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This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase. We've made it to the end of The Bright Sessions ! This episode covers the final season, The College Tapes - our favourite boys are back and off to college. They grow up so fast! Closed captions available here . Transcipt available here . Content warnings: References to murder and violence, manipulation, manslaughter, kidnappi...

We've made it to the end of The Bright Sessions ! This episode covers the final season, The College Tapes - our favourite boys are back and off to college. They grow up so fast! Closed captions available here . Transcipt available here . Content warnings: References to murder and violence, manipulation, manslaughter, kidnapping, human experimentation, suicide, mind control, stabbing, death, bu...

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase. For our latest Patreon episode we're discussing Seasons 3 & 4 of The Bright Sessions by Lauren Shippen, an audio drama about superpowered people who desperately need therapy, and may or may not be getting it. Click here for closed captions. Transcipt available here . Content warnings: References to murder and violence, ga...

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase. For our latest Patreon episode, we're discussing Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills, a short speculative fiction story published in Uncanny Magazine set in a dystopian future where abortion is criminalised and policed via mandatory implanted pregnancy-testing technology. Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here ....

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase. For our latest Patreon episode, we're discussing My Feminist Call to Historical Fantasy by Samantha Shannon, an essay on how historically informed fantasy settings do, and should, incoporate misogony. Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here . Content warnings: Mentions of sexism/misogony in both real and fic...

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase. For our latest Patreon episode, we're discussing The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow, a short story about martyrdom, cycles, and devotion chosen by Morgan. Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here . Content warnings: Mentions of war, manipulation, suicide, sacrifice, drowning, and dissociation. Medi...

To (belatedly!) close out Swordtember, we're reading In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk misandry, miscommunicaion, and mummy issues. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠ planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠ Content warnings: Discussions of parental abandonment and neglect, homophobia, a non-consensual kiss, child soldiers, war and violence, fantasy racism...

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase! For our very first Patreon episode, we're discussing The Ocean is a Lesbian by Julia Armfield , an essay on nautical and watery symbolism in sapphic stories. Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here . Content warnings: Mentions of suicide, drowning, war, and rape. Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in orde...

It's Swordtember! Our first read is A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk devotion, duty, and doors. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠ planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠ Content warnings: Discussions of anxiety, OCD, kidnapping, death, behanding, murder and unhealthy relationships. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠・:*˚:✧｡ Join our Discord for bookish chats and cosy...

It's Moist Month 2.0 at The Hidden Bookcase! Our second read is Into the Drowning Deep, chosen by guest Alex Abrahams. Let's talk anglerfish, angry mermaids, and alternate pennames. Transcripts available at ⁠ planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠ A huge thank you to Alex for guesting on this episode! Find him @frankensteinsexchange on Instagram or @alexbrhams on Twitter and BlueS...

It's Moist Month 2.0 at The Hidden Bookcase! Our first read is Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk serpents, spice and spooky dentists... Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts Content warnings: discussions of breaking and entering, interrogation, beheading, execution, bodily harm, sex, oppressive regimes, propaganda...

Happy Disability Pride Month bookwyrms! To celebrate, we're chatting with queer fantasy romance author D.N. Bryn about disability representation in romantic fiction (or fiction with romantic elements!) Content warnings: Discussions of ableism, including interpersonal and societal ableism. Mentions of unsafe binding. Sexual references. References to terminal illness and eating disorders. Transcript...

This episode we're joined by Leon Egan to discuss their new young adult novel, Listen Closely , an opposites-attract love story about two audio drama aficionados thrust together for their work exprience at a local radio station! Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to transphobia, ableism, self-isolation, bullyi...

It's Disability Pride Month! Our first read is Faithbreaker, the final installment in Hannah Kaner's Fallen Gods trilogy. Let's talk endings, entanglments, and Elon Musk. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to fictional war, death and murder, animal death, burning alive. Discussions of ableism. Sexual...

Happy Pride Month bookwyrms- we missed you! Join us for a celebration of our third anniversary, including a quiz on all things Hidden Bookcase with quizmaster extraordinairre Kit Lovick, a bookish 'hear me out,' cake, and a peek at our summer schedule. Content warnings: References to the U.S. election, transphobia/homophobia, sexual jokes. References to fictional murders including child mu...

Join us for a cosy chat by the fire as we go over our favourite reads of 2024, the titles we're looking forward to picking up in 2025, and our reading goals for the year! Content warnings: Discussions of fictional examples of suicidality, cannabilism, and violent hate crime, allusions to the Palestinian genocide, mentions of racism including the K.K.K. and ableism. COVID mention and references to...

It's Witch Winter at The Hidden Bookcase! Our second read is Hooky Volume 2 by Míriam Bonastre Tur. Let's talk twins, terrifying tropes, and trauma hair. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to xenophobia, death and murder including parental death, sibling and animal death, gore, internalised homophobia, murder, po...

It's Witch Winter at The Hidden Bookcase! Our second read is Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to transphobia, homophobia, imperialism, racism, colonialism, sexism, transmisogony. Mention of J.K. Rowling. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠・:*˚:✧｡ Check out our Patreon!・:*˚:✧｡⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

It's ahistorical autumn at The Hidden Bookcase! Our final read is She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, chosen by our guest Cailean Steed. Let's talk fate, fanfiction, and... fisting? Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to imprisonment, child murder, genital mutilation, traumatic amputation, war, death by suffo...

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Join us for an interview with Jessica Mary Best on her sapphic sci-fi murder mystery, Stars, Hide Your Fires, recently released in paperback! Let's talk conlangs, comedy as catharsis, and character chemistry! Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to fictional murder, poisoning, classism, and serious illness. Discussio...

It's Ahistorical Autumn at The Hidden Bookcase! Our second read is Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland. Let's talk asexual rep, awkward conversations with your siblings, and audiobook excellence. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: Aphobia, cheating, death, child murder, war an colonialism. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠・:*˚:✧｡ Check out our...

In celebration of Fat Liberation Month , we're joined by writer and psychotherapist Anya Josephs to discuss fat representation in science-fiction and fantasy. Let's talk symbolic representation, systemic vs. individual experiences, and striving to tell stories that change real-world narratives. Transcripts available at planarprod.com Content warnings: Discussons of fatphobia, including int...

It's ahistorical autumn at The Hidden Bookcase! Our first read is The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, a joint recommendation by Sorren and guest Kit Lovick. Let's talk timelines, tortoises, and tube stations. Transcripts available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warnings: References to war, abduction, slavery, child murder and death, sexual assault, corrective rap...

We're joined by writer and disability advocate Ella T. Holmes in celeberation of Disability Pride Month to discuss writing disability in the fantasy genre. Let's talk toxic perseverance, taking accountability, and just trying. Transcripts available at planarprod.com Content warnings: Discussons of ableism, including interpersonal, internalised, structural and societal ableism. Mentions of...