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58: Stay Up with Hugo Best, by Erin Somers

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On episode 58, we hear from Erin Somers, the American author of the novel Stay Up with Hugo Best. From time to time on the podcast, I interview people who are not British, for their take on UK books and culture, and it was great to chat to Erin about what differentiates British humour from American humour in particular. We talked about the American institution that is the late night show, the challenge of writing humour, the ridiculous tradition of book blurbing, and more.

Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

Stay Up with Hugo Best, by Erin Somers

Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo

Spring, by Ali Smith

Women Talking, by Miriam Toews

Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home, by Nina Stibbe

Man at the Helm, by Nina Stibbe

The Lido/Mornings with Rosemary, by Libby Page

People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain, by Libby Page

What Would the Spice Girls Do?, by Lauren Bravo

How To Break Up With Fast Fashion: A guilt-free guide to changing the way you shop - for good, by Lauren Bravo.

People Like Us, by Hashi Mohamed

Miss Austen, by Gill Hornby

Harry Potter Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book, by Tanis Grey

Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe

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Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.

Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.

Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations.

Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it.

Sign up to Claire’s newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts.

For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog.

Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com

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83 episodes

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Content provided by Claire Handscombe. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Claire Handscombe or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

On episode 58, we hear from Erin Somers, the American author of the novel Stay Up with Hugo Best. From time to time on the podcast, I interview people who are not British, for their take on UK books and culture, and it was great to chat to Erin about what differentiates British humour from American humour in particular. We talked about the American institution that is the late night show, the challenge of writing humour, the ridiculous tradition of book blurbing, and more.

Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

Stay Up with Hugo Best, by Erin Somers

Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo

Spring, by Ali Smith

Women Talking, by Miriam Toews

Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home, by Nina Stibbe

Man at the Helm, by Nina Stibbe

The Lido/Mornings with Rosemary, by Libby Page

People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain, by Libby Page

What Would the Spice Girls Do?, by Lauren Bravo

How To Break Up With Fast Fashion: A guilt-free guide to changing the way you shop - for good, by Lauren Bravo.

People Like Us, by Hashi Mohamed

Miss Austen, by Gill Hornby

Harry Potter Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book, by Tanis Grey

Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe

*****

Get 20% off a year’s digital subscription to the writing magazine Mslexia. Just click this link and use the code BRITLIT20 at the checkout!

Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.

Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.

Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations.

Buy Brit Lit Podcast merch to show your love for your podcast and help support it.

Sign up to Claire’s newsletter to get updates on her writing, as well as recommendations for books and podcasts.

For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog.

Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com

*****

The Brit Lit Podcast

Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website

Claire

Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel

Erin Somers

Twitter / Website

  continue reading

83 episodes

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