Writing Women Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
'I preferred the rose garden, after all, to the sound of the sea': Floral Hauntings in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of the Writing Women Podcast, I researched one of my favourite novels to dig out Daphne du Maurier's incredible use of the floral...
What if Lolita had Lived: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: discussions around the depictions of childhood sexual abuse, rape, grooming, manipulation Kate Elizabeth Russell's 2020 novel, My...
Artists in Love, Orpheus and Eurydice, Fame & Adoration: The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year (at the end of February) from me at the Writing Women Pod! This time I cover falling in love, the perils of being adored by a crowd and...
Laying a God to Rest: The Biography & Work of Sylvia Plath
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For my final episode of the year, I wanted to return to a poet who has obsessed, confounded and finally been settled by me throughout my young adolsce...
On Writing & One Year On for the Writing Women Podcast
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been quite an inaugural year for the Writing Women Podcast and I have loved every second of it. Thank you for coming along for the journey and ma...
'So Long As You Write' Inspiring Women Writers Collection: Dear Damsels Interview
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special interview episode with the amazing women behind Dear Damsels, I delve into the long-awaited questions I've always wanted to ask t...
A Twentieth Century History of 'Passing' & Performing Identity: Passing by Nella Larsen & The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: discussion of racism *Please note I've mistakenly called Allyson Hobbs, Allyson Bell for the duration of the podcast, my apologies* T...
LGBTQIA+ Reading Recommendations for Pride Month
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Pride everyone! I thought I'd do something a little different this month and focus on a list of LGBTQIA+ writers, both new and the very old, to ...
Failing to Capture Cool: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy springtime! In the shadow of the new series dramatising the fictionalised trials and tribulations of this fictionalised 70's rock band, I explor...
International Women's Day 2022 Episode: Witches of Scotland & Centuries of Patriarchal Violence: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warning: discussions of male violence against women, rape and witch trials This month, for a special International Women's Day episode, I look...
#MeToo the Manson Family & Manipulative Men: The Girls by Emma Cline
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warning: discussions of child sexual abuse This month on the Writing Women Podcast, I explore a much beloved and well-written book 'The Girls'...
The Death of Postmodernism & a Grotesque Female Body: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! To kick off the year I wanted to begin with one of the most popular books of 2021 - 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' by Ottessa Moshfe...
My Trouble with Sally Rooney: Part Three - Beautiful World, Where Are You
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the final part of this inaugural series on the Writing Women Podcast, I look at her latest release, Beautiful World, Where Are You and the highs a...
My Trouble with Sally Rooney: Part Two - Normal People
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On our second installment of this inaugral series, I look at the circumstances surrounding my introduction to 'Normal People', the book and the show a...
My Trouble with Sally Rooney: Part One - Conversations with Friends
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Writing Women Podcast! I'm going to kick this off by looking at the first novel in the Rooney-verse 'Conversat...