Prose before bros

We’re one year old! We can walk and have maybe said our first words! And we’re using our skills of talking to answer our viewers’ questions!  Thank you to everyone who has made our year of podcasting so special. We’re so lucky to have this tiny little book community! And we’re hoping our second year will bring even more fun and games!  See you on the 5th of August after a short holiday <3  List...

Hot girl beach reads! What makes an ideal beach read? What are some books you consider taking on your summer adventures? We come to you from our summer hiatus to inform you! How could we not! Elizabeth recommends connecting your railcard up to your Oystercard to get ⅓ off off-peak travel! (Not sponsored!)  Ems recommends The Middle of Nowhere by Kacey Musgraves!  Listen to make us literary hot gir...

The time has come for us to contribute to the discourse. And oh boy do we discourse. This episode we discuss the hottest book of 2026, Yesteryear. We also discuss religion, Nara Smith, and Ems has a rant about billionaires edited out. Elizabeth recommends Elis James and John Robins's podcast.  Ems recommends The Rest Is Science.  Listen to make us literary hot girls!  Get in touch! Pod: @prose...

Hey, hi, hello! This week, our number one fan Issy Murray jumps on the mic with us to chat all things bookish and answer the devilish questions. Together we also discuss hating Aperol Spritzes, Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine, their Dad’s reading tastes, Dr Who being a nerd, and men mysteriously growing moustaches for attention.  Issy recommends having an hugo spritz or a frozen...

Hey, hi, hello! This week, Internet Hermit Elizabeth is being guided through the bookstagram drama of this year. We thought this would be a funner episode than it probably is. Oops! Oh well! Our time as serious literary critics has come!  Elizabeth recommends Rivals Series 2 Ems recommends Good Noticings  Listen to make us literary hot girls!  Get in touch! Pod: @prosebeforebrospod Ems: @brattyrea...

Hello book lovers. Despite our love of literature there are just some books that… do not appeal! We simply… do not want to read… and so we won’t! We take you through 5 books each that we simply are… not going to read! This is all said with love and hopes in our hearts!  This episode, Elizabeth recommends Novel Idea by Matt and Mollie .  Ems mourns her doorstop that was shaped like a highland cow. ...

Greetings, today you join us in the Accursed Mountains of Albania as we sit down to discuss this month’s bookclub pick, She Who Remains. Nominated for the International Booker shortlist and celebrated everywhere on translated bookstagram, this has been getting lot of love, but what do we think?  Tune in for a disproportionate amount of milk being discussed too.  Elizabeth recommends the milk from...

Urm, hello?? We got an author on the podcast?? Insane.  Friend of the podcast and author Ania Card steps into the studio and is questioned by Ems and Elizabeth on her highly acclaimed novel Above Us The Sea. We’re so delighted to have her on the podcast to talk all things writing, being messy in your twenties, Poland, and having a messy weekend in Swansea.  Listen to make us literary hot girls and...

Lights, camera, action! This week, Ems and Elizabeth swap out their library cards for their Letterboxd accounts and talk some of their favourite book to film adaptations. Together they talk what makes a great adaptation, diabolical vape hits, nuking Antartica, Elizabeth disliking Clueless and Olivia Rodrigo.  Elizabeth recommends Olivia Rodrigo’s song Drop Dead Ems recommends Nine Inch Noize.  Lis...

Hello lover girls. Despite rumours of our rivalling book tastes we actually do have some books we love in common. Consider this your Prose Before Bros reading list! These are books that if both of us love, consider that you will almost certainly love them too!  Elizabeth recommends Pokemon Scarlet Ems recommends nothing. Sorry! Listen to make us literary hot girls! Get in touch! Pod: @prosebeforeb...

Welcome back to book club. This month we bring you Katie Kitamura’s fifth novel, Audition. Nominated for both the Booker Prize and The Women’s Prize, this book has captured our attention with its experimental premise and Kitamura’s characteristic quiet, observational style. But forget the prizes, what do we at hit book podcast Prose Before Bros think? Listen to find out!  Ems recommends The Worst...

That’s right!!!! We’ve gone world wide and have invited Kara from conversations with Kara to answer the eight devilish questions! Together, Ems, Elizabeth and Kara discuss their favourite podcasts, the Hunger Games, Elena Ferrante and the literary genius of Ali Hazelwood.  Listen to make us literary hot girls! Get in touch! Kara: @conversationswithkara Pod: @prosebeforebrospod Ems: @brattyreads El...

