Don’t Make Yourself Small: Reinventing Jane Eyre and Female Empowerment with Natasha Lester
Episode Synopsis:
In this empowering episode of Chapter Chat, host Jessica Foster sits down with bestselling author Natasha Lester to discuss her captivating new novel, The Chateau on Sunset, a stunning 1960s retelling of Jane Eyre.
Together, they dive deep into the power of female friendships,...
On Tara Isabella Burton's Social Creature, Barry Hill's Reason and Lovelessness, Natasha Lester's The Paris Seamstress and Sunni Overend's The Rules of Backyard Croquet
Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh are at loggerheads this week over Tara Isabella Burton's Social Creature, and you'll hear from the American writer herself. Barry Hill reveals a career shaped by encounters with writers and writing, and Sally Seltman reviews two Australian novels.
Rodney Hall's A Stolen Season, Leïla Slimani's Lullaby, Imogen Hermes Gowar's The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock and Natasha Lester's bookshelf that made her
Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh are joined by novelist Sandra Leigh Price and political scientist Shaun Crowe as they discuss Rodney Hall's A Stolen Season, Leïla Slimani's Lullaby, Imogen Hermes Gowar's The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, and Natasha Lester reveals the fashion-filled bookshelf that mad...
Celeste Connally - ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A LORD
In this interview, I chat with Celeste Connally about Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, her new pseudonym and how she selected it, writing historical books instead of contemporary, what it was like for women to live in the Regency Era, setting the stage for a new series, and much more.
Celeste'...
Interview with Kevan Lyon - Literary Agent, Marshal Lyon Literary Agency
In this Behind the Scenes interview, Kevan and I chat about her role as a literary agent, forming her own agency, what she is looking for when is pitched by writers, how the manuscript submission process works, the importance of blurbs, the Lyonesses, and much more.
Kevan's recommended reads are:...
Chanel Cleeton - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN CUBA
Chanel and I discuss her latest book The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, how this is the first time she has written about a real life heroine, the incredible amount of research she conducted for this novel, which book of hers holds a special place in her heart, bringing Cuban stories to life, and mu...
