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Close reading book podcast from @chrisllloyd9 | available wherever you get your shows | guests include Torrey Peters, Garth Greenwell, Fatima Bhutto…

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New episode of Books Up Close with @evediariden! We talk about her poem ‘No Ecclesial Song, No Clapping’ from her new book Girling (@fitzcarraldoeditions). Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe, review, share. by @booksupclose

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In the latest episode of the Books Up Close podcast, I talk to @tice.cin about her new novel SAFE SPACES from @grantabooks. Here she talks about her writing process and how making work across media and forms then comes together on the page.

Listen to the whole episode wherever you get your podcasts. #books #bookstagram #podcast #writing by @booksupclose

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New episode out today! (Season 2 returns with a little run of episodes leading up to Christmas). I talk to @tice.cin about her new novel SAFE SPACES from @grantabooks. We talk nightclubs, safety, easter eggs, growing sideways.

Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to the Substack and Insta and share with your friends.

#books #bookstagram #podcast #literature #bookrecs by @booksupclose

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Books you should be reading this Black History Month! Here are some incredible books by Black authors I love. These books are forever on my mind. Which have you read?

@yungdeadthing, Christina Sharpe, Gboyega Odubanjo, @johnymodern, @nifmuhammad, @victoriaadukweibulley, @jesmynward, Yaa Gyasi, @lowlamichelle

#blackhistorymonth #books #bookstagram #reading by @booksupclose

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Hey! I need your questions for an upcoming episode of the podcast. I’ve put together a team of literary experts (including previous guests 👀) to answer your book questions ready for the holidays. So if you don’t know what to get a picky reader, or want to know which books wintry book to delve into on these colder nights, or just some recs to add to your wish list, let me know! Send your Qs and queries via DM to @booksupclose or @chrisllloyd9, as either text OR a voice note that we’ll play on the episode. Please share!! by @booksupclose

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Books Up Close: The Podcast has had over 40 acclaimed, celebrated, and PRIZE-WINNING guests. I’ve talked to winners and finalists of so many cool literary prizes:

@guggfellows, @llyfr_y_flwyddyn_wboty, @dylanthomasprize, @polariprize, @penfaulkner, @britishbookawards, @jhalakprize, @womensprize, @tseliotprize

Which authors do I need to talk to in season 3?? Comment below 👇 by @booksupclose

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In the latest episode of Books Up Close, I talk to Wayne Holloway-Smith about his book RABBITBOX. Here he talks a little about his writing practice and what happens when you don’t know immediately what you want to write that day.

Listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and like!! #bookstagram #books by @booksupclose

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New episode out now with Wayne Holloway-Smith. We talk about his book RABBITBOX from @scribneruk. Wayne and I discuss genre and form, shadows, Homer (!?), his short-lived football career and much else. With book recs of @nuaralsadir and others!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe now!

(Oh and there’s gonna be a little break from now until October. More eps to come then, running up to Christmas). by @booksupclose

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Have you listened to the new episode of Books Up Close with Remi Kalir? We talk about his book Re/Marks on Power from @mitpress

Here he talks about the links between close reading and annotation. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Subscribe, rate and review! by @booksupclose

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Episode 40 (!) of Books Up Close is out now! I talk to Remi Kalir about his book Re/Marks on Power, which is all about the social, political, and imaginative uses of annotation. We talk about annotating books, statues, and attending to the world through close reading. Check out his books from @mitpress! 📚 by @booksupclose

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In the newest episode of Books Up Close, I talk to @kierany8s about her book All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In from @simonschusteruk. Here she talks a bit about her writing practice.

Listen to the podcast wherever you get your shows. Please do rate and review if you can, it makes a huge difference. by @booksupclose

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New episode of Books Up Close where I talk to my bff @kierany8s about her nonfiction book All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In (@simonschusteruk).

We discuss household objects, the sweep of history, class, university halls, our Literature degree, how nothing is inevitable, and Kieran gives the usual book recs including @eula.biss, @nifmuhammad and others.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe, like, share. Please rate five stars on Apple it makes a huge difference. by @booksupclose

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