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The International Anthony Burgess Foundation PodcastNinety-Nine Novels: Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakeIn 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction.In this episode, Graham Foster explores the mysterious castle of Gormenghast, the setting of Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, with writer and editor Rob Maslen.Titus Groan begins with the birth of an heir to Lord Groan, the ruler of the castle of Gormenghast. As baby Titus comes into the world, the castle is beset by scheming and violence, primarily at the hands of St...
2025-10-0856 min
The Blasters and Blades PodcastEpisode 610: Minute Men: Execute & Run by Lawrence C. Connolly & Christopher ConnollyThe Blasters & Blades PodcastI had a lot of fun with the Connolly brothers, Lawrence and Christopher. They talked briefly about their nerdy pedigrees and then we dove right in! We talked about their new universe, The Minute Men and the first book that will launch an empire! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won’t be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-beep" and rhyme with Science Fiction & Fantasy. Co...
2025-08-011h 12
TorchonLa cité aux murs incertains - Haruki MurakamiQuand on y pense, le succès de Haruki Murakami a quelque chose d’étonnant. Prenez son dernier livre, La cité aux murs incertains, par exemple. Un sacré pavé de 550 pages, une narration contemplative qui laisse la part belle à la description, une intrigue sans queue ni tête où on doit laisser tomber toutes nos certitudes, des thèmes déjà travaillés à foison dans le reste de l’oeuvre de l’auteur… Comment l’écrivain japonais a-t-il réussi à charmer un lectorat international avec une oeuvre tout de même pas des plus accessibles ? C’est la question à laquelle Léa et Juliette de To...
2025-04-1645 min
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret1: Titus Groan Pt. 1 (In Which We Shoulders)The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.This week, we enter Gormenghast with Part 1 of our recap of Mervyn Peake’s ‘Titus Groan’...Ribs! Sunlight! Slowly-Growing Insanity! Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social (not Twitter any more - included in outro through force of habit)Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.pat...
2025-04-141h 59
Compossible - that which can live togetherSuffering and Sacrifice“The sun sank with a sob and darkness waded in from all horizons so that the sky contracted and there was no more light left in the world when, at this very moment of annihilation, the moon, as though she had been waiting for her cue, sailed up the night.”(Mervyn Peake)Deep Dive of a chapter from the book 'Ethics of Life - freedom & diversity'Image: J. M. W. Turner, “Fishermen At Sea”, 1796, Wikipedia, public domain.
2025-03-2618 min
A Novel Review Book PodcastMy issues with Mervyn Peakes 'Gormenghast Trilogy' - Book 101.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
Mervyn Peake tragically passed away before being able to finish his planned 5 book Gormenghast series. He managed 2 books at full health and worked in a third, but this had its issues. Today I discuss this ‘trilogy’ and my issues with it being called that.
Painting: Today I painted Titus Alone in front of a larger empty world
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Titus Alone” Mervyn Peake
“Titus Groan” Mervyn Peake
“Gormenghast” by Mervyn Peake
“The Book of the New Sun” by...
2025-03-1117 minA Novel Review Book PodcastMy issues with Mervyn Peakes 'Gormenghast Trilogy' - Book 101.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
Mervyn Peake tragically passed away before being able to finish his planned 5 book Gormenghast series. He managed 2 books at full health and worked in a third, but this had its issues. Today I discuss this ‘trilogy’ and my issues with it being called that.
Painting: Today I painted Titus Alone in front of a larger empty world
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Titus Alone” Mervyn Peake
“Titus Groan” Mervyn Peake
“Gormenghast” by Mervyn Peake
“The Book of the New Sun” by...
2025-03-1117 min
Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authorsTrigger Warnings, D&D, and Award Winning Author Adrian TchaikovskyJoin hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about Kindle, Yorkies, and James Bond. Then, stick around for a chat with Adrian Tchaikovsky!AdrianTchaikovsky was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading before becoming a professional author in 2007. He is a keen role-player and board gamer and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.Adrian primarily explores deep themes, such as artificial i...
2025-02-251h 05A Novel Review Book Podcast"Gormenghast" by Mervyn Peake - Book 97.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
In Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake doubles down on his surreal vision, crafting a gothic maze where time moves in sluggish circles and tradition is a trap. The castle is both character and prison, and its inhabitants, bizarrely fixated on status, seem destined to stumble through their own eccentricities. Steeped in dark humor and absurdity, the novel is a thrilling, labyrinthine journey, as much about unraveling the world’s complexity as it is about losing oneself in it.
Painting: I painted the view from Flay’s cave
2025-02-1120 minA Novel Review Book Podcast"Gormenghast" by Mervyn Peake - Book 97.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
In Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake doubles down on his surreal vision, crafting a gothic maze where time moves in sluggish circles and tradition is a trap. The castle is both character and prison, and its inhabitants, bizarrely fixated on status, seem destined to stumble through their own eccentricities. Steeped in dark humor and absurdity, the novel is a thrilling, labyrinthine journey, as much about unraveling the world’s complexity as it is about losing oneself in it.
Painting: I painted the view from Flay’s cave
2025-02-1120 minA Novel Review Book Podcast"Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake - Book 93.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
The fantasy tour for 2025 kicks off with this crumbling vestige of fantasy literature that endures against the masses. Ghormengast is the great castle that outlasts all, and within its hallowed halls, the ritualistic mundane life of the Earl of Groan is carried out daily. Around him, a fantastically absurd cast of characters go about their day in one of the richest fantasy novels to date.
Painting: Today I painted the castle of Ghormengast against a stormy sky
Some of the books and authors...
2025-01-1418 minA Novel Review Book Podcast"Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake - Book 93.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
The fantasy tour for 2025 kicks off with this crumbling vestige of fantasy literature that endures against the masses. Ghormengast is the great castle that outlasts all, and within its hallowed halls, the ritualistic mundane life of the Earl of Groan is carried out daily. Around him, a fantastically absurd cast of characters go about their day in one of the richest fantasy novels to date.
Painting: Today I painted the castle of Ghormengast against a stormy sky
Some of the books and authors...
2025-01-1418 minA Novel Review Book Podcast"Rubble Children" by Aaron Kreuter - Book 89.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
What is a book? What constitutes a novel? These are the questions I ask while navigating 7 and a half stories of urban dread and social destruction. The interplay of youth and the political, the navigation of social norms and customs against the backdrop of familial ties and responsibilities. 7 and a half stories weaved into a tale of youth, love, beauty and everything that makes us human.
Painting: Today I painted a rubble heap of rocks beneath a black night.
Some of the books...
