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S4E6 December book club: Alone With You in the Ether (S4E6)
Two people meet in the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a…
S4E5 October book club: Freshwater (S4E5)
Our latest book club discussion is about Freshwater, a semi-autobiographical novel by Nigerian writer, Akwaeke Emezi. We talk about multiplicity and the character's experience with alters, and the…
Jodi McAlister on An Academic Affair | Author Interview
Romance author and academic Dr Jodi McAlister shares her insights on her latest release, an Academic Affair. Meet academic rivals Sadie and Jonah; when a position comes up that Sadie and Jonah are…
S4E4 July Book Club: I Want to Die, But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (S4E4)
Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful…
Neal Shusterman explores All Better Now and a virus of happiness | Author interview
We sit down with Neal Shusterman to discuss his latest Young Adult novel, All Better Now, which speculates on what could happen if there was another pandemic, but this time, of a virus that brings…
Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist talk The Glass House
Join us for a fascinating interview with Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion, authors of the Menzies Mental Health series – i.e. The Glass House and The Oasis. We have a lot to talk about including the…
S4E3 May book club: Get a Life, Chloe Brown (S4E3)
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with six directives to help her “Get a Life".Our May book club…
S4E1 March Book Club: Hospital (S4E2)
A daring literary account of a young woman’s experience of psychosis by Bengali-Australian writer Sanya Rushdi.This March, our book club discussion features Hospital, which explores the experience of…
Tara Calaby on spiritualism, representation, and grief l Author interview
Tara Calaby joins us on today's episode to discuss her latest novel, The Spirit Circle: a speculative historical fiction on the intersection of spiritualism and grief. The novel features women who…
Growing out of Y.A. Fiction
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…
S4E1 Book club: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (4.1)
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,…
We're diversifying your bookshelf in our 2025 book club
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…
50th episode spectacular
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…
Danielle Binks on writing middle grade, school refusal, and the power of sad stories | Author interview
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…
Nina Kenwood on life stability, 30s anxieties, and wedding drama | Author interview
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…
Emma Lord talks grief, trauma, and the apocalypse l Author interview
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…
Alice Robinson: grief, parenting and an uncertain future | Author interview
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…
Ariane Beeston explores mental illness and motherhood | Author interview
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…
Interview with Sarah Sasson
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…
Interview with Sara Shepard
Nobody said fifth grade was going to be easy, and Penny Lowry has a million questions going through her mind all the time. The Penny Draws series by Sara Shepard follows Penny as she navigates…
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Novel Feelings has published 64 episodes since November 2020, covering topics in Arts, Books.
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