# S5 Ep12: Ben Aaronovitch

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Podcast: [The Failing Writers Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374)
Published: 2025-08-25T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We've got Ben Aaronovitch on the pod this week. I mean, what else do you need to know? That's the important bit. Just that. Ben Aaronovitch. On this podcast. Oh, apart from to say THANK YOU to our amazing sponsor Scrivener. Which you can get right now.. with 20% off - as long as you use our special code FAILING. Just pop along to https://www.literatureandlatte.com/ Oh... and one other thing! Check out our HYPE-WRITER feature this week - We've got listener Genevieve Marenghi-Daly's brilliant little piece: 'Team Drinks' (INSTA: @genevievemarenghi) OK. Pretty sure that's it. Now here's some Aaronovitch details as promised... Ben's website: https://www.benaaronovitch.com/ Buy Stone & Sky https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/ben-aaronovitch/stone-and-sky/9781473226715/ Buy 'em all! https://www.waterstones.com/author/ben-aaronovitch/27460 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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