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Bookylicious

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Bookylicious episodes

  • Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 6 - Thomas Hardy, "Romantasy", Gnomes and Nature

    Paul, Lara and Holly talk some more about audiobooks based

    on Patricia Bracewell’s recommendations. They also discuss Thomas Hardy’s
    women, is “romantasy” a genre, BB’s Little Grey men (gnomes) and nature writing
    and much more!

    Go to our bookshelf for some of the books mentioned in this

    episode.  https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-6-thomas-hardy-romantasy-gnomes-and-nature?

    45 min
  • Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 5 – Wombles, Moomins, audiobooks and sci-fi

    For the first time ever Paul, Holly and Lara gathered in the

    library stacks in Wrexham and not on Zoom to record this episode. That’s why it is a slightly longer episode than normal but the conversation was too good to
    cut! We cover everything including audiobooks, Les Miserables, whether Wombles and Moomins share the same DNA, the joys and pitfalls of genre fiction
    including sci-fi.

    You will find the shelf with most of the books we discuss

    here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-5-wombles-moomins-audiobooks-and-sci-fi?

    For more information about Wrexham Carnival of Words 2024 go here www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com

    For more information about Mary Oliver and Upstream https://maryoliver.com/bio/

    If you want to get in touch please go to www.bookylicious.com

    58 min
  • David Ebsworth - Blood Among the Threads - Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 4

    In this episode Paul speaks to Dave McCall AKA author David

    Ebsworth about his latest book ‘Blood Among the Threads’ a murder mystery set
    in Wrexham in 1876. For more information about Dave, his books and to sign up
    to his mailing list go here https://www.davidebsworth.com/

    Other authors we discuss are Robert Harris https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/575.Robert_Harris

     and Rosemary Sutcliff https://rosemarysutcliff.com/summaries-and-synopses-of-rosemary-sutcliff-books/

     

    And if you are interested in the recent Slightly Foxed editions

    of Sutcliff’s works go here https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-set-of-rosemary-sutcliff-novels/

    40 min
  • Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 3 - 2023 Reading challenges, 'Les Miserables' and Christmas wishes!

    In this episode Paul and Lara chat about their Good Reads

    reading challenges for 2023 and select fiction and non-fiction favourites. They
    discuss their progress (or not?) Wrexham Carnival of Words long read for 2024
    ‘Les Miserables’ by Victor Hugo. Plus a few suggestions for what Santa might
    consider bringing!

    As always here is a bookshelf of some of the books we

    mention https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-3-2023-reading-challenge-review-les-miserable-and-christmas-wishes

    Here are links for Slow Ways https://beta.slowways.org/ and Danny

    Robins Uncanny website https://www.dannyrobins.com/uncanny

    If you want more information about Bookylicious go to www.bookylicious.com or https://www.facebook.com/Bookylicious

    Email us at [email protected]

    36 min
  • Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 2 - Sian Hughes author of 'Pearl'

    In this episode Paul interviews Sian hughes the Booker

    longlisted author of ‘Pearl’ in her beautiful bookshop Magpie Books in Malpas ,
    Cheshire https://www.magpiebookshop.co.uk/

    Sian talks about the long process of writing ‘Pearl, Old

    English poetry in the Cheshire dialect, being longlisted for the Booker prize,
    the Wales/Cheshire border and much more!

    For more information about Sian here are a couple of sites

    with more information:

    https://theindigopress.com/sian-hughes/

    https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/sian-hughes

    And as always here is our bookshelf.org bookshelf with some

    of the books we mention:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-2-sian-hughes

    Apologies because this was recorded on location the sound

    levels are a little variable but hopefully this won’t spoil your enjoyment.

    51 min
  • Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 1 - Dani Robertson - 'All Through the Night'

    In this episode Paul talks to Dani Robertson the Dark Sky

    Officer for Prosiect Nos Dark
    Skies Partnership in North Wales. She is author of ‘All Through the Night’ a
    book highlighting the issues of light pollution and what we can all do about
    it. Here are some links about Dani and Project Nos

    https://www.discoveryinthedark.wales/project-nos

    https://darksky.org/news/dani-robertson-monthly-star/

    https://darksky.org/news/dani-robertson-monthly-star/


    As always you can see books we talked about in
    our bookshop.org bookshelf ⁠https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-1-dani-robertson-all-through-the-night

     

    32 min
  • Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 13 - The Name of the Rose

    In this episode Gwyn reviews Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' and Paul feeds back on his viewing of the 1986 film of the book and the 2019 TV series.

    Paul recommends some Medieval monastic sleuths to follow on from 'The Name of the Rose'.

    For details of the books mentioned please check our bookshelf here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-2-episode-13-the-name-of-the-rose

    23 min
  • Libraries, librarians magic and witches and everything in between! Bookylicious Season 2 Episode 12

    In this show Paul and Holly chat about novels featuring

    libraries and librarians inspired by the Electric Literature reading list https://electricliterature.com/7-novels-that-reveal-librarians-behind-the-shelves/
    From which emerges ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Uberto Eco as our book of the
    month.

    Gwyn shares her favourite reads about magic and mysticism.

    Paul and Holly discuss their current reads and hopefully we

    will inspire you in our varied choice!

    All books mentioned can be found on our Bookshop.Org

    bookshelf https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-featuring-librarians-and-librarians-and-gwyn-explores-all-things-magical-and-mystical-bookylicious-series-2-episode-12

    If you want to get in touch with us please email [email protected] we love to hear

    from you!

    45 min
  • Jennifer Kavanagh - 'And this shall be my dancing day' - Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 11

    In this episode Paul is in conversation with Jennifer Kavanagh

    about her new novel ‘And this shall be my dancing day’ and they also discuss
    the creative process.

    If you want to know more about Jennifer and her writing you

    can find out more here https://www.jenniferkavanagh.co.uk/

    To buy or find out more about Jennifer’s book and some of

    the other books we mentioned here is our Bookshop.org bookshelf https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/jennifer-kavanagh-and-this-shall-be-my-dancing-day-bookylicious-series-2-episode-11

     

    29 min
  • Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 10 - 'The Silver Sword' andClassic Children's Fiction
    This is a bumper episode as we weren’t able to record in June.
    In this episode we discuss our book of the month ‘The Silver
    Sword’ by Ian Serraillier. For more information on Ian Serraillier go to https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-serraillier
    We also take a look at the latest BBC list of 100 Greatest
    Children’s Books of All Time which you can explore here https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230522-the-100-greatest-childrens-books-of-all-time
    For all the books we mentioned in this episode please go to
    our bookshop at https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/ian-serraillier-s-the-silver-sword-and-children-s-classics
    You can find more information about Bookylicious and how to
    contact us here www.bookylicious.com
    1 hr

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Bookylicious 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…