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BookyliciousBookylicious Series 4 Episode 6 – The Weird, The Wonderful and Everything In-betweenIn this episode Gwyn returns and joins Paul, Lara and Hollyin a far reaching chat about books and much more relating to the weird,witches, and liminal places and much more. There is also a brief glimpse thisyear’s Wrexham Carnival of Words www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.comWe also mention the zine Weird Walk, you can find more informationhere https://www.weirdwalk.co.uk/Here is a shelf of books we reviewed or mentioned https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-4-episode-6-the-weird-the-wonderful-and-everything-in-between?2025-04-181h 00
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 4 Episode 5 - Voices on the Path, a history of walking in WalesIn this episode Paul speaks to Andrew Green about his book 'Voices on the Path, a history of walking in Wales'. A rich misture of drovers, long distance trails, pedestrianism and much more!You can find Andrew's website at www.gw allter.com The recent episode of Clare Balding's Ramblings featuring Andrew can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027jy0 Here is a bookshelf of some of the authors and books mentioned in this episode https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-4-episode-5-voices-on-the-path-a-history-of-walking-in-wales? 2025-02-1641 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 4 Episode 4 - Poppies, Poetry and Pasternak - when three becomes more!In this episode Paul, Lara and Holly finally get together to
discuss their favourite reads of 2024 and what they are looking forward to
reading in 2025.
Along the way they talk about:
James A Pearson https://jamesapearson.com/
Dead Ink Books https://deadinkbooks.com/
Adventurous Ink https://adventurousink.co.uk/
Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses https://www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/site/fenns-whixall-and-bettisfield-mosses-nnr/
Here is a bookshelf with some of the books we mention in
this episode:
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-4-episode-4-poppies-poetry-and-pasternak?
...2025-02-031h 06BookyliciousBookylicious Series 4 Episode 3 - Question TimeAfter being away for a short while Bookylicious the podcast is back. In this episode Paul's wife Adrienne takes over the microphone to ask him some searching questions about books past , present and future. We cover a lot of ground from early childhood book memories to book marketing and everything in between! There is also a short preview of some of the exciting episodes to come...
As always you can find a bookshelf with some of the books we mentioned here:
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-4-episode-3-question-time?
2025-01-0540 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 4 Episode 2 – A Gallimaufry with Laura Jet
Paul and Lara are joined by ilustrator Laura Jet to chat
about books and illustration, graphic novels and comics, judging books by their
cover. As always the conversation drifts into a diversity of horror, nature
writing and much much more.
Here is a bookshelf of some of the books we discussed https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-4-episode-2-a-gallimaufry-with-illustrator-laura-jet?
We also discussed https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Shaun-Tan/The-Arrival/16260122
and https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Bryan-Talbot/Alice-in-Sunderland--An-Entertainment/577680
2024-08-061h 15BookyliciousBookylicious Series 4 Episode 1 - Alis Hawkins and Mike ParkerIn this episode Paul is in conversation with Welsh writers
Alis Hawkins and Mike Parker. Alis is a crime writer and author of the Teifi
Valley Coroner series and the Oxford Mysteries series. Mike is a writer and
broadcaster and he is author of Map Addict, On the Red Hill and All Along the
Wide Border and much more! The conversation starts inevitably with Wales and
hiraeth and then ranges widely from the meaning and origins of community, the
invasion of the motor car, the value of libraries and archives and much more.
You can find out...2024-07-011h 01BookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 8 - Carnival reads and blue cheeseHolly, Lara and Paul chat about some of the books they are reading and highlights of the 10th Wrexham Carnival of Words www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com
The Womens Prize for Fiction 2024 longlist also gets a mention https://womensprize.com/announcing-the-2024-womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist/
If you would like to download and read the University of
Sheffield Creative Writing Society’s latest anthology edited by Holly you can find it here https://uoscreativewritingsoc.wordpress.com/our-anthology/
And yes! We do talk about blue cheese and Dorset Knobs,
Thomas Hardy’s favourite snack. To order your own Dorset Knobs go t...2024-04-1548 min
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 7 – Paul Clifton - ‘1988, a poetic diary of a Wrexham author’
Lara and Paul talk to Paul Clifton about his new poetry collection
‘1988, a poetic diary of a Wrexham author’. They chat about the creative
process, how do poems emerge and reach their final form and Paul reads some of
his work.