2024-12-1722 min
On the Write Track Podcast37: Ava Reid: Crafting Chaos, Grimdark Worlds, Retellings and the Art of Organic ReadershipIn this episode, Sarah and Emily sit down with New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth, to dive into the art of multi-genre storytelling in speculative fiction. From exploring the grimdark corners of worlds to her chaotic writing routines, Ava opens up about the challenges and joys of writing retellings, and balancing multiple projects. She also discusses her gradual journey building an organic readership from her debut to her breakout dark academia; moreover she discusses creating a distinct aesthetic on Instagram, and the freedom found in writing what’s true to he...
2024-12-0549 minA Novel Review Book Podcast“The Amber Spyglass” by Philip Pullman - Book 87.To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com
In The Amber Spyglass, Lyra and Will defy gods and universes, only to find that saving Dust means bittersweet farewells. Talking bears, wheeled creatures, and quantum physics spice the plot, while the ultimate message whispers: freedom, curiosity, and love outshine even celestial tyranny.
Painting: Today I painted the mountains that Lyra is hidden in by her mother, Mrs Coulter
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“The Amber Spyglass” by Philip Pullman
“The Subtle Knife” by Philip Pullman
“Northern L...
2024-12-0323 min
The Drunk Guys Book Club PodcastTitus Groan by Mervyn Peake
The Drunk Guys’s beer drinking peake’s this week when they read Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. They also have the merve to drink: As the World Burns by KCBC and 120 Minute IPA by Dogfish Head.
Join the Drunk Guys on Tuesday for Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.
The Drunk Guys now have a Patreon!
The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Overcast, and where ever fine podcasts can be found. We are also part of the Hopped Up Network of independent b...
2024-11-1955 minThe Drunk Guys Book Club PodcastCreation Lake by Rachel Kushner (Booker Prize Shortlist 2024)
The Drunk Guys have big cans this week when they read Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner. They spy on: Delicate Genius by Threes Brewing, Forbidden Pumpkin by Abomination Brewing, and Keep it Casual by Sand City.
Join the Drunk Guys on Tuesday for Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake.
The Drunk Guys now have a Patreon!
The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Overcast, and where ever fine podcasts can be found. We are also part of the Hopped Up Network of independent beer podcaster...
2024-11-121h 16
Beyond The ZeroCarl Shuker - THE ROYAL FREECarl Shuker
@CarlShuker X
@rcshuker Instagram
Buy the book from:
https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/the-royal-free/
Book Launch
https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/events-1/
Gateway books
The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier
Robert Westall - The Wind Eye
The Rules of Attraction - BEE
Infinite Jest DFW
2024-11-0559 min
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 89: Benchwarmer BooksWe all have those books that are waiting in the wings, begging for a chance to make their way off the shelf and into our hands. This week, we chat about why some books seem to get stuck on the sidelines, even though we always think they’ll be the next one up. We discuss some of the reasons this happens and each share five of our own benchwarmer books, doing our best to justify why we keep ignoring their pleas to “put me in coach!”ShownotesBooks* Horror Movie, by Paul Tremblay...
2024-09-191h 25
Lit with CharlesCharlie Higson, author of "On His Majesty's Secret Service"My guest today is the writer Charlie Higson, author of On His Majesty’s Secret Service, the latest Bond continuation novel. Written to coincide with King Charles's coronation and the 60th anniversary of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the book brings Bond into the modern era in a narrative that identifies very real geopolitical threats with some good old Bondian adventure.
For those of you to whom the name Charlie Higson his familiar, that’s because he was one of the writers and performers of The Fast Show, a cult British comedy show from the m...
2024-08-2746 min
Tales from the TrunkBook Tour 40: Jay Wolf – The Shepard in ShadowWe’re kicking off Pride this year with none other than my good friend Jay Wolf! Jay reads a snippet about their best worst boys, Egan and Petrel before we get to talking about their newest book as M. Daniel McDowell, The Shepherd in Shadow, which releases June 28th!
Things we mention in this episode:
Valerie Valdes
The Gormenghast series, by Mervyn Peake
Inkfort Press Self-Publishing Derby
Bringer of the Scourge, by M. Daniel McDowell
Glen Cook
Fritz Leiber
Fafh...
2024-06-0753 min
BookatiniS04ep74 - Luoghi come protagonistiBentornati in Bookatini - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri. L'episodio 74 è dedicato ai luoghi come protagonisti. Nell’episodio di oggi abbiamo chiacchierato approfonditamente di questi libri - Gli invisibili, di Roy Jacobsen, Iperborea editore Gormenghast. La trilogia, di Mervyn Peake, Adelphi editore Abbiamo anche citato questi libri, che abbiamo ma non abbiamo letto: Bacino 13, di Jon McGregor, Guanda editore A Tokyo con Murakami, di Sallusti Giorgia, Perrone editore Ritrovarsi a Parigi, di Gajto Gazdanov, Fazi editore L'isola dei battiti del cuore, di Laura Imai Messina, Pickwick editore Potete contattarci, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividete con noi le vostre letture su questo tema conta...
2024-04-0536 min
Just One PoemIt Makes A Change by Mervyn PeakeDom Conlon hosts Just One Poem, a short show a reading of a single poem.In this episode, Dom reads It Makes A Change, by Mervyn Peake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-04-0201 min
Fronteras de FantasiaGormenghast - El legado de Mervyn PeakeGormenghast: El Legado de Mervyn Peake
En el vídeo de hoy, hablaremos de Mervyn Peake y de su gran obra: el ciclo de Titus (o saga de Gormenghast).
Primero, comentamos quién es Mervyn Peake y nos centramos en su biografía. Después hablaremos del ciclo de Titus, o la saga de Gormenghast, su gran obra. Finalmente, nos centraremos en su influencia y cómo es comparado en ocasiones con J.R.R. Tolkien.
#Gormenghast #Titus #TitusGroan #CiclodeTitus #MervynPeake #Moorcock #Tolkien #LiteraturaFantastica #FantasiaGotica #TitusSolo #TitusAwakes #EscritoresFantásticos
Descubre la fascinante obra de Mervyn Peake, un gigante olvidado en la lit...
2024-02-0813 min
Story Radio PodcastFantasy: Realms of Imagination interview with Matthew Sangster and Tanya Kirk of the British Library
Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan interview the lead curator and guest curator of the British Library’s blockbuster exhibition, Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, Tanya Kirk and Matthew Sangster. The exhibition runs until 25th February 2024 and tickets can be booked here.
The exhibition has been critically acclaimed with a five star review in The Telegraph, ‘a visually captivating treat’, and has been featured in The Guardian, The I Newspaper, Apollo Magazine and BBC Radio 4: Front Row to name a few.
