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Facts & FablesEpisode 40: She Said and The SalvageShe Said - Jodi Kantor & Megan TwoheyThe Salvage - Anbara SalamContact us: factsandfablespodcast@gmail.comFollow us: instagram.com/factsandfablespodcast
2025-12-0833 min
All the Books!All the (More!) Books! December 5, 2025This week, Danika talks about their favorite reads of the year.
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Books Discussed:
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson...
2025-12-0517 min
Casa ÁrabeAula Árabe Universitaria 7.2 à Cordoue : Figures et mouvements féministes au Levant, XIXe-XXe sièclesDeuxième conférence du cycle Aula Árabe Universitaria 7 à Cordoue. René Otayek, directeur émérite de recherche en sciences politiques au CNRS (France), retracera le combat des femmes courageuses qui ont bouleversé l'ordre patriarcal au Moyen-Orient.Disponible sur YouTube en français avec traduction consécutive en espagnol : youtube.com/live/WBVBX314SFU?feature=shareDu point de vue occidental, la femme arabe ou musulmane ne peut être que soumise, recluse et voilée, destinée à procréer et à s'occuper de son univers familial. Le diagnostic n'est guère meilleur en ce qu...
2025-12-022h 04
Casa ÁrabeAula Árabe 7.2 en Córdoba: Figuras y movimientos feministas en el Levante, siglos XIX-XXSegunda conferencia del ciclo Aula Árabe Universitaria 7 en Córdoba. René Otayek, director de investigación emérito en ciencias políticas del CNRS (Francia), recordará la lucha de las valientes mujeres que sacudieron el orden patriarcal en Oriente Medio. Disponible en Youtube en francés con traducción consecutiva al español: https://youtube.com/live/WBVBX314SFU?feature=shareDesde la perspectiva occidental, la mujer árabe o musulmana no puede ser más que sumisa, recluida y velada, destinada a procrear y a ocuparse de su universo familiar. El...
2025-12-022h 04
The Lesbian Historic Motif PodcastOn the Shelf for November 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 327On the Shelf for November 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 327 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Setting up context for this month’s fiction episode
Additions to the website
Progress on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project book
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Pelliccia, Hayden. 1995. “Ambiguity against Ambiguity: Anacreon 13 Again” in Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 20: 23-34.
Davidson, J.F. 1987. “Anacreon, Homer and the Young Woman from Lesbos” in Mnemosyne, Fourth Series, Vol. 40, Fasc. 1/2: 132-137.
Petropoulos, J.C.B. 199...
2025-11-0141 min
Across the Pond123. Anbara Salam, "The Salvage"Writer Anbara Salam joins us for a discussion of her binge-worthy new novel, The Salvage, about a sunken shipwreck off the coast of Scotland and the mystery surrounding its disappeared treasure. Oh, and there's a ghost as well!Thank you for listening! If you like what you hear, give us a follow at: X: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonInstagram: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonFacebook: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang BooksBluesky...
2025-10-2849 minFacts & FablesEpisode 35: Reading Retreat Recap!This episode we talk to members of our book club about everything they read on our annual reading retreat! We also Highlight some amazing companies who contributed to the weekend! Chapters Tea : https://alto.to/A6UQ7 Use Code: FACTSANDFABLES15 for 15% off! Apothecary 19: https://apothecary19.com/factsandfablespodUse Code: FACTSANDFABLES10 for 10% off!Seven Sundays: sevensundays.comIsadore Nut Co: isadorenutco.com - use code ISADORE_10 for 10% off! Author KJ Ersti
2025-10-2740 min
Reading GlassesEp 432 - Hot Tips for Focusing on Reading + Adam Sockel!Brea and Mallory give out tips on improving your reading focus! Plus, they test out the new app Focus Friend, and interview long time friend of the show Adam Sockel about his new book. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreThe Reading Glasses Book!Sponsors -ZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupWish ListNewsletterLibro.fmT...
2025-10-091h 04All the Books!New Releases and More for October 7, 2025This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Hole in the Sky, The Salvage, Savage Bloom, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
Hole in the Sky by Daniel H...
2025-10-0745 min
Feminist Book Club: The PodcastFeral and Hysterical: In conversation with Mother HorrorThe 'ber months are here, so that means we're reading horror. You know we read horror all year round, but we brought in the expert - Mother Horror herself! Tune in to hear Mhairie chat about horror books, women in horror, becoming an accidental author, and good old fashioned vibes reading. Books mentioned: Feral and Hysterical Mother Horror's Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women- Sadie Hartmann Ghost Story- Peter Straub 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered- Sadie Hartmann Bury Our Bones in the Midnight...
2025-09-1633 minReading GlassesEp 426 - The Most Underrated Books of the YearBrea and Mallory talk about 2025 books they think are underrated! Plus, they talk about what to do if you don’t like an audiobook narrator, and recommend reluctant love stories. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinReadathon...
2025-08-2831 min
Book Talk, etc.Celebrating Pride with Queer Genre-FictionSend a textIn Episode 204 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah dive into queer genre fiction! We discuss what we love about genre fiction that explores LGBTQ+ themes and characters, why these stories matter, and the importance of making them widely available for all readers.If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you.Loving LatelyElf - Holy Hydration! - Coconut Mist (T)...
2025-06-0353 min
Hearts & DaggersEp. 72: Mediums (Happy Medium + Hazardous Spirits)Summary: Grab your ouija boards and candlesticks, folks, it’s time to get messages from the other side! Today, Holly and Devin dabble in the world of Mediums! Whether you’ve visited a medium yourself or don’t believe in ghosts, our hosts are leaning into spooky season by discussing books that feature folks who can (well, can they really, though?) commune with the beyond. Topics Discussed: The Heart (5:01): Devin discussed Happy Medium by Sarah Adler, a spooky romance following Gretchen Acorn, a grifter who delights and consoles the grieving of DC by “channeling” their dearly depa...
2024-10-0844 min
The Brighton Book ClubTruth, Memory and Reliability in Fiction with Elizabeth Perry & Status Quo
Go and see AFLO. at Status Flo!
Books discussed with Elizabeth:
Hazadorous Spirits, Anbara Salam
After She Wrote Him, Sulari Gentill
Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe
My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir, Sarah Moss
The Hypocrite, Jo Hamya
Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld
You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir, Ianthe Brautigan
Total Recall: A V. I. Warshawski Novel, Sara Paretsky
Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom, Vanessa Kisuule
2024-09-2100 min
You're BookedSara Pascoe - You're Booked Archive All-StarsWhile we're taking a little break, we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from previous series. This week, it's the amazing stand-up, author, actor and all around inspiration Sara Pascoe! Sara is one of the most heralded comedians working today and the immensely talented author of the books Animal, Sex Power Money and the novel Weirdo. We talked to her about reading habits during quarantine (the episode was recorded during lockdown), big lies involving hamsters, unspeakable acts committed against libraries and the saddest book she has ever read. Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our...
2024-04-2945 minReading GlassesEp 338 - Best Books of 2023!Brea and Mallory pick their top books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Earthbreezewww.earthbreeze.com/GLASSESPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!All Our Best O...
2023-12-1458 minYou're BookedIan Rankin - You're BookedIt's our 150th episode! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than to welcome a true literary legend to the podcast: Ian Rankin! Ian is a broadcaster, musician, playwright and the globally renowned, multi-million-selling author of the Rebus crime novels, amongst many others. His latest book is the Amazon Original The Rise. We talked to Ian about Muriel Spark, using crime books as a travel guide, writing routines and his love for Jilly Cooper. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Find out more about a...
2023-10-3050 min
Poured OverPoured Over Double Shot: K-Ming Chang and Anbara Salam Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang connects lyrical, dreamy prose and visceral reality in the story of two girls who navigate their complicated friendship in a world they build with feral dogs and otherworldly connection. Chang joins us to talk about writing in a nonlinear way, creating personal and cultural mythologies and finding connection through literature. Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits explores the mystical, opulent and sometimes dangerous world of Spiritualism in 1920s Scotland. Salam joins us to talk about writing the time period after a crisis and its connection to today, the specificity of her research and creating...
2023-10-281h 13Reading GlassesEp 330 - Readers Who Read… Too Much!Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when you read… too much. Plus, advice on dumping buzzy books and recommendations for adventure mysteries! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/60GLASSESCODE: 60GLASSESPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack ch...
2023-10-1939 min
HodderPod - Hodder books podcastHAZARDOUS SPIRITS by Anbara Salam, read by Samara MacLaren - audiobook extractA gothic literary mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, Hazardous Spirits whisks the listener away to a world of seances and spiritualism.
Edinburgh, 1923.
Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead.
As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn's life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.
Faced with the...
2023-10-0300 minHodder BooksHAZARDOUS SPIRITS by Anbara Salam, read by Samara MacLaren - audiobook extractA gothic literary mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, Hazardous Spirits whisks the listener away to a world of seances and spiritualism.
Edinburgh, 1923.
Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead.
As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn's life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.
Faced with the...
2023-10-0300 minHodder BooksHAZARDOUS SPIRITS by Anbara Salam, read by Samara MacLaren - audiobook extractA gothic literary mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, Hazardous Spirits whisks the listener away to a world of seances and spiritualism.
Edinburgh, 1923.
Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead.
As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn's life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.
Faced with the...
2023-10-0302 minHodderPod - Hodder books podcastHAZARDOUS SPIRITS by Anbara Salam, read by Samara MacLaren - audiobook extractA gothic literary mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, Hazardous Spirits whisks the listener away to a world of seances and spiritualism.
Edinburgh, 1923.
Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead.
As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn's life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.
Faced with the...
2023-10-0302 min
Rewrite Radio#60: Anbara SalamIn Rewrite Radio episode #60, Dr. Anbara Salam teaches us more about the human interest in cults, how they are represented, and how they reveal our deepest vulnerabilities and anxieties.
