The Road to Severance.

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71: The Lads Get Witchy from 2021-05-02T23:02

Alice and Bethany discuss the brilliant Manningtree Witches by AK Blakemore before musing over the Women's Prize shortlist. Spoiler: they're not happy.

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70: The Lads Explore Author Etiquette from 2021-04-22T23:02

Alice and Bethany try to navigate the wild behaviour of a fellow author online this week, who prompted a backlash by complaining about 4* reviews.

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69: The Lads Go Shopping from 2021-04-15T23:02

Alice and Bethany celebrate the reopening of bookshops in England with an episode singing the praises of bookshops they've known and loved, and recommend you some titles to purchase in your fa...

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68: The Lads Get Extremely Online from 2021-04-08T23:04

Alice and Bethany think about the role of the internet in their reading habits, from posting your monthly reads to whether they get negative online.

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67: The Lads Do the Night Shift from 2021-04-01T23:02

Alice and Bethany talk about Night Shift by Kiare Ladner, a book that appears to be treading familiar ground and then sneaks up on you.

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66: The Lads Contemplate The Classics from 2021-03-26T00:04

Alice and Bethany chat about their experience of reading, or in many cases not reading, the 'classics', from Carmilla to the Divine Comedy to Jane Eyre.

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65: The Lads Go To The Movies from 2021-03-19T00:02

Alice and Bethany attempt to pair some of their favourite books of recent years with films that they feel captures the vibe or theme, from The Vanishing Half to The Vegetarian.

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64: The Lads explore the Women's Prize from 2021-03-12T00:02

Alice and Bethany take a look at the longlist of the Women's Prize and lament some notable omissions.

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63: The Lads Talk Detransition, Baby from 2021-03-05T00:02

Alice and Bethany have a spoiler-free discussion of one of the year's buzziest books so far - Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

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62: The Lads Get Violent from 2021-02-26T00:04

After Alice revisits American Psycho, she discusses the experience of reading violence in books with Bethany.

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61: The Lads Ruminate On Book Boxes from 2021-02-12T00:02

Following a viral tweet this week that drew some criticism, Alice and Bethany contemplate the role of book boxes and libraries.

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60: The Lads Talk Writing from 2021-02-05T00:04

Alice and Bethany talk about writing, from drafting to editing and getting an agent, and discover they are very different beasts.

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59: The Lads Answer Your Questions from 2020-12-18T00:04

Alice and Bethany opened their inbox to questions from listeners for 24 hours and the results are here, in their last episode of 2020.

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58: The Lads Do Their Top 10 of 2020 from 2020-12-11T00:04

Alice and Bethany compile their top 10 of the year, after what they perceive to be a slightly disappointing 2020 for books.

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57: The Lads Anticipate 2021 from 2020-12-04T00:04

Alice and Bethany get the hype machine going with their 2021 preview.

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56: The Lads Read The Truants from 2020-11-27T00:04

Alice and Bethany tell you about their Christmas fundraiser, and discuss The Truants by Kate Weinberg, which seemed like it would be right up their street. But was it?

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55: The Lads Sort Your Christmas Presents from 2020-11-20T00:04

Alice and Bethany give you a hand with your Christmas shopping and reading plans by taking you through the WPAYO gift guide.

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54: The lads go deep on Waterstones Book of the Year from 2020-11-13T00:04

Alice talks us through the shortlist of Waterstones' Book of the Year and puts her tin foil hat on to develop some conspiracy theories. Bethany airs her grievances against a previous year's wi...

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53: The Comeback from 2020-11-06T00:04

Alice and Bethany rise like a phoenix from the ashes of lockdown and regroup for their first episode in.... many months.

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52: Memoir in the Dream House from 2020-03-09T00:02

Alice and Bethany discuss non-fiction works by two queer writers that each take different formal approaches to the idea of 'memoir'. And keep listening at the end of the episode for Alice's ch...

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51: Stories from Northern Ireland from 2020-02-24T00:02

Alice and Bethany discuss two short story collections by female authors from Northern Ireland - Multitudes by Lucy Caldwell and Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine.

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50: 20:20 Vision from 2020-01-27T00:02

Joined once again by Jordan Taylor-Jones, Alice and Bethany go through their anticipated books of the year - some of which they've already read...

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49: Give the People What They Want from 2020-01-14T00:02

We robbed you of a 2019 faves episode by doing a 'best of the decade' instead, but we can't bear the thought of leaving you wanting, so here's a roundup of some of our faves of last year, PLUS...

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48: The Best Of The Decade from 2019-12-23T00:08

Alice and Bethany forego a best of the year episode and instead compile a best of the decade list while you listen!

1. Just Kids - Patti Smith (2010)
2. Dark Matter - Michelle Pav...

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47: Meddlesome ladies from 2019-12-09T00:02

Alice and Bethany head to North London and into the world of prying middle-aged women with Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller and Bitter by Francesca Jakobi.

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46: Sleepy Bitches from 2019-11-25T00:04

Alice and Bethany discuss a pair of books about women who, to one extent or another, hibernate. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and The New Me by Halle Butler.

