Comics' Books

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this episode, Lucy speaks to Comedian and Author Njambi McGrath about some of the most important books in her life.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• The Famous Five (Various) - Enid Blyton: https://www.enidblyton.co.uk/landing-page/enid-blyton/enid-blyton-books/enid-blyton-the-famous-five
• Mills and Boon (Various): https://www.millsandboon.co.uk
• Danielle Steel: https://daniellesteel.com
• James Hadley Chase: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/james-hadley-chase
• The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/559/55981/the-mayor-of-casterbridge/9780241347775.html
• King Lear - William Shakespeare: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/545/54575/king-lear/9780141396460.html
• *Wild Swans - Jung Chang: https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007463404/wild-swans
• *Kaffir Boy - Mark Mathabane: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126151.Kaffir_Boy
• *The Pianist of Yarmouk by - Ayham Ahmed: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309/309062/the-pianist-of-yarmouk/9780241347522.html
• Richard Wright: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9657.Richard_Wright
• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: https://ngugiwathiongo.com

*Njambi's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

The Pitshanger Bookshop, Ealing

https://www.pitshangerbooks.co.uk

Twitter @PitshangerBook1

Other Links:

Njambi's Website: https://www.njambimcgrathcomedy.co.uk

Njambi's book 'Through The Leopard's Gaze' :

https://www.jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk/products/through-the-leopards-gaze

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this special extended episode, actor, rapper, writer and stand up Ben Bailey Smith (Doc Brown) joins Lucy Danser to discuss the joys of books and reading.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• I Am Bear - Ben Bailey Smith: https://www.walker.co.uk/I-Am-Bear-9781406359251.aspx
• Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/109/1097846/sapiens/9780099590088.html
• Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/183/183943/moonwalking-with-einstein/9780141032139.html
• The Etymologicon - Mark Forysth: https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/the-etymologicon
• Little Women - Louisa May Alcott: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/334/33402/little-women/9780241335130.html
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Judy Blume: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/judy-blume/are-you-there-god-it-s-me-margaret/9781529043068
• Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing - Judy Blume: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/judy-blume/tales-of-a-fourth-grade-nothing/9781447262923
• *Fox 8 - George Saunders: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fox-8-9781526606488
• *French Exit - Patrick deWitt: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/french-exit-9781526601193
• *Train Dreams - Denis Johnson: https://granta.com/train-dreams
• *Pryor Convictions - Richard Pryor: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/1205409-pryor-convictions
• *Mobster's Lament - Ray Celestin: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ray-celestin/the-mobster-s-lament/9781509838936
• *Stoner - John Edward Williams: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/103/1035481/stoner/9780099561545.html
• White Teeth - Zadie Smith: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/245/24575/white-teeth/9780241981399.html

*Ben's Choices

Featured Bookshops:

Church Street Book Shop, Stoke Newington

Queens Park Books, Queens Park

https://www.queensparkbooks.co.uk

Twitter @QPBooks

Other Links:

Doc Brown Website: https://www.docbrown.co.uk

Ben Bailey Smith at Bloomsbury Publishing: https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/ben-bailey-smith

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this our 6th episode, anarchic stand-up and book fan Russell Hicks joins Lucy Danser to discuss the the world of reading.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• Three Novels - Sam Beckett: https://groveatlantic.com/book/three-novels
• Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/354/35465/don-quixote/9780241347768.html
• Don Quixote (Campfire Graphic Novels): https://www.campfire.co.in/don-quixote-part-i
• The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/35480/the-brothers-karamazov/9780140449242.html
• Crime And Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1112429/crime-and-punishment--vintage-classic-russians-series-/9781784871970.html
• The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/338/33858/the-canterbury-tales/9780140424386.html
• Lord Of The Flies - William Golding: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571295715-lord-of-the-flies.html
• Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli: https://www.littlebrownlibrary.com/books/maniac-magee
• *Calvin & Hobbes - Bill Watterson: https://www.calvinandhobbes.com/all-books
• *Like Hell - Ben Weasel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/630238.Like_Hell
• Hunger - Knut Hamsun: https://canongate.co.uk/books/458-hunger
• The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571081783-the-bell-jar.html
• Post Office - Charles Bukowski: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/107/1078079/post-office/9780753518168.html
• *The Inner Game Of Tennis - W. Timothy Gallwey: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/w-timothy-gallwey/the-inner-game-of-tennis/9781447288503
• Open - Andre Agassi: https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007281435/open
• Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare In Tennis - Lessons From A Master - Brad Gilbert & Steve Jamison: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/10654-winning-ugly-mental-warfare-in-tennis--lessons-from-a-master
• Catch 22 - Joseph Heller: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/105/1051090/catch-22/9781857152203.html