We interviewed both curators about the process of assembling an exhibition featuring over 1...
2024-01-0146 min
OverdueEp 623 - Titus Groan, by Mervyn PeakeDespite being fairly well-versed in 20th-century fantasy, Mervyn Peake and his Gormenghast series has flown completely under our radar until now. It's a strange, florid, disjointed book with some fascinating character portraits, and also the most detailed description of a dude taking a bite of a pear that we have ever read.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self.Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.Advertise on OverdueSee Privacy Policy at...
2023-12-111h 03
Memento Macabre: Ein Mey & Edlich Podcast über Tod und TeufelEpisode 6: Ruinenromantik
Friedhöfe, verfallene Burgruinen und vermeintliche Spukhäuser ziehen uns in ihren Bann. Ob nun in Besichtigungen solcher realen Ruinen, wie beispielsweise beim Lost Place Tourismus, oder in Begegnungen mit fiktionalen Orten in Literatur, Film und Videospiel: Ruinen faszinieren uns und lösen oftmals ein Gefühl der Mystik und der Sentimentalität aus. Mit eben dieser Ruinenromantik befassen sich Rahel Schmitz und Jamie Ellrich in dieser Folge. Dabei diskutieren sie, warum uns heruntergefallene Gebäude so begeistern und sprechen über die Ästhetik des Verfalls. Gemeinsam erkunden sie sowohl fiktionale Ruinen, wie sie unter anderem in Der Herr der Ringe, S...
2023-10-171h 00
Beyond The ZeroJeff Bursey - UNIDENTIFIED MAN AT LEFT OF PHOTOJeff Bursey
https://jeffbursey.ca/
Get Unidentified Man At Edge of Photo here ;
https://coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=49&rewrite=unidentified-man-at-left-of-photo-by-jeff-bursey&controller=product
Gateway books
How and Why book series
The Shadow, The Spider
Groucho Marx books
John Dos Passos - The Big Money
Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Black S...
2023-09-1558 min
MonoRants @The MoviesRecommends... Gormenghast with TadhgWe're trying something (barely) different this week and recommending a TV show you may not have seen. We've brought in some help in the form of non-podcaster and old old friend to us both, Tadhg, to cover the BBC's adaption of Mervyn Peake's seminal fantasy of manners novel, Gormenghast. So escape the kitchens for this rant about absurd yet fantastic characters, a seriously impressive cast, an incredibly rich world from no place or time, striking the right balance with tone, ragging on The Predator and Mono hating falsettos.
Find Tadhg on twitter @the_pelinant...
2023-07-031h 04
The Writing Table with Kris ClinkFantasy Writer Adrian TchaikovskyADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.Learn more at: adriantchaikovsky.comIntro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro RecordingFollow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcastEmail questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.c...
2023-06-2121 min
Chronscast - The Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror PodcastCoronation Special! Titus Groan with Toby FrostIt's Coronation Day! Well, not quite. But in the UK we are steadily approaching the moment when the king, Charles III, formally takes the Oath and is crowned. This month we're tackling Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, the first book in the seminal Gormenghast series. Titus follows the birth of the titular character and the first eighteen months of his life, which culminates in a very strange, ersatz coronation of its own. Joining Pete and me as we clamber across the rooftops and sneak through the dungeons of Gormenghast is the author Toby Frost, best known for his t...
2023-05-022h 00
Beyond The ZeroMaxwell Olin Massa - HOUSE OF APOLLOMaxwell Olin Massa
https://www.maxwellolinmassa.com/
Buy House of Apollo here
https://whiskeytit.com/product/house-of-apollo/
Outlook English program links
Outlook English explores the dairy farm: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTMxNzM2MjQ=.html
Outlook English experiences Beijing culture: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTMxMTczOTY=.html
Outlook English welcomes the Beijing Olympics (ep. 1): https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzEyNzA0NzY=.html
Outlook English welcomes the Beijing Olympics (ep. 2): ht...
2023-05-0141 min
LohikäärmeradioJakso 36 - Dear Lohikäärmeradio, olenko normaali?Mahdollisesti. Ollaanko me? Yleensä nimittäin vastaamme vain itsellemme (ja itsestämme), mutta tänään avaudumme asioista mistä juuri te, ventovieraat ihmiset ympäri Suomea, haluatte tietää. Tarviiko esimerkiksi kirjastovirkailijoiden maksaa veroja? Minkä rodullistetun leivän haluaisit syödä? Mitä Cheek-fanien kanssa voi tehdä? Mikä on Innan salainen pahe? Miten keskustelu meni jälleen kerran simeihin? Miksi yksikään näistä esimerkeistä ei ole kuuntelijoiden lähettämä kysymys? Melkein kaikkiin näihin mieltä askarruttaviin asioihin löytyy vastaus jo tässä jaksossa! Jakson aiheena on siis harvoin kysytyt kysymykset joihin kaikkiin kyllä kerromme tarkoin harkitut vastaukset rakkaudella ja ammattitaidolla, kuten aina.
J...
2023-03-311h 54
The Search For Growth#17 Magician Kevin Blake | The Business of Magic | Performing on National TV for America's Got Talent and Penn and TellerKevin Blake is one of the top entertainers in the country. He’s a San Francisco Bay Area magician and mentalist who has been featured on America’s Got Talent and Penn and Teller’s Fool Us. You can watch him at his weekly show, the Illusionist at the Palace Theater (in San Francisco), or at his in-person and virtual corporate events. In addition to magic, he’s a big swimmer and has competed in the US Olympic Team trials twice in the 50 freestyle. In this episode, we discuss how Kevin got into magic, the business dynamics of magic, what it...
2023-02-2457 min
The Bookshop PodcastMichael MoorcockSend us a textIn this episode, I chat with author Michael Moorcock about growing up in London during WW II, his life as a journalist, writing Gloriana, Or The Unfulfill'd Queen, and his latest music. Michael Moorcock is one of the most important and influential figures in speculative fiction and fantasy literature. Listed recently by The Times (London) as among the fifty greatest British writers since 1945, he is the author of 100 books and more than 150 shorter stories in practically every genre. He has been the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards, including th...
2023-02-2054 min
Chronscast - The Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror PodcastIntroducing Peat LongWhen Chronscast was originally set up I wanted different co-host folks for different co-host strokes. I wanted my guest today, the blogger Peat Long, to contribute to the podcast particularly in the area of fantasy fiction, in all its guises and possibilities. For various reasons he couldn't commit at the start of the venture, but I'm pleased to say that Peat has agreed to be an occasional co-host with me in the future.Today Peat and I are having a short conversation to introduce him, his thoughts on genre fiction, his prolific blog, and his own writing...
