Bookylicious
by Paul JeorrettBookylicious is not just any book podcast. Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly share their love of books. As well as interviews with authors, librarians and booksellers and our usual book chat there will be regular features such as Book of the Month and spotlights on particular authors, bookshops, libraries and other even book podcasts. Come with us on the journey and be inspired! Sometimes serious, always fun a podcast to open your mind!
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Episodes
Episode 7 - Halloween
52m · PublishedIn this episode Gwyn and Paul chat about scary stories and things that go bump in the night. Ghosts, witches and exorcists and even Holst's Planet Suite. As well as some of the books and stories we chatted about listed below we have also done a Spotify playlist to accompany the episode you can find it here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3yTJ7q7EhKyJqS5uJNkW7u?si=4e1e0d2f08674c8d
Here are some of the stories and books we discussed
Edward Parnell - Ghostland, in search of a haunted country
Charles Dickens - The Signalman
Susan Hill - The Woman in Black and The Small Hand
Jason Bray - Deliverance
Phil Rickman - The Wine of Angels (the first in the Merrily Watkins series)
Graham Swift - Waterland
M. R. James - Rats
Jon McGregor - Reservoir 13
Episode 6 - "Once upon a time in the West"
1h 4m · PublishedIn this episode Holly, Gwyn and Paul explore the literature of the American West. Including an interview with Anna North author of 'Outlawed'. You can find more about Anna on her website www.annanorth.net where you will also a suggested soundtrack to accompany 'Outlawed' and some excellent further reading. Other books we discuss or touch on in this episode include:
James Fennimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (the 1971 BBC adaptation starred Welsh actor Philip Madoc as 'Magua' and the series is said to have popularised the Mohican hairstyle)
Owen Wister - The Virginian
Zane Grey - Riders of the Purple Sage
Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study in Scarlet
Elmore Leonard - Hombre
Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses
Thomas Eidson - St Agnes' Stand
Patrick De Witt - The Sisters Brothers
Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain
Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove
Stephen King - The Gunslinger
Louis Sacher - Holes
Dee brown - Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee and The American West
Apologies if I've missed any. Last but not least the mystical western starring Pierce Brosnan that I couldn't recall in the podcast was of course 'Seraphim Falls'
Episode 5 - Gladstone's Library
44m · PublishedIn this special episode Paul speaks to Peter Francis, Warden and Louisa Yates, Director of Collections and Research at Gladstone's Library in Hawarden. In the interview we discover how Gladstone's Library was originally created and how it has evolved. We also find out what has been going on behind the scenes while the Library has been closed and look forward to the re-opening today 1 September 2021 and the forthcoming Gladfest which takes place online 11-12 September. For more information about this unique and wonderful place visit their website at www.gladstoneslibrary.org
Episode 4 - "Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy"
1h 20m · PublishedBooks in the fantasy genre can represent a diverse range of subjects and ideas. In this episode we explore what fantasy literature might or might not be. Gwyn interviews Tiffani Angus author of 'Threading the Labyrinth' you can find out more about her here http://www.tiffani-angus.com/
Here are some of the books we mention in this episode:
Robert Macfarlane - 'Underland' and 'The Old Ways' You may also like to check out Robert's recent appearance on Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000y641
Matthew Syed - 'Rebel Ideas'
Franz Kafka - 'The Trial'
Samantha Shannon - 'The Priory of the Orange Tree'
Madeline Miller - 'Circe' and 'The Song of Achilles'
Lewis Carroll - 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'
Neil Gaiman - 'The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains' and 'Coraline' and 'The Sandman Vol. 1'
Alice Roberts - 'Ancestors a Pre-history of Britain in Seven Burials'
Robert Holdstock - 'Mythago Wood'
H P Lovecraft - 'The Call of Cthulhu'
Eoin Colfer - 'Artemis Fowl'
JRR Tolkein - 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings'
Episode 3 - "We are made by history" - Historical Fiction Extravaganza
1h 31m · PublishedThis episode is all about history, specifically historical fiction. In this episode:
Barbara Erskine talks about her new novel The Dream Weavers.
Dave McCall (AKA David Ebsworth) and Holly Thorpe talk about the importance of historical fiction to them. You can find information about Dave's books here http://www.davidebsworth.com/ and the link to the Young Walter Scott Prize is here https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/young-walter-scott-prize/
Rebecca Hill talks about how The Last Kingdom series of boom/3nc9tmmr oks changed her life. Rebecca shares her favourite historical fiction reads on Good Reads at https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3639817-rebecca?shelf=historical-fiction
Our book recommendations include:
Paul Morley - A sound mind, how I fell in love with classical music...
Clare Whitfield - People of abandoned character
Kiana Davenport - Shark dialogues
Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet
Charles Dickens - A tale of two cities
Markus Zusak - The book thief
For more information about the podcast go to https://www.bookylicious.com/
Episode 2 - Small is Beautiful
57m · PublishedThis month the Bookylicious team explore the joys of short stories and essays, each of us choosing three stories of essays to recommend. Chekhov, Sherlock Holmes, Ursula le Guin, bodysnatchers, the Moon and crows. The short form is truly beautiful and diverse. Plus we chat about books we are reading. Something for everyone to be inspired! Here are some of the short stories we discuss:
Ray Bradbury - All Summer in a Day
Ursula le Guin - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Robert Louis Stevenson - The Body Snatcher
Ted Chiang - The The Story of Your Life
Arthur Conan Doyle - A Scandal in Bohemia
The Idler
Anton Chekhov - The Black Monk
Sheena Mackay - Curry at the Laburnums
Amanda Thomson - Craw Sunday
Helen Phillips - The Knowers
Italo Calvino - Daughters of the Moon
Lisa Cupolo - Fort Pierce, Florida
Bookylicious Episode 1
1h 8m · PublishedIn this episode you will meet the team Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly. We chat about what we are reading just now including Neil Gaiman, Barabara Erskine, Phillip Pullman and Kathleen Jamie. Paul interviews Dylan Hughes, Dave McCall and Sue Miller founders of Wrexham Carnival of Words and previews this year's festival www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com.
Bookylicious has 37 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 33:24:24. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on July 29th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 19th, 2024 22:12.