2022-07-0733 min
Pop Fiction WomenUnlikable Female Protagonist: Villainous or Relatable?What started as a discussion of female villains became an episode on “unlikeable” female protagonists in pop fiction...their words, deeds, character traits, and permutations that we relate to. In the end we ask whether we can finally put this label to rest and how the evolution of female creators and complicated female characters is making that possible.
** Sticks & Stones. We discuss the “big speeches” from these women who have fire in their bellies and chips on their shoulders: Marla Grayson from I Care Alot, the “cool girl speech” from Gone Girl, the “cerulean blue” speech from Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears P...
2021-03-161h 17The Lesbian Historic Motif PodcastOn the Shelf for June 2020 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 161On the Shelf for June 2020
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 161 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
What does historical fiction have to do with racial justice?
The 2020 Pride Storybundle
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogGarber, Marjorie. 1992. Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety. Routledge, New York. ISBN 0-415-91951-7
Halberstam, Judith (Jack). 1997. Female Masculinity. Duke University Press, Durham. ISBN 978-1-4780-0162-1
Herrmann, Anne. 1992. "Imitations of Marriage: Crossdressed Couples in Contemporary Lesbian Fiction" in...
2020-10-1822 min
Listen to Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeBelladonna by Anbara SalamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belladonna Author: Anbara Salam Narrator: Jill Winternitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin It is summer, 1956, when fifteen-year-old Bridget first meets Isabella. In their conservative Connecticut town, Isabella is a breath of fresh air. She is worldly, alluring and brazen: an enigma. When they receive an offer to study at the Academy in Italy, Bridget is thrilled. This is her ticket to Europe and - better still - a chance to spend nine whole...
2020-07-1705 min
Absorb Your Day With A Next-Level Full Audiobook.Belladonna by Anbara SalamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/217239to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Belladonna
Author: Anbara Salam
Narrator: Jill Winternitz
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 07-16-20
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
It is summer 1956 when 15-year-old Bridget first meets Isabella. In their conservative Connecticut town, Isabella is a breath of fresh air. She is worldly, alluring and brazen: an enigma. When they receive an offer to study at the Academy in Italy, Bridget is thrilled. This is her ticket to Europe and - better still - a chance to spend nine whole...
2020-07-1610h 35You're BookedGavanndra Hodge - Shelf IsolationThis week we are Shelf Isolating with the journalist, columnist and author Gavanndra Hodge! Gavanndra has worked in newspapers and magazines for over twenty years at publications such as Tatler, Sunday Times, Independent and ES Magazine. Her memoir, The Consequences of Love, has received widespread critical acclaim. We talked to her about rereading, food in books, Lace and being led astray by the Chalet School books.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - SisterhoodDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableGavanndra Hodge - Consequences of LoveVladimir Nabokov - Speak MemorySybille...
2020-06-2448 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Belladonna by Anbara SalamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397530to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Belladonna
Author: Anbara Salam
Narrator: Jill Winternitz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
Release date: June 9, 2020
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A hypnotizing coming-of-age novel set in 1950s Italy that stares into the heart of longing and at the friendships that have the power to save and destroy us. 'I was utterly captivated, from first page to last.' --Anton DiSclafani, New York Times bestselling author of The After Party Isabella is beautiful, inscrutable, and popular. Her best friend, Bridget, keeps quietly to the fringes of their Connecticut Catholic school, w...
2020-06-0910h 34Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalBelladonna by Anbara SalamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397530to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Belladonna
Author: Anbara Salam
Narrator: Jill Winternitz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
Release date: June 9, 2020
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A hypnotizing coming-of-age novel set in 1950s Italy that stares into the heart of longing and at the friendships that have the power to save and destroy us. 'I was utterly captivated, from first page to last.' --Anton DiSclafani, New York Times bestselling author of The After Party Isabella is beautiful, inscrutable, and popular. Her best friend, Bridget, keeps quietly to the fringes of their Connecticut Catholic school, w...
2020-06-0910h 34You're BookedSara Pascoe - Shelf IsolationAs the current situation is keeping us away from people's bookshelves (and people in general) we're launching a You're Booked mini spin off called Shelf Isolation where we talk to (remotely) some of our beloved former guests, friends of the YB family and people we adore about how books and reading are helping them get through the lockdown. And we couldn't be happier with our first guest! It's the amazing stand-up, author, actor and all around inspiration Sara Pascoe. Sara is one of the most heralded comedians working today and the immensely talented author of the books Animal and...
2020-05-0643 min
The High Low#TimesUp - Can The Red Carpet Be A Harbinger Of Social Change? And Toadmeister’s Titty-TweetsHello, you stable geniuses! (Or as the pedants may prefer, genii.) The Golden Globes happened on Sunday night in Hollywood and The High Low has many a point to discuss:Does the #TimesUp movement - where actors wore black dresses on the red carpet, in solidarity with victims of sexual harassment - convey a real and true political message? Can a gown be a harbinger for social change? The New York Times’ T Magazine Fashion Critic, Alexander Fury, provides an eloquent argument in favour. Or, is it mere Ho...
2018-01-1000 min