Hosted by Elizabeth Barnard / Ems Simpson · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 50 episodes
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Prose before bros is a book podcast hosted by Elizabeth and Ems, where we discuss all things bookish, with a little pop culture, hot takes, and literary gossip thrown in as a treat. Listen to help us become literary media hot girls!
Elizabeth Barnard / Ems Simpson hosts Prose before bros, a arts show with 50 episodes published.
The time has come for us to contribute to the discourse. And oh boy do we discourse. This episode we discuss the hottest book of 2026, Yesteryear. We also discuss religion, Nara Smith, and Ems has a rant about billionair
Hey, hi, hello! This week, our number one fan Issy Murray jumps on the mic with us to chat all things bookish and answer the devilish questions. Together we also discuss hating Aperol Spritzes, Killing In The Name Of by
Hey, hi, hello! This week, Internet Hermit Elizabeth is being guided through the bookstagram drama of this year. We thought this would be a funner episode than it probably is. Oops! Oh well! Our time as serious literary
Hello book lovers. Despite our love of literature there are just some books that… do not appeal! We simply… do not want to read… and so we won’t! We take you through 5 books each that we simply are… not going to read! Th
Greetings, today you join us in the Accursed Mountains of Albania as we sit down to discuss this month’s bookclub pick, She Who Remains. Nominated for the International Booker shortlist and celebrated everywhere on trans
Urm, hello?? We got an author on the podcast?? Insane. Friend of the podcast and author Ania Card steps into the studio and is questioned by Ems and Elizabeth on her highly acclaimed novel Above Us The Sea. We’re so deli
Lights, camera, action! This week, Ems and Elizabeth swap out their library cards for their Letterboxd accounts and talk some of their favourite book to film adaptations. Together they talk what makes a great adaptation,
Hello lover girls. Despite rumours of our rivalling book tastes we actually do have some books we love in common. Consider this your Prose Before Bros reading list! These are books that if both of us love, consider that
Welcome back to book club. This month we bring you Katie Kitamura’s fifth novel, Audition. Nominated for both the Booker Prize and The Women’s Prize, this book has captured our attention with its experimental premise and
That’s right!!!! We’ve gone world wide and have invited Kara from conversations with Kara to answer the eight devilish questions! Together, Ems, Elizabeth and Kara discuss their favourite podcasts, the Hunger Games, Elen
Welcome to the prose before pros quarterly report. This episode we go over some KPIs, our stats and our highs and low points of our reading. You are entitled to a union representative. We also discuss Taylor Swift, The C
If book podcasts be the food of love, play on. This week, we discuss arguably the literary love of our lives, William Shakespeare. Together we discuss the first plays we read and saw, our favourite adaptations and reimag
In this week's episode, we attempt to discuss this book without getting cancelled. Jennette spellbound us both with her memoir I’m Glad My Mum Died, but will her fiction book meet our high expectations? We also discuss w
Call us Sabrina Carpenter because this week we’re keeping it short and sweet with our reaction to The Women’s Prize Longlist. No recommendations, just us clowning on how wrong we are and how happy Ems is for Alice Evelyn
Greetings loved ones, today we’re being lover girls again and talking about our auto-buy authors, or authors we’ve read every book from, or whatever you want to call it. Together we take you through 5 authors each and ch
Surprise divas! Book Club is back with a very special guest and returning friend of the podcast, Ross Kelly! Together we unpack Wuthering Heights, both the book and Emerald Fennell’s recent feature length film. Prepare f
Surprise, divas. We’re giving you one hour of unedited behind the scenes content of us choosing our Women’s Prize predictions. Enjoy us bickering and Ems’ Julia Gillard impression. Listen to make us literary hot girls! G
Let’s go girls. It’s nearly time for the Women’s Prize, and in anticipation Ems and Elizabeth give you 16 books that they think will (or should) appear on the Women’s Prize Longlist. Join them as they talk through their
Proving we can have long standing friendships, Ems and Elizabeth invite Sophia Nash, a long time friend of the podcast to discuss books by answer the devilish questions. Together they explain to Elizabeth the lore and my
Hello girls, gays and theys. This week on the podcast Ems and Elizabeth guide you through some of their favourite queer books to celebrate LGBTQ history month. Together they also chat about jury service, visiting Greenla
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