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Books with BetsyEpisode 89 - Well-Loved Books with Giorgia RiddellOn this episode, Giorgia Riddell, of Fostered Fiction, talks about her love for used books, especially those that are already annotated, her memories of listening to books on road trips, and we get into the current reading stats from last year and encourage anyone who wants to talk about reading online to go out there and do it.
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Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Tilt by Em...
2026-01-1954 min
OverdueEp 738 - Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia LennonSometimes you just want to get together with your friend and enlist prisoners of war into putting on a production of Euripides in the quarry, am I right? This is a broadly relatable thing that lots of people have thought about doing. Right? Right??This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squarespace.com/overdue for 10% of your first purchase of a website or domain.Head to MarleySpoon.com/offer/overdue for 45% off your first order and free delivery!Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.Follow @overduepod on Instagram and B...
2026-01-191h 26
The Book Club ReviewFavourite and Best: Our Books of 2025 • #184We're celebrating the end of the year with a look back over our favourite reads of 2025, from new releases to backlist gems, best book club books, best non-fiction, best comfort reads and more. Between us we read over 350 books in 2025. Listen in to hear the ones we loved best. We've also got a radical new idea for a book club involving cold-water swimming and the works of Robert B. Parker, and how to embrace DNFing without guilt. Join us for recommendations to see you through the festive season and set your new reading year off in style....
2025-12-231h 20
Só se estraga uma estante124. Bacalhau, passagem do tempo e livros de 2025No episódio de Natal, o Tomé apresenta um livro em que a palavra “Natal” não surge uma única vez. Mas nenhum português precisará que seexplique porque é que ‘Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World’ (1997), de Mark Kurlansky, é uma leitura apropriada à quadra natalícia.A Ana traz um livro com uma ligação mais ténue (ela bem tenta fazê-la...) ao Natal: o mais recente romance de Lily King, ‘Heart the Lover’ (2025), quenos leva numa viagem, bem dramática mas também realista, pela vida de várias personagens, com ligações a outros grandes textos, com...
2025-12-1858 min
In My Good BooksEpisode 47: Interview with author Natasha SiegelIn this episode, Susie sits down with author Natasha Siegel to dive into her dark, atmospheric, and deeply thought-provoking gothic fantasy novel, As Many Souls As Stars. They explore the book’s genre-blending heart - part historical fiction, part sapphic gothic, part Faustian re-imagining, and how Natasha uses three time periods to interrogate the portrayal of women across history.Natasha chats about her writing process, drafting and redrafting her way into the emotional core of the story, and the long and winding path to publication. She discusses the importance of feminist storytelling in fantasy, the challenges of repre...
2025-12-0832 min
Books BoysEpisode 62: What We Read In NovemberAfter a relatively quiet month (i.e. plenty of time for books!) we are back with a long episode full of booky goodness. Alot of history this month!Books discussed include: - Myths From Mesopotamia (c. 2000-1000BC; ed. Stephanie Dalley, 2008)- A Sicilian Romance (Ann Radcliffe, 1790)- Despard The Sportsman (Cptn Mayne Reid, late 1800s)- Ars Amatoria (Ovid, 2)- Glorious Exploits (Ferdia Lennon, 2024)- Inglorious Empire ( Shashi Tharoor, 2017)- Animal farm (George Orwell, 1945)- Utopia (Thomas More, 1516)
2025-12-012h 19
Vorbitorincii-Baricade-LeadersCreatoarea de teatru. Cu Chris Simion-MercurianSe spune despre invitata noastră că este o femeie care mută munții dar în fapt dărâmă ziduri ca să construiască un teatru. Urmeaza povesti despre pasiunea pentru teatru, de unde a aparut visul de a construi acest teatru modern, updatat la prezent, transformarea cartierului Grivița istoric în cartier cultural, ajungem la Maitreyi și Eliade, prietenia cu scriitorul Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, pasiunea pentru schi, rock și ce a vrut sa zica prin "noi suntem ctitorii bolilor noastre! 00:00:00 Promo 00:01:35 Publicitate 00:01:55 Intro - bancul cu magicianul si papagalul si un banc nou de la domnii doctori, Radu a fost premiat, chiar...
