Novel Feelings

Feb 02 2025 54 ep. 46 mins 2
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Two psychologists take a deep dive into your favourite books.

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Growing out of Y.A. Fiction

Feb 02 2025 25 mins  
This week, we get on the mic to discuss an unexpected identity crisis: we seem to be growing out of Young Adult (YA) fiction. We try to define what exactly YA is (a tough job!) and what we still love about books in this category, as well as grapple with why we no longer gravitate towards this area in the bookshop. And oh, we took a slight detour into discussing Middle Grade (MG) bo

Book club: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (4.1)

Jan 12 2025 63 mins  
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. Join Priscilla and Elise for a book club discussion on Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow's complex characterisation and video game nostal

We're diversifying your bookshelf in our 2025 book club

Jan 10 2025 21 mins  
You are invited to join Novel Feelings' 2025 Book Club (a.k.a. season 4!) in collaboration with Amplify Bookstore. Tune in to learn about how the book club will work, to hear about our book club choices, and for a special interview with Marina from Amplify about their mission and history. Amplify is a bookstore dedicated to books by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People

50th episode spectacular

Nov 04 2024 21 mins  
This week, we're celebrating our 50th podcast episode! Join us for a retrospective into the inception of Novel Feelings, as we celebrate what we've achieved in four years, highlight some of our favourite memories, and revisit some of our best (and worst) books we've covered on the podcast. Plus, you're invited to join our new Facebook community - where we'll be posting announcement

Danielle Binks on writing middle grade, school refusal, and the power of sad stories | Author interview

Oct 21 2024 53 mins  
We were thrilled to sit down with Danielle Binks to talk all about her latest novel, Six Summers of Tash and Leopold: a big, hopeful, coming-of-age middle-grade book that features complicated families and life-changing summers. The novel follows the titular characters as they deal with difficult life transitions and school can't (a.k.a. school refusal). Danielle chats about the the

Nina Kenwood on life stability, 30s anxieties, and wedding drama | Author interview

Sep 06 2024 41 mins  
In this interview, we welcome author Nina Kenwood back to the show, where we will be discussing her new book - and her first book for adults - The Wedding Forecast. Topics include starting over after a long-term relationship, anxieties around parenthood and aging, and stability versus taking a leap. Content notes for the episode: anxiety and overthinking; situationships; grief ove

Emma Lord talks grief, trauma, and the apocalypse l Author interview

Aug 26 2024 33 mins  
Priscilla and Elise sit down with Emma Lord to discuss her debut novel, Anomaly. The novel follows teenager Piper Manning, who wakes up after an apocalyptic pandemic alone - and with an uncontrollable power. We talk about the depiction of grief and PTSD, Piper's isolating experience in the aftermath of a pandemic, Anomaly's cast of lovable characters, and monsters that get inside y

Alice Robinson: grief, parenting and an uncertain future | Author interview

Aug 05 2024 54 mins  
Author Alice Robinson joins Elise and Priscilla for an insightful interview about her new release, If You Go. The novel follows protagonist Esther, who must piece together a timeline between her past and the highly confusing present. We chat about a non-linear experience of grief, the relationship between feminism and motherhood, and speculate about the future. Find Novel Feelings

Ariane Beeston explores mental illness and motherhood | Author interview

May 27 2024 48 mins  
Elise and Priscilla chat to author Ariane Beeston on her memoir, Because I'm Not Myself, You See, which traces her experience with motherhood and mental illness. Discussion topics include perinatal and postnatal depression and anxiety, postpartum psychosis, inpatient treatment, and stigma. Find Novel Feelings via: * Our website [https://novelfeelings.com/] * Instagram [https://

Interview with Sarah Sasson

Feb 21 2024 47 mins  
In this episode, Priscilla interviews clinician-author Dr Sarah Sasson about the newly released Tidelines, a tender coming-of-age novel about growing up in the face of unimaginable loss. Tidelines examines the stories we subconsciously write for ourselves, and what remains later, when we have the courage to tear them apart. Discussion topics include substance use, ambiguous grief a