2023-02-2028 min
Bla Bla Fantasy43 - Vorrei un castello labirinto - "Gormenghast" di Mervyn PeakeIn questa puntata vi parleremo di quell'opera incredibile, magnifica e straniante che è "Gormenghast" di Mervyn Peake, completa dei suo 3 libri, "Tito di Gormenghast" del 1946, "Gormenghast" del 1950 e "Via da Gormenghast" del 1959. In Italia l'opera è edita da Adelphi che ha recentemente pubblicato un volume che comprende tutta la trilogia.
Link Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/Gormenghast-trilogia-Mervyn-Peake/dp/8845937453/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=3IMSB40HSX8XT&keywords=gormenghast&qid=1675424890&sprefix=gormenghast%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1
Canale Telegram: https://t.me/blablafantas
Pagina Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bl...
2023-02-0442 min
StoryshapedGetting Storyshaped with Katharine and Liz CorrThis week, Susan and Sinéad are welcoming two authors for the price of one - sisters Katharine and Liz Corr are here to tell us all about their marvellous books and also the stories that shaped their lives. Come with us as we talk about the shaping power of the stories of Star Trek, the power of historical fiction and classical heroes (and anti-heroes), the wonder of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising, and how significant are the stories we're told about our family and our history. We also discuss the importance of feisty heroines, and how much t...
2022-11-2445 min
Beyond The ZeroJane Rawsonhttps://janerawson.com
@frippet
Buy A History of Dreams here
https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/VyVgj6
Gateway books
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors - Piers Paul Read
Claudius The God - Robert Graves
Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake
A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Current reads -
Gentle and Fierce - Vanessa Berry
Twyborn Affair - Patrick White
An immense World - Ed Yong
Looking forward to -
Freya...
2022-09-2248 min
Chronscast - The Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror PodcastLud In The Mist with Juliet E. McKennaThis month we're joined by the author fantasy author Juliet E. McKenna, creator of several epic series including The Tales of Einarinn, The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy. Juliet talks to us about one of the very first examples of what we might term "modern fantasy" - Hope Mirrlees' 192 novel Lud In The Mist. Juliet and I talk about where Lud sits in the canon of fantasy - we compare it to Tolkien, for example, and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books, as well as other modernist literature from the post-WW1 years...
2022-09-051h 51
Two Lit ChicksConversation with Joanne HarrisJoanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche. Since then, she has written 19 more novels, plus novellas, short stories, game scripts, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a stage musical (with Howard Goodall) and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of B...
2022-09-051h 05
The To Read List PodcastThe Southern GroanTITUS GROAN by Mervyn Peake / THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES by Grady Hendrix. Genre books unite! This time on the pod Toby wades back into a book that already defeated him once, the formidably slow TITUS GROAN by Mervyn Peake, and Bailey indulges in a treat from one of her favorite contemporary authors, THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES by Grady Hendrix. Plus we rate Andrew's wedding out of five stars, learn about Bailey's Birthday Request, and mention the pop-punk princes Sum 41 way, way too many times.
2022-07-1345 min
The Randomiser: Unpredictable Doctor Who ChatEpisode 30: Knock-off NostromoJings Crivvens! We're back to the beginning nearly, then off to Scotland (and space) with the Tomorrow People, before roaming the dusty corridors of Gormenghast and touching nothing in the verdant pits of Chloris.
Spoiler warnings for:
All Doctor Who up to and including Legend of the Sea Devils, The Tomorrow People story "The Doomsday Men", and Gormenghast - with a content warning for a brief discussion of a suicide depicted in that programme.
Regular Features:
Your Cheatin' Memory
Each episode we use therandomiser.net to choose a random Doctor Who story and see what we can recall about it...
2022-06-261h 14
BacklistedTitus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone by Mervyn PeakeNovelist Joanne Harris (Chocolat, A Narrow Door) is our guest for a celebration of Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959) by Mervyn Peake, three novels which are often referred to, erroneously, as the Gormenghast Trilogy. With Joanne's expert guidance, John and Andy revisit Peake's visionary work for the first time in decades and are surprised and delighted by what they discover. Also in this episode, Andy marks the belated UK publication of Maud Martha, the sole novel by poet Gwendolyn Brooks (Faber); while John enjoys Geoff Dyer's new book about tennis and much more, The Last Days of Roger...
2022-06-211h 14
Talking Scared94 – Scott Hawkins and a Dog-Eat-Lion WorldSend us a textThis week we go behind the curtain to look at the inner workings of a bona-fide modern classic. Our guest is Scott Hawkins, whose debut novel, The Library At Mount Char delighted genre fans back in 2015. Now, to commemorate its first UK publication, Scott joins me for a conversation about its many madcap secrets.We talk about everything from cosmic ethics to kidney stone – he gives us a little until-now-unknown backstory on some of the most mysterious characters, and I take umbrage at how awfully he treats the poor, poor...
2022-05-311h 04
Overbooké - L'émission littéraire RSTLSSOVERBOOKÉ #09 - Est-ce mieux de lire en VO ou VF + les livres sur la musique.Pourquoi doit-on lire une œuvre dans sa langue originale, ou au contraire dans quels cas peut-on préférer sa traduction ? Des questions qui nous amènent à parler de notre rapport au langage et à la communication, avant de bifurquer sur les croisements que l’on peut trouver entre le monde de la littérature et celui de la musique.
Overbooké, c’est l’émission qui vous parle de littérature avec amour et passion, et qui tente de démystifier cet art ancestral en explorant toutes ses facettes. Présentée par Marjorie et Tom, deux amoureux des livres, et accompagnés par...
2022-05-032h 14
Libri Per Sopravvivere A4x4 LPSA Fantasy ft. Chiara MartiniSecondo episodio speciale (che poi speciale non è perché vuole diventare un'abitudine: ce lo ripetiamo come un mantra, ormai), con la preziosa moltiplicazione dei microfoni a beneficio di Chiara Martini, booktuber d'élite.Rispetto al primo meeting con Chiara, un mese fa, nel mondo sono accadute giusto due o tre cosette... ma noi cerchiamo di non farci sopraffare e distrarci/vi per mezz'ora o poco più.Oggi si parla di un genere, un pianeta, un universo. Amatissimo dai più, mal digerito da tanti altri lettori abituali. Le domande già si sprecano. È roba da ragazzini? Come la mettiamo con gnomi e...
2022-03-2348 min
KPL PodcastKPL Podcast February 2022 Week 3 with Special Guest Marlon JamesIn this mighty follow-up to his Number 1 bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Man Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers. Moon Witch, Spider King is part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman.1. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan2. The Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake3. Vurt by Jeff Noon4. Persuasion by Jane Austen5. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi6. The H...
