What Page Are You On?

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.

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 the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.

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 fame or virality for reasons to the artistic to the potentially criminal.

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.

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 that cover, and the charmed road to publication...

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 Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh and Little Eve by Catriona Ward.

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 ahead of releasing a mini episode featuring an interview with Oyinkan.

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 Bethany's book of the year is Skin Deep by Liz Nugent - https://amzn.to/2zP3IFm Bethany's top 10: Skin Deep by Liz Nugent - https://amzn.to/2zP3IFm Women by Chloe Caldwell - https://amzn.to/2QiG9PM Normal People by Sally Rooney - https://amzn.to/2AYKxc0 Hou...

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 revolve around women. The books of the episode are: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - https://amzn.to/2OWkRBT The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - https://amzn.to/2OZFPjd and a special mention for: The...

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 Nakano Thrift Shop - https://amzn.to/2PoXrtK Convenience Store Woman - https://amzn.to/2z4smS9

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 discuss their process of writing collaboratively, their attempts to shift how we think about 'sex work issues' and the impossibly high standards they're forced to work to. Their book, Revolting Prostitutes, can be fou...

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 Castle, and The Haunting of Hill House, with much bonus chat about the Hill House adaptation on Netflix, leading to broader discussions about horror in books and films.

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 classics, the literary legacy of Jane Eyre and more. Join us at 8pm on Tuesday 7th August for the Twitter chat on the hashtag #WPAYOSargasso.

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.

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...

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 Sylvia Plath - https://amzn.to/2t59GPb Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen - https://amzn.to/2t4Qot8

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 - http://www.foulplaymag.com

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: He Said She Said by Erin Kelly - https://amzn.to/2shIeMZ Darling by Rachel Edwards - https://amzn.to/2saLt8O The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton - https://amzn.to/2xciXcQ The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks...

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 Twitter chat if you feel like joining in!

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 started by the pair 10 years ago. They talk about working collaboratively, turning a Facebook group into a novel and their hopes for the 8th amendment referendum.

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 - https://amzn.to/2JBmGlm Eat My Heart Out by Zoe Pilger - https://amzn.to/2KnbJF6 I Love Dick by Chris Kraus - https://amzn.to/2jiIeYW We also mention  Ponti by Sharlene Teo  Marlena by Julie Buntin  The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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 Club episode at 7pm on Tuesday 10th April under the hashtag #WPAYOSweetBitter. [You can buy Sweetbitter here - https://amzn.to/2GAIU5U ]

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 their disco bloodbath in Party Monster and What I Loved. They finish up with The Future Won't Be Long which doesn't just perfectly blend the two worlds but takes in a whole lot more. The House of Impossible B...

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 #WPAYOLullaby.

In this episode, Alice and Bethany are riding the Valentine's wave of romance, and discuss a few books that deal with forbidden love. We talk about: The Bones of Grace by Tahmima Anam [which regretfully both of us were unable to finish as we did not anticipate how long it was] Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman Women by Chloe Caldwell Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro [We also refer to I Love Dick by...