Books Boys

For the launch of his new site theauthorsworld.com we chat to Michael Pellegrino, member of the Writers' Guild of America, and the Authors' Guild, and voting member of the Recording Academy, former agent to the likes of Hulk Hogan, Ice T, and Jermaine Jackson

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 Welcome back to Episode 9 of the books boys podcast! We tried so hard to keep it concise this time as we had alot of books to cover! TheDean! & PJ have both done alot of reading this month, and have also both taken the time to read something for mental wellbeing and mindfulness.

 Then the fantastic author Leah Holbrook Sackett (leaholbrooksackett.com) calls in to chat about her novella Raising St. Elisabeth, and her short stories.

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Books discussed include:

- A Monk's Guide To Happiness (Gelong Thubten, 2019)

- Persuasion (Jane Austen, 1818)

- Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert, 1856)

- Trafalgar (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1873)

- Raising St Elisabeth (Leah Holbrook Sackett, 2021)

- The Vanished Man (Jeffrey Deaver, 2003)

- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)

- Momo (Michael Ende, 1973)

- Devil On The Cross (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 1980)

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 The Books Boys are back with more book talk on episode 8!

This month we chat about some classic literature, we juxtapose the romantic with the realistic, and then unexpectedly the amazing author Denis Shaughnessy (theawfulauthor.com) calls in to chat about his ground-breaking writing style

Books discussed include:

- Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811)

- Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen, 1817)

- Old Goriot (Honoré de Balzac, 1835)

- The Awful Truth about the Sushing Prize (Denis Shaughnessy, 2019)

- Sketches by Boz (Illustrated edition)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sketches by Boz (Charles Dickens, 1836)

- Doña Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1876)

- The Works of Christopher Marlowe (1500s)

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Welcome to Episode 7 of Books Boys!

This month we talk about an interesting mix of books, and we chat to author Anne Wedgwood about her first book The Botanist!  annewedgwood.com

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Books discussed include:

- The Mill On The Floss (George Eliot, 1860)

- Flowers In The Attic, Petals On The Wind, If There Be Thorns (Virginia "VC" Andrews, 1979-1981)

- Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813)

- Jeeves In The Offing (P.G. Wodehouse, 1960)

- The Botanist (Anne Wedgwood, 2020)

- Trials From Classical Athens (ed. Christopher Carey, 1997)

- Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis, 1954)

- Points And Lines (Seicho Matsumoto, 1958)

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 Half a year already? And the kids still don't know what books are?

Join TheDean! & PJ for episode 6 of books boys! TheDean! has read some Victorian literature and is now off to apply to be a governess. PJ has read some soviet sci-fi and German poetry! Plus Carolyn Hobdey calls in to chat about her book "All The Twats I Met Along The Way". Get it, Buy it, Books!

Books discussed include:

- No Name (Wilkie Collins, 1962)

- Uncle Silas (J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1964)

- The Wife Of Sir Isaac Harman (H.G. Wells, 1914)

- The Breakdown (B.A. Paris, 2017)

- Complete Father Brown Mysteries (G. K. Chesterton, 1911-1936)

- The Amphibian Man (Alexander Belayev, 1928)

- upcoming novel (Kyron Bourke, 2021)

- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tsu, 500 B.C.)

- The Penguin Book of German Verse (ed. Leonard Forster, 1957)

- A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1968)

- All The Twats I've Met Along The Way (Carolyn Hobdey, 2020)

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TheDean! & PJ are back with the 5th episode of the Books Boys Podcast!

This is a special episode where we look in depth at the works of Carlos Ruiz Zafón

As always, we also make some other recommendations at the end as well. Plus, author Annabelle Steele called into the show to chat about her new book Being Amani!

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Books discussed include:

By Carlos Ruiz Zafón:

- The Prince of Mist / El Principe de la Niebla (1993)

- The Shadow of the Wind / La Sombra del Viento (2001)

- The Angel's Game / El Juego Del Angel (2008)

- The Prisoner of Heaven / The Prisionero del Cielo (2011)

- The Labyrinth of Spirits / El Laberinto de los Espíritus (2017)

- La Ciudad De Vapor (Todos Los Cuentos) (short story collection, 2020)

Other Books:

- Heidi (Johanna Spyri, 1881)

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Welcome to Episode 4 of the Books Boys Podcast!

As always, we discuss the latest books we've been reading, and give some book recommendations. We also get a surprise call-in by musician/artist/writer Kyron Bourke! (check him out on Spotify)

Books discussed include:

- Louise De La Valliere & The Man In The Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas, 1849)

- Keep The Aspidistra Flying (George Orwell, 1936)

- Gulliver's Travels (Jonathon Swift, 1726)

- One Little Mistake (Emma Curtis, 2017)

- Magpie Murders (Anthony Horowitz, 2016)

- Nuns And Soldiers (Iris Murdoch, 1980)

- Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie, 1981 )

- The Kin (Peter Dickinson, 2003)

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Welcome to the 3rd episode, and Christmas special, of Books Boys! 

Read some books!!

This month we discuss:

- Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert, 1869)

- Cousin Bette (Honoré de Balzac, 1847)

- After Dark (Wilkie Collins, 1856)

- The Apartment (K.L. Slater, 2020)

- Reason Without Rhyme, & Fifty-Seven Pebbles (Eileen T. O'Neill, 2013 & 2015)

And we also give our Christmas recommendations! 

Then we cross over with Kant's Dream to hear the latest single from Kyron Bourke (ft. Maeve Smyth & based on lyrics by Eileen T. O'Neill), and to close we hear a Christmas treat from the Books Boys themselves (ft. Alicia)

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