2022-02-1824 min
Appendix N Book ClubEpisode 103 – Mervyn Peake's "Titus Groan” with special guest Patrick StuartPatrick Stuart joins us to discuss Mervyn Peake's "Titus Groan”, oral traditions, lush prose, taking pride in working as a servant, the sun as an old cake bun, Peake's popularity, Cormac McCarthy, Gormenghast as a demiplane, maintaining status quo as a party goal, the court of Melniboné, physical differences as "monstrous traits", going back in time to support expired Kickstarters, and much more!
2021-09-1358 min
Occult Experiments in the HomeOEITH #114 Liber Somnia (The Book of Dreams)In this episode we take a wide-angle view on dreams and dreaming, and consider the significance of dreams that just keep coming back: the importance of personal notebooks; Mervyn Peake and the awakening of my imagination; the creation of reality from imagination; sharing the vision; the Gormenghast books: their possible roots in biographical influences, and the paradoxical realism of Peake's fantasy; Peake's impact on my dream-life; spontaneous recall of dreams during meditation; how dreams are experienced largely through memory; not "remembering" but "coming back"; an experience of a recurrence of dreams about demons; the puzzling nature of these experiences...
2021-07-1749 min
Вне ВремениМервин Пик «Танец в полнолуние», 1963Трагедия началась с того, что костюм Гарри отправился среди ночи танцевать с вечерним платьем его бывшей жены. Казалось бы ничего страшного, но к людям эти призраки отнеслись не так дружелюбно, как друг к другу.
Автор: Мервин Пик (Mervyn Peake)
Название: Танец в полнолуние (Danse Macabre, 1963)
Перевод рассказа на русский: К. Королёв
Композитор: Игорь Давыдов (RukiRek @ SoundCloud)
Композиция: Butterfly Tales for Trees (https://music.apple.com/ru/album/butterfly-tales-for-trees/1049649373?i=1049649531)
Голос: Дмитрий Кузнецов (Rick_TT @ SoundCloud)
Год записи: 2021
2021-05-1018 min
Bowie Book Club PodcastHall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in ArtWelcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we took a little wander through
Halls Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art by James A. Hall and read about a lot of saints with swords (sometimes stuck in their heads)
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2021-04-2630 min
The Big Red Couch RPG PodcastEpisode One Hundred and Fifty Four – Drab Majesty
The Resplendent Majesty sits upon the throne, and lives with everyone’s attention on them.The Drab Majesty lives in the shadows, and nobody knows they’re there until there’s something they need to deal with.
A team make their living through resurrecting people by assembling the scattered fragments of their personality construct from the far-flung corners of cyberspace.But some of these people don’t want to come back.And some aren’t actually dead.
In a calm and stable Empire, the first step on the Hero’s Journey is … Finding any ch...
2021-02-121h 15
Weird StudiesOn The I Ching
The Book of Changes, or I Ching, is more than an ancient text. It's a metaphysical guide, a fun game, and -- to your hosts at least -- a lifelong, steadfast friend. The I Ching has come up more than once on the show, and now is the time for JF and Phil to face it head on, discussing the role it has played in their lives while delving into some of its mysteries.
REFERENCES
I Ching, Wilhelm-Baynes translation
I Ching, Stephen Karcher translation
Game of Thrones, HBO series
George R. R...
2020-09-161h 30
Arts & IdeasPiranesi and disturbing archectureSusanna Clarke, Adam Scovell, Lucy Arnold and Anton Bakker are Matthew Sweet's guests. Susanna Clarke talks about the inspiration behind the follow up to her best-selling first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Piranesi is the springboard for a discussion about haunted spaces and mind-bending architecture in film, fiction and art from MC Escher to Christopher Nolan's Inception, Shirley Jackson to Mervyn Peake. The print maker Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who was born 300 years ago on Oct 4th 1720, became known for his etchings of Rome and images of imagined prisons.Piranesi drawings: visions of antiquity is an exhibition...
2020-09-1545 min
LohikäärmeradioJakso 10 - This is where the magic happensSimsalabim ja abrakadabra, Lohikäärmeradion toinen kausi on täällä tänään! Tässä jaksossa rupatellaan taikuudesta, taikasysteemeistä ja monituisista taikureista. Ja perunoista. Mikä tekee fantasiakirjallisuudesta fantasiaa, olisiko nekromantia hyödyllinen taito kirjastotyössä ja voisiko Harry Pottereista tutut taikakepit syödä? Näihin kuumoittaviin kysymyksiin ja moniin muihin taikamysteereihin ei saada tälläkään kertaa järkevää vastausta, mutta parhaamme teimme!
Jakson teoslista:
KIRJAT:
William Gibson: Neurovelho
Brandon Sanderson: Usvasyntyinen – sarja
N. K. Jeminisin: The Fifth Season
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman: Hyviä Enteitä
Sally Green: Savuvarkaat
Elina Pitkäkangas: Kuura – trilogia
G. R. R. Martin: Tulen ja jään laulu
J. R. R. Tolkien: Sil...
2020-09-151h 13
Skeleton SongsAn Inheritance of StonesJoin Alexis and Lottie on a deep-dive into WORLDBUILDING. Why it's menacing to be told to start with a timeline, how Twin Peaks' BOB came to be, why you must never call pulled pok 'flesh-spicing', and why the architect of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao probably didn't start with the toilets. Alexis, unsportingly, refuses to get cross.Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:- Cultist Simulator, by us- Fallen London and Sunless Sea, by Alexis Kennedy & Failbetter Games- The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien...
2020-08-1832 min
Page One165 - POIR 9Standing at his bookshelf beneath a large, grey, spreading Nimbostratus cloud, Charles Adrian talks about two books from one guest on the podcast and one from another. The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is discussed in Page One 27 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/27-anna-sulan-masing/) and Page One 163. Books discussed in this episode were previous discussed in Page One 34 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/34-sarah-le-fevre/) and Page One 36 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/36-tim-wells/. Sum by David Eagleman is also discussed in Page One 113 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/s...
2020-06-1626 min
ChrononautsIntroductions, Genre and Scope | Chrononauts Episode 0Containing an Introduction to the Series, in which the Listener is acquainted with the Character of the Hosts, with numerous Discussions on matters concerning Genre, History, Fiction, Literature, the Natural Sciences, and with the Conclusion of which containing a Preview of the subsequent Episode.
Books referenced, on Goodreads:
"Foundation", by Isaac Asimov (USA, 1951) : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", by Mark Twain: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37810588-mark-twain---a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court
"The Martian Chronicles", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76778.Th...