If you would like to buy Paul’s work go here https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Paul-Clifton/author/B006VE1EFO?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
Paul and Lara also mention ‘Les
Miserables’ by Victor Hugo and ‘Strands’
by Jean Sprackland
2024-03-1444 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 6 - Thomas Hardy, "Romantasy", Gnomes and NaturePaul, Lara and Holly talk some more about audiobooks based
on Patricia Bracewell’s recommendations. They also discuss Thomas Hardy’s
women, is “romantasy” a genre, BB’s Little Grey men (gnomes) and nature writing
and much more!
Go to our bookshelf for some of the books mentioned in this
episode. https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-6-thomas-hardy-romantasy-gnomes-and-nature?
2024-02-2544 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 5 – Wombles, Moomins, audiobooks and sci-fiFor the first time ever Paul, Holly and Lara gathered in the
library stacks in Wrexham and not on Zoom to record this episode. That’s why it is a slightly longer episode than normal but the conversation was too good to
cut! We cover everything including audiobooks, Les Miserables, whether Wombles and Moomins share the same DNA, the joys and pitfalls of genre fiction
including sci-fi.
You will find the shelf with most of the books we discuss
here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-5-wombles-moomins-audiobooks-and-sci-fi?
For more information about Wrexham Carnival of Wo...2024-01-2057 min
BookyliciousDavid Ebsworth - Blood Among the Threads - Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 4In this episode Paul speaks to Dave McCall AKA author David
Ebsworth about his latest book ‘Blood Among the Threads’ a murder mystery set
in Wrexham in 1876. For more information about Dave, his books and to sign up
to his mailing list go here https://www.davidebsworth.com/
Other authors we discuss are Robert Harris https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/575.Robert_Harris
and Rosemary Sutcliff https://rosemarysutcliff.com/summaries-and-synopses-of-rosemary-sutcliff-books/
And if you are interested in the recent Slightly Foxed editions
of Sutcliff’s works go here https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-set-of-rosemary-sutcliff-novels/
2024-01-1139 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 3 - 2023 Reading challenges, 'Les Miserables' and Christmas wishes!In this episode Paul and Lara chat about their Good Reads
reading challenges for 2023 and select fiction and non-fiction favourites. They
discuss their progress (or not?) Wrexham Carnival of Words long read for 2024
‘Les Miserables’ by Victor Hugo. Plus a few suggestions for what Santa might
consider bringing!
As always here is a bookshelf of some of the books we
mention https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-3-episode-3-2023-reading-challenge-review-les-miserable-and-christmas-wishes
Here are links for Slow Ways https://beta.slowways.org/ and Danny
Robins Uncanny website https://www.dannyrobins.com/uncanny
If you want more...2023-12-2035 min
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 2 - Sian Hughes author of 'Pearl'In this episode Paul interviews Sian hughes the Booker
longlisted author of ‘Pearl’ in her beautiful bookshop Magpie Books in Malpas ,
Cheshire https://www.magpiebookshop.co.uk/
Sian talks about the long process of writing ‘Pearl, Old
English poetry in the Cheshire dialect, being longlisted for the Booker prize,
the Wales/Cheshire border and much more!
For more information about Sian here are a couple of sites
with more information:
https://theindigopress.com/sian-hughes/
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/sian-hughes
And as always here is our bookshelf.org bookshelf with s...2023-12-0450 min
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 3 Episode 1 - Dani Robertson - 'All Through the Night'
In this episode Paul talks to Dani Robertson the Dark Sky
Officer for Prosiect Nos Dark
Skies Partnership in North Wales. She is author of ‘All Through the Night’ a
book highlighting the issues of light pollution and what we can all do about
it. Here are some links about Dani and Project Nos
https://www.discoveryinthedark.wales/project-nos
https://darksky.org/news/dani-robertson-monthly-star/
https://darksky.org/news/dani-robertson-monthly-star/
As always you can see books we talked about in
our bookshop.org bookshelf https://uk.bookshop.org/li...2023-11-1531 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 13 - The Name of the RoseIn this episode Gwyn reviews Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' and Paul feeds back on his viewing of the 1986 film of the book and the 2019 TV series.
Paul recommends some Medieval monastic sleuths to follow on from 'The Name of the Rose'.
For details of the books mentioned please check our bookshelf here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookylicious-series-2-episode-13-the-name-of-the-rose2023-10-0922 minBookyliciousLibraries, librarians magic and witches and everything in between! Bookylicious Season 2 Episode 12
In this show Paul and Holly chat about novels featuring
libraries and librarians inspired by the Electric Literature reading list https://electricliterature.com/7-novels-that-reveal-librarians-behind-the-shelves/
From which emerges ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Uberto Eco as our book of the
month.
