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Three publishing professionals (and main characters) talking about books, entertainment and their favourite main character moments. Katie Packer: @katierpacker Rochelle Dowden-Lord: @rochdowdenlord Soraya Bouazzaoui: @halalltakeaway Main Characters: @maincharacters_© 2023 Main Characters Art
Episodes
  • The Diary of a Publishing CEO
    Nov 1 2022

    In this final episode of the season, the girls somehow manage to convince David Shelley, CEO of Hachette UK (look him up, he's a big time businessman) to come on the podcast and they all end up having the time of their lives. They try and get him to buy Rochelle's book for £5 mill on the spot, ask him his fave Frank Ocean songs (not over email this time) and Katie tries not to get fired along the way. With interesting insights into the publishing industry and hot reveals of mistakes all four of us made in the span of our careers, this isn't an episode to miss! And, as this season comes to a close, we leave you with the pressing and timely reminder that ultimately, CEOs are people too <3 

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    57 mins
  • Girlbossing too Close to the Literary Sun
    Oct 25 2022

    In our penultimate episode of this season, the girls walk a mile in the Louboutins of Mireille Harper (publishing superstar and editorial director) and Annie Lord (thee author and Vogue column girlie). They express their excitement for the new Little Mermaid by sharing their own rendition of ‘Part of Your World’, discuss girlbossing too close to the publishing sun and different kinds of friendship with Mireille and gush over Annie’s debut book Notes on Heartbreak. Rochelle struggles to be coherent for the first time ever, Katie name drops her new job about 73 times and Soraya does the best impression of a publishing lady who doesn’t really care about your problems. This is one for the girls who are just doing their best — for best results listen while on a walk with a pumpkin spiced latte.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • ElGeeBeeTeaQueue+
    Oct 17 2022

    In this episode the girls talk to two incredible guests - Cal Kenny, who is an editor at Sphere, and Lillian Fishman who joins them all the way from the Big Apple to talk about her incredible debut novel Acts of Service, described by the Guardian as 'a sex masterpiece.'

    They talk to Cal about their publishing career, trans rights, Beyonce and more, including a cringe-inducing story that starts a very sorry thread of conversation. They also talk to Lillian about her novel that centers a bisexual woman in a very sexy and complicated love-triangle. 

    Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 14 mins
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