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42. Bitter & Sweet (with Amal Awad)
01:10:59||Season 4, Ep. 42Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @amalmdawad or her website If you’d like to make a donation, Amal recommends the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund or Medecins Sans Frontieres. Courting Samira, Amal Awad (2011)This is How You Get Better, Amal Awad (2015)The Things We See in the Light, Amal Awad (2021)Our conversation with Saman Shad (who released her new novel The Sex Lives of Married Women earlier this year):https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/set-ups-with-saman-shad/id1703734806?i=1000651936624 https://thatromcompod.substack.com/p/episode-16-set-ups-with-saman-shad Bitter & Sweet, Amal Awad (2023)Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2007)Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women, Amal AwadMostly Martha (2002, available to rent on Prime)No Reservations (2007, Stan)Blessed Are The Cheesemakers, Sarah-Kate Lynch (2001, Penguin)By Bread Alone, Sarah-Kate Lynch (2003, Penguin)Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod
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41. Rockstar Romance (with Laura Carter)
01:11:33||Season 4, Ep. 41Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @lauracarterauthor Catch A Falling Star, Laura CarterThe Idea Of You Lick, Kylie Scott Daisy Jones & the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid Deep Cuts, Holly Brickley Sing You Home, Jodi Picoult The Lost Love Song, Minnie Darke Love is a War Song, Danica Nava Never Been Shipped, Alicia Thompson August Lane, Regina Black | The Critical HeartHere Comes The Ex, Portia MacIntosh Back in the Saddle, Maggie Eckersley Rock My World, Camilla Isley Romance is Dead, Katie Bohn Head First, Claire Kershaw Say You’ll Remember Me, Abby Jimenez Isn't It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things, Jessica Seaborn Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod40. Episode 40: Bucket Lists (with Holly Brunnbauer)
01:16:15||Season 4, Ep. 40Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @hollybrunnbauer / website / No Shelf Control / The Write TrackWhat Did I Miss?, Holly Brunnbauer (2025, HarperCollins)The Debut Crew 2025 (The Write Reads)It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake, Claire Christian Claire Christian on The First Time podcastDying For Sex Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy Matthews Emergency Exit Only, Michelle UptonThe Life List Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert / StanThe Bucket List Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice, Cynthia Timoti Midnight Gate, S.K. Stapar Big Feelings, Amy Lovat Starry Eyed, Katharine Pollock Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod39. Literary Love Stories (with Jessica Stanley)
01:12:00||Season 4, Ep. 39Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: Jessica Stanley (@DailyDoseOfJess / Read. Look. Think. Consider Yourself Kissed / A Great Hope, Jessica StanleyThe Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst American Wife / Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld One Day /You Are Here, David Nicholls Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors Big Feelings / Mistakes and Other Lovers, Amy Lovat Less, Andrew Sean GreerSorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason Rise and Shine / Love and Other Puzzles, Kimberley Allsopp Alicia Thompson on miscommunicationHappiness Forever, Adelaide Faith Margot’s Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe Careless People, Sarah Wynne Williams Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod38. Publishing Trends (with Chloe Berry)
01:03:08||Season 4, Ep. 38Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @chloeraeberry / @booktokbookclub / The Berry AgencyThrone of Glass series, Sarah J Maas (Bloomsbury)Mountain Men Matchmaker series, Amy Daws (HarperCollins)‘Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI’ ASA Guidelines for authors on AI“‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements” Guardian Australia Laurie Gilmore@staceymcewanbooks831 Stories@DramaKingBooks Signs of Damage, Diana Reid FairyLoot‘Which Celebrity Book Club Could (Actually) Change Your Life?’ Emily GouldGertrude & AliceImmortal, Sue Lynn Tan Out on a Limb, Hannah Bonam-YoungSipsworth, Simon van Booy Seven Brides for Beau McBride, Amy Barry What Did I Miss?, Holly Brunbauer Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod37. Marriage of Convenience (with Jodi McAlister)
59:14||Season 4, Ep. 37Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: @jodimccalisterAn Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane Marry Me Juliet series, Jodi McAlisterThe Love Contract, Steph Vizard The Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas The Hating Game, Sally Thorne The Paradise Problem, Roomies, Christina Lauren My Big Fat Fake Marriage, Charlotte Stein Seven Brides for Beau McBride, Amy Barry Tempest, Beverly Jenkins The Convenient Marriage, Georgette Heyer When a Scot Ties the Knot, Tessa DareFirst Comes Marriage, Mary Balogh To Seduce a Sinner, Elizabeth Hoyt The Geographer’s Map to Romance, India HoltonIn The Long Run, Emma Mugglestone Mother Tongue, Naima BrownRecorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod36. Author special: Mhairi McFarlane
55:10||Season 4, Ep. 36Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/Guest: Mhairi McFarlane (Follow Mhairi on Instagram @mhairimcf)Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane (2025, HarperCollins)You Had Me At Hello, Mhairi McFarlane (2012, HarperCollins)Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld (2023, Penguin)I Never Met You, Mhairi McFarlane (2019, HarperCollins)Slow Horses (2022-24, Apple TV+)Lucy Prebble on Culture Amp podcastHow To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003, Stan)Spy (2015, Netflix)Here’s Looking At You, Mhairi McFarlane (2013, HarperCollins)Out Of Sight (1998, Binge)The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (2016, Hachette)Last Night, Mhairi McFarlane (2021, HarperCollins)Mad About You, Mhairi McFarlane (2022, HarperCollins)Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane (2016, HarperCollins)You Belong With Me, Mhairi McFarlane (2024, HarperCollins)Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod