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Writers, hopeless romantics and best friends Rebecca Baird and Emily Fletcher attempt to legitimise their English Lit degrees by talking a lot about stories. We’ll talk books, films, and music, share our own writing journeys and delight listeners far and wide with our adorable friendship. When it comes to good stories, we’re obsessive, we’re effusive, we’re analytical... well we’re just completely Infatuated.
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Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
It's CHRISTMAAAAS! This week, we're bringing you a bonus episode and recounting our favourite reads, listens and watches of the past year. We read out some long passages (even by our standards), discuss our favourite authors that we discovered this year, and share our top artists and songs that we listened to. We also exchange our Christmas presents!
Our infatuations:
The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow
City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert
Villains - V.E. Schwab
Circe - Madeline Miller
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Ophelia Girls - Jane Healey
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Little - Edward Carey
When Facing the Things We Turn Away From - Luke Hemmings
Trying Season 2 Soundtrack - Maisie Peters
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Maid
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
It's the Season 3 finale! This week, Emily tells us about wintery tale Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, while Rebecca shares the glamorous City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. We share our favourite moments of the past season, discuss some literary pilgrimages we'd like to make , and we talk about fairy tales we've loved since childhood. Rebecca also reads a Greek mythology-inspired poem!
Our Christmas Special will be out on the 24th December, and Season 4 will begin on the 4th March 2022!
Our infatuations:
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert
Off My Mind - joe p
The Tiny Men in the Horse's Mouth - Matthew Olzmann
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
This week, Emily tells us about time-bending Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey, while Rebecca shares the weird and whimsical Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. We discuss handwriting, think about which ice cream flavour we'd be, and we get interrupted by fireworks for the last twenty minutes. Emily also sets Rebecca a quiz on Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter Chronicles books!
Our infatuations:
Meet Me in Another Life - Catriona Silvey
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Squid Game
Silk Chiffon (ft. Phoebe Bridgers) - MUNA
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
This week, we're joined by friend of the show Rhiannon Lindsay-Andrews, who tells us about Pretending by Holly Bourne. We share which actors we'd love to see in book to film adaptations, discuss the difference between internal and external stakes when writing character, and we go down a Google rabbit hole of celebrity names. Rebecca also tells us the wild story behind a new favourite album!
Find Rhiannon here:
Rhiannon's Instagram - https://instagram.com/rhiannoncla
Our infatuations:
Pretending - Holly Bourne
Artificial Intelligence - Tom Cardy
Pink Slips - Jenna Doe
22 Break - Oh Wonder
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
This week, Emily tells us about a Female Gothic retelling of Peter Pan in Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise, while Rebecca talks about another Female Gothic tale The Heart is a Burial Ground by Tamara Colchester. We explore dark academia as it relates to friendship, discuss which Greek god we'd like to have dinner with, and we learn some turns of phrase that Chaucer coined. Emily also returns to Erin Morgenstern's flax-golden tales to read out one inspired by a nursery rhyme!
Our infatuations:
Wendy, Darling - A. C. Wise
The Heart is a Burial Ground - Tamara Colchester
The Friendship of Young Poets
A Fever Called Living - 1990nowhere
The Chair
Erin Morgenstern's flax-golden tales - https://erinmorgenstern.com/writing/flax-golden/
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
This week, we're talking about our five favourite films. We break down our most-watched movies, discuss the filmic techniques that stole our hearts, and share lots of our favourite lines and moments. We also manage to list off twenty honourable mentions each!
Our infatuations:
Donnie Darko
La La Land
Corpse Bride
Little Women
Baby Driver
The Lion King
About Time
Easy A
Scream
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
This week, Emily tells us about heart-breaking A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, while Rebecca talks about a dark and light academia story in The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey. We discuss when we started calling ourselves writers, learn the meanings of flowers, and we share some awful literary pick-up lines. Rebecca also reads out a poem which embodies the Infatuated energy!
Our infatuations:
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
The Ophelia Girls - Jane Healey
Parenting Hell - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rob-beckett-and-josh-widdicombes-parenting-hell/id1510251497
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey
When I Say That We Are All Teen Girls (Olivia Gatwood) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHaCKwYCFZs&ab_channel=ButtonPoetry
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
It's Halloween! Almost! This week, Emily tells us about Red Riding Hood inspired tale For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten, while Rebecca shares a novel based around the weird and wonderful life of Madame Tussaud, Little by Edward Carey. We talk about our favourites this Halloween season, discuss the origins of the phrase 'spooky season', and we share some snippets of our own writing. Emily also reads a few of her favourite creepy flax-golden tales!
Our infatuations:
For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten
Little - Edward Carey
Rebecca's articles -
Siren Song - Margaret Atwood
Practical Magic
Erin Morgenstern's flax-golden tales - https://erinmorgenstern.com/category/flax-golden/
Em's Halloween playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6aQVmZciT95ZQUamC2g4qq?si=22635960745a4bda
Em's Autumn Magic playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4aXSHATRRhWJlbfpc1pYc6?si=e70f547c9f1f421b
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Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
This week, we have a special episode for you! Well, for us, really. We're returning to The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern for a SPOILER FILLED chat about Emily's favourite book, now that Rebecca has read it too. We talk about our favourite characters, point out lots of foreshadowing details, and we discuss time and fate and free will. Rebecca also quizzes us to find out whether we'd be an Acolyte, Keeper or Guardian!
Our infatuations:
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Penguin's The Starless Sea Quiz - https://www.penguin.com.au/activities/2410-the-starless-sea-quiz
Emily's The Starless Sea playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3aYF6lEHfstFZ9jAKh41ce?si=84f6b43de48b4ac7
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
This week, Emily tells us about The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex, inspired by a real mystery, while Rebecca talks about musically influenced High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. We talk about the importance of world building, discuss which Scooby Doo character we'd be, and hear a wonderfully Scottish poem. Emily also tells us about some space-inspired songs!
Our infatuations:
The Lamplighters - Emma Stonex
This Paranormal Life 'The Vanishing: The True Mystery Disappearance at Eilean Mor' - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/157-the-vanishing-the-true-mystery-disappearance/id1236963001?i=1000469385386
And That's Why We Drink 'Little Pilgrims and Astrological Issues' - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e81-little-pilgrims-and-astrological-issues/id1204570053?i=1000418091722
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
31 Songs - Nick Hornby
Sex Tape - Hippo Campus
Scotland, You're No Mine - Hannah Lavery
Jupiter - Sleeping at Last
Saturn - Sleeping at Last
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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