2020-05-311h 43
Book Island - Book Reviews by WritersClassics!This week, Lisa and Tim review two classic novels: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, and Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan!
2020-04-1352 min
Spectology: The Science Fiction Book Club PodcastIn Conversation: 2019 Recap, Book Stats, & Reader QuestionsMatt & Adrian sit down for a chat looking back at 2019—which books ended up being our favorites, which episodes did we like, and how did we do in terms of diversity of authors, genres, and guests?
A big thanks to everyone who has stuck with us for two years now! Or who have just begun listening—we hope you'll stick around.
In addition, we were asked by a listener on Twitter (@spectologypod) to talk a bit about our favorite fantasy books, so we do that at the end. Here's a list of everything we mention (amaz...
2020-02-1136 min
Loco LudusAppendicitis 001: Mervyn Peake’s GormenghastIn their new sub-series, Appendicitis, Barney and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks discuss works NOT on the infamous AD&D Appendix N. They begin with Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast. They discuss how it might be of use in roleplay games, ending with a discussion of the campaign Andy created based on it, followed by a digression into Cthulhu. Look out for Appendicitis as and when. Thanks!
2020-02-101h 12
Marlon and Jake Read Dead PeopleEpic FantasyThis week Marlon and Jake venture into fantasy: the imagined worlds of dead writers—from quests and dragons to magic carpets and pregnant kings. As they dive into the works of the giants of traditional fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, they discuss the influence both writers had on Marlon's own fantasy epic, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which was inspired by the epic traditions of Africa and writers like D.O. Fagunwa and Amos Tutuola. They debate how reading fantasy as a child differs from reading it as an adult, wonder why there aren't more female ch...
2020-02-0341 min
HookedKiln Walker“I sometimes think about old tombs and weedsThat interwreathe among the bones of kingsWith cold and poisonous berry and black flower:Or ruminate upon the skulls of steedsFrailer than shells and on those luminous wings -The shoulder blades of Princes of fled power,Which now the unrecorded sandstorms grindInto so wraith-like a translucencyOf tissue-thin and aqueous bone- A Reverie of Bone”― Mervyn Peake, Shapes And SoundsSCRYFALL.COM Random Magic Card Generator | Random Word GeneratorEmail the podcast a...
2020-01-3030 min
Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks111. The first fantasy campaignWriting my first campaign and going off the deep end. Narrative vs Emergent game play. Mervyn Peake, Lewis Carroll, and Gary Gygax. Plus call ins from some old friends.
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2019-12-2530 min
Bowie Book Club PodcastBBC Podcast - The Insult by Rupert ThomsonWelcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read
The Insult by Rupert Thomson, a book about pyschosis and the seedy underbelly of society that turns out to be two books in one, much to Greg's chagrin.
The Insult by Rupert Thomson Amazon | IndieBound
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2019-11-1831 min
SBR The PodcastCloset GothEpisode 28! We play another round of "First In, Last Out" - Trevor read F Scott Fitzgerald's shorts in "Flappers & Philosophers" and Marc reveals his secret passion for "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake
2019-08-041h 08
Weird StudiesDoomed to Enchantment: The Psychical Research of William James
The great American thinker William James knew well that no intellectual pursuit is purely intellectual. His interest in the "supernormal," whether it take the form of spiritual apparition or extrasensory perception, was rooted in a personal desire to uncover the miraculous in the mundane. Indeed, the early members of the British Society for Psychical Research and its American counterpart (which James co-founded in 1884) were united in this conviction that certain phenomena which most scientists of their day considered unworthy of their attention were in fact the frontier of a new world, an avenue for humanity's deepest aspirations. In this...
2019-04-091h 33
A Good ReadFrank Cottrell-Boyce and Lucy PorterWriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce and comic Lucy Porter join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Mervyn Peake, Terry Pratchett and Dashiell Hammett. Letters from a Lost Uncle by Mervyn Peake
Publisher: MethuenTruckers by Terry Pratchett
Publisher: CorgiRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: OrionFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.
2019-02-1227 min
It’s Just A ShowGrandfather Clocks in Drag. [MST3K 1114. At the Earth’s Core.]At the Earth’s Core drills Beth and Adam about endurance tests,
mesmerizing actors, overwrought styles, long-lasting ideologies, and deep-seated commitments.
Show Notes.
At the Earth’s Core: IMDB. MST3K
Wiki.
Trailer. Watch on
Netflix.
Host segments from the 2018 Turkey Day marathon might show up on the official
MST3K YouTube channel.
Netflix’s MST3K: The Gauntlet (season 12)
trailer.
Jonathan “Dr.” Katz already had a podkatz.
Cesar Romero’s moustache in Batman.
A good write-up on Peter Cushing.
Cushing as The Doctor.
...
2018-11-2156 min
Saturday ReviewPeterloo, George Saunders, Posy Simmonds, Klimt/Schiele, debbie tucker green, Doing MoneyMike Leigh's film Peterloo is his biggest budget film. 200 years ago mounted yeomanry massacred unarmed protesters in Manchester who had gathered to demand their rights. The story is not often taught in schools and this film aims to increase public awareness of the barbarity and indifference of the authorities.
We're reviewing 2 illustrated story books; Booker Prize winner George Saunders follows up Lincoln In The Bardo with a story apparently written by a fox. Also Posy Simmonds "Cassandra Darke" about love and dark machinations in world of fine art trading.
Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele were near-contemporaries on the Viennese...
2018-11-0348 min
1001bookspodcastEpisode 21 GormenghastWelcome back to the 1001 books the podcast. We are reviewing the 1001 books to read before you die to see if they are really worth your time.
On this episode: Gormenghast
Author: Mervyn Peake
Published: 1950
Please note: All opinions expressed are just that, our opinions! We don't like this series but I don't expect everyone to agree with us, if you are interested in reading it look at some other reviews too. Who knows maybe you will love it?
NOTE FROM CHELSEA: My retell from memory of the final two book plots was a little wrong, I know this but didn't...
2018-06-2731 min
1001bookspodcastEpisode 20 Titus GroanWelcome back to the 1001 books the podcast. We are reviewing the 1001 books to read before you die to see if they are really worth your time.
On this episode: Titus Groan
Author: Mervyn Peake
Published: 1946
ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: A review of the first 20 books. What still makes are list? What did we miss? Is this commitment all too much?!? Listen in to find out.
