Episode 105: The Glutton | Days of Innocence and Wonder

Ah, dear listeners. Due to the increasingly difficult demands of their increasingly busy lives, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond regretfully announce that this will be the final episode of The Writer and the Critic. Forever. Probably. Definitely, yes definitely. Alas.

On this very last episode, your hosts begin with a quick recap of the infamous lost episode of March 2024, wherein they discussed two novels they both very much enjoyed, A Helping Hand by Celia Dale and Monsters by Emerald Fennell. There are no real spoilers in this brief discussion, although there is some moaning and gnashing of teeth in regards to technological mishaps. Not that they bear any grudges. Oh no, not at all.

Your hosts then turn their attention the two novels they unsuspectingly selected as the very last to be discussed on this podcast. Ever. Probably. Definitely! The books up on the slab are The Glutton by A E Blakemore [15:00] and Days of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy Treloar [42:10].

If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:10:25 for some final - FINAL! -remarks.

Kirstyn and Ian would like to thank all their listeners over the years, both long term fans and those who dropped by from time to time to dip their toes. They would especially like to thank their wonderful Patreon patrons whose generosity covered all the bills - you are beloved! 

The Writer and the Critic will remain archived at Podbean for the foreseeable future, and whenever this changes the details of its new digs will be posted here.

Kirstyn and Ian would also like to recommend a handful of bookish podcasts you might like to check out, if you haven't already come across them:

• Backlisted
• The Garret
• Let the Cat In
• Bohemiana
• The Coode Street Podcast

If you would like to keep in touch, you can find your miscreant hosts in various places online:

Kirstyn McDermott

• https://kirstynmcdermott.com
• BlueSky: @fearofemeralds.bsky.social

Ian Mond

• https://mondyboy.com/
• BlueSky: @mondyboy74.bsky.social

As a far wiser and funnier writer and critic once said, so long and thanks for all the fish!