Shark Liver Oil

"S" to the "Hark" to the "Liver" to the "Oil" are back with the third part of their discussion about Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus. It's time to talk about Intersections - where worlds collide and separate like snooker balls shooting around an ice rink. Matt and Dave ask the big questions that matter: What's happening to Chandresh? Will Marco and Celia last? and is Bailey ever going to do anything interesting? As ever, get your comments on the book or the cast over to [email protected] or @sharkliveroil on twitter. We're particularly interested in your favourite tent in the circus. If you could visit one - which would it be and why?

The second part of Shark Liver Oil's podcast series about Erin Morgenestern's The Night Circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Matt and Dave take apart the second part of the book, called "Illumination", as the circus gets into the swing of things and the challenge between Marco and Cenlia um... hots up? Enjoy - but watch out for those trains!! If you've got anything to say about The Night Circus or Shark Liver Oil, drop us a line at [email protected].

It's a new book for the Sharkliveroil team to get their teeth into. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a magical romantic novel set around the kind of circus that you'd actually want to visit (real magic, good food and a distinct lack of scary clowns and tortured animals). In part 1, we'll discuss how the circus comes together and the dark secret competition that lurks in the background. If you want to comment on the book or the cast, drop us a line at [email protected]

It's all kicking off as we enter the last part of our coverage of The Hobbit. Clue's in the name: there are armies involved. More than 4 of them. But we have much more than simple hackin' slashin' magickin': we've got some surprising lessons for life, some great characterisation, and our (new) traditional review of the reviews, where we find out who loved it, who hated it, and why. As ever, get in touch with your thoughts via [email protected], or on Twitter via @sharkliveroil.

Part 2 of 3. This time we're going from Beorn's pad on the edge of Mirkwood aaaall the way to Smaug's cave of unimaginable pain, misery and wealth up in the Lonely Mountain. Get ready for drunken elves, useless fat dwarves and town planners who build fire-breathing-dragon-threatened-towns out of wood.