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Welcome to a brand new chapter of The Reading Cafe. This is SpotLit, our brand-new strand where we speak to figures from music, sport, entertainment and culture about their relationship with literature.

In this SpotLit episode, Libby and Emma were joined by singer-songwriter and musician Alaska Reid, one half of the band Witch Post.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER:

• The influence of literature on Alaska’s songwriting, both on her solo records and in Witch Post
• How fantasy-interviewing friends and peers Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Ellie Rowsell (Wolf Alice) led to her writing her own fantasy novel
• The story of the supernatural experience that led to the naming of Witch Post…

…AND SO MUCH MORE!

A ten-minute section of this conversation appeared on the last episode of The Reading Cafe with writer of The Wycherleys, Annaliese Avery. We enjoyed such a brilliant conversation with Alaska about her career and creative life, and you are certain to love hearing it in full in this SpotLit episode.

To learn more: Alaska Reid

https://www.alaskareid.com/

https://partisanrecords.com/artists/witch-post Annaliese Avery

https://www.annalieseavery.com/home-1

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