Gwyn shares her favourite reads about magic and mysticism.
Paul and Holly discuss their current reads and hopefully we
will inspire you in our varied choice!
All books mentioned can be found on our Bookshop.Org
bookshelf https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-featuring-librarians-and-librarians-and-gwyn-explores-all-things-magical-and-mystical-bookylicious-series-2-episode-12
If you want to get...2023-08-2844 min
BookyliciousJennifer Kavanagh - 'And this shall be my dancing day' - Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 11In this episode Paul is in conversation with Jennifer Kavanagh
about her new novel ‘And this shall be my dancing day’ and they also discuss
the creative process.
If you want to know more about Jennifer and her writing you
can find out more here https://www.jenniferkavanagh.co.uk/
To buy or find out more about Jennifer’s book and some of
the other books we mentioned here is our Bookshop.org bookshelf https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/jennifer-kavanagh-and-this-shall-be-my-dancing-day-bookylicious-series-2-episode-11
2023-07-2228 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 10 - 'The Silver Sword' andClassic Children's FictionThis is a bumper episode as we weren’t able to record in June.
In this episode we discuss our book of the month ‘The Silver
Sword’ by Ian Serraillier. For more information on Ian Serraillier go to https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-serraillier
We also take a look at the latest BBC list of 100 Greatest
Children’s Books of All Time which you can explore here https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230522-the-100-greatest-childrens-books-of-all-time
For all the books we mentioned in this episode please go to
our bookshop at https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/ian-serraillier-s-the-silver-sword-and-children-s-classics
You can find mor...2023-07-0359 min
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 9 - Book of the Month 'The Sandman' by Neil GaimanIn this episode Gwyn and Paul explore the graphic novel ‘The
Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes’ by Neil Gaiman and its recent Netflix
adaptation. If you feel inspired to explore the world of graphic novels and
comics why not have a look at the excellent Page 45 bookshop site https://page45.com/
For most of the books we discuss in this episode go to the
bookshelf in our bookshop here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/neil-gaiman-s-the-sandman-bookylicious-series-2-episode-9
Gwyn also mentions Joanna Biggs book ‘A Life of One’s Own’
which has only just been published...2023-05-2538 minBookyliciousMax Porter, the Medieval and much more... Bookylicious Series 2 Episode 8Paul and Holly chat about Max Porter, one of Britain’s most
innovative and creative author’s writing today with his latest book being ‘Shy’.
The conversation then turns to all things Medieval with ‘The Wake’ by Paul Kingsnorth
and ‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers. Paul reflects on some of the highlights at this
year’s Wrexham Carnival of Words.
To see some of the books we mention go to https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/max-porter-the-medieval-and-much-more-bookylicious-series-2-episode-8
For more information about Paul Kingsnorth and Dark Mountain
see https://www.paulkingsnorth.net/
And for more about Max porter a...2023-05-0842 min
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 7 - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and other fantastical imaginings
In this episode Gwyn and Paul discuss the Book of the Month
Joan Aiken’s ‘The Wolves of Willoughby Chase’ and then dive down the rabbit
hole to explore the origins of fantasy fiction.
You can find the full text of Tolkien on Fairy Tales here https://archive.org/details/on-fairy-stories_202110
If you wish to watch the BBC adaptation of The Wolves of
Willoughby Chase you can find it here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA_LNZIHHj8&t=61s
All the books we discuss are in our Booksh...2023-04-1046 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 6 - Book of the Month 'Edgelands' by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons RobertsPaul, Gwyn and Lara chat about ‘Edgelands’
by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts
It leads to a great discussion about nature in unexpected
places and on our back doorstep. One other book gets a brief mention along the
way and that is ‘How
Green was my Valley’ by Richard Llewellyn where nnaature and industry
collide in the South Wales valleys.
For the insatiably curious among you here is a link to an
episode of ‘Old Country’ starring Jack Hargreaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRvcEC2fnY
this will give you a flavour of who we were...2023-03-2026 minBookyliciousFrom Harry Potter to Hag Seed - Bookylicious Season 2 Episode 5
In this episode Paul, Gwyn, Holly and Lara catch up on some of their latest good reads. Listener and author Patricia Bracewell raises the question would there be Harry Potter without The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper? Gwyn champions Stephen King’s ‘Fairy Tale’ as a great read; Holly and Lara both recommend Margaret Atwood’s ‘Hag Seed’ and Paul delves into Victorian natural history with Isabella Tree’s ‘John Gould, the Bird Man’. We also catch up on the most recent book group read by Amy Liptrot.
