HeyJaredThe Spark with Madelyn Postman
A monthly podcast with author interviews, reading recommendations, and writing resources. This is the audio version of The Spark, which you can subscribe to by email or read in the Substack app.Madelyn Postman is the author of Staring into the Sun, which links memoir with her…
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24 Nectar for Writers (opens the original)
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Hello from a very hot UK, in the middle of our fifth heat wave of the year. Yesterday, a national alert came through on everyone’s mobile phones warning of wildfire risk and to not use disposable barbecues or set off fireworks. In these scary times, I’m grateful more than ever to lose myself in fiction—with the exception of this month’s nonfiction reading recommendation, which happens to feature some very cold weather. 📚 Recommendation for ravenous readers North to the Future: An Offline Adventu
23 A Creative Force (opens the original)
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Welcome back to The Spark as you know it, featuring a reading recommendation, updates on my moseying, and an author interview. 📚 Recommendation for ravenous readers Fallout by Eleanor Anstruther (Empress Editions, 2026) Bridget is fifteen and already tired of being told how the world works. Her father is building a fallout shelter in the garden. Her mother is holding the family together with routines and silence. And at school, no one is saying anything that feels true. So when Bridget hears abo
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