Hey Bookends! We are thrilled to be bringing you our October book club episode where we chat to the absolute powerhouse that is Kamila Shamsie, about her latest novel 'Best Of Friends', which we cannot recommend enough. We spoke about childhood friendship, our standpoints on dog-earing book pages, class division and politics in Pakistan and London, the concept of 'girl-fear' and much more. It was a really insightful conversation and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Books mentioned:
Best Of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Assembly by Natasha Brown
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo

TV recommendations:
A League Of Their Own - Amazon Prime
Good Girls - Netflix

Buy 'Best of Friends': https://uk.bookshop.org/books/best-of-friends-from-the-winner-of-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction/9781526647702
Buy Kamila's previous novel 'Home Fire': https://uk.bookshop.org/books/home-fire-winner-of-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction-2018/9781408886793

Tickets for Kamila's event in Cambridge: https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/kamila-shamsie-best-of-friends/
Tickets to see Kamila at Hay Festival: https://www.hayfestival.com/p-19718-kamila-shamsie-extra-event.aspx
Book How To Academy event with Kamila: https://howtoacademy.com/events/an-evening-with-kamila-shamsie/

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