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2018-06-1345 min
Literary Loitering - Irreverent Mockery With Cultural AnarchistsLiterary Loitering 83 - John Updike's Pee MazeThis week we get acquainted with the power of language via the medium of Sean Penn’s debut novel Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, after which we find that an unnamed male author has claimed that he’s living proof that men can write believable female characters (we’re confused as well, but that claim has led to a rather hilarious Twitter challenge). In other news, Neil Gaiman is going to produce a new TV adaptation of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels, and Choose Your Own Adventure books make something of a comeback.
After that we let Prod...
2018-04-261h 01
Furiosa por los librosLas mejores novelas góticasLas obras citadas:
"El castillo de Otranto" Horace Walpole
"Vathek" William Beckford
"Los misterios de Udolfo" Ann Radcliffe
"El monje" Matthew Lewis
"Wieland o la transformación" Charles Brocken Brown
"Manuscrito encontrado en Zaragoza" Jan Potocky
"El espectro"Sarah Wilkinson
"El hombre de arena" E.T.A Hoffman
"La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow" Washington Irving
"Melmoth el errabundo"Maturin
"La monja sangrienta" Nodier
"La caida de la casa Usher" Poe
"La casa de los siete tejados"Hawthorne
"El extraño caso del Dr Jekyll y Mr Hyde"Stevenson
"El retrato de Dorian Grey" Oscar Wilde
""El organista fantasma..."Rosa Mulholland
"El...
2018-04-171h 08
Crushing DisappointmentJonathan Rhys Meyers"If I understand anything, I understand anger. And that's because I understand what it feels like to be rejected. And don't think I don't understand loneliness too."
Welcome to Episode #1 of Crushing Disappointment. Matt chats to Anna about her crush on Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Disappointments: How do you pronounce Steerpike? How do you pronounce Mervyn Peake? Was that question recorded in post?
2018-02-0547 min
Das E&U-GesprächFolge 045 – Damien Hirst & Heinz EdelmannBenjamin stellt den milliardenschweren Künstler Damien Hirst als den Warhol des Spätkapitalismus vor. In Markus‘ Teil (ab 55:00) geht es um den Graphikdesigner und Illustrator Heinz Edelmann und insbesonders um seinen Beatles-Zeichentrickfilm Yellow Submarine (1968). Ab 1:58:00 gibt es einen Nachklapp mit Podcastempfehlungen.
Folge 045 – jetzt abspielen
Das Superkunstjahr 2017, documenta 14, Skulptur Projekte Münster, Biennale Venedig, Pierre Huyghe: After ALife Ahead, Ayşe Erkmen: On Water, Anne Imhof: Faust, Damien Hirst, der Palazzo Grassi und die Punta della Dogana, François Pinault, Gregor Schneider (E&U 035), die Giardini della Biennale, Franz Erhard Walther, Simon Denny (E&U 017), die Netfl...
2018-01-2800 minDas E&U-GesprächFolge 045 – Damien Hirst & Heinz EdelmannBenjamin stellt den milliardenschweren Künstler Damien Hirst als den Warhol des Spätkapitalismus vor. In Markus‘ Teil (ab 55:00) geht es um den Graphikdesigner und Illustrator Heinz Edelmann und insbesonders um seinen Beatles-Zeichentrickfilm Yellow Submarine (1968). Ab 1:58:00 gibt es einen Nachklapp mit Podcastempfehlungen.
Folge 045 – jetzt abspielen
Das Superkunstjahr 2017, documenta 14, Skulptur Projekte Münster, Biennale Venedig, Pierre Huyghe: After ALife Ahead, Ayşe Erkmen: On Water, Anne Imhof: Faust, Damien Hirst, der Palazzo Grassi und die Punta della Dogana, François Pinault, Gregor Schneider (E&U 035), die Giardini della Biennale, Franz Erhard Walther, Simon Denny (E&U 017), die Netfl...
2018-01-2800 min
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers' Advisory PodcastEpisode 045 - Family SagasThis episode we're reading Family Sagas! Do they have to be incredibly long? Do they have to be boring? Plus: We talk about diversity, reading books from earlier time periods, and we say farewell (for now) to a host. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify (new!) or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Books We Read This Month Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The House of the Spirits...
2018-01-161h 01
Spacegrass RadioA Poem a Day Keeps the Darkness at Bay - Episode 01 - Mervyn Peake - The Trouble with GeraniumsA Poem a Day Keeps the Darkness at Bay - each day I read a poem, and give a brief amount of information on the poet.
This is episode 01 on Mervyn Peake.
2017-11-2502 minBook Club for Masochists: a Readers' Advisory PodcastEpisode 030 - RereadingWe talk about when, why, (whether), and what we Reread, and what does it all mean? Plus: format shifting for rereads, plays vs. scripts, cover versions of fiction, and the suck fairy. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Books We Mentioned Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi...
2017-06-0659 min
Book ShamblesSarah BakewellPhilosophical discussion abounds this week as Robin and Josie are joined by author of, amongst many great books, ‘At the Existentialist Café’, Sarah Bakewell. They wander through the work of Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Mervyn Peake and many more besides before arriving at the conclusion that basically we should just all reread ‘The Great Gatsby’ more often than we do.
2016-10-1351 min
Writer On The RoadThe Business of (Indie) Writing – Day 1 – Writing, creativity and accountability with Jules HorneJules Horne lives in the Scottish Borders and is an Associate Lecturer at Open University. She writes plays for stage and radio, and fiction with a Scottish gothic flavour. She’s inspired by Angela Carter and Mervyn Peake (of Gormenghast fame). Today, we chat about the tension between creativity and risk, the role of Indie publishers as influencers, and learning from our mistakes. Throw in offshoots on deadlines, daily goals and the Pomodoro Technique and things start to get interesting. Jules is a true creative and lives what she believes. The Scottish Borders may be isolated geographically, but academically, Jules i...
2016-10-1000 min
Connect to High Quality Audiobooks in High QualityTitus Groan (By Mervyn Peake)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256394 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Titus Groan
Author: Mervyn Peake
Narrator: Saul Reichlin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 21 hours 40 minutes
Release date: March 10, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Classics
Publisher's Summary: As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of...
2016-03-109h 40A Good ReadDeborah Bull and Sam LeithDeborah Bull, former ballet dancer and Sam Leith, The Spectator’s literary editor join presenter, Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Mervyn Peake, John Berryman and Gabriel Garcia Márquez. 'Mr Pye' by Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Vintage'77 Dream Songs' by John Berryman
Publisher: Faber'News of a Kidnapping' by Gabriel García Márquez.
Translated by Edith Grossman.
Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
2016-03-0128 min
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 220: William Gibson, Eileen Gunn, and Chris Brown
Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast, an informal weekly discussion about science fiction and fantasy featuring award-winning critics and editors Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe. The Coode Street Podcast debuted in 2010 and has been nominated for the Hugo, British Science Fiction, and Aurealis awards.
