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Judging Books Judging Us – The Hooghly Review

Mental Ideas founder Sadie Kaye is spending more time conversing with Holly Sykes than her husband these days! This is their second conversation to be published in 48 hours! This one, just published by The Hooghly Review, is called Judging Books Judging Us – Art, Memoir, And The Books That Read Us. Inspired by Holly’s substack, Beyond the Book Cover, it explores the mischievous premise that our wonky IKEA bookshelves are actually time machines and was very kindly described by one of the editors as “one of the most wonderful conversations I have had the chance to publish.”

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-and-holly-sykes-go-beyond-the-book-cover/

A split image featuring two women discussing books. On the left, Sadie Kaye sits in front of a bookshelf, wearing a green sweater. On the right, Holly Sykes stands with a microphone, dressed casually in a pink hat and light-colored outfit. The background includes various book covers and a description of a conversation about the theme 'Judging Books Judging Us'.

Sadie will be back in The Hooghly Review this coming Thursday with the latest edition of her weekly column The Writer’s Gauntlet.

You can read Holly’s conversation on Mapping Loss in a Crowded City in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal here: https://chajournal.com/2026/09/19/holly-sykes

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