For the 40th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by writer, musician and ex-footballer Martin Bengtsson, aka Waldemaar. They discuss minimalist writing, the mythologising of friends and a letter novel that is not exactly a novel. Warning: this interview was conducted over Skype and there is occasional distortion due to a bad connection.

More info about Martin can be found at http://www.waldemaarmusic.com/

The theme for this week’s Page One is myths and legends as Charles Adrian digs out tales of gods and heroes from his uncle’s library and shares with you a little of his love for these stories. Suggested further reading, as explained in the podcast: John Keats’ Hyperion, Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Ted Hughes’ translation and both Ka and The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony by Roberto Calasso. None of this is compulsory; no extra marks will be awarded.

The theme for this week’s Page One is myths and legends as Charles Adrian digs out tales of gods and heroes from his uncle’s library and shares with you a little of his love for these stories. Suggested further reading, as explained in the podcast: John Keats’ Hyperion, Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Ted Hughes’ translation and both Ka and The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony by Roberto Calasso. None of this is compulsory; no extra marks will be awarded.

Beginning with some tips on how to live right and ending with a hum of Pooh, the 56th edition of Page One sees Charles Adrian struggling to keep to the path that he has set out upon. For fans of ethics, advice and bears of little brain.

Beginning with some tips on how to live right and ending with a hum of Pooh, the 56th edition of Page One sees Charles Adrian struggling to keep to the path that he has set out upon. For fans of ethics, advice and bears of little brain.

For the 55th Page One, Charles Adrian goes back to the roots of the podcast. It’s just second-hand books and a bit of good music. This week: an overview without plot-spoilers of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet. There is also some hesitant discussion of current events. The link mentioned in the podcast is http://madamasr.com/content/deaths-without-dignity; for more links, visit www.pageonepodcast.com.

For the 55th Page One, Charles Adrian goes back to the roots of the podcast. It’s just second-hand books and a bit of good music. This week: an overview without plot-spoilers of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet. There is also some hesitant discussion of current events. The link mentioned in the podcast is http://madamasr.com/content/deaths-without-dignity; for more links, visit www.pageonepodcast.com.

This week, artist and writer Catherine Payton joins Charles Adrian for the 39th Second-Hand Book Factory. Quietly, and under a full moon, they discuss the First World War and the construction of a realer Scotland for the film industry.

This week, artist and writer Catherine Payton joins Charles Adrian for the 39th Second-Hand Book Factory. Quietly, and under a full moon, they discuss the First World War and the construction of a realer Scotland for the film industry.

And it was Paula Varjack! A slightly unusual Second-Hand Book Factory this week, recorded while Charles Adrian and his guest, the writer and performance-maker Paula Varjack, were in Edinburgh for the 2013 Fringe Festival. Given that they could not plunder their own shelves for books to share, they agreed to scour the second-hand bookshops of the city for a book that each thought the other should have. Perhaps this episode should be called the Third-Hand Book Factory. Paula's bandcamp is here: http://paulavarjack.bandcamp.com/