booksandquills | Do I still want to read these Sci-fi books? 🪐 @booksandquills | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Join me in taking a peek at some of the classic, translated and modern sci-fi fiction on my shelves, as I prep for the launch of my Sci-fi podcast!
The sun was my arch-enemy the whole day I was trying to film this but I stubbornly persisted, so thanks for bearing with me.
► All Books Mentioned
Books marked with * were sent to my publishers for free as review copies, without any specific requirement to feature them.
First sentences read from:
Wild Seed by Octavia E Butler
Virus by Sakyo Komats
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor*
War with the Newts by Karel Capek
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
The Question Mark by Muriel Jaeger
In The Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Lambda* by David Musgrave
Other books mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler
Kindred by Octavia E Butler
The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
► The End of the World Book Club Podcast
The podcast will launch *fingers crossed* soon.
I've just launched the Patreon for the podcast if you're interested in supporting it (payments will be on hold until next month):
patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Follow on Instagram for updates and photos of the books being discussed:
instagram.com/endoftheworldbookclubpod
► Station Eleven Audio Clips
Email your voice clip to booksandquills@gmail.com
Please include:
- SUBJECT: Station Eleven Audio Clip
- Name (first name only please) and feel free to include pronounce
- The 30-45 second audio clip as an attachment
- Any note that would be helpful for me to have
Anyone sending a voice clip is consenting to their clip being used in the Station Eleven episode of the End of the World Book Club Podcast, with a potential mention of their name.
Buy books via Bookshop.org and support indie bookshops!
► uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksandquills (ad, contains affiliate links)
► Find me here!
Instagram: instagram.com/booksandquills
TikTok: tiktok.com/booksandquills
Blog (literary travel): booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio: sannevliegenthart.co.uk
► My Book Club Journal
booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
► The music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound, which is amazing for online creators! Affiliate link: epidemicsound.com/referral/cqg130
► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
Join me in taking a peek at some of the classic, translated and modern sci-fi fiction on my shelves, as I prep for the launch of my Sci-fi podcast!
The sun was my arch-enemy the whole day I was trying to film this but I stubbornly persisted, so thanks for bearing with me.
► All Books Mentioned
Books marked with * were sent to my publishers for free as review copies, without any specific requirement to feature them.
First sentences read from:
Wild Seed by Octavia E Butler
Virus by Sakyo Komats
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor*
War with the Newts by Karel Capek
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
The Question Mark by Muriel Jaeger
In The Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Lambda* by David Musgrave
Other books mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler
Kindred by Octavia E Butler
The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
► The End of the World Book Club Podcast
The podcast will launch *fingers crossed* soon.
I've just launched the Patreon for the podcast if you're interested in supporting it (payments will be on hold until next month):
patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub
Follow on Instagram for updates and photos of the books being discussed:
instagram.com/endoftheworldbookclubpod
► Station Eleven Audio Clips
Email your voice clip to booksandquills@gmail.com
Please include:
- SUBJECT: Station Eleven Audio Clip
- Name (first name only please) and feel free to include pronounce
- The 30-45 second audio clip as an attachment
- Any note that would be helpful for me to have
Anyone sending a voice clip is consenting to their clip being used in the Station Eleven episode of the End of the World Book Club Podcast, with a potential mention of their name.
Buy books via Bookshop.org and support indie bookshops!
► uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksandquills (ad, contains affiliate links)
► Find me here!
Instagram: instagram.com/booksandquills
TikTok: tiktok.com/booksandquills
Blog (literary travel): booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio: sannevliegenthart.co.uk
► My Book Club Journal
booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
► The music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound, which is amazing for online creators! Affiliate link: epidemicsound.com/referral/cqg130
► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