2025-11-283h 23
The Radio 2 Book ClubMaggie O'Farrell on WritingSara welcomes international bestselling author, Maggie O'Farrell, to the Book Club. They discuss a brand new writing prize, set up in Hilary Mantel's name, which is open to all unpublished budding writers. Maggie gives some great writing advice, talks us through her own writing routine - and - reveals her Top Five Reads Of The Year (so far)! 1. 'Glorious Exploits' by Ferdia Lennon
2. 'Clear' by Carys Davies
3. 'We The Animals' by Justin Torres
4. 'The Two Roberts' by Damian Barr
5. 'Charles Dickens: A Life' by Claire Tomalin2026 is an exciting year for Maggie...
2025-09-3015 min
Sydney Writers' FestivalFerdia Lennon: Glorious ExploitsStories about brotherhood are a mainstay of classical writing, from brothers Romulus and Remus to brothers-in-arms Achilles and Patroclus. Ferdia Lennon's award-winning debut tells the story of two unemployed theatre-loving best friends in ancient Sicily who tempt Athenian prisoners of war with food and drink in exchange for recitations of their favourite Greek poetry. From there to a full production of a Greek tragedy is only a small step in this this exhilarating story of friendship, art and war that brings the ancient world vividly alive.Find out more about the best and worst that...
2025-09-0448 min
San ClementeSéan Hewitt: Why do we need bad people to write good books?Open, Heaven has been praised by Anne Enright, Kaveh Akbar, Ferdia Lennon, Michael Magee, The Guardian, The FT and became an Instant Irish Times Bestseller. Seán Hewitt FRSL is a poet, memoirist, novelist and literary critic. His debut collection of poetry, Tongues of Fire, won The Laurel Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, and a Dalkey Literary Award. In 2020, he was chosen by The Sunday Times as one of their "30 under 30" artists in Ireland...
2025-08-291h 07
Bookies' FavouriteGlorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon ReviewIn this episode, we dig into Glorious Exploits—the witty, inventive, and widely celebrated debut that won your vote in our book club poll. Expect laughs, analysis, and plenty of admiration for Lennon’s bold storytelling.We’re also joined by this week’s special guest Bookie, Mᴀɪʀᴇ́ᴀᴅ Hᴇᴀʀɴᴇ (@mairead.hearne), who shares her thoughts on why this book has captured so much attention.📅 Coming Up Next📖 Confessions by Catherine Airey – Full review episode coming soon.🌊 Eden’s Shore Read-Along – Starting this Wednesday, we’re launching a special chapter-by-chapter series, unpac...
2025-08-181h 02Bookies' FavouriteBooker Prize 2025 Longlist PredictionsWith the official Booker Prize 2025 longlist announcement just around the corner, Aaron, Lucy, and Colin sit down to pitch their top 12 books they’d love to see make the list.⚡ Plus, Lucy takes us through a speed round of eligible books she’s already read and whether she thinks they’ll appear on the list.📚 Previous Booker-Eligible EpisodesWant to catch up on some eligible books we’ve already covered? Check out our past reviews:Eden’s Shore by Oisín FaganThe Benefactors by Wendy Er...
2025-07-2847 min
Long Overdue: A Franklin Public Library Podcast2025 Summer Reading Program Episode 2In this episode Librarians Andy and Sam talk about their recent reads as well as their favorite books so far this year.In this episode we talked about:The Demon of Unrest by Erik LarsonAll's Well by Mona AwadBabel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. KuangOutlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter AttiaGlorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonCreation Lake by Rachel KushnerThe Strange Case of Jane O. by K...
2025-07-0141 min
Wild Precious LifeThe Husbands with Holly GramazioHolly Gramazio is a writer, game designer and curator. She founded the experimental games festival Now Play This, wrote the script for the award-winning indie videogame Dicey Dungeons, and her debut novel, The Husbands, is out now in paperback. In today’s episode, Annmarie and Holly talk about attics, games, husbands, online dating apps, and how art can help people to interact with their surroundings in new ways.
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2025-07-011h 00Bookies' FavouriteThe Benefactors by Wendy Erskine | Review | Waterstones Irish Book of the Year 2025In this special bonus episode, Lucy is joined by Stacey from @whatstaceyreadnext to discuss The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine—a sharp, moving, and freshly released novel set in Belfast.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault as it relates to the themes in the book.‼️ As we discuss the full book there are spoilersBoth Lucy and Stacey bring local insight to the conversation, exploring the novel’s themes, setting, and characters with care and excitement. With its powerful storytelling and distinct voice, they share why...
