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10. Thank You For Listening
27:16In the final episode of the first season of the Hot Key Podcast Isobel Taylor looks ahead to 2021 with clips from A Throne of Swans and The Twisted Tree ahead of their sequels which are publishing in January. Hot Key Ambassador Olivia Gacka (That Fiction Life) will also be looking at the representation of female characters in fantasy.
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9. Telling Stories of Cruel Princes
54:32This month Isobel Taylor introduces you to our Hot Key Ambassadors, our Ambassadors run a Cruel Prince Book Club Chat, and our audiobook is the inimitable How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black.8. A Twisted Kind of Poison
37:48Jennifer Donnelly - author of Poisoned, Stepsister, and These Shallow Graves - in conversation with our amazing Hot Key Ambassador Erika (AndOnSheReads). Plus a spooky Halloween extract from The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge, narrated by Kate Okello.7. Coming Out, Blowing Up and Ugly Stepsisters
40:54Patrice Caldwell, editor of A Phoenix First Must Burn, in conversation with Arvin Ahmadi about his newest novel, How It All Blew Up. Plus an audiobook extract from Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly, whose newest novel Poisoned will be out in October.6. Literary Festivals, Book Designs and Raybearer
44:48This month we have some amazing behind the scenes peeks into the publishing industry and also into literary festivals as Kate Manning speaks to Liz Vater the founder and director of the Stoke Newington Literary Festival. Sophie McDonnell takes us behind the scenes in the book design department. And finally we are sharing with you the first chapter of Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko narrated by the wonderful Weruche Opia from I May Destroy You.5. Fantasy, Fairytales and Elfhame
01:00:34This July's podcast is all about fantasy! Authors Intisar Khanani, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, and Alexandra Christo join us for a panel on adapting fairytales for YA books, Carla Hutchinson gives us some insight into working in Editorial and some of the things she's excited for this year, and fantasy legend Garth Nix speaks to us about The Old Kingdom series and the new editions. The audiobook extract this month is from The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black.4. Change, Poetry and Looking Outside the Box
44:45Rutendo Tavengerwei speaks about the inspiration behind The Colours That Blind, bestselling author E. Lockhart talks to us about her newest novel Again Again, Marina Stavropoulou joins us for a day in the life in Audio Books, and Elizabeth Acevedo speaks to us about her newest novel Clap When You Land and how she decides if a novel should be told in verse. The audiobook extract this month is from Midnight's Twins by Holly Race.