Season 1
'The Last Love Song' by Kalie Holford
'The Valkyrie' by Kate Heartfield
Kalie Holford joins us to talk about the music that inspired The Last Love Song, a queer YA contemporary romance novel with music in its heart. Swifties, this one's for you! Find the playlist, full show notes, transcript, and more on our website. Listen to the official playlist on Spotify. Find out more about Kalie here. Buy the book on Bookshop.org.
In the first episode of The Write Song, Kat Kourbeti is joined by Kate Heartfield to talk about the music behind her book 'The Valkyrie', a Norse mythology retelling drawing on the story of the Valkyrie Brynhild, cast off from Valhalla and thrown into a love triangle in the midst of a bloody conflict—where her path diverges from the stories told before. Find the playlist, full show notes, transcript, and more on our website. Find out more about Kate here. Buy the book on Bookshop.org, or here if you're in the UK.
Discover the strange alchemy between music and fiction in this new podcast hosted by Hugo Award winning podcaster Kat Kourbeti. Join her as she chats with talented fiction writers and storytellers to talk about their favourite music, and find out how the songs on their playlists shape or underscore the stories they've written. Perfect for writers who like to listen to music for inspiration, readers and fans who want to know how their favourite stories were made, and podcast fans who enjoy discussions about music and creativity. Find out more at thewritesong.co.uk.