2025-06-3042 minBookies' FavouriteEden's Shore by Oisín Fagan ReviewIn this episode, we dive into Eden’s Shore—a dense, experimental, and rewarding read that left us wanting more. With Hannah away traveling, we’re joined by our Bookie of the Week, Graeme (@graeme_c on Instagram), who shares his take on this powerful and unusual novel.📚 Eden’s Shore is divided into four main chapters—Sea, Land, Colony, Play—plus a final chapter titled World. We all agreed: we’ve barely scratched the surface. So, we’re launching a mini-series between our regular episodes to unpack each chapter in its own dedicated discussion. If you're readin...
2025-06-231h 11
Books To Live For4. Katie Kitamura– Den om Kitamuras «Audition», rollene vi spiller og teaser av sommerlesningen.Bøker vi snakker om:Katie Kitamura «Audition», «Intimacies» og «A separation».J.M. Coetzee «The Pole»Ferdia Lennon «Glorious Exploits»Vincenzo Latronico «Perfection»Lucy Steeds «The Artist»Allison Espach «The Wedding People»Andre forfattere som nevnes: Rachel Cusk, Jon FosseTV, film og kunst: David Lynch «Mulhol...
2025-06-1337 min
Culture FileCulture File Presents | The Comfort Zone XXXL VersionSyracuse: Historical novelist, Ferdia Lennon, whose book Glorious Exploits was set in ancient Syracuse, joins Colm Tóibín and Luke Clancy for a verbal trip to the storied Sicilian city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-06-1149 minBookies' FavouriteSeason 2: Heart Lamp Wins, Eden’s Shore Begins & the Book Club Vote OpensWe’re back! In this season premiere, we react to Heart Lamp’s big win at the 2025 International Booker Prize, reveal our next book club read—Eden’s Shore by Oisín Fagan—and launch our Book Club Vote to decide what we’ll read after that.🎧 We also catch you up on what we’ve been reading and planning behind the scenes. Come join the conversation!📊 Book Club Poll – Vote Now!You can vote in four places—Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook, and right here on this episode.📌 Voting closes M...
2025-06-0929 minBooks To Live For3. Dream Count- Den om «Dream Count», kjekling om «The Persians» og mødre som plutselig blir mennesker.Bøker som nevnes i episoden:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: «Dream Count», «Americanah» og «Half of a Yellow Sun»Sanam Mahloudji:«The Persians» Katie Kitamura: «Audition»Allegra Goodman: «Isola»Ferdia Lennon :«Glorious Exploits»Følg oss på bookstolivefor_podkast på Instagram!
2025-05-2036 minSan ClementeRosanna Pike: Medieval Women, the Wisdom of Animals and TrickerieRosanna Pike became an instant Sunday Times Bestseller with her debut novel, A Little Trickerie. It’s been longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and has been praised by the Guardian, the Telegraph, Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry) and Ferdia Lennon (Glorious Exploits). Rosanna studied English literature at Exeter University. She is a graduate of Curtis Brown Creative and the Faber Academy. She lives in south-west London with her family.Get the book here or at your local bookshop. Born a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never h...
2025-05-1444 minSan ClementeCatherine Airey: Literally Following Your Dreams, Writing in Ireland and Book RecsCatherine Airey’s debut novel Confessions features on the “Books to Look Forward to in 2025” lists for the Financial Times and The Sunday Times. Catherine has been praised by The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Independent, Publishers Weekly and The Irish Times. The Guardian named her as one of 2025’s Best New Novelists. The Radio Times says she’s “bound to become a household name very soon.” Authors who love her work include Yael van der Wouden, author of The Safekeeping which was nominated for the Booker last year. She’s been interviewed...
2025-03-1035 min
The Book Club ReviewGlorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon • #172 Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon is a novel that takes us back to ancient Syracuse, where war, art, and humanity collide. This gripping tale follows two down-on-their-luck potters who hatch an audacious plan to produce a performance of the works of Euripedes despite the fact that their actors are prisoners of war and their stage set a death camp in a marble pit. It's a story of resilience, friendship, and the power of art in the face of destruction, but did it make for a good book club book? Regular book-club reporter Phil Chaffee dials in from...