*Russell's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

Notting Hill Book Exchange, Notting Hill

https://mgeshops.com

Twitter @BookExchangeNH

Other Links:

Russell Hicks' Website: https://russellhicks.co.uk

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this episode, BBC New Comedy Award finalist and stand-up Sikisa joins Lucy Danser to discuss some of her favourite books.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• Rape Jokes - Louise MacGregor: https://www.frayededgepress.com/rape-jokes.html
• Civil War - Marvel (Comics): https://www.marvel.com/comics/discover/114/civil-war-the-complete-event
• Natives - Akala: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/akala/natives/9781473661240/
• The Ruins Of Empire - Akala (Graphic Novel): https://akala.tmstor.es/cart/product.php?id=19309
• *The Tale Of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/306857/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit--gift-edition/9780241324301.html
• The Tale of Tom Kitten - Beatrix Potter: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/121/121354/the-tale-of-tom-kitten/9780723247777.html
• *Noughts & Crosses - Malorie Blackman: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1004987/noughts---crosses/9781407047966.html
• *Small Thoughts and Poetry - Lucy Thatcher: https://lucythatcher.com/small-thoughts/
• *Pleasure - Eric Jerome Dickey: http://www.ericjeromedickey.com/web/books/2423/
• Fifty Shades Of Grey - EL James: https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/fifshad/fifty-shades.html
• Jackie Collins Books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jackie-Collins/272045

*Sikisa's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

Clapham Book Store

https://www.claphambooks.com

Twitter @claphambooks

Other Links:

Sikisa at Blue Book Artist Management: http://www.bluebookartistmanagement.com/profiles/sikisa.aspx

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this episode, award-winning stand-up and book prize judge Sindhu Vee joins Lucy Danser to discuss some of her favourite books.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• Winnie The Witch - Valerie Thomas: https://global.oup.com/education/product/9780192748164/?region=uk
• Ladybird's Cinderella - Vera Southgate: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/182/182357/ladybird-tales--cinderella/9781409311072.html
• *Ladybird's Well Loved Tales - The Little Mermaid: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/188/188597/ladybird-tales--the-little-mermaid/9780723271055.html
• The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Anderson: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheLittleMermaid_e.html
• *Anne Of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Anne-of-Green-Gables/L-M-Montgomery/Aladdin-Classics/9781442490000
• The Famous Five Series - Enid Blyton: https://www.enidblyton.co.uk/titles/enid-blyton-2/the-famous-five-treasury/9781444939392
• *The Code Of The Woosters - P.G. Wodehouse: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/107/1074175/the-code-of-the-woosters/9781787461048.html
• Reasons To Be Cheerful - Nina Stibbs: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/289/289077/reasons-to-be-cheerful/9780241974988.html
• *A House For Mr Biswas - V.S. Naipaul: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/105/1051083/a-house-for-mr-biswas/9781857152135.html
• *A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/100/1006882/a-prayer-for-owen-meany/9780552993692.html
• Call Of The Wild - Jack London: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jack-london/the-call-of-the-wild-white-fang/9781509841769
• Atomic Habits - James Clear: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112146/atomic-habits/9781847941831.html
• Value Of Values - Swami Dayananda: https://arshavidya.in/product/the-value-of-values
• The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/donna-tartt/the-goldfinch/9780316055437
• Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives Of Extremists - Julia Ebner: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/going-dark-9781526616784

*Sindhu's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

Primrose Hill Books, Primrose Hill

https://www.primrosehillbooks.com

Twitter @PHBookshop

Other Links:

• Sindhu Vee's Website: https://sindhuvee.com
• Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize For comic Fiction: http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/wodehouse.aspx

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this episode, actor, writer and producer Jonathan Sayer joins Lucy Danser to discuss some of his favourite books.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• The Art Of Coarse Acting - Michael Green: https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/s/12604/the-art-of-coarse-acting (04:04)
• Adrian Mole Series - Sue Townsend: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/21814/sue-townsend.html (08:22)
• Harry Potter series - J.K Rowling: https://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/uk (08:42)
• Forever... - Judy Bloom: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Forever/Judy-Blume/9781481414425 (10:13)
• The Plantagenets - Dan Jones: https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007213948/the-plantagenets-the-kings-who-made-england (12:07)
• The Hollow Crown - Dan Jones: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571288083-the-hollow-crown.html (12:24)
• Jon Ronson Books: http://www.jonronson.com/index.html (13:00)
• *Them - Jon Ronson: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jon-ronson/them-adventures-with-extremists/9781447275466 (14:26)
• *The Vicar Of Nibbleswicke - Roald Dahl: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/304/30474/the-vicar-of-nibbleswicke/9780140348910.html (16:40)
• Esio Trot - Roald Dahl: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311707/roald-dahl--esio-trot---ladybird-readers-level-4/9780241367896.html (18:43)
• Revolting Rhymes - Roald Dahl: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/304848/revolting-rhymes/9780141374123.html (19:07)
• *To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/108/1088099/to-kill-a-mockingbird/9781784752637.html (19:33)
• *If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/if-nobody-speaks-of-remarkable-things-9780747561576 (21:47)
• *The Siege Of Krishnapur - JG Farrell: https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/j-g-farrell/the-siege-of-krishnapur/9781857994919 (24:21)
• *Unfollow - Megan Phelps-Roper: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/megan-phelps-roper/unfollow/9781787478008 (28:11)
• Outliers - Malcom Gladwell: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/564/56495/outliers/9780141036250.html (31:43)
• This Is Going To Hurt - Adam Kay: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adam-kay/this-is-going-to-hurt/9781509858637 (31:11)

