Bookylicious

By Paul Jeorrett

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 re... more

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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

Bookylicious episodes:

December 04, 2023 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.
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51min
November 15, 2023 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

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October 09, 2023 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
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August 28, 2023 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!
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45min
July 22, 2023 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

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July 03, 2023 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
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May 25, 2023 Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 9 - Book of the Month 'The Sandman' by Neil Gaiman
In this episode Gwyn and Paul explore the graphic novel ‘The
Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes’ by Neil Gaiman and its recent Netflix
adaptation. If you feel inspired to explore the world of graphic novels and
comics why not have a look at the excellent Page 45 bookshop site https://page45.com/
For most of the books we discuss in this episode go to the
bookshelf in our bookshop here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/neil-gaiman-s-the-sandman-bookylicious-series-2-episode-9

Gwyn also mentions Joanna Biggs book ‘A Life of One’s Own’
which has only just been published, you can read an extract here https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/04/03/on-mary-wollstonecraft/

Plus there is a unofficial playlist on Spotify for the Sandman series https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WiEftzChg34LESRtnJehr?si=49b8ca8c968b464d

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39min
May 08, 2023 Max Porter, the Medieval and much more... Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 8
Paul and Holly chat about Max Porter, one of Britain’s most
innovative and creative author’s writing today with his latest book being ‘Shy’.
The conversation then turns to all things Medieval with ‘The Wake’ by Paul Kingsnorth
and ‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers. Paul reflects on some of the highlights at this
year’s Wrexham Carnival of Words.
To see some of the books we mention go to https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/max-porter-the-medieval-and-much-more-bookylicious-series-2-episode-8
For more information about Paul Kingsnorth and Dark Mountain
see https://www.paulkingsnorth.net/
And for more about Max porter and his books go to https://www.maxporter.co.uk/

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April 10, 2023 Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 7 - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and other fantastical imaginings

In this episode Gwyn and Paul discuss the Book of the Month
Joan Aiken’s ‘The Wolves of Willoughby Chase’ and then dive down the rabbit
hole to explore the origins of fantasy fiction.
You can find the full text of Tolkien on Fairy Tales here https://archive.org/details/on-fairy-stories_202110
If you wish to watch the BBC adaptation of The Wolves of
Willoughby Chase you can find it here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA_LNZIHHj8&t=61s
All the books we discuss are in our Bookshop.org bookshop
here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-wolves-of-willoughby-chase-and-other-fantastic-imaginings-bookylicious-series-2-episode-7
Gwyn also mentions Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero with a Thousand
Faces’ which you can find here https://archive.org/details/the-hero-with-a-thousand-faces-by-joseph-campbell
There is only one episode of Bookylicious this month we will be back with two in May!

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47min
March 20, 2023 Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 6 - Book of the Month 'Edgelands' by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts
Paul, Gwyn and Lara chat about ‘Edgelands’
by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts
It leads to a great discussion about nature in unexpected
places and on our back doorstep. One other book gets a brief mention along the
way and that is ‘How
Green was my Valley’ by Richard Llewellyn where nnaature and industry
collide in the South Wales valleys.
For the insatiably curious among you here is a link to an
episode of ‘Old Country’ starring Jack Hargreaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRvcEC2fnY
this will give you a flavour of who we were talking about. His biography is interesting
as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hargreaves
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FAQs about Bookylicious:

How many episodes does Bookylicious have?

The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.