Welcome back Bookends to a Bonus Books episode where we chat to author and award-winning arts critic Chloë Ashby about her latest novel 'Second Self', we chat about Art, her writing style, the choice to have or to not have children, positive heterosexual relationships and much more. We loved chatting to her and hope you take away as much as we did from this conversation! As always if you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe so we can reach more listeners, you can also follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Twitter and Tik Tok.

To buy 'Second Self': https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/second-self-chloe-ashby/7351706?ean=9781398703032
To buy 'Wet Paint': https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wet-paint-a-blistering-story-stylist-chloe-ashby/7277891?ean=9781398703001
To follow Chloë & her work: https://www.chloeashby.com/, https://www.instagram.com/chloelashby/?hl=en & https://twitter.com/chloelashby

Upcoming events with Chloë :
11th July- https://www.waterstones.com/events/chloe-ashby-in-conversation-with-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett/london-crouch-end

12th July - https://www.waterstones.com/events/gower-st-presents-jenny-mustard-and-chlo-ashby-in-conversation-with-bethany-rutter/london-gower-street

13th July - https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/chloe-ashby-and-stephanie-bishop-in-conversation-with-tess-little/

Books discussed:
Art Monsters by Lauren Elkin
Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming
The Anniversary by Stephanie Bishop
Okay Days by Jenny Mustard

Thanks so much for listening! If you want to get in touch with us with book recs, author interviews or anything else, you can do so at apairofbookendspod@gmail.com, Han & Lyd x