Welcome to BOTM: Interview with the Vampire. This book might be a classic but it can still give you an existential crisis! This week we dig into the Catholicism of Anne Rice's vampires, Louis' hypocrisy, the horror of a child vampire, and just why Louis is everyone's emotional support vampire.

📚 Book Club just got spooky! Join Flinders writer and academic Amy Matthews and the AMY & BOOK CLUB podcast team on the 29th of October for a Halloween discussion: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-club-series-halloween-spooky-stories-tickets-1985878438869?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

🎤🎸 BOOKS & BANGERS Live Show: Amy & Book Club are excited to host our very first live show, featuring music from special guests and local indie rock band, Mass Wisteria! Join us on the 25th of November for hot takes, games, live music and more: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

MENTIONS

BOOKS
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Pandora by Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wildge
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

TV SERIES
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Interview with the Vampire (2022)

MOVIES
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Queen of the Damned (2002)

MUSICALS
Les Miserables
Hamilton

LINKS:
Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookClub
Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub 
Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclub
Join the Amy & Book Club: Amy & Book Club 
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Our theme music is “Same Old” by Mass Wisteria. Listen to their music on Bandcamp.

Welcome to BOTM: Interview with the Vampire. This book might be a classic but it can still give you an existential crisis! This week we dig into the Catholicism of Anne Rice's vampires, Louis' hypocrisy, the horror of a child vampire, and just why Louis is everyone's emotional support vampire.
📚 Book Club just got spooky! Join Flinders writer and academic Amy Matthews and the AMY &amp; BOOK CLUB podcast team on the 29th of October for a Halloween discussion: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-club-series-halloween-spooky-stories-tickets-1985878438869?aff=oddtdtcreator&amp;keep_tld=true">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-club-series-halloween-spooky-stories-tickets-1985878438869?aff=oddtdtcreator&amp;keep_tld=true</a>
🎤🎸 BOOKS &amp; BANGERS Live Show: Amy &amp; Book Club are excited to host our very first live show, featuring music from special guests and local indie rock band, Mass Wisteria! Join us on the 25th of November for hot takes, games, live music and more: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch</a>
MENTIONS
BOOKS Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Pandora by Anne Rice The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wildge The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
TV SERIES What We Do in the Shadows (2019) Interview with the Vampire (2022)
MOVIES Interview with the Vampire (1994) Queen of the Damned (2002)
MUSICALS Les Miserables Hamilton
LINKS:
<ul>
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Amy & Book Club is a bookish podcast with benefits. Amy Matthews is joined by series regulars Justina Ashman, Abby Guy, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan and Harry Stewart and by a cast of guesties, both special and specialer. Featuring genre deep dives, author Q&As, and a live book club with a signature cocktail/mocktail, we’re your new favourite interactive book club with an accessibly academic flair. Listen to the pod, embrace the community on socials, and tune in to the livestream for the monthly book club – whether you’re a new book lover or a seasoned bibliophile, we can’t wait to meet you!

Amy &amp; Book Club is a bookish podcast with benefits. <a href="https://auscastnetwork.com/talent-profiles/dr-amy-matthews/">Amy Matthews</a> is joined by series regulars <a href="https://x.com/justinaashman">Justina Ashman</a>, <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/aabbyguy">Abby Guy</a>,<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Milzilla"> Millie Heffernan</a>, <a href="https://www.paytonhogan.com/">Payton Hogan</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/harrison-stewart-7a29a021b">Harry Stewart</a> and by a cast of guesties, both special and specialer. Featuring genre deep dives, author Q&amp;As, and a live book club with a signature cocktail/mocktail, we&rsquo;re your new favourite interactive book club with an accessibly academic flair. Listen to the pod, embrace the community on socials, and tune in to the livestream for the monthly book club &ndash; whether you&rsquo;re a new book lover or a seasoned bibliophile, we can&rsquo;t wait to meet you!

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BOOKCLUB: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

It’s November! The month I (Payton) have eagerly awaited all year! It’s the month we read WHITE NIGHTS by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in partnership with our friends at Fiction Distilling, who recently released their first vodka inspired by the classic novella. In this first episode of the month, Amy schools us all on the long 19th century and the literature it birthed. We discuss this pivotal period of history and where Dostoyevsky stands in the context of Enlightenment, industrialisation, liberalism, and revolution, and we get a wee bit existential towards the end. Do you think free will exists? Did Dostoyevsky think so? Comment your thoughts below and tune in again next week to help us figure that out.