Lara recommends two Liverpool bookshops News fro...2023-03-0533 min
BookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 4 - Book of the Month - Treasure Island and some of our favourite bookshopsPaul Gwyn and Holly discuss Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, this month’s book of the month. We also highlight some of our favourite bookshops including:
Troutmark Books (Cardiff and Newport) https://www.troutmarkbooks.com/
Books Llangollen https://www.booksllangollen.co.uk/
Booka Bookshop (Oswestry) https://www.bookabookshop.co.uk/
Juno Books (Sheffield) https://www.junobooks.co.uk/shop
To see and buy some of the books we discussed in this episode go to https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/treasure-island-and-our-favourite-bookshops-bookylicious-series-2-episode-4
To get early bird festival ti...2023-02-2134 minBookyliciousBookylicious Series 2 Episode 3 "What the Dickens!"In this episode Paul, Holly and Gwyn through the spotlight on Charles Dickens, including ‘Six things you almost certainly didn’t know about Dicken’s’ . What fun we had!
For a flavour of what Dicken’s World’ was like here is a brief video from 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jdx1docVTI
For some of the books we mentioned go to our Bookylicious bookshelf here https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/what-the-dicken-s-bookylicious-series-2-episode-32023-02-0429 minBookyliciousBookylicious Season 2 Episode 2 - Book of the month - The Dark is Rising by Susan CooperBookylicious Season 2 Episode 2 – Book of the Month
Paul, Gwyn and Lara talk about their Book of the Month selection Susan Cooper’s ‘The Dark is Rising’ a perfect Winter read. You can find the new BBC World Service adaptation here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvp7
To see all the books we mention in this episode plus a few more children and young adult takes on the Arthurian legend go to https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-dark-is-rising-bookylicious-series-2-ep-22023-01-2326 minBookyliciousBookylicious Season 2 Episode 1 – New Year Reading Targets and Resolutions!Paul, Gwyn and Lara get 2023 off to a flying start, talking about reading resolutions and targets (not challenges). Bookylicious has a new feel with two shorter episodes a month whilst keeping book chat you love and occasional author interviews we will be introducing some new feature such as Book of the Month, Classic Author Spotlight, favourite book podcasts and much more.
Here are links for Horatio Clare’s Sound Walk in the Faroes and Dan Richards Only After Dark
To see and buy all the books mentioned on the show go to https://uk.bookshop.or...2023-01-1227 min
BookyliciousEpisode 16 - David Ebsworth 'The house on Hunter Street' and Monika Evans on literature in translationIn this episode Paul interviews author David Ebsworth (aka Dave McCall) about his new book ‘The House on Hunter Street’ set in Liverpool in 1911. For more information about Dave and his previous books go to www.davidebsworth.com
Paul also talks to Monika Evans about her love for ‘The Master and Magarita’ by Mikhail Bulgakov and the challenges and surprises (Robert Burns in Silesian!) of literature in translation. Dave also speaks from about having his novel ‘Until the Curtain Falls’ translated into Spanish. You can go and check out Monika’s excellent work as a singer songwriter here https://s...2022-09-071h 20BookyliciousEpisode 15 - Summer reading recommendationsA slightly shorter episode than usual, that's because we needed to get into a cool shady spot and read! In this episode Gwyn, Holly and Paul recommend books from their to be read pile for you to take on your Summer holidays. Be it your backyard or a beach far far away there may be a book just for you.
We give a shout out to an excellent podcast The Rest is History and you can listen to it here https://open.spotify.com/show/7Cvsbcjhtur7nplC148TWy
Here is the link to the Bloody...2022-07-1835 min
BookyliciousEpisode 14 - "It is better to travel well than to arrive" BuddhaIn this episode we explore travel and travel writing. Paul interviews Pete Evans (19 mins) author of 'Resurrection River' and 'The Holy Dee' and they chat about travel books that have inspired them, with lots of travellers tales weaved in. Gwyn, Lara and Paul also talk about travel writing that has inspired them (1:07). Also a shout out to friend of the show Pat Bracewell and you can find her blog here http://www.patriciabracewell.com/blog/
Here are links to the books we chat about about:
Alexander Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
E...2022-06-131h 40BookyliciousEpisode 13 - “I am no bird, and no net ensnares me” Jane EyreIn this episode we have an interview with Patricia Bracewell author of the Emma of Normandy historical fiction series ‘Shadow on the Crown’; ‘The Price of Blood’ and ‘The Steel Beneath the Silk’. We discuss all things Anglo-Saxon, Viking and strong women in history! This leads Paul and Gwyn on to a chat about string female leads in fiction. We also briefly mention the BBC’s Big Jubilee Read which is an interesting list of 70 books that are representative of each decade since 1952 from across the UK and the Commonwealth. Oh and not forgetting you may wish to check out the magnif...2022-05-181h 25BookyliciousEpisode 12 - Poetry in Motion Part 2Wow! This is a bumper episode full of some wonderful things! We start with Paul and gwyn chatting about books that they are currently reading; there is an interview with poet and writer Peter Read at about 31 minutes in and we end at 1 hour 10 minutes with Lara in conversation with Paul and sharing here favourite poems and poets.
