
May Book Club with Agustina Bazterrica: Tender Is the Flesh Adaptation, Writing Horror & Climate Change
For our May Book Club episode Hannah was joined by author of the viral Tender Is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica to discuss her latest novel The Unworthy. They discuss why writing graphic horror scenes doesn't affect Agustina, the writers that have influenced her work & the books, TV & films she's been enjoying recently. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for more content you can find us via Patreon.
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Books & other mentions in this episode:
Sarandí by Pamela Terlizzi Prina
Even If Everything Ends by Jens Liljestrand
Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel by Truman Capote
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (FX/Disney +)
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Greek Lessons by Han Kang
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas
Funes the Memorious (Short Story) by Jorge Luis Borges
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia Federici
The Matrix (1999)
Angeles Salvador
Sinners (2025)
Oddity (2024)
BRAT: A Ghost Story by Gabriel Smith
Blackwater I: The Flood by Michael McDowell
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