Books with Betsy

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Books with Betsy is a podcast that celebrates the reading life of all readers. Each week, Betsy interviews a different person about their reading life. Listen for book recommendations, reading tips, and to join in the joy that reading brings. And remember, anyone who reads is a reader.
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Episode 121 - Witch-Adjacent with Betsy Cornwell
Episode 121
Monday, 31 August, 2026

On this episode, Betsy Cornwell, author and founder of the Old Knitting Factory, talks about how she has been able to make her life all about words and supporting that in others. She talks about how meaningful physical books are to her, the series she is constantly rereading, and we find some shared Betsy habits. Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland betsycornwell.com oldknittingfactory.com Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk The Oldest Bitch Alive by Morgan Day Books Highlighted by Betsy: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Fingersmith by Sarah Waters On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman The Time-Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffinegger Deerskin by Robin McKinley Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire What It Is by Lynda Barry The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett The Skull by Jon Klassen All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter Tides by Betsy Cornwell Suffs by Shaina Taub & Betsy Cornwell Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Beauty by Robin McKinley Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett The Truth by Terry Pratchett I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl