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For the 122nd Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by podcaster and general audio-person Arlie Adlington. They talk mix-tapes and assumptions, and bring the current series of Page One to an end.

The episode of Arlie's podcast The Boy Who Hasn't Lived that features Charles Adrian can be found here: http://www.theboywhohasntlived.com/episodes/2017/10/30/12-a-constant-stream-of-spiders-2nd-movie)

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Pomosexuals, Challenging Assumptions About Gender And Sexuality edited by Carol Queen and Lawrence Shimel, published in 1997 by Cleis Press Inc; cover photo by Phyllis Christopher; cover design by Scott Idleman/Blink.

Marked as explicit on iTunes because there are words used towards the end of the episode that, although largely reclaimed by the LGBTQIA community, are also still in use as slurs.

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CN: discussion of sex

Joining Charles Adrian for the 121st Second-Hand Book Factory is artist and performer Gareth Cutter. They talk the strange, the sexy, and the ironic.

Some information about The Perfumed Garden is to be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfumed_Garden

When we spoke, Gareth was preparing his live-art performance party Haunted Butts: https://garethcutter.com/projects-2/haunted-butts/

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Maldoror and Poems by Lautréamont (trans. Paul Knight), published in 1978 by Penguin Classics; cover image is itself a detail from L'inhumation précipitée (Buried Alive) by Antoine Wiertz, in the Musée Wiertz, Brussels (Photo: Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique/photo Speltdoorn).

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 120th Second-Hand Book Factory writer, theatre-maker, freelance producer and perpetual interloper Jules Orcullo. They talk impressions of India's sacred city, a snapshot of America and a retelling of Penelope's story.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, published in 2006 by Cannongate Books.

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 119th Second-Hand Book Factory is journalist and writer-in-progress Roland Lloyd Parry. They talk Icelandic sagas, things not getting easier with age and 50,000 soldiers asleep like spoons.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of War Music by Christopher Logue, published in 2001 by Faber and Faber.

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 118th Second-Hand Book Factory is writer, director and composer (also statistician) George Lewkowicz. They talk patriotic cosmology, code-breaking and a brand-new podcasted tale of some awkward twins.

George's podcasted novel is called The White Beyond The Wall and is available on itunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-white-beyond-the-wall/id1255240024?mt=2. It is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cgJN3ujv4g

George has also been composing music for The Family Tree (which features Charles Adrian): http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle, published in 2010 by Penguin; cover illustration based on an original design by John Griffiths, 1960.

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Joining Charles Adrian in Amersham for the 117th Second-Hand Book Factory is his mother Rae Bentley Jones (aka Rae Gillott). They talk a basketmaker's life, detective fiction and some world history.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky, published in 1987 by Penguin Books; cover design: blacksheep.

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 116th Second-Hand Book Factory is technologist, writer and occasional musician Lucien Jones. They talk about the limitations of Sci-Fi, reality that comes with a touch of magic and a long-awaited second novel.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Little Friend by Donna Tart, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2003; cover photograph © Geoff Spear; cover design © William Webb.

Oh, and the band that Lucien is in is called Dr Da Vinci & His Elephant. They played a gig in London on the 30th of September 2017 but I couldn't face updating my apology to reflect the fact that, what with this episode being released on the 3rd of October, I had missed a proper chance of promoting the band by so very few days.

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 115th Second-Hand Book Factory is actor and theatre-maker Samuel Hopkins. They talk about books worth championing, sexual obsession and an artist Samuel hasn't quite sussed out yet.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Descent Of Man by Grayson Perry, published in 2017 by Penguin Books; cover image by Axel Hoedt.

Charles Adrian talking more about Alan Hollinghurst's The Line Of Beauty is here: http://readmesomethingyoulove.com/the-folding-star-by-alan-hollinghurst-read-by-charles-adrian-gillot/

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 114th Second-Hand Book Factory is academic Liz Bailey. They talk about the blending of voices, the ravages of the free market and the creation of a magical-realistic world.

Stand-Up Tragedy, which is mentioned both here and in the previous episode, is a storytelling and performance night hosted by Dave Pickering. More information about the night is at http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Fool On The Hill by Matt Ruff, published in 2016 by dtv; cover design Balk & Brumshagen; cover image Dietrich Ebert.

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Joining Charles Adrian for the 113th Second-Hand Book Factory is writer, reader, traveller and compulsive singer Lisa Findley. They talk about the throw and catch of friendship, telling by not telling, and a runaway best-seller. There is also mention of a shower of related writers, including Ann Patchett, Alice Munro, Claire Messud and Hilary Mantell.

Stand-Up Tragedy, which is mentioned towards the beginning of the episode, is a storytelling and performance night hosted by Dave Pickering. More information about the night is at http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, published in 2014 by Little And Brown; cover design and illustrations by Keith Hayes; cover © 2014 Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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