Books + Bits
Pandora Sykes, Ochuko Akpovbovbo, Naomi AldermanA pandora's box of books and culture recs. I hack through the cultural overload so you don't have to.
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Bits #88
The return of GIRLS. Also: Beanie Babies, family-sized Ozempic + the dark side of meditation
Bits is my weekly culture round up, stuffed full of things to read, watch, listen to and discuss with friends, compiled from dozens of news and me...
2 Girls 1 Book: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Welcome back to 2 Girls 1 Book, a monthly cross-post where Ochuko and Pandora chat about a book via Google Docs. For our 17th edition, we’re discussing The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett. We meant to publish this in September, but we wer...
Bits #87
Things to read, watch, listen to, snort over
Hi! It me with the good recs. I’m sorry for my anarchic publishing schedule at the moment, I’ll be back to the usual order of Bits first Books second, next week. And I have a juicy 2 Girls 1 Boo...
10 bestselling books that never made it to TV or film - and why
I have a delicious contributor essay for you today, from literary scout and editor, Philippa Donovan, who ‘reverse adapts’ screenplays into novels (I had no idea this was a thing!) and gives publishing advice at The Secret Agent. As soon as...
Bits #86
Things to read, watch, listen to and agitate over
Hi, my eyes are officially square. I’ve been bingeing part 2 of Rivals S2 this week, as we’re filming the next tranche of interviews for the release on Disney+ (or Hulu if you’re in the Sta...
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