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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 Mar 18, 2022
Scratch Cradle and Gumball Machines
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about queer historical fantasy A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, while Rebecca shares fictional oral history The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton. We talk about the people who inspired us to write, share the meanings of some gemstones, and Emily has a giggle-induced breakdown!
Thank you to Black Crow and Tor for gifting a copy of A Marvellous Light to Emily.
Our infatuations:
A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton
Mr. Kate - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVPcEbVLQgLZX0Rt6jo34A
Northsiders - Christian Lee Hutson
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Mar 11, 2022
Tiny Suns and Eating Light
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about stories in The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, while Rebecca shares another story about stories with Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. We discuss if English was our favourite subject at school, discover the origins of the name January, and we talk about one of our favourite geeky literary words!
Our infatuations:
The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow
Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr
Romeo & Juliet - Peter McPoland
Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Mar 04, 2022
Bisexual Sprayed Edges and Boy Dragons
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
It's the first episode of Season Four! This week, we're catching you up on all our favourites from the season break. We talk about some music we've been listening to on repeat, the TV shows we got hooked on, and those other random things we've been enjoying since December!
Our infatuations:
Lore Olympus Volume One - Rachel Smythe
Read Lore Olympus online - https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320
The Witcher Season 2
ExtraOrdinary - V.E. Schwab
Spirited Away
This is Going to Hurt (tv series)
Alternate Sources of Fuel - Matthew Olzmann
Breath of the Wild
Schitt's Creek
Sacred Spaces - SYML
Unreleased songs of Maisie Peters - https://www.instagram.com/maisiehpeters/
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Dec 24, 2021
Christmas Special: Queen Mab and Moon Doors
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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Rebecca's Instagram - https://instagram.com/grammour.puss
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Friday Dec 10, 2021
Sleigh Bells and Negligees
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
A Clock Tower and Crickets
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
Dairy Milk and David Tennant with Rhiannon Lindsay-Andrews
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
No Shadow and Black Water
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
5 Favourite Films: Cellar Doors and Observatory Dances
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
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
Butterflied Chicken and Motionless Images
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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