Amy &

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  • Amy & is a bookish podcast with benefits. Amy Matthews is joined by series regulars Justina Ashman, Abby Guy, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan and Harry Stewart and by a cast of guesties, both special and specialer. Featuring genre deep dives, author Q&As, and a live book club with a signature cocktail/mocktail, we’re your new favourite interactive book club with an accessibly academic flair. Listen to the pod, embrace the community on socials, and tune in to the livestream for the monthly book club – whether you’re a new book lover or a seasoned bibliophile, we can’t wait to meet you!
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Episodes
  • Get in, Loser. We're Imagining a Better Future.

    Get in, Loser. We're Imagining a Better Future.
    Apr 9 2025

    Amy & Payton talk with special guesties Dr Alex Cothren and Dr Rachel Hennessy about climate-fiction writing and scholarship – but we’re fun nerds, I promise. You can find Alex’s satirical short stories in basically any literary mag you could possibly think of, and by August 2025, his debut anthology Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere will be published by Pink Shorts Press. Rachel Hennessy is an award-winning author of five novels and her most recent, City Knife, concluded her "cli-fi-ish" dystopian YA/Teen trilogy, The Burning Days. Take a deep breath and relax that heart-rate because we’re here to discuss how we might find hope and eschew defeatism in these trying times.

    Pre-order Alex's anthology here.

    Find Rachel's latest novel here.

    Ready to read some cli-fi? For a chance to win Side Chick Nation by Aya de León or Overstory by Richard Powers click here!

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    50 mins
  • Intro to Climate Fiction & Pining for a Better World

    Intro to Climate Fiction & Pining for a Better World
    Apr 2 2025

    Amy & season regulars, Payton and Millie, are joined by special guestie Melanie Ross to talk climate fiction. Listen in as we talk climate disasters, the subtlety of cli-fi, and the potential of a forest's imagination.

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    41 mins
  • BOOKCLUB: Pride and Prejudice

    BOOKCLUB: Pride and Prejudice
    Mar 28 2025

    Amy & the podcast team sit down for our very first live bookclub where we chat, with earl grey cocktails (and tea) in hand, about all things Pride and Prejudice.

    From Mr. Darcy's exorbitant Pemberley and the reality of where this generational wealth comes from, the misjudgement of Lydia Bennet, and what Mr. Collins' hinge profile would look like, no topic of conversation is off limits.

    LINKS

    • Watch the Live Bookclub on YouTube: @AmyAndPodcast
    • Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandpodcast
    • Join the Amy & Bookclub: Amy & Bookclub
    • Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor
    • Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthor

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    57 mins

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