Amy & Book Club
Episodes
BOOK CLUB: Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating Christmas early with this month's book club pick: Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley, as recommen...
Heal Your Life with Hallmark (and Other Christmas Proverbs)
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holiday season is upon us! Today, Amy, Abby, and Harry are joined by returning special guest Kathleen Stanley a.k.a The Christmas Expert. Observe as K...
Live at the Library: Romance Tropes & Trends
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re throwing back to September when we headed over to the Flinders University Library for a live chat about all things reading and w...
BOOK CLUB: An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kickstartin' November with a bang, we catch up on a Book Club we were all plague-ridden for and had to miss! Introducing...An Academic Affair by Jodi ...
Amy & After Dark: Podcasting from the Apocalypse
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the final week of October, we're putting our books aside to discuss horror movies: our favourite (and not so favourite) horror films, the return o...
BOOK CLUB: Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the podcast team and get spooky as we sit down to chat about our horror BOTM, Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta. Feast ...
What a Sexy Monster: Interview with Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we dive straight into talking about one of our favourite reads this year, and get the chance to interview married couple and our BotM autho...
You Can Bury Your Gays: Queer Horrormance and the Genre Spectrum
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Strap in for more horror talk this week because Amy & Harry and Millie are joined by horror connoisseur Riley Jones to talk all things horrormance...
A FEAR OF CARPETED STAIRCASES: Liminal Horror, Mad Scientists, and Halloween Faves
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & Abby are joined by writers and experts Tabby Knight and Oscar Sparkes to kick off our horror-themed October (because what else would we be d...
BOOKCLUB: The World Was Whole by Fiona Wright
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sit down to chat about Fiona Wright's 'The World Was Whole', a gorgeous essay collection about ou...
There Are No Girls on the Internet: Digital Life Writing with Dr. Emma Maguire
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're stepping away from our books and onto the internet (oh no) as Amy, Justina & Abby chat to life writing expert Dr. Emma Maguire abo...
Cool Cringe & Smiley Fritz: Interview with Olivia De Zilva
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week life writing month takes an experimental turn as Amy, Payton & Justina chat to Olivia De Zilva about her debut genre-defying book Plasti...
Intro to Life Writing: Things Keep Happening
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're talking about life writing.... including what on earth that means. Amy & series regulars Justina, Payton, and Millie may not be e...
The Romance of Studying & Why We Drink: Interview with Jodi McAlister
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Amy & we're thrilled to be interviewing romance author and academic, Jodi McAlister, about her career and latest romance novel, ...
Convict Narratives: An Academic Discussion
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Academia Month! This week, we talk through two fascinating academic articles, 'The Australian Convict Prostitute Romance', and 'Confli...
We're All Baby Academics (but not in a reproductive futurism way)
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Academia Month, where the vibes are casual but the thoughts are deep 🧠. In this episode, Amy is joined by Justina, Millie, and special r...
Amy & After Dark: Our Roman Empire is Dorcas Two Shots
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not ready to say goodbye to Western month yet? Good! Neither are we! It's the last week of our cast takeover and we’re lucky enough to have a ch...
BOOKCLUB: Seven Brides for Beau Mcbride by Amy Barry
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our amazing host is off galavanting in the mountains and in her absence we read Amy Barry's latest release, Seven Brides for Beau Mcbride. ⋆˖&...
Imagine You're Stuck On a Fence & There's This Really Hot Guy: Interview with Amy Barry
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER ALERT! Cast takeover month continues as Abby, Harry, and Payton interrogate— I mean interview bestselling author Amy Barry about her lat...
People Yearn to Scoot Their Boots: The Rise of Contemporary Western Romance
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Put on your cowboy boots and grab a partner for the square dance, because we ain't finished talkin' cowboys just yet! ⋆˖°.𖤓𓄀🂾𐚁𓃗....
A Desire for Roughness: Sexy Farming and Shoulder-Length Gloves
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Howdy! Amy is off on holiday so we (the collective & of AMY &) have taken this opportunity to do a sneaky takeover of the pod 😈 Welcome to ...
BOOKCLUB: Love Unleashed by Melanie Saward
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sat down to chat about Melanie Saward's novel, Love Unleashed, for Pride Month! We disc...
Annilingus Doritos: Interview with Patrick Lenton
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this third week of Pride month, Amy & Justina and Harry interview THE Patrick Lenton, author of In Spite of You, who joins us for a wildly hone...
Gay Elves & Trans Aliens: Queering Everything
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second week of Pride month, Amy & Justina, Payton, and Millie try to talk broader queer fiction, get distracted by queer romance again, bu...
Queer Romance Fiction: How to Jettison Joy This Pride
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Must there always be a boy one and a girl one? Is there only one way to write a queer HEA? What's the difference between representing queer people and...
Amy & After Dark: Taboo and Dark Romance Novels
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & the podcast team don their oodies and pyjamas to sit down After Dark and have a conversation about the topics that don't make it into our fo...
BOOKCLUB: Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sat down to chat about Christina Lauren's Beautiful Bastard and all things smut-tastic! Wher...
Traitorous Nipples: Interview with Christina Lauren
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & Harry talk with special guests, the legendary duo Christina Lauren! Through the laughs, we discuss the upcoming re-release of their 'Beautif...
Smut & Representations of Sex in Rom Com Novels
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & series regulars, Payton Hogan and Justina Ashman, are joined by (soon-to-be) Dr. Georgia Nicholls to discuss sex in the rom com novel, where...
Fantasy Smut & Guys with Big Wingspans
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s officially smut month! Amy and series regulars Millie Heffernan and Abby Guy are joined by our special guestie Izzie Duffield (who also wri...
BOOKCLUB: Side Chick Nation by Aya de Léon
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & the podcast team sit down to discuss Aya de Léon's romantic suspense novel, Side Chick Nation, as part of our Climate Fiction mo...
Salvage & the Ethics of Space Billionaires: Interview with Jennifer Mills
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & Justina chat with Jennifer Mills, a celebrated writer of climate fiction and dystopian novels and author of The Airways (2021), Dyschro...
Get in, Loser. We're Imagining a Better Future.
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & Payton talk with special guesties Dr Alex Cothren and Dr Rachel Hennessy about climate-fiction writing and scholarship – but we&r...
Intro to Climate Fiction & Pining for a Better World
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & season regulars, Payton and Millie, are joined by special guestie Melanie Ross to talk climate fiction. Listen in as we talk climate disaste...
BOOKCLUB: Pride and Prejudice
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & the podcast team sit down for our very first live bookclub where we chat, with earl grey cocktails (and tea) in hand, about all things Pride...
For the Love of Austen: Interview with Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week our host, Amy Matthews, is joined by season regulars Justina Ashman and Harry Stewart...But wait! There's more! Today, we are graced by two ...
Digressions & Bigg-Wither? I Hardly Know Her
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & season regulars, Payton, Harry, and Abby, demonstrate just how far our conversations can digress (like why, exactly, Harry would be a beaver...
First Impressions and Locating Jane Austen's Ghost
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & season regulars, Justina, Millie, and Abby, welcome you to the very first episode of the Amy & Podcast! This week we chat Jane Austen fa...
Amy aaaaand….?
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy & is a bookish podcast with benefits. Amy Matthews is joined by series regulars Justina Ashman, Abby Guy, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan ...