Amy &

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  • Summary

  • 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
  • Fantasy Smut and Guys with Big Wingspans

    Fantasy Smut and Guys with Big Wingspans
    May 1 2025

    It’s officially smut month! Amy and series regulars Millie Heffernan and Abby Guy are joined by our special guestie Izzie Duffield (who also writes as Elizabeth Stevens as well as many other names). Come with us as we dive into fantasy smut! What is smut in romance and what happens when you add guys with huge wingspans into the mix?

    Find Izzie’s work here.

    Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single “Same Old” here.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    51 mins
  • BOOKCLUB: Side Chick Nation by Aya de Léon

    BOOKCLUB: Side Chick Nation by Aya de Léon
    Apr 25 2025

    Amy & the podcast team sit down to discuss Aya de Léon's romantic suspense novel, Side Chick Nation, as part of our Climate Fiction month!

    Aya de León is an acclaimed writer of poetry, prose, stage, and screen. She teaches creative writing at UC Berkeley and is the 'acquiring editor for a new climate justice fiction imprint Fighting Chance Books, which will publish stories of people taking collective action in the here and now to solve the climate crisis' (ayadeleon.com).

    LINKS

    • Find Aya de Léon here: ayadeleon.com
    • 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
    • Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr
  • Salvage and the Ethics of Space Billionaires: Interview with Jennifer Mills

    Salvage and the Ethics of Space Billionaires: Interview with Jennifer Mills
    Apr 16 2025

    Amy & Justina chat with Jennifer Mills, a celebrated writer of climate fiction and dystopian novels and author of The Airways (2021), Dyschronia (2018) and Gone (2011). Her latest book, Salvage, is out on May 27. Join us as we chat about ambiguous utopias, the ethics (or lack thereof) of space billionaires, and the responsibility we have to each other and the world in the face of climate emergency.

    Pre-order Salvage here.

    Find more of Jennifer's work here.

    For a chance to win Side Chick Nation by Aya de León (our book of the month!) or Overstory by Richard Powers click here!

    Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    49 mins

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