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45: Deep Cut from 2019-11-11T00:04

Alice and Bethany come back from their extended hiatus with an episode about a phenomenal book from 1995 that was just reissued: In The Cut by Susannah Moore.

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44: Mid-year faves from 2019-07-21T23:02

Before Alice and Bethany take a summer break, they go through their respective top 10s of books they've read this year. Not just books released in 2019, but of all the books they've read.

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43: LIVE EPISODE - Water Shall Refuse Them from 2019-07-19T09:31:56

Alice and Bethany have the great pleasure of talking to Lucie McKnight Hardy about her brilliant debut, Water Shall Refuse Them, published by Dead Ink Press. It's a story about ritual, heatwav...

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42: Bon Appetit from 2019-07-07T23:02

Alice and Bethany indulge in new fiction release Supper Club by Lara Williams and pair with last year's non-fiction banger Eat Up by Ruby Tandoh.

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41: The American Dream? from 2019-06-23T23:02

Alice and Bethany talk about two recent-ish books that are set in the Bay Area and deal with the American experience in a different way to their usual fare.

There There - Tommy Orange...

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40: Seeing Red from 2019-06-09T23:04

Alice and Bethany discuss two recently-released books with similar titles that both deal with sexual assault, but find their content and execution to be polar opposites.
What Red Was - Ros...

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39: Louise O'Neill interview from 2019-05-29T23:02

We have the great pleasure of talking to Louise O'Neill, author of Only Ever Yours, Asking For It, Almost Love and The Surface Breaks, which is a feminist retelling of The Little Mermaid.

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38: A Short Darkness from 2019-05-27T23:02

In this episode, Alice and Bethany discuss two short story collections with a taste for the darker side: Salt Slow by Julia Armfield which is out this week, and Her Body & Other Parties by...

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37: Vile Victorians from 2019-04-28T23:02

Alice and Bethany are joined by author Elizabeth Macneal to discuss her novel, The Doll Factory, as well as Michel Faber's Victorian masterpieces, The Apple and Crimson Petal & The White, wh...

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36: Citruses Are Not the Only Fruit from 2019-04-14T23:04

Alice and Bethany realised there was a trend in 2018-2019 for books with citrus fruits in the title, so decided to read them for this episode. The books were:

Blood Orange by Harriet T...

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35: Michelle Paver interview from 2019-04-07T23:02

WPAYO had the great pleasure and honour of interviewing Michelle Paver, author of [among others] Dark Matter and Thin Air, two of our favourite novels of recent years. Her new novel, Wakenhyrst,...

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34: Beth McColl interview from 2019-04-04T23:26

In a special bonus episode, Alice and Bethany talk to Beth McColl aka internet fave TeddyBless about her new book, How To Come Alive Again, which is out now from Unbounders.

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33: Almost Famous from 2019-03-25T07:51

Alice and Bethany take a look at two fictionalised accounts of the music industry via newly-released faux oral history Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and revisits A Visit From...

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32: The Big Poetry Episode from 2019-03-04T00:04

Alice and Bethany tackle something that Alice knows something about and Bethany knows nothing about: poetry. They talk about a series of modern poems that have achieved some kind of internet fam...

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31: Nordic queer from 2019-02-18T00:02

Alice and Bethany lean into the winter by reading two contemporary Nordic novels with a queer angle, Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval, and Crimson by Niviaq Corneliussen.

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30: Oyinkan Braithwaite interview from 2019-02-04T00:02

You've heard Alice and Bethany gush about My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, now hear Bethany chat to Oyin herself about what inspired the character Ayoola, how she feels about ...

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29: Isolated Communities from 2019-01-21T00:04

This week, Alice and Bethany talk about different kinds of isolated communities. They discuss Skin Deep by Liz Nugent and Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, as well as The Beach by Alex Garland, The Wate...

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28: Girls in Cahoots from 2019-01-07T00:04

Alice and Bethany usher in 2019 with an episode about girls covering up for each other. They discuss Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott, and My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite ahe...

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27: Top 10 of 2018 from 2018-12-10T00:02

Alice and Bethany finish up the year with their top 10s of 2018.

Alice's book of the year is Women by Chloe Caldwell - https://amzn.to/2QiG9PM

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26: Disturbia from 2018-11-26T00:02

Alice and Bethany discuss two brilliant novels set in the darkest heart of suburbia, and think about the nature of young female friendship, what suburbia means and why these books so often revol...

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25: Japanese Retail from 2018-11-12T00:02

This week Alice and Bethany discuss two very recent books about Japanese shop employees: The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata.

The Naka...

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24: Revolting Prostitutes from 2018-11-05T00:02

In this episode, Bethany interviews Molly Smith and Juno Mac, authors of Revolting Prostitutes, a rare example of a book about sex worker rights written by current sex workers.

They di...