🎤🎸 BOOKS & BANGERS Live Show: Amy & Book Club are excited to host our very first live show, featuring music from special guests and local indie rock band, Mass Wisteria! Join us on the 25th of November for hot takes, games, live music and more: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

MENTIONS

BOOKS
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dracula by Bram Stoker
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Stranger by Albert Camus
War and Peace by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

AUTHORS
Charles Dickens
Brontë sisters
Jane Austen
Thomas Hardy
Zola
Victor Hugo
Gustave Flaubert
George Eliot

OTHER
English Literature in Context edited by Paul Poplawski (textbook)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen
Anna Karenina (2012 film)
War and Peace (2016 miniseries)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006 film)

RECOMMENDED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Learn more about Dostoyevsky's life and philosophy here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmSdxZpseY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykz6Cq9IJPU

LINKS:
Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookClub
Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub 
Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclub
Join the Amy & Book Club: Amy & Book Club 
Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor 
Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthor
Our theme music is “Same Old” by Mass Wisteria. Listen to their music on Bandcamp.

It&rsquo;s November! The month I (Payton) have eagerly awaited all year! It&rsquo;s the month we read WHITE NIGHTS by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in partnership with our friends at Fiction Distilling, who recently released their first vodka inspired by the classic novella. In this first episode of the month, Amy schools us all on the long 19th century and the literature it birthed. We discuss this pivotal period of history and where Dostoyevsky stands in the context of Enlightenment, industrialisation, liberalism, and revolution, and we get a wee bit existential towards the end. Do you think free will exists? Did Dostoyevsky think so? Comment your thoughts below and tune in again next week to help us figure that out.
🎤🎸 BOOKS &amp; BANGERS Live Show: Amy &amp; Book Club are excited to host our very first live show, featuring music from special guests and local indie rock band, Mass Wisteria! Join us on the 25th of November for hot takes, games, live music and more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch</a>
MENTIONS
BOOKS White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dracula by Bram Stoker On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Stranger by Albert Camus War and Peace by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
AUTHORS Charles Dickens Bront&euml; sisters Jane Austen Thomas Hardy Zola Victor Hugo Gustave Flaubert George Eliot
OTHER English Literature in Context edited by Paul Poplawski (textbook) Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen Anna Karenina (2012 film) War and Peace (2016 miniseries) The Devil Wears Prada (2006 film)
RECOMMENDED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Learn more about Dostoyevsky's life and philosophy here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmSdxZpseY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmSdxZpseY</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykz6Cq9IJPU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykz6Cq9IJPU</a>
LINKS:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Watch the full episode on YouTube:<a href="https://youtube.com/@amyandbookclub?si=tNwaMcQpfgU6c8Uc"> @AmyAndBookClub</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow the Amy &amp; Podcast on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclub?igsh=OHZtZjd5NG5wNTd3"> @amyandbookclub</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow the Amy &amp; Podcast on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclub">@amyandbookclub</a></li>
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<li aria-level="1">Follow Amy Barry on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/"> @amybarryauthor</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Our theme music is &ldquo;Same Old&rdquo; by Mass Wisteria. <a href="https://masswisteria.bandcamp.com/">Listen to their music on Bandcamp</a>.</li>
</ul>

Fyodor Dostoyevsky & the Long 19th Century

This week we thwarted all of Amy's attempts to pick a different movie (of which there were several) and sat her down to experience Twilight for the very first time. Join us for a post-movie discussion as we explain the plot of the remaining films in the Twilight saga to Amy (from vampire veganism to resume/rigatoni/nessie) and reflect on the popularity of Twilight in the early 2000's. 

🎤🎸 BOOKS & BANGERS Live Show: Amy & Book Club are excited to host our very first live show, featuring music from special guests and local indie rock band, Mass Wisteria! Join us on the 25th of November for hot takes, games, live music and more: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

MENTIONS

BOOKS
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

TV SERIES
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Supernatural (2005 - 2020)

MOVIES
Mortal Instruments (2013)
Panic Room (2002)
Speak (2004)
Thirteen (2003)
Underworld (2003)

ARTICLES
Hammer, Emily. 'Consent issues in the Twilight saga extend far beyond Bella and Edward's age gap'. The Conversation, September 29, 2025. Consent issues in the Twilight saga extend far beyond Bella and Edward’s age gap

LINKS:
Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookClub
Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub 
Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclub
Join the Amy & Book Club: Amy & Book Club 
Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor 
Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthor
Our theme music is “Same Old” by Mass Wisteria. Listen to their music on Bandcamp.

