Literary Loitering - Irreverent Mockery With Cultural Anarchists

Literary Loitering - Irreverent Mockery With Cultural Anarchists

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  • Literary Loitering 9 - The Awful Puns Are Here To Stay

    This week we kick off the show with the story of an 8 year-old girl who struck a blow for equaltiy when she demanded the right to read a book about pirates that had been labelled "for boys". After that there's the campaign to find the best-loved Agatha Christie novel, the winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize and more. We also have another little quiz, but this time it's all about books.

    Our featured book is Ghosts of War by George Mann.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #GhostsofWar #George_Mann

    55 min
  • Literary Loitering 8 - The Lost Baldwin

    This week we discuss the winner of the Pulitzer prize, the ongoing "Puppygate" scandal affecting the Hugo awards, Tennessee's plan to make The Bible it's state book and more. We also go through some of the suggestions for Lord Alan Sugar's new book.

    Our featured book is Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #GhostsofManhattan #George_Mann

    53 min
  • Literary Loitering 7 - Some Spiders got in the Machine

    On this week's episode we say goodbye to the wonderful Gunter Grass before we discuss the apparent "rise" of female science fiction writers (which is news to us), the ongoing controversy at the Hugo awards, The Book of Joy and more.

    Our featured book is The Machine Awakes - the second book in the Spider Wars series by Adam Christopher.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #TheMachineAwakes #SpiderWars #AdamChristopher

    1 hr 4 min
  • Literary Loitering 6 - Quiz Pro Quo

    This week we discuss the rise of colouring books for adults, a sculpture based upon The Wasp Factory, the controversy at the Hugo awards and more. We also take some time so that the guys can take an arts, literature and entertainment quiz for kids.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts

    55 min
  • Literary Loitering 5 - A Visit to Innsmouth

    This week we discuss the "Clean Reader" mobile application, the nominations for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and lots more.

    Our featured book is Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth - a short story anthology edited by Stephen Jones which is based upon the Cthulhu tales of H. P. Lovecraft.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #WeirderShadowsOverInnsmouth #StephenJones #Cthulhu #HP_Lovecraft

    59 min
  • Literary Loitering 4 - To Rhyme is Not a Crime

    On this episode we discuss the winner of the Folio Prize for Fiction, the reading of an real autopsy report as a piece of poetry, Alan Moore's second novel and more.

    Our featured book is Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #HarrisonSquared #DarylGregory

    51 min
  • Literary Loitering 3 - Goodbye Sir Terry Pratchett

    This week we were saddened by the tragic loss of Sir Terry Pratchett, but the show must go on.

    We discuss Umberto Eco's new book, the discovery of Miguel de Cervantes' remains and more. Our featured books this week are Burnt Tongues - Chuck Pahlaniuk's short story collection, and Anti-Hero by Jonathan Wood.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #BurntTongues #ChuckPahlaniuk #AntiHero #JonathanWood

    1 hr 4 min
  • Literary Loitering 2 - This Diagram Looks Wonky

    We return this week with all sorts of books and arts news before we take a look at this year's nominations for the Diagram prize for the oddest book title of 2015 - and there are some absolute gems this year.

    Our featured books are Randy Henderson's Finn Fancy Necromancy and No Hero by Jonathan Wood.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #RandyHenderson #FinnFancyNecromancy #NoHero #Jonathan_Wood

    48 min
  • Literary Loitering 1 - We're Back

    After an extended winter slumber a strange creature emerges from its psychedelic cave of wonders to terrorise the worlds of books and the arts once more.

    Welcome again to Literary Loitering.

    This week's featured books are the post-apocalyptic short story collection Wastelands 2 and Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily A New Hope.

    #LiteraryLoitering #TheGeekShow #Books #Novels #Arts #Theatre #Comedy #News #Reviews #Podcasts #Shakespeare #StarWars #Wastelands2 #IanDoescher #JohnJosephAdams

    45 min

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