The Cosy Cup Book Club

Episode Twenty Six S2: Biscuits, Betrayal & Medieval Florence ft. Emma Hine

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/fan_mail/new] This week Katy and Rosie are joined by the wonderful Emma Hine to chat about her debut novel The Power of the Wouivre: Fiorenza, a YA historical time travel adventure that will pull you straight into the streets of 13th century Tuscany. A Cornish teen discovers he can slip into the mind of a medieval Sienese nobleman called Guidaloste, just as Guidaloste uncovers a family legacy soaked in betrayal, deadly rivals, and secrets he was never supposed to find. Binding them across the centuries is a mysterious amulet called a wouivre. It is immersive, it is atmospheric, and we had a brilliant chat with Emma about how this book spent over twenty years finding its way into the world. Plus Rosie’s Bit on the Side this week features a man with a very particular and frankly impressive gift, specifically the ability to produce American style biscuits from his own flesh. He is also, apparently, excellent in bed. Katy had questions. Please bear with us for the last eleven minutes of this episode as Rosie’s microphone decided it had simply had enough. We promise she was saying brilliant things. ☕ Grab your cuppa. Medieval Florence and buttery biscuits. We contain multitudes. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/support] Check out our socials: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@cosycupbookclub?_t=ZN-8w2eiwwcOtq&_r=1]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cosycupbookclub?igsh=MXR0dDcwMGtzMDJuaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]  YouTube  [https://youtube.com/@cosycupbookclub?si=cRmsblm56fTXAOCb] Niles' Historical Footnotes [https://www.tiktok.com/@timetraveltvhistory?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fMvs5lHtK] Edited by: Kelly Jones Fantasy Author [https://www.tiktok.com/@kelly.j.jones19?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fNBy5L6Iw]

Episode Twenty Five S2: We’re Back, Baby! Solved, Sentient Cubes & The F*ck-It List ft. H.R. Lloyd

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/fan_mail/new] We’re back! Did you miss us? Don’t answer that. This week Katy and Rosie return from their little hiatus with an absolute belter of an episode. We’re joined by the lovely H.R. Lloyd to chat about The F*ck-It List, book one of the series. It’s a grumpy sunshine romcom set in the cosiest little café you’ve ever imagined, it’s got spice that will make your ears go pink. We had thoughts. Many warm, chaotic thoughts. Plus Rosie’s Bit on the Side this week is a special one — a sentient Rubik’s Cube from the Kyleverse gets solved for the very first time and things get… unexpectedly intimate. Katy’s reaction speaks for itself. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/support] Check out our socials: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@cosycupbookclub?_t=ZN-8w2eiwwcOtq&_r=1]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cosycupbookclub?igsh=MXR0dDcwMGtzMDJuaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]  YouTube  [https://youtube.com/@cosycupbookclub?si=cRmsblm56fTXAOCb] Niles' Historical Footnotes [https://www.tiktok.com/@timetraveltvhistory?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fMvs5lHtK] Edited by: Kelly Jones Fantasy Author [https://www.tiktok.com/@kelly.j.jones19?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fNBy5L6Iw]

Episode Twenty Four S2: The Wise Witch of Orkney & a Girthy Golf Club ft. Anna Caig

