{"podcast":{"title":"Inklings Book Club","slug":"inklings-book-club-7466333","podcast_index_feed_id":7466333,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/inklings","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d43a05ee-82d8-11f0-b290-8b14ec327370/image/98345a127b5b5bff01e70664b20b83c5.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Jack Edwards","episode_count":53,"summary":"The internet's resident librarian, Jack Edwards, presents... Inklings! The Inklings Book Club is a community for book lovers, championing storytellers from around the world. Subscribe for weekly author interviews and our spotlight monthly book club chat, where we'll be grilling authors on their writing process, inspiration, and future projects. To be involved with the group-read, search Inklings on the Fable app or join us on Instagram.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T08:20:51.579352+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inklings-book-club-7466333"},"episode":{"title":"Jente Posthuma: What I'd Rather Not Think About","slug":"jente-posthuma-what-i-d-rather-not-think-about","published_at":"2026-02-04T21:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inklings-book-club-7466333/jente-posthuma-what-i-d-rather-not-think-about","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inklings-book-club-7466333","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IBC1123134285.mp3?updated=1774354569","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IBC1123134285.mp3?updated=1774354569","summary":"Today I’m joined by Jente Posthuma whose novel What I’d Rather Not Think About was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2024. Ironically, is something I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT!!! The novel is fertile ground for rumination and thought-provoking conversation. It’s told in a series of vignettes, as a woman contemplates the suicide of her twin brother. It’s a deeply felt meditation on grief, translated into English from the original Dutch by Sarah Timmer Harvey I wanted to ask Jente about the process of crafting this gorgeous little book, and I hope you enjoy this conversation. Welcome to the Inklings Book Club, Jente Posthuma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Today I’m joined by Jente Posthuma whose novel What I’d Rather Not Think About was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2024. Ironically, is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1647,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inklings-book-club-7466333/episodes/jente-posthuma-what-i-d-rather-not-think-about/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inklings-book-club-7466333/jente-posthuma-what-i-d-rather-not-think-about.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}