This week we thwarted all of Amy's attempts to pick a different movie (of which there were several) and sat her down to experience Twilight for the very first time. Join us for a post-movie discussion as we explain the plot of the remaining films in the Twilight saga to Amy (from vampire veganism to resume/rigatoni/nessie) and reflect on the popularity of Twilight in the early 2000's.&nbsp;
🎤🎸 BOOKS &amp; BANGERS Live Show: Amy &amp; Book Club are excited to host our very first live show, featuring music from special guests and local indie rock band, Mass Wisteria! Join us on the 25th of November for hot takes, games, live music and more: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/books-bangers-amy-book-club-tickets-1999979053186?aff=ebdssbdestsearch</a>
MENTIONS
BOOKS Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
TV SERIES Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) The Vampire Diaries (2009) Supernatural (2005 - 2020)
MOVIES Mortal Instruments (2013) Panic Room (2002) Speak (2004) Thirteen (2003) Underworld (2003)
ARTICLES Hammer, Emily. 'Consent issues in the Twilight saga extend far beyond Bella and Edward's age gap'.&nbsp;The Conversation,&nbsp;September 29, 2025. <a href="https://theconversation.com/consent-issues-in-the-twilight-saga-extend-far-beyond-bella-and-edwards-age-gap-263760">Consent issues in the Twilight saga extend far beyond Bella and Edward&rsquo;s age gap</a>
LINKS:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Watch the full episode on YouTube:<a href="https://youtube.com/@amyandbookclub?si=tNwaMcQpfgU6c8Uc"> @AmyAndBookClub</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow the Amy &amp; Podcast on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclub?igsh=OHZtZjd5NG5wNTd3"> @amyandbookclub</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow the Amy &amp; Podcast on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclub">@amyandbookclub</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Join the Amy &amp; Book Club:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/169K69qXsh/"> Amy &amp; Book Club</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow Amy Matthews on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amymatthewsauthor/"> @amymatthewsauthor</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow Amy Barry on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/"> @amybarryauthor</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Our theme music is &ldquo;Same Old&rdquo; by Mass Wisteria. <a href="https://masswisteria.bandcamp.com/">Listen to their music on Bandcamp</a>.</li>
</ul>

We Made Our Supervisor Watch Twilight | Amy & After Dark

This week Amy, Abby & Payton get truly academic and discuss a scholarly article that they have not read; deep dive into the history of the undead and the "oops we promise we really thought they were dead"; examine themes of animalism, predation, patriarchy and violence in Twilight, Buffy, and The Vampire Diaries; debate the ethics and practicalities of vegan vampires and human cannibals; and discover what prions are (and that Payton has prions). 

🧛 Our BOTM is Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

 

MENTIONS

🎓 SCHOLARLSHIP: ”Vampires: Reflections in a Dark Mirror” by Wendy Fall in The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature; Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula by Christopher Frayling

🪶 POETRY: “The Bride of Corinth” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

📖 BOOKS: Dracula by Bram Stoker; Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice; The Blood Countess by Tara Moss; Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith; Black River by Ruby Jean Cottle

📺 TV SHOWS: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)

🎞️ MOVIES: The Lost Boys (1987)

 

LINKS:
Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookClub
Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub 
Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclub
Join the Amy & Book Club: Amy & Book Club 
Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor 
Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthor
Our theme music is “Same Old” by Mass Wisteria. Listen to their music on Bandcamp.

 

This week Amy, Abby &amp; Payton get truly academic and discuss a scholarly article that they have not read; deep dive into the history of the undead and the "oops we promise we really thought they were dead"; examine themes of animalism, predation, patriarchy and violence in&nbsp;Twilight, Buffy, and The Vampire Diaries; debate the ethics and practicalities of vegan vampires and human cannibals; and discover what prions are (and that Payton has prions).&nbsp;
🧛 Our BOTM is Interview with the Vampire&nbsp;by Anne Rice
&nbsp;
MENTIONS
🎓 SCHOLARLSHIP: &rdquo;Vampires: Reflections in a Dark Mirror&rdquo; by Wendy Fall in The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature; Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula by Christopher Frayling
🪶 POETRY: &ldquo;The Bride of Corinth&rdquo; by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
📖 BOOKS: Dracula by Bram Stoker; Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice; The Blood Countess by Tara Moss; Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith; Black River by Ruby Jean Cottle
📺 TV SHOWS: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997&ndash;2003); The Vampire Diaries (2009&ndash;2017)
🎞️ MOVIES: The Lost Boys (1987)
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LINKS:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Watch the full episode on YouTube:<a href="https://youtube.com/@amyandbookclub?si=tNwaMcQpfgU6c8Uc"> @AmyAndBookClub</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow the Amy &amp; Podcast on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclub?igsh=OHZtZjd5NG5wNTd3"> @amyandbookclub</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow the Amy &amp; Podcast on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclub">@amyandbookclub</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Join the Amy &amp; Book Club:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/169K69qXsh/"> Amy &amp; Book Club</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow Amy Matthews on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amymatthewsauthor/"> @amymatthewsauthor</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Follow Amy Barry on IG:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/"> @amybarryauthor</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Our theme music is &ldquo;Same Old&rdquo; by Mass Wisteria. <a href="https://masswisteria.bandcamp.com/">Listen to their music on Bandcamp</a>.</li>
</ul>
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