For this episode we try something a bit different! While discussing the book Ultramarine with its author, Mariette Navarro and its English translator, Cory Stockwell you get to hear some live translation! Mariette discusses the inspiration behind the novel, how different it was to write it compared to the usual work she does in theatre, and how it feels to see her work translated into several languages. Cory tells us about his route into translating, the difficulties of translating English to French, and the unusual circumstances around how he came to translate the book.

Books mentioned in the episode:
Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro (tr. Cory Stockwell)
The Defiant: A History of Football against Fascism by Chris Lee
Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones
The Roaring Red Front: The World's Top Left-Wing Football Clubs by Stewart McGill & Vincent Raison
Shy by Max Porter
1312: Among the Ultras by James Montague
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Tonight It's a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics by Bill Peel
Assembly by Natasha Brown

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

For this episode I'm joined by the author Deborah McFadyen to discuss her book Ren. We also talk about writing believable dialogue, writing in Scots, Glasgow as a literary city and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:

Severance by Ling Ma
The Hole by José Revueltas, translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Sophie Hughes
Dear Neighbour by Jane Claire Bradley
Metabolize, If Able by Clay AD
This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
Bless The Daughter Raised By The Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
Calatrava by Philip Jodido
Apastoral: A Mistopia by Lee D. Thompson
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
The Harrowing Ogf Hell by Evan Dahl
The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips
Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Candide by Voltaire
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Northern Lights by Philip Pulman
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Books of Blood by Clive Barker

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/

I'm joined for this episode by Chris Lee, author of The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism, as well as the man behind the podcast and website Outside Write (https://outsidewrite.co.uk/) We talk about the relationship between football and politics, the growth of left-wing fanbases, his favourite football books and more!

The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee

Severance by Ling Ma

Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro, translated by Cory Stockwell 

Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World by Chris Lee

In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin

Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper

How Football Explains the World by Franklin Foer

Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics by Gabriel Kuhn

The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football by David Goldblatt

Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team by Robbie Dunne

Calcio: A History of Italian Football by John Foot

Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones

1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey with the World’s Most Extreme Fans by James Montague

Erbstein: The Triumph and Tragedy of Football's Forgotten Pioneer by Dominic Bliss

A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley

A Season With Verona by Tim Parks

The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss

Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football by Phil Ball 

Tor! The Story of German Football by Uli Hesse

Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina by Jonathan Wilson

Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga by Ronald Reng

Scheisse! We’re Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin’s Rebel Football Club by Kit Holden

Ren by Deborah McFadyen

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

Literature podcast collab episode! I'm joined for this episode by Ben from the Beyond The Zero podcast (@beyondzeropod) to discuss Australian Literature. We talk about his favourite Aussie authors, the state of the Aussie book market, which is the capital of Oz literature and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:

Raven Smith’s Men by Raven Smith
Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
The Death of Artemio Cruz, translated by Alfred MacAdam
Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison
Man-eating Typewriter by Richard Milward
The Garden of Seven Twilights by Miquel de Palol, translated by Adrian Nathan West
The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Muddle-Headed Wombat by Ruth Park
Harp in the South by Ruth Park
The Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Young Desire It by Kenneth Mackenzie
Water Under the Bridge by Sumner Locke Elliott
Fairyland by Sumner Locke Elliott
The Girl Green as Elderflower by Randolph Stow
To the Islands by Randolph Stow
The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow
Visitants by Randolph Stow
N by John A. Scott
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw
Out of the Line of Fire by Mark Henshaw
Waypoints by Adam Ouston
Grimmish by Michael Winkler
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe
Any Day You Can Die by Thommy Waite
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Carauna: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

Back with another episode after another unexpected break! In this one I talk to Rick Harsch, author of The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas and the man behind Corona/Samizdat Press. We discuss the problem of the every growing TBR, how Rick wrote Eddie Vegas, how he decides what to publish and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:
The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch
Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe
The Prague Orgy by Philip Roth
El Llano in Flame by Juan Rulfo, translated by Stephen Beechinor
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee
Ren by Debroah McFadyen
Omon Raby Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew Bromfield
Send Nudes by Saba Sams
They by Kay Dick
The Man Whose Wife Was The Moon by Mike Russell
America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic by Phillip Freedenberg, illustrated by Jeff Walton
Apastoral, A Mistopia by Lee D. Thompson
A Bended Circuityby Robert S. Stickley
Abel and Cain by Gregor von Rezzori
The Revenant by Michael Punke
The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie
Anatomy of a War by Gabriel Kolko
Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu by Bernard B. Fall
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Journey to the End of the Night by  Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Cynicism Management by Bori Praper
Pendulum Pet by Bori Praper
Verbatim by Jeff Bursey
Unidentified Man at Left of Photo by Jeff Bursey
Orbo and the Godhead by Luke Devlin
Anotomia del Abismo by Roberto Segrov
Bedraggling Grandma with Russia Snow by Joãs Reis
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñero, translated by Francis Riddle
The Seven Madmen, The Flamethrowers by Roberto Arlt
The Appearance of Death to a Hindu Woman by Rick Harsch
The Periplus of Spur Tank Road by Rick Harsch
The Assassination of Olof Palme, A People’s Novel by Rick Harsch
A Brief Life by Juan Carlos Onetti
Schlock: Featuring Russia Cop by David R. Low
This Is Not Who I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily Bootle
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter
Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Philip Roth: New Perspectives on an American Author, edited by Derek Parker Royal
Our Share Of night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

After another unexpected break, Chatting Lit is back! In this episode, I speak to Palmer Smith about her book The Butterfly Bruises, a collection of poems and short stories, available to buy directly from the publisher here: https://pressdionysus.com/product/palmer-smith-the-butterfly-bruises/

Palmer and I discuss the relationship between her short stories and poems, Southern Gothic literature, her relationship to the two main settings of her work (NYC and the American South) and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch

This Is Not Who I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily Bootle

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

Schlock: Featuring Russia Cop by David R. Low

Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work and What We Can Do About It by David Graeber

Homesickness by Colin Barrett

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

El Llano in Flames by Juan Rulfo

Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

Eat Pray Love: One Women’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Glibert

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Interview with the Vampire by Ann Rice

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

For this episode I'm joined by the musician, writer and visual artist Jarboe (https://www.thelivingjarboe.com/) to discuss her process of writing lyrics and prose, the vinyl reissue of her album Sacrificial Cake, the relationship between her different artforms and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:
The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
The Gallow’s Pole by Ben Myers
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
Mercia’s Take by Daniel Wiles
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez (translated by Megan McDowell)
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez (translated by Megan McDowell)
Lanny by Max Porter
The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
This Is Not Why I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily Bootle
Flower Factory by Richard Foster
The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary
Remembrance of Things Past/In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The Feast to Forget Time by Jarboe

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

I'm back! After a longer than planned 'season break' I'm here to discuss the work of Sally Rooney with Natalie Beech, co-founder of the Feminist Fiction (@feminist.finction) book club and co-host of the podcast of the same name! We discuss the recurrent themes in Rooney's work, what we like/dislike about it, if she is the 'voice of millennial women' and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:
Fup by Jim Dodge
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
What a Shame by Abigail Bergstrom
Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)
Fix The System, Not The Women by Laura Bates
The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Mr Salary by Sally Rooney
Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Acts of Desperation by Meg Nolan
Luster by Raven Leilani
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagahara
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart

Chatting Lit artwork and logo design by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/