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52weeks52books52women

by Madhulika Sikka

So many books, so little time. Companion podcast to 52weeks52books52women.com. Interviews with women writers about their books.

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  1. The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

    Legendary editor magazine editor Tina Brown dishes on her time as editor of Vanity Fair in the gilded 1980s of New York, which chronicled in blue school notebooks that became The Vanity Fair Diaries.

  2. The Leavers by Lisa Ko

    Lisa Ko talks about her book The Leavers, a finalist for the National Book Award. How far would you go to get a better life and what compromises would endure? Is realizing your own potential more important than your child's?

  3. Little FiresEverywhere by Celeste Ng

    Celeste Ng talks about her arrestingly beautiful new novel Little Fires Everywhere about what makes a mother, the path not taken, and secrets that can tear people apart

  4. Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

    Attica Locke on her new character, Texas Ranger Darren Mathews and race, law enforcement and the deep deep roots of the black community in East Texas.

  5. The Party by Elizabeth Day

    The Party by Elizabeth Day by Madhulika Sikka

  6. Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

    Gabrielle Zevin talks about sex scandals, political theater, feminism and slut-shaming, all themes in her refreshing new novel Young Jane Young

  7. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

    Kamila Shamsie discusses her stunning new novel Home Fire that tells the story of two British Pakistani families who follow different paths and clash in an explosive encounter that tests loyalty, family, friendship, love and belonging.

  8. One Day We'll All be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul

    Author Scaachi Koul discusses a range of things from fear of flying to internet trolling for being a brown woman in the social media space

  9. Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

    Ayobami Adebayo joins me on the phone from Lagos, Nigeria to talk about her stunning debut novel "Stay With Me" for 52weeks52books52women

  10. Ausma Zehanat Khan - Among The Ruins

    Ausma Zehanat Khan talks about her latest Detective Esa Khattak mystery novel. This time the Toronto Muslim cop finds himself embroiled in a human rights case in Iran

  11. SarahSchmidt - See What i Have Done

    Sarah Schmidt talks about her retelling of one of the most sensational crimes in American history - Lizzie Borden, axe murderer? In this debut novel See What I have Done, she paints a psychological portrait of the household at the time of the murders.

  12. Ayisha Malik - Sofia Khan is Not Obliged

    Ayisha Malik - discusses her debut comic novel, a muslim Bridget Jones' Diary on the life and loves of a Hijabi Londoner looking for love.

  13. Jennifer Finney Boylan - Long Black Veil

    Renowned transgender writer Jennifer Finney Boylan discusses her debut mystery - Long Black Veil, an exploration of identity and whether friendships can survive a change of identity.

  14. The H Spot by Jill Filipovic

    Jill Filipovic discusses her provocative new book The H Spot-The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness

  15. Diksha Basu - The Windfall

    Diksha Basu talks about her debut novel, The Windfall, that examines the changes that come to a family as a result of becoming rich. A wonderful, astute observation of the new rich in modern day India

  16. KarenRinaldi The End Of Men

    Karen RInaldi discusses her debut novel, The End of Men, about four prosperous, succesful women who are still struggling to have it all, on their own terms. Do they really need men to achieve that?

  17. J Courtney Sullivan -Saints for All Occasions

    Episode 1 of the companion podcast to 52weeks52books52women.com An interview with author J. Courtney Sullivan on her new novel Saints For All Occasions

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

So many books, so little time. Companion podcast to 52weeks52books52women.com. Interviews with women writers about their books.

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Madhulika Sikka

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