Junk with Alice Slater

About this episode

Anna James interviews Alice Slater about her books and the themes in Melvin Burgess' novel Junk.

My guest this week is Alice Slater, former bookseller, and author of Death of a Bookseller and Let the Bad Times Roll, which is out now in paperback. Alice chose Melvin Burgess’ seminal 1996 YA novel, Junk. We talk about looking at older books through a modern lens, unlikeable characters and second album syndrome as novelists.  You can find Alice’s and my own books on my Bookshop page:  https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anna James

Guest: Alice Slater

Topics covered

• YA literature
• book analysis
• character development
• modern perspectives
• author insights

Keywords

• Alice Slater
• Junk
• Death of a Bookseller
• Let the Bad Times Roll
• YA novels
• character analysis
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Death of a Bookseller, Let the Bad Times Roll, Junk

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