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/fan_mail/new] This week Katy and Rosie are joined by the wonderful Anna Caig to chat about her debut novel The Wise Witch of Orkney — and it is an absolute gem. Set in 1593 Scotland, King James VI is launching a bloody witch hunt across the country — but the women he fears most are already inside his court. Elspet Balfour is a spae-wife — a wise woman and healer from the Orkney isles — disguised as a lady-in-waiting and trapped between serving a queen who needs her and a king who would see her dead. Throw in Kitty Muirhead, outcast and desperate, and three women must concoct a reckless plan to save each other before the worst can happen. It’s gripping, atmospheric, fiercely feminist, and we had a brilliant chat with Anna about bringing these hidden voices of women to life. Plus Rosie’s Bit on the Side this week features a golf club that becomes a man and has a very eventful time indeed. Katy had feelings about this one. Several feelings. ☕ Grab your cuppa. From 16th century Scotland to the fairway — we contain multitudes. ⚠️ Trigger warnings: witch trial themes, persecution, historical violence Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/support] Check out our socials: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@cosycupbookclub?_t=ZN-8w2eiwwcOtq&_r=1]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cosycupbookclub?igsh=MXR0dDcwMGtzMDJuaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]  YouTube  [https://youtube.com/@cosycupbookclub?si=cRmsblm56fTXAOCb] Niles' Historical Footnotes [https://www.tiktok.com/@timetraveltvhistory?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fMvs5lHtK] Edited by: Kelly Jones Fantasy Author [https://www.tiktok.com/@kelly.j.jones19?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fNBy5L6Iw]

Episode Twenty Three S2: Stuck in a Lift & Ice Planet Barbarians

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/fan_mail/new] This week Katy and Rosie tackle the question everyone has secretly thought about — which book character would you actually want to be stuck in a lift with? The debate gets chaotic, the choices get suspicious, and nobody picks someone sensible. Then we deep dive into the BookTok phenomenon that started it all — Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon. Georgie is an ordinary woman abducted by aliens and abandoned on a remote ice planet with a group of other human women and absolutely no survival plan.  The only native inhabitant she finds is big, blue, horned, and absolutely convinced she is his mate — and the purring coming from his chest is apparently her fault.  It’s alien romance, it’s survival chaos, it’s somehow both completely unhinged and genuinely hard to put down. We got into it. All of it. ☕ Grab your cuppa and maybe a blanket. It’s cold out there on that ice planet. ⚠️ Trigger warnings: abduction themes, adult content. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/support] Check out our socials: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@cosycupbookclub?_t=ZN-8w2eiwwcOtq&_r=1]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cosycupbookclub?igsh=MXR0dDcwMGtzMDJuaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]  YouTube  [https://youtube.com/@cosycupbookclub?si=cRmsblm56fTXAOCb] Niles' Historical Footnotes [https://www.tiktok.com/@timetraveltvhistory?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fMvs5lHtK] Edited by: Kelly Jones Fantasy Author [https://www.tiktok.com/@kelly.j.jones19?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fNBy5L6Iw]

Episode Twenty Two S2: Noses & Built on Love ft. JJ Cross

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/fan_mail/new] This week Katy and Rosie are joined by the lovely JJ Cross — romance author, caffeine enthusiast, and proud owner of more notebooks than is strictly reasonable — to chat about her debut novel Built on Love, book one of the Peterson Brothers series. It’s a friends-to-lovers romantic suspense with found family vibes, a book boyfriend thoroughly wrapped in green flags, and enough twists to keep you questioning everyone and everything.  Emmy discovers her boyfriend cheating  and what unfolds from there is warm, spicy, and genuinely gripping. We had a brilliant chat with JJ about bringing it all to life. Plus Rosie’s Bit on the Side this week takes a hard left turn into a story about a man who lost his nose in a childhood game of Got Your Nose — and what happens when it turns up at his door years later with arms, legs, and absolutely no sense of personal boundaries. Katy’s reaction was everything. ☕ Grab your cuppa. We promise this all makes sense in context. (It doesn’t.) Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296547/support] Check out our socials: TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@cosycupbookclub?_t=ZN-8w2eiwwcOtq&_r=1]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cosycupbookclub?igsh=MXR0dDcwMGtzMDJuaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]  YouTube  [https://youtube.com/@cosycupbookclub?si=cRmsblm56fTXAOCb] Niles' Historical Footnotes [https://www.tiktok.com/@timetraveltvhistory?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fMvs5lHtK] Edited by: Kelly Jones Fantasy Author [https://www.tiktok.com/@kelly.j.jones19?_r=1&_t=ZN-91fNBy5L6Iw]