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“You are the music while the music lasts.” For the 75th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by pianist and Korean-American mutt SooJin Anjou to discuss the need for contradiction and art that contains the world (no small ambition). This will be the last of these Second-Hand Book Factories for a while so, in Groucho’s words, please hug yourselves for me. [On the question of classical music on the podcast, a clarification: of course, while I was editing this, I remembered that I played some Schubert for Ted Schmitz as part of the 30th Page One, which you can find here.]
A special vintage edition of Page One this week as Charles Adrian is joined by his little sister Lissa for the 28th Second-Hand Book Factory. Between sips of tea and mouthfuls of cake at the Chiswick House Café, they discuss their suspicion of people who haven’t read Harry Potter, their shared appreciation for the playfulness of Jasper Fforde and opium. Incidentally, Harry Potter fans might want to read this.
For the 74th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by playwright, performer and accidental sex-positivity educator, advocate and activist Cameryn Moore. They talk about the level of detail in some rich historical fantasy, some of the advantages of a really big tea cup and the realisation that people write creatively about their food experiences. [Note: apologies for the phone that buzzes at 5:50; this is the result of a schoolboy error on the part of the podcaster.]
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