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23: Shirley Jackson Hallowe'en Episode from 2018-10-29T00:02

Alice and Bethany return from their wedding-induced hiatus just in time for Hallowe'en. They discuss two creeptastic masterpieces by gothic queen Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Cas...

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22: Book Club - Wide Sargasso Sea from 2018-08-05T23:02

Alice and Bethany grapple with Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea. They don't necessarily agree on it but have a lot to say about it anyway, before going on a meander towards classics, contemporary cl...

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21: Mid-year Roundup from 2018-07-16T23:04

This week, Alice and Bethany take you through their favourite books of the year so far and tell you about what they're looking forward to in the second half of the year.

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20: Book Club - When I Hit You from 2018-07-01T23:04

In this Book Club episode, Alice and Bethany discuss When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy, and then go off-piste to chat about book prizes and celebrity-endorsed book clubs...

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19: Girls Interrupted from 2018-06-17T23:04

Alice and Bethany discuss three books that deal with women on the edge.

Problems by Jade Sharma - https://amzn.to/2yptG4i

The Bell Jar by...

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18: Book Club - I'll Be Gone In The Dark from 2018-06-03T23:04

In this episode Alice and Bethany discuss classic-in-the-making I'll Be Gone In The Dark with Grace and Emma from Foul Play magazine, which you can find out about here - Listen

17: Summer Thrillers from 2018-05-27T23:04

In this episode Alice and Bethany talk about 5 thrillers that were released in either hardback or paperback this year which they think would make amazing summer holiday reads.

They are:...

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16: Book Club - Rebecca from 2018-05-13T23:04

In this episode, Alice and Bethany go deep and spoilerish on Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. Join us at 7pm on Tuesday 15th May on the What Page Are You On Twitter account (@whatpagepod) for a live...

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15: Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling! from 2018-05-06T23:04

In a little extra episode, Bethany talks to Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, authors of the hilarious and moving novel Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling!, which was born out of a Facebook group ...

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14: Girls Gone Wild from 2018-04-29T23:04

This week, Alice and Bethany talk about girls going wild, whether thats for booze or love. The books we discuss are

Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth - ht...

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13: Book Club - Sweetbitter from 2018-04-08T23:04

In today's episode we focus on Stephanie Danler's Sweetbitter, and are joined by writer, academic and former waitress Rebecca May Johnson. There will be a Twitter chat to accompany this Book Clu...

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12: Party Monsters from 2018-03-19T00:04

Alice and Bethany take it back to 1976-1996 in New York and have a look at a couple of different scenes. First, the ball scene courtesy of House of Impossible Beauties, then the club kids and th...

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11: Book Club - Lullaby from 2018-03-05T00:04

Alice and Bethany kick off their new regular feature - the What Page Are You On book club - with Leila Slimani's Lullaby. There will be a Twitter chat at 7pm on 6th March using the hashtag #WPAY...

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10: Different Kinds of Love from 2018-02-19T00:04

In this episode, Alice and Bethany are riding the Valentine's wave of romance, and discuss a few books that deal with forbidden love.

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The Bones of Grace by Tahmi...

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9: Thrillers in the Great Outdoors from 2018-01-22T00:04

In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk about three thrillers set in nature - Dark Pines by Will Dean, Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski and Exquisite by Sarah Stovell. This is followed by a conver...

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8: 2018 Books To Look Forward To from 2017-12-26T00:04

Alice and Bethany round off the year with 10 books they're looking forward to in 2018. For people who love spoilers, those books are

Dark Pines by Will Dean
Lullaby by Le...
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7: Our Top 10s of 2017 from 2017-12-11T00:04

In this episode Alice and Bethany have drawn up their own lists of their top 10 books of the year, and come together to compare notes. Will there be overlap? Will there be disagreements? Only ti...

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6: Reading habits from 2017-11-27T00:04

In this episode, Alice and Bethany interrogate each other about what they read, how they read it, who they listen to when they want recommendations and how they treat the books in their possessi...

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5: The Eighties from 2017-11-13T00:06

Alice and Bethany were both born in the eighties, so while we're riding the Stranger Things nostalgia wave, we decided to take it back and do an episode on literature of the 1980s.

We d...

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4: Ghost Stories for Hallowe'en from 2017-10-30T00:04

Alice and Bethany celebrate the most wonderful time of the year by chatting about ghost stories, classic and contemporary.

The books discussed: The Woman In Black - Susan Hill The Littl...

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3: Book to Film Adaptations from 2017-10-16T23:04

In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk through their favourite film adaptations of great books, adaptations they feel missed the mark, and what we're looking forward to coming out in cinemas.

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2: Contemporary True Crime from 2017-10-01T23:04

In this episode, Alice and Bethany wrestle with ethical questions around how much they enjoy true crime books, what makes true crime fiction good or bad, and whether fiction inspired by real cri...

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1: Fat Books from 2017-09-17T23:04

This is the first episode of the new books podcast What Page Are You On! In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk about books that have a high fat content, both fiction and non-fiction.

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Introduction from 2017-09-15T15:25:58

We give you a super brief flavour of what you'll hear on What Page Are You On.

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