The Ann Butler Podcast
Author interviews and bite-sized musings on general and women’s fiction, new and old. If you would like to take part, get in touch.
Author interviews and bite-sized musings on general and women’s fiction, new and old. If you would like to take part, get in touch.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 09, 2026
Flip That Grumpy Sunshine
Tuesday Jun 09, 2026
Tuesday Jun 09, 2026
The oft used trope in fiction - films and in books - is the grumpy man versus his sunny, happy partner / love interest. Every so often, this is flipped on it's head and it's the woman who's the grumpy protagonist. This episode of the Ann Butler Podcast explores three novels with this premise.
Ann Butler is the author of Caught Out, After the Hurt and Not Everyone Stays in the Light.
The intro/outro music is a by Raspberry Music.
#raspberrymusic #grumpysunshine #romancetropes #booktropes
Tuesday May 12, 2026
The antagonist is in the Family
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Tuesday May 12, 2026
In this episode, Ann Butler talks about novels where the tension, stress and angst suffered by the story's protagonist is caused by a family member. A rich seam of material here - think Corrie, East Enders and even Peyton Place!! Ann is the author of After the Hurt, Caught Out and Not Everyone Stays in the Light.
The intro / outro is Feelgood (Upbeat Percussion) by Raspberry Music and was provided via Pixabay.
#angstyromancebooks #familydrama #bookchat #bookishchat #bookish
Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Conversation with Ama Serwaa
Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Ann's conversation with the creative director at Ama Serwaa fashion and the author of You and Me - A Journey of Self-worth, Renewal and Rediscovery.
Ann Butler is the author of After the Hurt, Not Everyone Stays in the Light and Caught Out. The background music is Feel Good (Upbeat, Percussion, Logo) by Raspberry Music, provided by Pixabay.
#indieauthor #amaserwaafashions #selfreflection #healing #bookchat
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Conversation with Nikei Salas
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Ann's conversation with the author and wellbeing educator, Nikei Salas.
Ann Butler is the author of After the Hurt, Not Everyone Stays in the Light and Caught Out.
The background music is Chillout by 1Tamara2-111-4738. Intro/Outro is Feel Good (Upbeat, Percussion, Logo) by Raspberry Music. Both provided by Pixabay.
#indieauthor #magicalrealism #contemporaryromance
Monday Feb 16, 2026
When the MMC hates himself
Monday Feb 16, 2026
Monday Feb 16, 2026
The latest book chat from Ann Butler includes a selection of books where the main male character - the MMC - talks a good show but, underneath it all, doesn't like who he is. The titles discussed are Mad About the Earl by Christina Brooke and His Diamond of Convenience by Maisey Yates.
Intro / outro is Feel Good (Upbeat, Percussion, Logo) by Raspberry Music and was provided via Pixabay.
Ann Butler is the author of Not Everyone Stays in the Light, After the Hurt and Caught Out.
#bookrec #romancetropes #bookchat #thebookgriffin #maiseyyates #christinabrooke
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Conversation with Summer Paige
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
This latest episode is a conversation with the indie author, Summer Paige. Summer is the author of the Santoni series, which includes Lethal and Survival. Do leave a comment to let us know what you think and like if you enjoyed listening.
You can find out more about Summer at https://linkin.bio/summerpaige_author/
Ann Butler is the author of Not Everyone Stays in the Light, After the Hurt and Caught Out.
The intro/outro track is feel-good-upbeat-percussion-logo-388050 by Raspberry Music. The background track is Chillout by 1Tamara2. Both tracks provided by Pixabay.
#pixabay #bookrecommendations #bookworms #thebookgriffin #booktube #darkromancebooks #darkromancereaders #darkromanceauthor
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Conversation with Desiree Kannel
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Desiree Kannel is the author of Lucky John and The Delany Bennets. Listen in to this conversation with Ann Butler. You can find out more about Desiree at rosewriters.com.
#readersofyoutube #bookrecommendation #readersofinstagram #thebookgriffin
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Temper, Temper! Main characters with anger issues
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Another book chat from the author of After the Hurt and Caught Out. This episode talks about books which feature women whose anger is not always kept in check. The books featured here are Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh, Caught Out by Ann Butler and Stud Muffin by Jiffy Kate.
The music used in the intro and outro is stomps-145521 by Alex Kizenkov and was provided by Pixabay.
#bookchat #booktube #bookstagram #contemporaryromance
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Conversation with JL Campbell
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
This month's book chat is a conversation with the author of Don't Get Mad, Get Even, Flames of Wrath and several of other novels.
Background music is Chillout-111-4738 by 1Tamara2 and was provided by Pixabay.
#jlcampbell #booktube #dontgetmadgeteven #flamesofwrath #thebookgriffin #annbutler #pixabay #1tamara2 #jamaicanauthors #thepunisherfilm #thomasjanes #johntravolta @michael.gross.79
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
What about Dark Romance?
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
I've been reading dark romances before I found out it was an actual legitimate categorisation of romance novels. Some dark romances are very dark indeed. I talk about that in this episode.
I'm an author of 2 women's fiction novels; After the Hurt and Caught Out. Both are available to purchase from the usual book shops.
The music in this episode is Stomp 145521 by Alex Kizencov
#alexkizencov #lyndachance #laylafrost #thebookgriffin #annbutler #bookchat #bookrecs #booktube








