6. Debut Spotlight - Nicole Flattery

Welcome back Bookends to our latest instalment in our Debut Spotlight series! This week we were joined by writer Nicole Flattery to chat about her upcoming novel 'Nothing Special', we loved chatting to Nicole about how she didn't fully kick off her writing career until her late twenties and how odd it is that we view women's success against a timeline. Aswell as deep diving into her brilliant book, we discussed the moral ambiguity of Andy Warhol, how reading plays can transform the way you view dialogue, mother/daughter dynamics and much more. Nothing Special will be published on the 2nd of March by Bloomsbury. We hope you enjoy the episode! If you do, please do rate, review & subscribe as it helps us massively and allows us to grow as a podcast. You can follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram or @apairofbookends on Twitter and Tik Tok. To buy Nicole's book: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nothing-special-nicole-flattery/7111402?ean=9781526612120Follow Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/flattern16/?hl=enBooks & Authors discussed in the episode: Lynne TillmanAll the lovers in the night by Mieko KawakamiBreasts and Eggs by Mieko KawakamiEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Lonely City by Olivia LaingThe Copenhagen trilogy by Tove DitlevsenFierce Attachments by Vivian GornickGwendoline RileyThe Lost Daughter by Elena FerranteClose to home by Michael MageeI am homeless if this is not my home: A novel by Lorrie MooreWho will run the frog hospital? by Lorrie MooreVeronica by Mary GaitskillSend Nudes by Saba SamsOther culture recs:Dopesick (Disney +)The Lost Daughter (Netflix)Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner (play)Bad Gays Podcast, Andy Warhol episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/special-episode-andy-warhol-with-sholem-krishtalka/id1455620224?i=1000442525395https://open.spotify.com/episode/0wG9NjCC8Mr6NNzslgpQyO