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hi my name is joel golby and welcome to my podcast where each week i recommend you a new book. it's out every tuesday. that's it. that's pretty much it. Hosted on Acast. See ... more
FAQs about Joel Golby's Book Club:How many episodes does Joel Golby's Book Club have?The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.
November 11, 2025E30: Rachel Kushner's The Mars RoomRomy Hall ends up in prison after killing her stalker. It's an excellent set-up to a novel, but does it deliver? The endorsements on the front cover certainly think so, but does Geordie Joel agree? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more33minPlay
September 08, 2025E29: Benedict Townsend's Book Club?Joel is joined by writer and comedian Benedict Townsend who takes full control of the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more1h 6minPlay
August 26, 2025E28: Rhys James' You'll Like It When You Get ThereJoel speaks to stand up comedian and author of You'll Like It When You Get There, Rhys James, about his new book! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more59minPlay
May 20, 2025E27: Joel and Lucas Oakeley Create A CharacterJoel creates a whole new format for the book club and pulls in writer Lucas Oakeley to build a character from scratch. Expect dice, coin flips and... long necks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more1h 7minPlay
April 01, 2025E26: Róisín Lanigan's I Want To Go Home But I'm Already ThereJoel speaks to Róisín Lanigan about her latest, I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There, a ghost story set against the horror of the current housing crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more42minPlay
December 30, 2024E25: Joel's Experimental EpisodeJoel reviews a graphic novel called Below Ambition by Simon Hanselmann about Megg The Witch and Werewolf Jones who start a band called Horse Mania. He also digs through the finds of his latest book shop crawl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more33minPlay
November 27, 2024E24: Jente Postuma's What I'd Rather Not Think AboutWhat I'd Rather Not Think About is a novel about grieving a twin, captured in little vignettes over roughly 200 pages, but what does Joel and his new co-host Geordie Joel make of it? And is it time to stop writing 7 line chapters? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more33minPlay
September 26, 2024E23: Jeffrey Eugenides' MiddlesexJoel reads Middlesex, a swirling multi-generational novel that sees a Greek family migrate to Detroit and struggle with their middle class status. The basis of pretty good novel - and it won the Pulitzer - but does Joel rate it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more32minPlay
August 01, 2024E22: Miranda July's All FoursJoel's broken two of his rules this time round by reading a book that is 1) a hardback, and 2) came out this year. It's Miranda July's All Fours, a book where the narrator is supposed to spend a load of money on a life-changing road trip, but ends up blowing all the cash on renovating a motel room just outside town to look like a Parisian hotel suite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more27minPlay
June 26, 2024E21: Joel Answers Your QuestionsWhat's the best writing snack? How important is it to plan your character arc? What do you make of The Hardest Geezer book announcement? Joel answers your questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more44minPlay
FAQs about Joel Golby's Book Club:How many episodes does Joel Golby's Book Club have?The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.