talk lit, get hit

this episode we once again morph into the literary agony aunts of your dreams to dish out sweeping advice with little to no authority. we discuss the perks of joining a library (see: ways to cure shopping addiction and support your community). we talk about the it-girl books of the year, Yesteryear by Clare Caro Burke and Strangers by Belle Burden as well as their film adaptations starring Anne Ha...

sing me a song of a podcast that is travelling back in time, to the year 1743 for a tale of passion, adventure, clan politics and trout fishing. this month, we’re reading the epic romance Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and talking all things Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall Beauchamp. this episode also features a special guest appearance from the ever-lovely Wren (aka @superb.wren on TikTok). Wren is...

it is a truth universally acknowledged that there is no such thing as too many Jane Austen adaptations. it seems truly impossible to ever fully know the scope of how many literary adaptations of Pride and Prejudice have been made. there are the ever-predictable steamy retellings that ask the ever-present question “but what if they f*cked???”, retellings exploring the key themes but set in differen...

before monsters learned their names, before heroes thought themselves immortal, there was a voice learning to speak. it's time for herstory, not history as we turn to Circe by Madeline Miller - a retelling and reimaging of Circe, the witch of The Odyssey - a story that promises to be absorbing, luminous and spellbinding – a feminist novel, ripe for the #metoo generation. we talk all about Gre...

this episode we wanted to give back by sharing our book recommendations for all your specific tastes - the good, the bad and the incredibly niche and freaky. we put out a question box and scoured the internet high and low to find book recommendations that will suit even the most specific of moods. tastes explored: a book that feels like the first days of soft autumn sunlight kissing your face a bo...

this month we are reading a sapphic romance about love, power, hunger and toxic lesbian vampires. it’s a novel told across three timelines, spanning almost five centuries and multiple countries, all the while asking the eternal question, what does it mean to be free? this month we are reading bury our bones in the midnight soil by v. e. schwab. we are the literature podcast for recovering book sno...

each month, we read a book chosen by our lovely listeners – often these books for complex and at times, barely discernible reasons make us want to rip our hair out or scream into the abyss, and we thought, what better way to try and take it up a notch than by reading a book chosen by the very same person who can see into our literary soul. Laura will take us on a journey through The Charming Billi...

phonies, crooks and big bastards beware! this episode we’re discussing a book often cited as an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature - an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and a book held in the tote bags of ex boyfriends and would be assassins alike. this month, we’re exploring a seminal work of softboi fiction and spending time with one of histor...

this month on the show, we are belatedly but excitedly discussing the first cinematic adaptation of one of our most reliable author’s works - we’re talking about the Netflix adaptation of The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. we are no strangers to the Emily Henry universe on this show, with past episodes on beach read, happy place and funny story. we’ll discuss casting choices (preemptiv...

this month, we're taking on a TikTok favourite, new adult romance complete with steam, suspense and darker themes. heavy on the tropes and easy on the cover design, this month's pick alleges to include Grumpy/Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, Brother's Best Friend, Morally Grey Heroes and of course, Billionaire Romance. this month, we're reading Twisted Love by Ana...

this episode, we are once again opening our inboxes and hearts to our favourite people in the world, our listeners. we asked for your 2026 goals and aspirations (bookish or otherwise), the things you wanted to leave behind in 2025 and and anything else you wanted to get off your chest. we discuss goals to finish lengthy TBRs, how to read more in 2026, getting and staying off our phones, sapphic fi...

this episode we are taking you on a journey to discover the self professed life changing tool that millions of people can’t stop talking about. it’s a book that promises to deliver the fastest way to take control of your life and stop trying to control other people and focus on what you can control; yourself. in case it wasn’t obvious, we’re reading The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. we discuss t...

it’s time to say merry christmas, happy new year and wrap up the podcast year that was 2025! this means it’s also time for a few beverages, a little singing and an intense and critical analysis of the highs and lows of our podcast for the year gone by. we’ll discuss our favourite and least favourite episodes, rank our podcast books and circle back and check in on our 2025 goals and aspirations, in...