2025-03-0847 min
Mostly FictionalEp. 101: Pam's "DNHF" WeekThis week, we're catching up after our 100th episode bonanza last week! Books mentioned, in order: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonLoveless by Alice OsemanThe Guest by Emma ClineLifeform by Jenny SlatePeaces by Helen OyemiWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen OyemiMr. Fox by Helen OyemiAmerican Rapture by CJ LeedeThe Con Artist by Fred Van Lente, illustrations by Tom FowlerThe Transit of Venus by Shirley HazzardFountainhead by Ayn RandThe Sense of an Ending by Ju...
2025-02-1959 min
Só se estraga uma estante85. Erotismo, gregos doidos e livros banidosO mundo está a acabar e ainda nos levou a Maria Teresa Horta esta semana. Por isso, a Ana recomenda a sua poesia, símbolo de resistência e de progresso.Já o Tomé recomenda ‘Glorious Exploits’ (2024), obra de estreia do irlandês Ferdia Lennon. Um romance histórico ambientado num local e período pouco habituais, Glorious Exploits apresenta um projeto dramatúrgico de dois gregos em Siracusa em 212 a.C., durante a Guerra do Peloponeso.Na segunda parte, por sugestão de um ouvinte, a Ana e o Tomé abordam o tema da proibição de li...
2025-02-0657 minMostly FictionalEp. 99: Reading & Relaxation & … EELS?!?!Pam read lots of books about the water, and Hallie has a library haul. Books mentioned, in order:Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy, translated by Judith SollosyNona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirHow Far The Light Reaches: A Life in 10 Sea Creatures by Sabrina ImblerThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryHow to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy MontgomeryDisorientation by Elaine Hsieh ChouFilterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka, narrated by Kaleo GriffithThe Book of Eels: Our E...
2025-02-0559 min
The Ryan Tubridy ShowFerdia Lennon takes us back to ancient times, Tim Campbell gets us excited about the new series of The Apprentice, and there's secrets and subterfuge with David McCloskey!This week, Ryan had the pleasure of chatting to Dublin-raised author Ferdia Lennon about his new book, Glorious Exploits. Tim Campbell got us excited about the new series of The Apprentice, and former CIA analyst David McCloskey shared secrets from his new novel; The Seventh Floor! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-3129 min
Tapestry Radio NetworkGlorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon, and various Irish whiskeys, part 2Michael and Ethan continue discussing Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon, while drinking The Midnight Silkie (Michael) and Red Locks (Ethan) Irish whiskeys.In this episode:Jokes (get better the more you tell them)Spoilers for Downton Abbey series 3 (2012)If you haven’t watched every example of German Expressionist silent cinema, do you even lift?Nostalgia for a time when plays could induce riotsSlouching toward assigning a graduate thesisMultiple “Gift of the Magi” situations humanly complicate multiple charactersWhat is art?Nex...
2025-01-201h 12Tapestry Radio NetworkGlorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon, and various Irish whiskeys, part 1Michael and Ethan begin discussing Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon, while drinking The Midnight Silkie (Michael) and Red Locks (Ethan) Irish whiskeys.In this episode:Don’t worry about why Karen reading the rules happens so suddenlyThis book is The Producers, the Great Escape, AND the Gift of the MagiSometimes the real story is the anachronisms we met along the way“Version” is fineObligatory Shakespeare digressionTechnically not a history podcastKing Offa’s Arabic coinEuripedes’ Deus is not qui...
2025-01-081h 08
Monocle on SaturdayNews and culture round-upJoin Georgina Godwin and Charles Hecker reflect on the week’s top news stories and cultural highlights. Plus: an engaging conversation with Ferdia Lennon, the winner of the prestigious Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Comic Fiction Prize. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-12-2130 min
The Last Word with Matt CooperBest Fiction Books Of 2024Authors Edel Coffey and Kevin Power joined Matt on Wednesday for The Last Word’s annual Fiction Books of the Year slot.Edel’s choices included Ferdia Lennon’s “Glorious Exploits” and “Intermezzo” by Sally Rooney, while Kevin picked “The Proof of My Innocence” by Jonathan Coe and Colin Barrett’s “Wild Houses”, among many others.To hear their full list of choices hit the ‘Play’ button on this page.
2024-12-1124 min
Paredro PodcastRecomendaciones de libros para regalar esta navidad // 1/8 // Comfama y Paredro PodcastPara esta navidad, desde #paredropodcast y #comfama queremos que solo pienses en libros para tus regalos.
Y para facilitarte la tarea, nos hemos aliado para presentarte una serie de ocho capítulos con 120 recomendaciones literarias.