Welcome to the prose before pros quarterly report. This episode we go over some KPIs, our stats and our highs and low points of our reading. You are entitled to a union representative. We also discuss Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars and the glorious nations of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.  Elizabeth recommends The Ballad Of Wallis Island.  Ems recommends Project Hail Mary. Listen to make us literary ho...

If book podcasts be the food of love, play on. This week, we discuss arguably the literary love of our lives, William Shakespeare. Together we discuss the first plays we read and saw, our favourite adaptations and reimaginings, Glen Powell, Heath Ledger, and the secret league of husbands and boyfriends that Ems has adopted. Ems recommends the Boots Recycling Scheme.  Elizabeth recommends ‘How To M...

In this week's episode, we attempt to discuss this book without getting cancelled. Jennette spellbound us both with her memoir I’m Glad My Mum Died, but will her fiction book meet our high expectations? We also discuss weird character names, shopping addiction and men leaving their wives.  Elizabeth recommends Run Better With Ash’s stretching videos.  Ems recommends It Was Just An Accident.  L...

Call us Sabrina Carpenter because this week we’re keeping it short and sweet with our reaction to The Women’s Prize Longlist. No recommendations, just us clowning on how wrong we are and how happy Ems is for Alice Evelyn Yang.  Listen to make us literary hot girls! Get in touch! Pod: @prosebeforebrospod Ems: @brattyreads Elizabeth: @reads.elizabeth

Greetings loved ones, today we’re being lover girls again and talking about our auto-buy authors, or authors we’ve read every book from, or whatever you want to call it. Together we take you through 5 authors each and chat about The Guardian, wet weird girl fiction and of course, the Baz Luhrman adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.  Elizabeth recommends 'The Latest' on the Today in Focus podcas...

Surprise divas! Book Club is back with a very special guest and returning friend of the podcast, Ross Kelly! Together we unpack Wuthering Heights, both the book and Emerald Fennell’s recent feature length film. Prepare for cackling, vigorous literary discourse and getting overly emotional about Emily Brontë.  Ross recommends Lost Lambs by Madeleine Cash.  Elizabeth recommends Eric and Anna’s Women...

Surprise, divas. We’re giving you one hour of unedited behind the scenes content of us choosing our Women’s Prize predictions. Enjoy us bickering and Ems’ Julia Gillard impression.  Listen to make us literary hot girls! Get in touch! Pod: @prosebeforebrospod Ems: @brattyreads Elizabeth: @reads.elizabeth

Let’s go girls. It’s nearly time for the Women’s Prize, and in anticipation Ems and Elizabeth give you 16 books that they think will (or should) appear on the Women’s Prize Longlist. Join them as they talk through their picks, their Women’s Prize knowledge and general literary gossip; with a very special treat revealed at the end.  Ems recommends Sorry Baby (film) Elizabeth recommends Britons Prot...

Proving we can have long standing friendships, Ems and Elizabeth invite Sophia Nash, a long time friend of the podcast to discuss books by answer the devilish questions. Together they explain to Elizabeth the lore and mythology of The Warrior Cats series, Ancient Egypt, Sylvia Plath and their dead philosophy teacher. (Yes, Ems and Sophia went to school together).  Listen to make us literary hot gi...

Hello girls, gays and theys. This week on the podcast Ems and Elizabeth guide you through some of their favourite queer books to celebrate LGBTQ history month. Together they also chat about jury service, visiting Greenland and Jack Edwards.  Elizabeth recommends the TV show Industry.  Ems recommends an episode of A Bit Fruity: She Had Elon’s Baby. Then The Leopards Ate Her Face. https://open.spoti...

For one week only, drive bys are back. This week, Ems and Elizabeth bare all and expose now they rate books and give you some scandalous star ratings. A good time had by all. They also chat about blue slushies, the Hamnet adaptation and men naming footballers as a form of hanging out.  Elizabeth recommends Hamnet Ems recommends Blanket’s new album True Blue.  Listen to us to make us literary hot g...

Our first book club episode of 2026 is here! This month we’re tackling Booker Prize winner Flesh by David Szalay which has been recommended by many of our favourite people (including Dua Lipa)! Together, we chat about our history of the booker prize, upcoming albums, People We Meet on Vacation and launch next month’s very special book club pick!  Elizabeth recommends the film People We Meet on Vac...

Elizabeth and Ems are joined by close personal friend of the podcast Amy to answer the devilish 8 questions. Amy is best known for being the PBB’s guide to Edinburgh, but what bookish secrets will the questions reveal? Together, they chat a lot about Jilly Cooper, greek mythology and recommending things on the podcast that Elizabeth won’t enjoy. Elizabeth recommends the television show Amandaland....