Tandem Collective Talks

Who are the most memorable characters you've ever read? What characters remind you of your childhood? In this week's episode we talk through our favourite or stand out characters, and chat to fellow podcaster @blottedinkbooks about her ideal characters she'd invite to a dinner party.For a full transcript of the podcast and a list of all titles mentioned please go to - Tandem Talks: The Character Episode — Tandem Collective (thetandemcollective.com)You can find us on Instagram @tandemcollectiveuk and @tandemcollectiveglobal or Tiktok @tandemcollective. Or we’d love to hear from you by email at podcast@thetandemcollective.com with your thoughts and reading recommendations.

Welcome to our deep dive into the world of audiobooks - are you a recent convert like Lex, or long-time audiolover like Lucy? We're yet to convince Jen over to the darkside, but Sammi - our guest for today - is taking the challenge by storm! We'd love to hear your recommendations, so jump into the DM's in @tandemcollectiveUK and let us know.For a full transcript of the podcast and a list of all titles mentioned please go to - Tandem Talks: Audiobooks - Listening is Reading — Tandem Collective (thetandemcollective.com)You can find us on Instagram @tandemcollectiveuk and @tandemcollectiveglobal or Tiktok @tandemcollective. Or we’d love to hear from you by email at podcast@thetandemcollective.com with your thoughts and reading recommendations.

This week, our #TandemCollectiveTalks podcast are joined by community members Char, Alice and Belle to talk through the do's and don'ts of annotating in books - what it means to them, how they go about it and why.For a full transcript of the podcast and a list of all titles mentioned please go to - Tandem Talks: The Art of Annotating — Tandem Collective (thetandemcollective.com)You can find us on Instagram @tandemcollectiveuk and @tandemcollectiveglobal or Tiktok @tandemcollective. Or we’d love to hear from you by email at podcast@thetandemcollective.com with your thoughts and reading recommendations.

This week, our #TandemCollectiveTalks podcast features the wonderful @JackJordan_Author who we celebrated in the summer for his release of Sophie's Choice meets Grey's Anatomy: Do No Harm.We loved Jack's attitude and his love of books , having gotten to know him during the #DoNoHarm campaign, we couldn't wait to bring him back for the podcast. He also gives us a little sneak peek into his next book.For a full transcript of the podcast and a list of all titles mentioned please go to - Tandem Talks: It's A Habit: Reading Routines with Do No Harm Author Jack Jordan — Tandem Collective (thetandemcollective.com)You can find us on Instagram @tandemcollectiveuk and @tandemcollectiveglobal or Tiktok @tandemcollective. Or we’d love to hear from you by email at podcast@thetandemcollective.com with your thoughts and reading recommendations.

This week, Lex Brookman sits down to chat with Erin Kelly on all things crime-fiction, and what it's like to write for both the psychological thriller sub-genre, and her newly dubbed psychological gothic sub-genre.Lex & Erin discuss #WatchHerFall; Erin's compelling psychological thriller on the obsessive, compulsive nature of prima ballet dancers and what happens when the professional competition takes a jetté too far. Lex & Erin also discuss the release of Erin's next book - #TheSkeletonKey, out on September 1st, and what makes 'atmosphere' the word of choice when Erin's ask to surmise the book, and the #psycholgicalgothic genre.For a full transcript of the podcast and a list of all titles mentioned please go to - Tandem Talks: Dissecting Sub-Genre with Psychological Crime author Erin Kelly — Tandem Collective (thetandemcollective.com)You can find us on Instagram @tandemcollectiveuk and @tandemcollectiveglobal or Tiktok @tandemcollective. Or we’d love to hear from you by email at podcast@thetandemcollective.com with your thoughts and reading recommendations.

This week, Jen chats to Hayley @taleofabibliophile about casual buddy reads and founder of Tandem, Naomi, about how our readalongs got started and what makes them so special. For a full transcript of the podcast and a list of all titles mentioned please go to - Tandem Talks: Buddy Reads and Readalongs — Tandem Collective (thetandemcollective.com)You can find us on Instagram @tandemcollectiveuk and @tandemcollectiveglobal or Tiktok @tandemcollective. Or we’d love to hear from you by email at podcast@thetandemcollective.com with your thoughts and reading recommendations.