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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/

Joining Charles Adrian for the first of the new-style iTunes-hosted Page One podcasts is Vera Chok, who makes things and connects people. Almost exactly a year after their previous interview (Page One, vol. 6), they discuss the joy of tight prose, optimism in the face of disaster and whether comedians can compete with poets. All previous Page Ones can still be found at pageonepodcast.com. [n.b. some of the audio in the original version of this podcast was damaged; this has now been repaired]

Joining Charles Adrian for the first of the new-style iTunes-hosted Page One podcasts is Vera Chok, who makes things and connects people. Almost exactly a year after their previous interview (Page One, vol. 6), they discuss the joy of tight prose, optimism in the face of disaster and whether comedians can compete with poets. All previous Page Ones can still be found at pageonepodcast.com. [n.b. some of the audio in the original version of this podcast was damaged; this has now been repaired]

Charles Adrian talks about the Page One book podcast that he will be putting out through iTunes from October 2013 onwards. More information at pageonepodcast.com.

There isn't time enough in one lifetime to read all of the books that exist, but there might be time to read just the first page...