Te ofrecemos diariamente una cuidada selección de narrativa, literatura infantil, poesía y ensayo, con obras publicadas a lo largo de 2024 y uno que otro año anterior.
Comenzamos esta noche con libros de #JuanGabrielVásquez, #ritaindiana, #PabloMontoya, #MaríaNegroni, #MargaritaCuéllar, #IreneVasco, #CatalinaHolguín, #Ferdia Lennon, #TabithaLasley, y muchos más.
Regalar un libro es invita...
2024-12-1133 min
Loose EndsJenny Eclair; Idlewild's Roddy Woomble; Lou Sanders; Nikki Amuka-Bird; Ferdia Lennon; Clive AndersonLoose Ends this week is a masterclass in the many ways human beings find to laugh: the writer and comic Jenny Eclair started her career as a punk performance poet, who created her stage name to chime with the band she joined - Cathy le Creme and the Rumbabas. But as we learn in her new memoir, she knew as a small child called Jenny Hargreaves that she had the "funny bones" required to make her a comedy star. There is little about Ferdia Lennon's debut novel Glorious Exploits that might suggest comedy - its set in 412 BC Sicily...
2024-12-0736 min
Check This Out with Rachel BarenbaumEp. 126 NHPR Ferdia Lennon: GLORIOUS EXPLOITSAn unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war and brotherhood in a time of enmity.
2024-12-0149 min
Check This OutCheck This Out: Ferdia Lennon & 'Glorious Exploits'An unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war, brotherhood in a time of enmity, and human will throughout the ages.
2024-11-3049 minCheck This OutCheck This Out: Ferdia Lennon & 'Glorious Exploits'An unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war and brotherhood in a time of enmity.
2024-11-3049 min
Dobré knihyLukáš Hruška a Beta DobrovskýCo bychom si, my čtenáři, počali bez dobrých lidí, kteří pro nás vybírají a připravují knihy, které nám pak dělají radost? Mezi takové hrdiny patří Lukáš Hruška, vedoucí tradičního nakladatelství Beta Dobrovský.
V dnešní epizodě se podíváme na ty nejlepší tituly, které s pro nás s láskou spolu se svým týmem připravil.
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knihy z Bety:
Kniha Deus Ex Machina - Ferdia Lennon | Dobré Knihy.cz (dobre-knihy.cz)Kniha Kala - Colin Walsh | Dobré Knihy.cz (dobre-knihy.cz)Kniha Život...
2024-11-2831 minTapestry Radio NetworkPersuasion, Part 4, and Laphroaig Select (Michael and Ethan ALONE)Michael and Ethan, finally alone, finish the discussion of their Mondo Book for the year: Persuasion, by Jane Austen.In this episode:Finally alone except for a dog and catPersuasion Chapter 53Persuasion is either Much Ado About Nothing or Parks and Rec or bothOur highest aim on this podcast is “possible legitimacy”Jane Austen can’t have anybody naked, even in the 1990sPeople have been really gross and done really gross stuff for a long timeDid Lee Harvey Oswald kill K...
2024-11-261h 22
Foiled Burglary: How Community Vigilance and Police Collaboration Brought a Criminal to JusticeFerdia Lennon's Glorious ExploitsExperience the Adventure: "Glorious Exploits" by Ferdia Lennon – Now Available on Audible!If you’re a fan of captivating stories that ignite the imagination, you’ll want to check out "Glorious Exploits" by Ferdia Lennon. This unabridged audiobook is now available on Audible, bringing the adventure to life in a whole new way.An Engaging Synopsis"Glorious Exploits" takes listeners on an exhilarating journey through [insert a brief summary of the plot, setting, and character dynamics]. With a narrative that is both thrilling and thought-provoking, Lennon weaves together an engaging storyline that will keep y...
2024-11-2205 min
Art In FictionA Stunning New Take on Ancient Greek Theater in Glorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonSend us a textJoin me as I chat with Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits, a wonderful debut novel listed in the Theater category on Art In Fiction.View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ZFFQ4rg4DUGenesis for Glorious ExploitsBased on true events that occurred in Syracuse, Sicily during the Peloponnesian war.The theme of friendship in Glorious ExploitsTheater and research of ancient Greek theater in the writing of Glorious ExploitsTraveling to Greece and Syracuse as part of the research processWhy Euripedes? Discussion of Medea and The Trojan Women, the...
