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EPISODE · Jun 20, 2025 · 48 MIN

Ep. 10. Marni Appleton, 'Shut Your Mouth'

from Books Up Close: The Podcast · host Chris Lloyd

In this episode, we read the opening of the story 'Shut Your Mouth' from Marni Appleton's collection I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. Buy the book from a local indie bookshop, Bookshop.org, or Indigo Press.Marni Appleton is a writer living in London. She holds a PhD in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia. Her fiction has been published in literary journals such as The London Magazine, Banshee and The Tangerine. I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is Marni’s first book, and was published by the Indigo Press in February 2025.Find the transcript and more about the show on Substack. Follow the show on Instagram.Please leave feedback here.Produced, hosted, and edited by Chris Lloyd.

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In this episode, we read the opening of the story 'Shut Your Mouth' from Marni Appleton's collection I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. Buy the book from a local indie bookshop, Bookshop.org, or Indigo Press [https://theindigopress.com/product/i-hope-youre-happy/]. Marni Appleton is a writer living in London. She holds a PhD in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia. Her fiction has been published in literary journals such as The London Magazine, Banshee and The Tangerine. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY is Marni's first book, and was published by the Indigo Press in February 2025. Find the transcript and more about the show on Substack [https://open.substack.com/pub/booksupclose/p/marni-appleton-shut-your-mouth?r=6s1le&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true]. Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/booksupclose]. Please leave feedback here [https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ur7mk6rEMUevXdc1sJfq2-MtVOsMawJDpBA3aJ944dVUMkI4OTA3N0dBMUE2SDVJWlpaOE8zNlo4NC4u]. Produced, hosted, and edited by Chris Lloyd [https://www.instagram.com/chrisllloyd9/].

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