We had an amazing time on the day and onset - thanks so much to Story Vault Films for all the organisation and looking after us so well, and a HUGE thank you to the wonderful hosts Andi Oliver, Elizabeth Day, and Simon Savidge for letting us be on the show with you and share our love of reading it was wonderful to meet you and a special shout-out to Elizabeth for recommending us for this amazing opportunity!

It was such a pleasure to be able to discuss two wonderful novels with their respective authors! We are so grateful to Nick Hornby and Abi Dare for letting us pick apart your stories and for answering all our questions on live TV!

What we’re reading on The Guardian - January 2023

The CAPITAL XTRA BOOK CLUB New Years Special with DJ Leah Davis - Dec 2022

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“The Everyone Club” - Article about The Candid Book Club by Kasim Ali for The Bookseller (July 2022)

“I’ve described this event as the best I’ve been invited to, and I mean that as no exaggeration. I cannot describe the feeling of watching people discuss my characters as if they were real people, who saw them the way I do. It felt euphoric. I kept turning to my friends, who had come with me, with shock on my face, laughing as my characters’ actions and motivations were questioned, put on court as if they really existed.”

Interview with Rachida Benamar of Rama Publishing (July 2022)

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Elizabeth Day

Beautiful World, Where Are You X The Candid Book Club

Thank you to Faber books for inviting us to discuss Sally Rooney's brand new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You in our first in-real-life book club (since 2020) at the BWWAY Shoreditch pop-up, hosted by Faber and Waterstones. Thank you to all who came down to discuss #BWWAY in true Candid Book Club style - it was so great to discuss our candid thoughts on the book!

The Bookseller - 2022 Headline Modern Stories Initiative

We are currently on the 2022 judging panel for the Headline Modern Stories Initiative.

Read The Bookseller article here!

Reading Groups for Everyone by The Reading Agency September 2021

We were selected by The Reading Agency to take part in the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction reading group shadowing. We all read and thoroughly enjoyed Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller.

Take a look at what we thought here!

My Life in Books: Bella Mackie for SheerLuxe Magazine July 2021

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Ineffable Art & Culture Magazine, N°15 (pages 36 - 38) - External Link

Clean Prose

Bibliofeed

Atlantic Books

The Today Show Book Club

Kate Elizabeth Russell

Faber Books

We Are Reposed

Craftivist Collective

The Guardian- External Link

Stay-At-Home! Literary Festival 09.05.2021
Watch us as we interviewed the wonderful Aliya Ali-Afzal as part of the Stay-At- Home! Literary Festival. We discussed her publication journey and a spoiler-free discussion of her debut novel, Would I Lie to You? Watch the episode here!

Mashable- External Link

Fem Zine

Bluebird Books - Brown Baby by Nikesh Shukla

Alya Mooro

Elif Shafak

Hayat Askar blog- External Link

Atlantic Books

The Moth

The Greater Conversation Newsletter - External Link

International Women’s Day 2021 - TCBC X Vintage Books Instagram Takeover

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