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For the 62nd Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by Gary Powell, who is the manager of a real book shop, on the street in Exmouth Market in London. After a wobbly start, they talk about an unlikely liking for sport, the realisation that maybe nobody can give you what you need and the latest addition to a classic collection.

You can buy the Rachel Kann book and find out more about her here.

The podcast with Gary’s boyfriend John, which we talk about, was put out again recently. You can listen and download here.

[Warning: some bad language from beginning]

For the 61st Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian sits down to eat with performer, writer, director and 32-year-old Caroline Horton. Without the help of physical books, they manage to talk about poetry competitions, lightness of touch and beauty in graphic form. You can find out more about Caroline here.

Another of the podcasts dredged up from Page One’s London Fields Radio past, Charles Adrian is joined here by ‘maker’ Greg Wohead. They talk about writing, running and the far north east (of America). Greg is a wonderful storyteller and is frequently to be found on tour – more information about his work and his tour dates is here. 

A note about the end of the podcast: Greg and I talk about the radio play The Air Gap, which Greg had starred in, and which told the story of Chelsea Manning. At the time of recording this conversation, Chelsea Manning was still known as Bradley Manning.

Joining Charles Adrian at the Farm Shop in Dalston for the 60th Second-Hand Book Factory is actress Liz Chan. They have a calm and quiet talk and exchange memories in different forms. Disclaimer: Having asked his guest to turn off her phone, Charles Adrian failed to turn off his; he apologises, therefore, for a little electronic interference towards the beginning of this recording. He also apologises for the occasional sound of chewing as he eats some rather nice lemon drizzle cake.

For the 59th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by Dave Pickering, who is a freelance storyteller, podcaster and, on the day we met, author of an article about the disappearance of his previous job that was published in the Guardian’s Comment Is Free section; you can read the article here and the blog post that it is based on is here. Also, if  you think you might be interested, check out Miranda July’s Learning To Love You More project here. And here is a link to Dave’s Getting Better Acquainted podcast.

[Warning: some bad language during the first music track]

Sitting outside the Money Museum in Athens, Charles Adrian is joined by musician, performer and teacher Vicky Sachpazi for the 58th Second-Hand Book Factory.  They talk about the science of religiosity, the right way to behave in a room and Lawrence Durrell’s ‘poet of the city’. (Incidentally, if you haven’t already, check out the 55th Page One, in which Charles Adrian talks about Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet!) More information about Trio Tzane is here.

On top of Mount Parnitha just outside Athens, with a storm and a dog and some people in the background, Charles Adrian talks to performer Erifili Stefanidou (not to be confused with the other actress of the same name) for the 57th Second-Hand Book Factory. They talk about the most famous book in modern Greek, something splenetic by a famous Russian and something sweet by a relatively famous Frenchman. When Charles Adrian says ‘pilote’ he means, of course, ‘Pilate’.