S6 Debut Spotlight- 4. Emma Cowing (Scotland, Powerful Women & Life at The Circus)

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A Pair of Bookends

Hannah MacDonald

166 episodes

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A weekly bookish podcast hosted by Hannah MacDonald. Join us for monthly Book Club episodes - read the book at your own pace and then listen to us deep dive with the author! Our Debut Spotlight series is to put the freshest authors and their work firmly on your radar and in our new series we bring you a monthly culture round up of all the recommendations we've collected over the previous month of consuming. Follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Twitter and TIk Tok.

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S6 Debut Spotlight- 4. Emma Cowing (Scotland, Powerful Women & Life at The Circus)

A Pair of Bookends

44 minutes

2 months ago

S6 Debut Spotlight- 4. Emma Cowing (Scotland, Powerful Women & Life at The Circus)

For today's episode Hannah was joined by journalist & debut author Emma Cowing to discuss her dazzling novel The Show Woman. (You don't need to have read the book to enjoy the ep but do grab yourselves a copy!) On this ep they discuss the family history that inspired this book, what life would have been like for women & Queer communities during the Edwardian Era, the beauty of Scotland & loads more!
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Books & other mentions in this episode:
The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Pre-order Emma's second novel The Pleasure Palace (out 2026)
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (BBC Iplayer)

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