The Lit Lounge

In this episode, Ayah in year 9 is in the hotspot and enthuses about her top picks to read! Despite being a slow reader, she savours the words she comes across and discusses how much she loves seeing people like her in fiction. See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod Facebook: @thelitloungepodcast Music by Ikson: www.soundcloud.com/ikson

In this episode, we discuss our recent reads with the soothing background noise of sea gulls and trade labourers banging about to contend with. Laura enthuses about the prolific Stephen King, Beth chats about her reading gear change and Rose raves about Booktok fave Our Wives Under the Sea! See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod Facebook: @thelitloungepodcast Music by Ikson: www.soundcloud.com/ikson

In this episode, we discuss our favourite fictional couples: tragic loving-too-late in They Both Die at the End, Coriolanus Snow & Lucy Grey's dark and complex relationship in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and the eponymous romances in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Pheonix also makes an appearance with an outpouring of love for his new reads! See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod Facebook: @thelitloungepodcast Music by Ikson: www.soundcloud.com/ikson

In this episode, the OGs (Laura, Beth and Rose) reminisce over their recent trip to Hay Festival's Winter Weekend 2023 together and catch up on their latest reads outside their local independent coffee shop! See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod Facebook: @thelitloungepodcast Music by Ikson: www.soundcloud.com/ikson

In this episode, Sorcha and Rose talk about books that have given them the creeps and Harry talks about what makes him love the FNAF franchise. See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod Facebook: @thelitloungepodcast Music by Ikson: www.soundcloud.com/ikson

In this episode, Sorcha and Rose update their progress towards their yearly reading goals and Ashmi joins us to debate the merits of John Green's female protagonists. See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod Facebook: @thelitloungepodcast Music by Ikson: www.soundcloud.com/ikson

In this episode, we host a collection of guests who attended the St Cyres Open Evening. Please excuse the background rock and roll from the music department next door to our school library (and some of Rose's cringy dad jokes)! Thanks to everyone who got involved! See our books on social media! TikTok: @thelitloungepodcast Instagram: @thelitloungepodcast Twitter: @thelitloungepod

Join us for our last (and belated) episode of this season's The Lit Lounge, where we are joined once more by Sorcha to discuss the ethics of eating meat in the Ethical Carnivore, how racism can upend lives in An American Marriage, and an update on the gothic genre in Mexican Gothic. Slight Trigger warning: this episode does detail animal slaughter and hunting.

This week we were fortunate to be joined by one of our (now former) Year 11 students, Megan, who discussed important and sometimes bleak novels that made an impact. We are particularly excited as we get to talk about different reading formats this time, including a sombre play and some Manga!

Join us again as we discuss our most recent trip to Hay Festival! This week Grace joins us to tell us about her first experience of glamping at the festival of the year, and Sorcha even pops by towards the end to tell us about her celebrity encounters in and around the literary town.