2024-10-2238 min
Lounging with BooksIn Memoriam #101Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.We are reading our 20th book club read, ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:· ‘The Flying Troutmans’ by Miriam Toews (8.54)· ‘Glorious Exploits’ by Ferdia Lennon (13.3...
2024-10-2120 min
The Writing LifeWriting dialect in fiction with Ferdia LennonIn this podcast, NCW Head of Programme & Creative Engagement Holly is joined by author Ferdia Lennon to discuss writing dialect in fiction.
Ferdia Lennon was born and raised in Dublin. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. His short stories have appeared in publications such as The Irish Times and The Stinging Fly. In 2019 and 2021, he received Literature Bursary Awards from the Arts Council of Ireland. Glorious Exploits is his first novel. A Sunday Times bestseller, it was b...
2024-10-2138 min
Lounging with BooksOur 100th Episode! #100Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.We are reading our 20th book club read, ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:· ‘Late Bloomer ’by Mazey Eddings (8.53)· ‘Too Much Lip’ by Melissa Lucashenko (12.2...
2024-10-1421 min
Lesche: Ancient Greece, New IdeasAthenian Drama in Sicily (Ferdia Lennon, GLORIOUS EXPLOITS)Ferdia Lennon joins me in the Lesche to discuss his award-winning and bestselling novel, Glorious Exploits (UK Penguin Fig Tree/US Macmillan 2024), which is set in Syracuse in the aftermath of the Athenian invasion of Sicily during the Peloponnesian War.About our guestFerdia Lennon was born and raised in Dublin. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Glorious Exploits is his first novel. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as a Book at Bedtime, was...
2024-10-0948 min
Quick Book Reviews with Philippa HallKings & EmperorsI interview Annie Garthwaite about her latest book The King's Mother and I review:Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio, Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees BrennanKilling Time by Jodi Taylor. Annie recommends:Glorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonThe Tower by Flora Carr Clear by Carys Davies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-3025 min
The Shakespeare and Company InterviewFerdia Lennon on Glorious ExploitsOur guest in the writer’s studio this week is Ferdia Lennon, whose debut novel Glorious Exploits depicts the ancient world in a way readers will never have experienced it before. Set in Syracuse in 412 BC, after the catastrophic attempt by Athens to invade the city, Lampo and Gelon, two out-of-work potters, have the harebrained idea of staging a production of Medea—perhaps the greatest play, by unquestionably the greatest playwright of their time—using, as actors, the Athenian soldiers held as prisoners in the quarry. And if that premise weren’t intriguing enough on it’s own, it’s the writer...
2024-09-0542 minThe Shakespeare and Company InterviewFerdia Lennon on Glorious ExploitsOur guest in the writer’s studio this week is Ferdia Lennon, whose debut novel Glorious Exploits depicts the ancient world in a way readers will never have experienced it before. Set in Syracuse in 412 BC, after the catastrophic attempt by Athens to invade the city, Lampo and Gelon, two out-of-work potters, have the harebrained idea of staging a production of Medea—perhaps the greatest play, by unquestionably the greatest playwright of their time—using, as actors, the Athenian soldiers held as prisoners in the quarry. And if that premise weren’t intriguing enough on it’s own, it’s the writer...
2024-09-0542 min
The Waterstones PodcastFerdia Lennon - Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize winner 2024Ferdia Lennon’s riotously funny debut disarms from the very first page. With a setting of Syracuse in 412 BC but a very modern Irish vernacular, readers will enjoy every minute they spend with best friends Gelon and Lampo as they seek to stage a performance of Euripides with a group of captured Athenian soldiers. We spoke with him about finding the right voice, has fascination with the classics, and why what will survive of us is art.
2024-07-2612 min
Luna RojaLuna Roja T06 - E36: Ferdia LennonCerramos la sexta temporada con un programa para coleccionar.
Recogemos los momentos más destacados de la tertulia café que se celebró el sábado pasado sobre la figura del escritor José Ángel Mañas.
Y, como primicia, entrevistamos al novelista Ferdia Lennon, autor que ha publicado recientemente en España su Deus Ex en la editorial Impedimenta.
Dos autores de lujo para una temporada 100 % lunática. Regresaremos en octubre. Síguenos en las redes para estar al día con nuestras novedades: @lunarojafm.