to wrap up another fantastic year of talk lit, get hit podcast, we wanted read the book that everyone was calling "the book of the year" and 'the favourites' by layne fargo fit the bill. one of many in a long line of ice-skating adjacent media that has shaped our personalities (think: icebreaker, ice princess and blades of glory) 'the favourites' is touted to be taut,...

what’s better than being forced into adventure and a quest to find the great perhaps by a manic, pixie, dream girl? BEING the manic pixie dream girl, of course (sort of)! this episode we’re reading the summer I turned pretty by jenny han in a bid to chase those long forgotten emotions of teenage whimsy and dating three guys in the span of a summer. we debate team conrad or team jeremiah, ask if we...

this episode we are putting it all on the line and delving into familiar, nostalgic territory. for our november episode, we’re exploring the theme “manic pixie dream girl” and reading one of the classic, ancient texts - looking for alaska by john green. in this episode we break down the manic pixie dream girl trope (from daisy buchanan to ramona flowers), plumb the depths of our adolescent tumblrs...

this episode we enjoyed a potent snapshot of hollywood circa 1994 and watching the film adaptation of interview with the vampire, directed by neil jordan and staring tom cruise, brad pitt and kirsten dunst. this rendition of anne rice’s classic novel offers of plenty of fodder for discussion, from brad pitt’s personal hygiene, to anne rice’s passion for film casting and the whs on candles and set...

if we can’t have another twilight saga novel, we can at least have the next best thing (as voted by our listeners). this episode we’re reading and discussing interview with the vampire by the mother of gothic, erotic fiction, anne rice. we discuss our vampires louis and lestat, who are surely the blueprint for all modern vampires to follow thereafter (edward cullen, we’re looking at you). we also...

seasons change but Goodreads reviews are forever! this episode we dig into the highs and lows of reading rating systems - what makes a five star read a five star read and how low does a rating need to be before we gauge our eyes out? we poll our listeners on their habits around DNFing books and share our own thoughts on when is the right time to make an Irish exit from the pages (or whether it’s e...

this episode we're journeying deep into the 2000s, to the land of ornamental chillies in bottles, oil-filled bath beads and thursday-evening chai lattes and orange and almond cakes with the girls at book club. For the theme knee's weak, mum's bookclub-etti we're reading the seminal white woman memoir – eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert. we'll dive into the ins and outs...

for our August bonus chapter we had the pleasure of chatting to Australian author Nicole Crowe (@nicolecrowewrites) about her debut novel The Washup. We spoke about Australian humour, the mysteries of Magnetic Island, the mythic hotness of Young Richard Gere and the long, winding road to publication. Find Nicole on instagram and purchase your copy of The Washup from your local independent bookstor...

in amongst a sea of mafia romance, shrek smut and interplanetary interlopers, one book has revealed itself to us time and time again. perhaps more requested than any other book we’ve ever read on the podcast, this month, for the theme of “pearl-clutching smut” we are reading credence by penelope douglas. vulnerable and unloved, seventeen year old tiernan finds herself trapped on a snowy mountain w...

this episode we once again sent out a signal begging for your hot takes, grievances and deepest secrets in the hopes of inserting ourselves into your personal lives and become the agony aunts you never knew you needed. you well and truly delivered and we have lots to dig into: the highs and lows of study and tbr piles books where the mc is an author rain = hot or not? (bonus mould chat included) g...

grab your plaid blazers, light a candle, and cue the rainymood.com soundtrack - we’re diving headfirst into the moody, mesmerising world of Babel by R. F. Kuang. in this episode, we explore the rich layers of dark academia (think crumpled parchment and candle-lit libraries) while unpacking the novel’s powerful themes of colonialism, racism, language and resistance. we’ll also talk about found frie...

we’ve been reading and recording talk lit, get hit podcast since November 2022 and we’ve hit the milestone of releasing 50 episodes! we’re shocked and delighted to have so many hours of podcast episode released for you (and let’s face it, us) to listen to and enjoy. we’ve picked out some of our favourite bits from the 50 episodes gone by - things that made us laugh, discussions of accents, our fav...