A Little Bit Booked

Paranormal romance writer Colette Rhodes is prolific and passionate about the value of romance (and happy endings). And she’s bringing that enthusiasm to live at her dedicated romance bookshop, The Ink Pot, in central Dunedin.

Books mentioned in this episode:
- The North Wind, Alexandria Warwick (Simon & Schuster)
- Shield of Sparrows / Rites of the Starling, Devney Perry (Entangled Publishing)
- Dreaming of You, Lisa Kleypas
- The Unlovely Bride, Alice Coldbreath (Drollery Ltd)
- Bride, Ali Hazelwood (Berkeley)
- Lux Series, Jennifer Armentrout

Find more about Colette at https://www.coletterhodes.com/.
Get involved with The Ink Pot at https://theinkpot.co.nz/ or @theinkpot_nz.

Also apologies I misspoke the URL for Litsy., it’s actually lit-sy.com.

Josie Shapiro discusses the perils of success, what we owe our friends and the pursuit of perfection in her novels, “Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts” and “Good Things Come and Go.”

Books mentioned in this episode:
- On the Calculation of Volume, Solvej Balle (Faber)
- The Last Living Cannibal, Airana Ngarewa (Moa Press)
- Wonderland, Tracy Farr (The Cuba Press)
- 1985, Dominic Hoey (Penguin)
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (Penguin)
- Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace (Little)
- Double Fault, Lionel Shriver (HarperCollins)
- Why Cats Paint, Burton Silver (Ten Speed Press)

Josie’s books are:
- Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts (Allen & Unwin NZ)
- Good Things Come and Go (Allen & Unwin NZ)

Poet and writer Kate Camp took the brave step of publishing her teenage diary from 1986 in full as a memoir, Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary. She joins me to talk feminism, the diary as postmodernism expression and the fallibility of memory.

Books mentioned in this episode:
- Lyrical Ballads, Bill Manhire (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
- What to Wear, Jenny Bornholdt (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
- Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves, Sophie Gilbert (John Murray)
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- How to End a Story, Helen Garner (Orion Publishing Co)

Kate’s books mentioned in this episode:
- The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls (Victoria University Press)
- You Probably Think This Song is About You (Te Herenga Waka University Press)

Author and restaurateur Erin Palmisano joins A Little Bit Booked to talk about her newest novel, “The Secrets of the Lost Vineyard,” and the food, friendship, and family that underpins her writing.

Books mentioned in this episode:
- People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry (Penguin)
- Foster, Claire Keegan (Faber)
- Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan (Faber)

Erin’s books are:
- The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna (Moa Press)
- The Secrets of Maiden’s Cove (Moa Press)
- The Secrets of the Lost Vineyard (Moa Press)

Historian and writer Karen Stade joins A Little Bit Booked to talk about her career from journalist to historian, the importance of regional social history and the questions everyone should ask their grandparents for posterity.

Books mentioned in this episode:
- The Private Life of Helen of Troy, John Erskine
- Finding Private Webber, Angela Fitchett (Writes Hill Press)
- No, I Don't Get Danger Money: Confessions of an Accidental War Correspondent, Lisette Reymer (Allen & Unwin NZ)
- John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, Ian Leslie (Faber & Faber)
- Everything But the Medicine: A Doctor’s Tale, Lucy O’Hagan (Massey University Press)

Karen’s books mentioned in this episode are:
- Aim High – Nelson Central School 125
- Pasta, Prayer & Promise (co-written with Karen Price)
- The Suttons of Richmond: Farming, Family, Faith
- Appo Hocton
- Driven by the Wind: The Memoir of Captain Henry Rose
- The Nelson Club: 1874-2024

Learn more about Karen, her books and commissioning your own family or business history at www.historinz.co.nz