The Reading Room

In November's programme, the Reading Room Book Group review Black Swan Green by David Mitchell and we take a look at the books that inspired the hit TV series The Wire. A packed programme also includes an interview and story from writer Richard Barter, poetry from Katherine Sankey, the final part of our series of interviews with romantic fiction author Sue Moorcroft and a brief chat with former Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton.

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Click here to buy Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets by David Simon

Click here to buy The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood by David Simon and Ed Burns

Click here to buy Black Swan Green by David Mitchell

We were lucky enough to grab an interview with ex-Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton before a recent gig in Sheffield to promote his second solo studio album Acid Country.  November's edition of The Reading Room will feature a short extract from the interview - but here it is in full.

October's programme includes poetry from Katherine Sankey, Fiona Linday talks about and reads from her book Get Over It which is aimed at adults dealing with bereavement, The Reading Room Book Group discuss The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, and we have more from Sue Moorcroft on the art of writing romantic fiction.

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Click here to buy Get Over it (Adventures)

September's programme includes award-winning documentary maker Sam Pidoux talking about historical fiction, Dave Wood discusses Poetry, The Reading Room Book Group with Cheryl Cliffe and Gill Hart reviews Forever Today by Deborah Wearing and Sue Moorcroft tells us about the process of writing romantic fiction.

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Click here to buy Forever Today: A Memoir Of Love And Amnesia

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Here's the podcast of our second programme for your listening pleasure.  This month, our producer Jonny Haw looks at eBooks, we have another short story from the Lincoln Phoenix Writers Circle, The Reading Room Book Group review Narrow Dog to Carcassonne by Terry Darlington, Melanie Carroll reviews three books looking at the Church and technology, and we have an, albeit extremely brief, interview with Katie Price as she promotes her new book, Paradise.

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Our first ever programme features Poetry from Jim Gotts, an interview with the Lincoln Phoenix Writers Group and an original story from one of their members, Renewal Costs by John G Stead, The Reading Room Book Group reviews Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss, and we speak to Aimee Wilkinson from the Derby-based spoken word collective Hello Hubmarine.

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