Este programa fue emitido el 28 de junio de 2024 en la emisora Radio Tentación (Madrid, 91.4 FM | radiotentaci
2024-06-281h 01
El libro del añoRecomendaciones de novelas mayo-junio 2024Agustín Alonso te propone las tres novelas que más le han gustado en el segundo semestre del año, elegidas entre las novedades editoriales: 'Soberbia', de Recaredo Veredas (De Conatus); El mundo de ayer, reedición de Stefan Zweig (Alma clásicos ilustrados), y 'Deus Ex', de Ferdia Lennon (Impediemnta). Además, repasa otras lecturas, incluyendo grandes decepciones, abandonos e incluso algún fraude literario.
Música de la cabecera: "You're Still There" - Vincent Vega // Otros temas: "Gates of Valjard" - Jon Bjork / "PANIC!" - Cushy / "Piece of Cake" - Mac Taboel / "J. S. Bach_ Cello Suite No. 2 in...
2024-06-2248 min
I'm a Writer ButFerdia LennonFerdia Lennon discusses the historical background of his debut novel, Glorious Exploits, skepticism and the divine, reading the classics, coming back to writing, using contemporary Irish dialect to write a novel set in the Peloponnesian War, and more!Ferdia Lennon was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and a Libyan father. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. His short stories have appeared in publications such as the Irish Times and the Stinging Fly. In 2019 and 2021, he received Literature...
2024-06-0458 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2060: Ferdia Lennon on the tragicomedy of the Peloponnesian WarI’m just back from five glorious days in Syracuse, the ancient Mediterranean city in the south western corner of Sicily. And to extend my trip, at least virtually, I spoke to the young Irish novelist, Ferdia Lennon, author of the very unusual and much acclaimed Glorious Exploits, a tragicomic novel set in the Syracuse of the Peloponnesian War. We talked the Syracuse of antiquity, of course, but also Lennon discussed the long process of writing Glorious Exploits and gave valuable advice to other first-time novelists working on stories that incorporate their own unique interests, sensibilities and eccentricities. ...
2024-05-1139 min
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastS10:Ep220 - A Traveling Book Club with Guests Marilyn Robbins and Sami Lien - 5/1/24Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.
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We interact with book publicists pretty often, but a few months ago, one of them, Sami Lien, emailed and asked for recommendations about things to do in Kentucky around Derby. She explained that she is in a travel book club; they read books over the course of 12 months about a particular US location and then take a trip to visit. The novel Horse b...
2024-05-011h 00
MarginaliaFerdia Lennon on his debut novel 'Glorious Exploits'Beth Golay recently spoke with "Glorious Exploits" author, Ferdia Lennon about his love of the classics, the power of art and drama, and narrating his own audiobook.
2024-04-3018 min
Chronique Littérature étrangèreUn acte de gloireFerdia Lennon ( Irlande)Un acte de gloireUn roman paru chez Buchet ChastelHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2024-04-2502 min
Thoughts from a Page PodcastHolly Gramazio - THE HUSBANDSIn this interview, I chat with Holly Gramazio about The Husbands, how she came up with the unique premise for The Husbands, creating all of the different husbands and the many more that were left out of the book, why Lauren's life continues moving forward, creating the attic and coming up with how it would work in the novel, and much more.Holly's recommended reads are:
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
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2024-04-0232 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Glorious Exploits: A Novel by Ferdia LennonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705811to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Glorious Exploits: A Novel
Author: Ferdia Lennon
Narrator: Ferdia Lennon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes
Release date: March 26, 2024
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of war into a rock quarry and left them to rot. Looking for a way to pass th...
2024-03-268h 14
Power-Up With: This Vivid Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.Glorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/140499to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Glorious Exploits
Author: Ferdia Lennon
Narrator: Ferdia Lennon
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
Release date: 03-26-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 105 ratings
Genres: Alternate History
Publisher's Summary:
On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of war into a rock quarry and left them to rot. Looking for a way to pass the time, Lampo and Gelon, two unemployed potters with a...
2024-03-268h 14
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Glorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694759to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Glorious Exploits
Author: Ferdia Lennon
Narrator: Ferdia Lennon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Release date: January 18, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction. Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can st...
2024-01-188h 15Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalGlorious Exploits by Ferdia LennonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694759to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Glorious Exploits
Author: Ferdia Lennon
Narrator: Ferdia Lennon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Release date: January 18, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction. Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can st...
2024-01-188h 15