Bookylicious

Paul Jeorrett
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Bookylicious is not just any book podcast. Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly share their love of books. As well as interviews with authors, librarians and booksellers and our usual book chat there will be regular features such as Book of the Month and spotlights on particular authors, bookshops, libraries and other even book podcasts. Come with us on the journey and be inspired! Sometimes serious, always fun a podcast to open your mind!

  1. 6월 4일

    Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 7 - Lists, Librarians, AI and Japan

    In this episode Paul and Gwyn start by exploring some recent booklists: The Guardian 100 Best Novels of All Time https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time The New York Times https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/2242661799/2578911479 Hay Pleasure List https://www.hayfestival.com/the-pleasure-list/ This leads to a 'rabbit hole' leading to libraries, AI and Japan. This and much more. Also mentioned in this episode: The London Library https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/ Michael Portillo's Great Japanese Railway Journeys https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002v45l/great-japanese-railway-journeys Gwen John: Strange Beauties https://museum.wales/cardiff/whatson/12640/Gwen-John-Strange-Beauties/ And as always here is a list of some of the books mentioned: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-7-lists-librarians-and-ai?&new-list-page=true

    59분

  2. 4월 27일

    Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 6 - 1876 - Dewey, Deronda, Snarks and Narnia

    In this episode Paul and Gwyn chat about things created 150 years ago in 1876 including the publication of the Dewey Decimal Classification system; Daniel Deronda by George Eliot and The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. Gwyn also steps through the wardrobe into the land of Narnia. In the episode we mention Mike Batt's musical version of the Hunting of the Snark which you can find here https://open.spotify.com/album/0OmmGKeU2rnPx45RXRBOEd?si=8V-Qg3K6RGWaVQ1O2nG7aQ We also mention The Book Club episode on Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights which you can listen to here https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vlzvFxlb1QnqsrIrwH4k7?si=f56a7c8408534468 And here is our bookshelf of some of the books we mention in this episode https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-6-dewey-deronda-and-narnia?&new-list-page=true

    42분

  3. 2월 11일

    Bookylicious Series 1 Episode 6 - Once upon a time in the West

    This is a re-edited version of our original Series 1 Episode 6 The team discuss the Western and discover some surprising things. Paul interviews Anna North https://www.annanorth.net/ about her novel Outlawed which takes a new and exciting approach to the Western genre.

    1시간 2분

  4. 2월 9일

    Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 5 - Dystopia and monsters of many kinds

    In this episode Paul and Gwyn reflect of some of theirrecent reading and what they turn to if they are not sure what to read next. Asalways the conversation is diverse from Margaret Thatcher and the IRA tomonsters and dystopian fiction via the Third Reich! Here is a nookshelf of some of the books we mention https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-5-dystopia-and-monsters-of-many-kinds?&new-list-page=truethe Gwyn also mentions the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasyand Speculative Fiction which you can find here https://www.chi.ac.uk/research/centres/the-chichester-centre-for-fairy-tales-fantasy-and-speculative-fiction/

    42분
  5. Dark Festive Fun with Jólaköttur, Krampus, Feminism and Fantasy and Jane Austen

    2025. 12. 18.

    Dark Festive Fun with Jólaköttur, Krampus, Feminism and Fantasy and Jane Austen

    In this especially celebration of the festive season Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly explore the dark side of Christmastide. The thumbnail for this episode shows the Jólaköttur, a giant Icelandic Jule Cat that Gwyn mentions. Our festive reading leads to a chat about the feminine in fantasy literature. We also share some of our favourite reads of the year and of course briefly celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday. Here is a link to the BBC adaptation of the Dark is Rising BBC Sounds - The Dark Is Rising - Available Episodes Here is a link to some of the books we discuss Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 4 - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - Bookshop.org

    1시간 7분

  6. 2025. 11. 23.

    Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 3 - Why do we love crime fiction?

    In this episode Adrienne asks Paul probing questions about crime fiction, why is it so popular and what keeps us coming back for more? Theses are the books and authors we mention https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-3?&new-list-page=true You can find the Shedunnit podcast is here https://www.shedunnitshow.com/ And details of next year's Agatha Christie Exhibition at the British Library are here https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/agathachristie

    44분

  7. 2025. 11. 09.

    Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 2 - 'In the Haunted Wood' with dragons, Alice, exorcistsand hobbits

    In this episode Paul, Gwyn and Lara catch up with what has been inspiring them recently everything from dragons to hobbits via annihilation and exorcists. Here is a bookshelf of the books we mention along the way: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-2?&new-list-page=true These are the links for the exhibtions we mentioned: The Word for World: the maps of Ursula K. Le Guin at the Architectural Association in Bedford Square, London https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogramme/whatson/the-word-for-world Agatha Christie a major exhibition of the woman behind the books at the British Library in London from October 2026 https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/agathachristie Lewis Carroll at Exploring Surrey's Past https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/people/writers/lewis_carroll/

    48분

  8. 2025. 08. 18.

    Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 1 - Orbital and space the final frontier

    It is great to be back after an unintended extended break.In the first episode of the new series Paul chats with Professor Allan Howellsabout the 2024 Booker Prize winning novel ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey. Thisleads to a conversation on of everything space exploration and beyond, withlots of book recommendations along the way. We mention the 2016 exhibition at the Science Museum ‘Cosmanauts:the birth of the space age’. Sadly the book that accompanied the exhibition ishard to get hold of now but if you are interested in finding out more about ithere is a useful link https://artsandculture.google.com/story/wQXhbpPvWOZ3JQ We also mention ‘Bringing Columbia Home’ which I was unableto find on Bookshop.org but is available here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bringing-Columbia-Home-Untold-Shuttle/dp/1948924617/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eyGsiegTJWVPSDum2CyREsKaWO_aw9J-DNhEB0kdUlfrxJGE8SND7Gxc3kgvDAjrmLC-mZJrbSVrPCKB65bdCw.wosPogPwjcem-OFn635ZceSdubiku3Roan67WIEnl3c&qid=1755526557&sr=8-1 As always here is a bookshelf with all the other books wementioned https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-5-episode-1

    1시간 7분
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Bookylicious is not just any book podcast. Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly share their love of books. As well as interviews with authors, librarians and booksellers and our usual book chat there will be regular features such as Book of the Month and spotlights on particular authors, bookshops, libraries and other even book podcasts. Come with us on the journey and be inspired! Sometimes serious, always fun a podcast to open your mind!

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    Paul Jeorrett
  • 방송 연도
    2021년 - 2026년
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    52
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