This week Jonathan and Gary talk to old friend Chris Brown, and very special guest William Gibson , in a discussion that ranges from William’s recent novel The Peripheral to the influences of writers as diverse as Mervyn Peake, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, and Avram Davidson and the question of what it means to wri...
2015-02-081h 17
Podcast La Tabla EsmeraldaTabla Esmeralda - DL 129: Gormenghast de Mervyn PeakePara cerrar esta temporada 2012-2013, nos acercamos al mundo de Gormenghast, saga inconclusa del escritor Mervyn Peake. Obra maestra de la fantasia del s. XX de gran trascendencia en el género y que, hasta hace una década, carecía de traduccion al castellano.
2013-07-2114 min
A Point of ViewThe Myth of ModernityJohn Gray draws on the novels of Mervyn Peake to argue it's a mistake to imagine that modernity marks a fundamental change in human experience. "The modern world is founded on the belief that it's possible for human beings to shape a future that's better than anything in the past. If the Gormenghast novels have any continuing theme, it's that this modern belief is an illusion."
Producer: Sheila Cook.
2013-05-1009 min
Get New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe History of Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/103184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Titus Groan Author: Mervyn Peake Narrator: James Fleet, Carl Prekopp, Olivia Hallinan, Tamsin Greig, Miranda Richardson, Full Cast, Paul Rhys Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Paul Rhys, Miranda Richardson and Carl Prekopp star in this major six-part BBC Radio Classic Serial based on the writings of Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore. The life and times of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast - a vast stronghold of crumbling masonry steeped in immemorial ritual and inhabited by...
2011-09-0103 min
SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #117
The SFFaudio Podcast #117 – Scott, Jesse and Tamahome talk about audiobooks, the recent arrivals and the new releases.
Talked about on today’s show:
We have some genuine Science Fiction!, The Year’s Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction Vol. 3 edited by Alan Kaster, Damien Broderick, Robert Reed, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ian R. Macleod, Luke Burrage, The Mars Phoenix has Science Fiction (2008), John W. Cambell, The Things by Peter Watts, 8 Miles should be title 12.1 Kilometers, the metric system can’t be sold politically in the U.S.A., florescent lightbulbs are unamerican, Corner Gas, Larry Niven, H...
2011-07-181h 23Saturday Review09/07/2011Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the historian Kathryn Hughes and the writers Kevin Jackson and Adam Mars Jones review the cultural highlights of the week including The Tree of Life.The Tree of Life is Terrence Malick's allusive and fragmented film based notionally around a 1950s Texan family - Mr and Mrs O'Brien (Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain) and their three sons - but which also swoops giddily around a time-frame that stretches from the birth of the universe and the evolution of life on Earth to the present day and then on to some kind of...
2011-07-0942 min
Midweek22/06/2011This week Libby Purves is joined by guests including Princess Campbell, Simon Day, Clare Peake and Henry Winkler.Princess Campbell was one of the first black ward sisters working in the NHS; she was one of a pioneering group of African-Caribbean workers who began to challenge barriers of prejudice. Her uniform goes on display at M-Shed, Bristol's new city museum in the old 1950s transit sheds at Prince's Wharf on the historic waterfront. Simon Day is the actor and stand-up comedian, probably best known from 'The Fast Show'. He publishes his memoir, 'Comedy and Error...
2011-06-2241 min
The Libertarian TraditionMervyn Peake (1911–1968)American libertarians would be particularly interested in Peake's great novel, since the perspective on the individual and society that pervades it is very libertarian in the broadest sense of that word...Most people who know about this work don't think of it as a single novel. They think of it as three novels — a trilogy — and they call it "the Gormenghast Trilogy."
2010-07-1500 minThe Libertarian TraditionMervyn Peake (1911–1968)American libertarians would be particularly interested in Peake's great novel, since the perspective on the individual and society that pervades it is very libertarian in the broadest sense of that word...Most people who know about this work don't think of it as a single novel. They think of it as three novels — a trilogy — and they call it "the Gormenghast Trilogy."
2010-07-1500 min
StarShipSofaAural Delights No 90 Elizabeth BearEditorial:Â The Past by Tony C Smith 02:00Poetry: Conjunctions by Neil Gaiman 06:30Flash Fiction:Â A Friend In Need by Richard Johnson 10:10Fact:Â Science News by JJ Campanella 18:00Main Fiction: Shoggoths In Bloom by Elizabeth Bear 35:00Fact: Mervyn Peake Part 1 by English AssassinArt:
2009-06-241h 39StarShipSofaAural Delights No 89 Matthew Sanborn SmithEditorial: Forums by Tony C Smith 00:50Flash Fiction: The Git by Jay Lake 04:00Fact: Search Is Too Important To Leave To One Company – Even Google by Cory Doctorow 09:45Fact: Mervyn Peake Part 1 by English Assassin 15:00Main Fiction: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Diplomat by
2009-06-171h 05
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010A A GillSue Lawley's castaway this week is the critic and columnist A A Gill. His witty, first-person articles have earned him a whole host of awards and a loyal following. But his life as a successful writer was preceded by more than a decade that was spent living in squalid squats, taking drugs and existing in an alcoholic haze. It was the unplanned intervention of a GP that made him face up to his alcoholism and seek treatment. It's now 21 years since he last had a drink and he has been given, he says, the chance to start again and...
2006-08-2036 min
Desert Island DiscsA A GillSue Lawley's castaway this week is the critic and columnist A A Gill. His witty, first-person articles have earned him a whole host of awards and a loyal following. But his life as a successful writer was preceded by more than a decade that was spent living in squalid squats, taking drugs and existing in an alcoholic haze. It was the unplanned intervention of a GP that made him face up to his alcoholism and seek treatment. It's now 21 years since he last had a drink and he has been given, he says, the chance to start again and...
2006-08-2036 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996Sir Ranulph FiennesThe castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Over the last 23 years, he has navigated the White Nile in a hovercraft, travelled around the world through both poles, discovered a lost city and, most recently, he nearly perished in Antarctica. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his unhappy schooldays at Eton, his thwarted ambition to emulate his father's military career and the problems he has had with his companions on expeditions. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Love...
1994-04-0335 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991Keith FloydThe castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is television cook Keith Floyd. Renowned for his garrulous charm as much as for his culinary expertise, he'll be describing the chronicle of failure that dogged him through spells in the Army, as a cub reporter, as an antiques dealer and as a restaurateur. He'll also be talking to Sue Lawley about his passion for good food, music and the elusive nature of romantic happiness.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Hey Jude by The Beatles
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1990-12-3031 min