*Jonathan's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

Queens Park Books, Queens Park

https://www.queensparkbooks.co.uk

Twitter @QPBooks

Other Links:

• Mischief Comedy - https://mischiefcomedy.com

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this episode, stand-up comedian and surprise Victorian Literature aficinoado Eshaan Akbar joins Lucy Danser to discuss some of his favourite books.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• Karl Marx - Francis Wheen: http://www.4thestate.co.uk/book/karl-marx-francis-wheen-9781841151144 (05:08)
• Enid Blyton: https://www.enidblyton.co.uk (08:34)
• The Quran (08:48)
• The Hadith (08:55)
• Archie Comics - https://archiecomics.com (09:07)
• Reader's Digest - https://www.readersdigest.co.uk (09:47)
• *The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/109/1092601/the-secret-garden/9780099572954.html (11:43)
• Michelle Magorian: https://michellemagorian.com (15:48)
• *Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/55507/wuthering-heights/9780141439556.html (17:38)
• *A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-thousand-splendid-suns-9780747582793 (23:40)
• The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-thousand-splendid-suns-9780747582793 (24:07)
• A Path To Power - Margaret Thatcher: https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007456628/the-path-to-power (25:59)
• *Long Walk To Freedom - Nelson Mandela: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/nelson-mandela/long-walk-to-freedom/9781408703113 (26:35)
• Goodbye Bafana: My Prisoner, My Friend - James Gregory: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1408930.Goodbye_Bafanay (29:39)

*Eshaan's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town

https://owlbookshop.co.uk

Twitter @OwlBookshop

Other Links:

• Eshaan Akbar's Website: https://www.eshaanakbar.com

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast about what funny people read...

In this, our very first episode, comedian and newly announced author Laura Lexx joins Lucy Danser to discuss the world of books and reading.

Who is Lucy Danser?

Lucy is a writer, producer and all around storytelling person. Follow her on Twitter @LucyDanser or visit www.lucydanser.co.uk

Books/Authors mentioned in this episode:

• Rivers Of London Series - Ben Aaronovitch: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BP9/rivers-of-london (04:51)
• Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1113193/alan-bennett--doctor-dolittle-stories/9781785296840.html (05:52)
• George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319177/georges-marvelous-medicine-by-roald-dahl (06:03)
• *The Lies Of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/scott-lynch/the-lies-of-locke-lamora/9780575079755 (07:00)
• Game Of Thrones - George R R Martin: https://harpervoyagerbooks.co.uk/products/a-game-of-thrones-tv-tie-in-edition-george-rr-martin-9780007428540 (09:03)
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/109/1091744/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry/9780552778091.html (13:36)
• The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/6122/the-blind-assassin-by-margaret-atwood (14:02)
• Fifty Shades Of Grey - EL James: https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/fifshad/fifty-shades.html (16:59)
• *The Outlander Series - Diane Gabaldon: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/OUT/outlander fifty (17:20)
• *The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/donna-tartt/the-goldfinch/9780316055437 (21:07)
• The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/103/1036147/the-time-traveler-s-wife/9780099464464.html (24:29)
• *Thérèse Raquin - Émile Zola: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/354/35499/therese-raquin/9780140449440.html (26:10)
• Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/55507/wuthering-heights/9780141439556.html (26:37)

*Laura's Choices

Featured Bookshop:

Big Green Bookshop, Hastings

http://www.biggreenbookshop.com

Twitter @Biggreenbooks

Other Links:

• Laura Lexx's Website: http://www.lauralexx.co.uk
• Laura Lexx at Two Roads Books: https://www.tworoadsbooks.com/contributor/laura-lexx
• Joseph Joseph Nesting Bowls: https://www.josephjoseph.com/collections/baking/products/nest-9-plus-bowl-set

You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @comicsbookspod

Please share, rate and subscribe.

Produced by Lucy Danser & Joseph Bell

[email protected]

www.comicsbooks.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded remotely during the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.