Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer with Winnie M Li

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
18 Oca 2024 51 min
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer with Winnie M Li
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<p>This week's book guest is Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by acclaimed author and activist Winnie M Li, who's debut novel&nbsp;<em>Dark Chapter</em>&nbsp;won the<em> Guardian</em>’s book of the year, to discuss art, nuance, Red Dwarf, power, zero tolerance and feeling 'urpy'.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p><strong><em>Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss rape, abuse, antisemitism and racism.</em></strong></p><br><p>Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer is available to buy <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/monsters/claire-dederer/9781399715034" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> or on Apple Books <a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/monsters/id6444038184?itsct=books_box_link&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1&amp;at=1010l3atb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Complicit by Winnie M Li is available to buy <a href="https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/winnie-m-li/complicit/9781398705081/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> or on Apple Books <a href="https://apple.co/4aMYiut" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>You can find Winnie on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/winniemli/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: and <a href="https://twitter.com/winniemli?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>: @winniemli and her website: <a href="http://winniemli.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">winniemli.com</a></p><br><p>Ticket for the live show on Thu 25 Jan at Foyles, Tottenham Court Road are available to buy <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/events/weirdos-book-club-live-foyles-jan-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber &amp; Faber and is available to buy <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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