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In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 12 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 11 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

In this chapter, Charlie travels to Friesland, or more specifically Noardburgum, to witness the ancient sport of fierljeppen. 

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 10 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

In this chapter, Charlie travels to Zeeland and is transported back into time by different objects he finds, from a 300-year-old taxidermied orca to an old telescope.

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 9 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

In this chapter, Charlie focuses on the flooding so central to the Dutch landscape and history. Drawing on art history and his visit to Biesbosch, he asks how this flooding impacts a country, and how climate change will make this impact even bigger.

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 8 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

In this chapter, Charlie takes a closer look at the avian world above the sodden earth. He meets Pim on a birdwatching facebook group, and adventure follows.   

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 7 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

Charlie takes a trip to ‘s Hertogenbosch, or Den Bosch, with an anthology of painter Bosch’s work in hand. Walking through the medieval town, he notices the little details of everyday life making up a layered story similar to Bosch’s surrealist paintings. 

Walking through the medieval town, he tells a story made up of all the little details of the city’s architecture and people’s lives, similar to the surrealist paintings of Bosch himself.

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 6 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

From Dublin to Vlieland, Charlie chases the mystery of the lugworm and what else lies beneath the surface. 

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 5 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

In this episode, Charlie and his dad visit Scheveningen and wander through the generations of glory and disrepair of the seaside village. 

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 4 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

In this chapter, Charlie tells the story of his visit to the Museum de Lakenhal in Leiden. He dives into the violence of the Dutch past and landscape, the lives of painters Van Goyen and Steen, and shows where walking through a wrong door can take you.

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket

In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 3 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.

Join Charlie on his pilgrimage through the peatlands, from Leiden to Amsterdam. He muses on the flatness and indifference of the landscape, on words by writers such as Ungaretti, on birds and the airplanes flying overhead.

The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

New chapters release every week.

Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket