The Reading Room

On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes, the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, written shortly before his death in 2004 and completed by his wife Sheila.  We also talk to author Henry Hemming about his book In Search of the English Eccentric, Lincolnshire's new Poet Laureate Joel Stickley performs his first specially commissioned poem "Theddlethorpe", we hear from New Writers UK, further nominations for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die come from comedian Richard Herring and our very own Gill Hart, and our Tea Break Story comes from Sarah Ann Juckes.

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We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of The Reading Room LIVE - now here's the second half of our special live show transmitted from the Bishop Greaves Theatre on 15th May.  This part includes a specially written piece on The Former Poet Laureate from our very own Paul Tyler, plus:

Ann Featherstone

Paul Eteng

Louis Malloy

Brian Rance

Gareth Calway

And more music from singer/songwriter Viv Murrell

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Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Lincoln Book Festival.

The line-up for his half includes...

Jayne Stanton

Georgia Twynham

Fiona Linday

Viv Murrell

Paul Eteng

Eireann Lorsung

Ben Atkinson

Richard Barter

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The second half of the show, featuring Ann Featherstone, Paul Eteng, Louis Malloy, Viv Murrell, Brian Rance and Gareth Calway will be available to download at the end of the week - please check back here then or subscribe to our feed using the links on the right.

Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Lincoln Book Festival.

The line-up for his half includes...

The second half of the show, featuring Ann Featherstone, Paul Eteng, Louis Malloy, Viv Murrell, Brian Rance and Gareth Calway will be available to download at the end of the week - please check back here then or subscribe to our feed using the links on the right.

On this month's edition of The Reading Room we talk to Irish poet Brendan Cleary who also performs two of his poems (including a world premiere just for us!). We also hear from our Australian namesakes thereadingroom.com who tell us all about their book-based social network, the Reading Room Book Group discuss A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka and our poignant short story this month comes from Louis Malloy and is set in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake of 1923. We also hear 101 Books To Read Before You Die nominations from regular contributor Steven Lawrence and "The Thirteenth" author Georgia Twynham, and we offer you the chance to be in the audience for our exclusive LIVE show on 15th May where we may or may not be performing nude...

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On March's programme we tell you all about what we got up to on World Book Night when we gave away 48 copies of One Day by David Nicholls. We also speak to Ugandan poet Grace Atuhaire, Joe Evans provides our Tea Break Story and talks about his writing, we have further nominations for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die, and the Reading Room Book Group will be reviewing Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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On February's programme we launch our brand new feature 101 Books to Read Before You Die - Paul, Jonny and Joanne from thebookpond.com have picked the first three books for the list which will continue to grow each month. We also have an interview and fantastic short story from Sarah Ann Juckes, poetry from Paul Eteng and ex-football club chairman Rob Bradley talks about his new book of short stories Taboos, Troubles and Trusts. All that, plus a look at what books we got for Christmas, news about World Book Night when we'll be giving away 48 copies of One Day by David Nicholls, and we'll be previewing our Book Group selections for the next year and telling you how you can get involved.

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Something a bit different for our last show of the year - it's The Reading Room Christmas Special!  No Book Group this month - instead we have Christmas poetry from Dave Wood, a short story from Richard Barter, and a special Christmas story written and performed by the pupils of Peirrepont Gamston Primary School.  We’ll also be talking about our favourite books of the year and looking ahead to what we've got planned for The Reading Room in 2011.

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On December’s programme best selling author Simon Scarrow talks about his popular Eagle series of books, local author G L Twynham tells us about The Thirteenth series and reads from the first chapter of The Thirteenth, we have an interview and short story from Louis Malloy, and The Reading Room Book Group review Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy.  Click on the player below to listen online, or subscribe to our Podcast using the links on the right.

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Click here to buy The Legion by Simon Scarrow

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