#53: How Pride and Prejudice Inspired 'Behind Five Willows' With June Hur

2026-07-09 · 40 min · 35 entities

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Link in episode "#53: How Pride and Prejudice Inspired 'Behind Five Willows' With June Hur": https://indigo.ca/pages/contributor/june-hur?id=883069940
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Link in episode "#53: How Pride and Prejudice Inspired 'Behind Five Willows' With June Hur": https://tiktok.com/@junehwrites

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Link in episode "#53: How Pride and Prejudice Inspired 'Behind Five Willows' With June Hur": https://youtube.com/@Off.TheShelfPodcast
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This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with bestselling author June Hur to discuss her journey from writing Pride & Prejudice fanfiction to publishing Behind Five Willows. They chat about countless rejections, finding her voice as a writer, the inspiration behind her latest novel, Korean history, libraries, and why she chose to slow down her publishing schedule. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro & Welcome 01:14 Pride & Prejudice Started Everything 05:30 Growing Up Between Korea, Canada & the U.S. 08:23 Working at the Library & Favorite Books 10:07 15 Manuscripts, 100+ Rejections & Finding Her Voice 16:28 Why She Writes Korean Historical Fiction 18:11 Motherhood Changed Her Writing Career 21:36 Her Writing Process & Writing Korean on the Page 24:27 How Her Books Have Evolved 27:42 Where to Start Reading June Hur 28:18 Behind Five Willows Explained 31:15 Turning Pride & Prejudice Into a Romance 33:36 Book Bans, History & Why Stories Matter 35:23 Writing the Romance & Darcy Inspiration 37:03 A Love Letter to Librarians & Bookstores 39:09 What's Next for June Hur FOLLOW US: Morgann Book TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morgannbook?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgannbook/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorgannBook Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/morgannbook June Hur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/junehwrites TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@junehwrites Find her books at Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/pages/contributor/june-hur?id=883069940 Find her books at Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/search?attributes.contributorId=20658423&contributorName=June%20Hur Off The Shelf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offtheshelf.podcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@offtheshelf.podcast?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Off.TheShelfPodcast Hosted by: Morgann Book Created by: Bookish Media, Morgann Book, and Thomas Johnston Executive Producers: Morgann Book & Thomas Johnston Produced by: Stefanie Macchiusi Associate Post Producer and Editor: Ricki Biramontes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.