ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Ella and Jake introduce STACK’s fairytale-themed episode, full of classic tales, retellings and modern fables, starting with a discussion of the Booker Prize shortlist and a particularly annoying clip of Mary Beard criticising the phrase ‘a love of reading’.
There’s a Shelf Help section on learning more about people’s jobs and they discuss the big publishing event of next week - a sequel to The Time Traveller’s Wife!
The books featured in this week’s STACK:
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
The Bear & The Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
Ghost Month - Simon Wroe
Also mentioned:
The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Life Out of Order - Audrey Niffenegger
The Two Roberts - Damian Barr
Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid
STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.
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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section.
STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.
It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.
Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.
We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield.
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