Shortlist with Patrick Newhart

Manish Chauhan built his working life around making time to write. Patrick sits down with the writer and lawyer behind Belgrave Road to talk about the 500-word exercise that changed his writing practice and his debut novel, which follows two people in Leicester whose lives become entangled across an arranged marriage and an unlikely relationship. They also get into writing complicated characters, queer identity, the food that connects us to the people we miss, and New York pizza spots Patrick won’t share.

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MANISH’S SHORTLIST
The Colony by Audrey Magee
Socotra, Yemen
New York pizza

CREDITS
Creator & Host: Patrick Newhart
Editor: Sam Pelissero
Branding: Chelsea Haines
Studios: Ginni Media Studios & Wondir Studios

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Edward Schmit wanted to write about what happens after coming out. For the first episode of Shortlist, Patrick sits down with Eddie, author of the queer tennis romance The Open Era, to talk about discovering tennis as an adult, perfectionism, and learning to be bad at something. They also get into writing a “being out” story, avoiding Goodreads reviews, and competitive Mario Kart.

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Read The Open Era
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More from Edward

Eddie's Shortlist
Mario Kart
Arrested Development
The US Open
The Invite
Ted Lasso

Creator & Host: Patrick Newhart
Editor: Sam Pelissero
Branding: Chelsea Haines
Studios: Ginni Media Studios & Wondir Studios

Shortlist on InstagramPatrick on Instagram
Watch Shortlist on YouTube
Browse the Shortlist Library
Email us: patrickisreading@gmail.com

Join Patrick Newhart for Shortlist, a new video conversation series that starts with a book and goes from there. Patrick sits down with writers, actors, artists, and other curious people to talk about the things they can’t stop thinking about, the stories that shaped them, the work they’re making, and whatever else is on their mind.

Guests send Patrick their shortlist. He chooses one book, reads it, and starts there.

The first episode arrives October 20. New episodes every other Tuesday.

Follow here for new episodes, or watch on YouTube.

Welcome to Shortlist.

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Watch Shortlist on YouTube
Browse the Shortlist Library
Email us: patrickisreading@gmail.com