Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast

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  • Every week, join Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, and her inspirational guests as they celebrate the best books written by women. They'll discuss this year's shortlisted titles, explore the life-changing books that sit on other women’s bookshelves and talk about what the future holds for women writing today. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and has been running for over 25 years. Sit back and enjoy.
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  • S8 Ep5: Bookshelfie: Emer Kenny

    S8 Ep5: Bookshelfie: Emer Kenny
    Feb 25 2025
    Actor and screenwriter Emer Kenny tells us why all pain is useful - whether it be heartbreak or rejection - and why being a mentor to other creatives is so important.

    Emer Kenny is an actor and writer who made her acting debut in the BAFTA-nominated single drama Coming Down The Mountain in 2008. She began to write for the screen soon after, honing her skills on BBC’s Eastenders and Holby City, which she followed up with episodes of Hulu’s Harlots and Sky’s Save Me Too. Alongside this, she played Joan Morecambe in Victoria Wood’s BAFTA-winning Morecambe and Wise biopic, Eric and Ernie. Most recently, she has written, executive produced and acted in BAFTA-winning ITV crime drama Karen Pirie, which is returning for a second series this year.

    Emer’s book choices are:
    ** Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    ** Sex and Rage: Advice to Young Girls Eager to Have a Good Time by Eve Babitz
    ** An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
    ** Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
    ** I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

    Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season eight of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and continues to champion the very best books written by women.
    You can buy all books mentioned from our dedicated shelf on Bookshop.org - every purchase supports the work of the Women's Prize Trust and independent bookshops.


    Don’t want to miss the rest of season eight? Listen and subscribe now!
    This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.
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    52 mins
  • S8 Ep4: Bookshelfie: Bryony Gordon

    S8 Ep4: Bookshelfie: Bryony Gordon
    Feb 18 2025
    Journalist, author and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon discusses the journey to writing about her own mental health, why we need political balance, and her aversion to misery books.

    Bryony has written six Sunday Times bestselling books, including the number one bestsellers Mad Girl and You Got This. Her latest book Mad Woman is the eagerly anticipated follow-up which explores a crucial question: what if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that’s making us so sad? And her debut novel People Pleaser will be published in 2026. Her work as a mental health campaigner has been widely recognised; she founded Mental Health Mates, a peer support group that encourages people to move for their mental health, and in 2023 she was awarded the President’s Medal by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She wrote for the Telegraph for 24 years, and is now a columnist at the Daily Mail, and hosts a weekly podcast, The Life of Bryony. Bryony is also a judge for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

    Bryony’s book choices are:
    ** The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
    ** Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
    ** American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
    ** Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
    ** Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

    Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season eight of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and continues to champion the very best books written by women.
    You can buy all books mentioned from our dedicated shelf on Bookshop.org - every purchase supports the work of the Women's Prize Trust and independent bookshops.


    Don’t want to miss the rest of season eight? Listen and subscribe now!
    This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.
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    59 mins
  • S8 Ep3: Bookshelfie: Eimear McBride

    S8 Ep3: Bookshelfie: Eimear McBride
    Feb 11 2025
    Author, Actor and Director Eimear McBride on the delayed gratification of her first novel, the ‘classic combination’ of sex and death and why we should celebrate female writers tackling difficult topics and themes.

    Eimear trained as an actor before writing her first novel, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, which took nine years to find a publisher but subsequently won the 2014 Women’s Prize for Fiction, as well as the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Desmond Elliott Prize. Eimear’s second novel, The Lesser Bohemians, won the 2016 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. Strange Hotel, her third novel, was published in 2020 and her latest release The City Changes Its Face is out in February 2025. In 2022, Eimear wrote and directed A Very Short Film About Longing (DMC/BBC Film) which was screened at the 2023 London Film Festival, and she also writes and reviews for the Guardian, New Statesman and the TLS.

    Eimear’s book choices are:
    ** The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
    ** Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
    ** Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
    ** The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin
    ** Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

    Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season eight of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and continues to champion the very best books written by women.
    Don’t want to miss the rest of season eight? Listen and subscribe now!

    You can buy all books mentioned from our dedicated shelf on Bookshop.org - every purchase supports the work of the Women's Prize Trust and independent bookshops.
    This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.
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    50 mins

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