Joini my conversation with Minda Honey, author of The Heartbreak Years, a memoir about one woman's journey through her 20s and the love and relationships she experiences before she turns 30.

We talk about the book, and how the people within become "characters" even as it's a memoir. We talk about making friends as an adult. We talk about her writing journey and it got from fictional stories, to essays, to a full-fledged memoir.

She also tells us which of the many cities she has lived in would be the life of a party, if cities were humans!

Sophie Mackintosh joins me for Episode 9 to talk about her Booker Longlisted novel, The Water Cure, as well as her latest novel, Cursed Bread, and Blue Ticket.

We chatted about a lot of things: Borrowing from genre fiction to write her literary novels, being compared to Margaret Atwood and other literary giants, and the relationship between love, intimacy and violence.

I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I have.

For those interested in Bonus (and Exclusive) Material: Mackintosh has agreed to add to my Bonus Audio Archive with a reading from the early pages of Cursed Bread. This is available in the Friend Tier of my Bindery @ BlackKitBooks.Binderybooks.com

Sydney Hegele joins the pod to talk about their books, The Pump, and Bird Suit. We talk about magic realism, staying true to your artistic vision, queerness and religion, and carnivorous Beavers.

Bird Suit is Hegele's first novel, available now, wherever books are sold.