{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64b69e3ec409730011da06ee/66f599229767dcb443636328?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Modern Times by Cathy Sweeney with Jessie Cave (Live from the Edinburgh International Book Festival)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64b69e3ec409730011da06ee/1727371427271-a37f8a6e-9d95-4a20-98e9-271893940281.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week's book guest is Modern Times by Cathy Sweeney.</p><p><br></p><p>In a special live recording at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Sara and Cariad are joined by actor, comedian, cartoonist and author Jessie Cave to discuss the Edinburgh Fringe, reviews, puppets, walk-outs, sex dolls and Nancy Dell'Olio.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss grief and death and some explicit sexual scenes.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Modern Times by Cathy Sweeney is available to buy <a href=\"https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/cathy-sweeney/modern-times/9781474618502/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Jessie's novel Sunset is available to buy <a href=\"https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/jessie-cave-2/sunset/9781787395299/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find Jessie on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jessiecave\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> and <a href=\"https://x.com/jessiecave\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> @jessiecave</p><p><br></p><p>Tickets for the live show at the Southbank Centre with special guest Harriet Walter are available to <a href=\"https://www.plosive.co.uk/events/weirdos-book-club-live-london-literature-festival-2024\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">buy here</a>!</p><p><br></p><p>Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber &amp; Faber and is available to buy <a href=\"https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href=\"https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to <a href=\"https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/the-christmas-wish-tastrophe/9781444971484/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order</a> now.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded by Edinburgh International Book Festival and edited by Aniya Das for <a href=\"https://www.plosive.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Plosive"}