You can find links to some of Peter Read’s work here https://www.gwales.com/search_basic/
To get you tickets for Wrexham Carnival of Words 2022 click here https://wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com/events/
And here ar...2022-04-041h 56BookyliciousEpisode 11 - Poetry in Motion Part 1In this first of two episodes Paul and Holly explore the joys of all things poetic.
At 20 minutes in you will find an interview with poet and writer Liz Lefroy. You can find out more about Liz at her website https://lizlefroy.wixsite.com/liz-lefroyand this is a link to her blog here https://someonesmumsays.blogspot.com/
This is a link for the playlist that goes with this show, please feel to add relevant tracks for us all to enjoy! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rTORm6NCVm6CTYjRkUyct?si=25adc661b2474702
Here are...2022-03-031h 35BookyliciousEpisode 10 - The Streets of LondonIn this episode our theme is London. At 19 minutes you will find an interview with author Jennifer Kavanagh about her book ‘Let Me Take You by the Hand, True Tales from the London’s Streets’. You can find more about Jennifer and her work here https://www.jenniferkavanagh.co.uk/
There is an eclectic Spotify playlist to accompany this episode and you can it here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27R7wCg3896XowhqMszYyg?si=297b766b62c34384
Here are some of the books we mention ( Lara and Paul are preparing a more extensive bibliography of London...2022-01-271h 33BookyliciousEpisode 9 - It's Christmas!Paul and Lara chat about books that they might like to see under the Christmas tree, their favourite Christmas/winter poems and stories and what books they would like to give to others.
Our Christmas stories and poems are:
‘The Dark is Rising’ by Susan Cooper (Gwyn)
‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ by Christina Rossetti (Lara)
‘The Oxen’ by Thomas Hardy (Lara)
‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ by Thomas Hardy (Paul)
‘What the Donkey Saw’ and ‘Not the Millennium’ by U.A. Fanthorpe (Paul
The books we’d like for Christmas:
...2021-12-1551 minBookyliciousEpisode 8 - Through the Looking GlassIn this episode Paul, Gwyn and Holly celebrate the 150thanniversary of the publication of Alice Through the Looking Glass. Paul dives down the rabbit hole with Mark Davies author, guide and Oxford local historian to discuss aspects of Lewis Carroll and Alice. You can find out more about Mark’s books here Alice in Waterland and King of Balloons and a link to the Lewis Carroll Society here https://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/
Also in this episode we muse on the joy of bookshops with a shout out to the Ladies Who Londonpodcast and their episode on London Bo...2021-11-301h 14BookyliciousEpisode 7 - HalloweenIn this episode Gwyn and Paul chat about scary stories and things that go bump in the night. Ghosts, witches and exorcists and even Holst's Planet Suite. As well as some of the books and stories we chatted about listed below we have also done a Spotify playlist to accompany the episode you can find it here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3yTJ7q7EhKyJqS5uJNkW7u?si=4e1e0d2f08674c8d
Here are some of the stories and books we discussed
Edward Parnell - Ghostland, in search of a haunted country
2021-10-2752 minBookyliciousEpisode 6 - "Once upon a time in the West"In this episode Holly, Gwyn and Paul explore the literature of the American West. Including an interview with Anna North author of 'Outlawed'. You can find more about Anna on her website www.annanorth.net where you will also a suggested soundtrack to accompany 'Outlawed' and some excellent further reading. Other books we discuss or touch on in this episode include:
James Fennimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (the 1971 BBC adaptation starred Welsh actor Philip Madoc as 'Magua' and the series is said to have popularised the Mohican hairstyle)
Owen Wister - The...2021-10-091h 04BookyliciousEpisode 5 - Gladstone's LibraryIn this special episode Paul speaks to Peter Francis, Warden and Louisa Yates, Director of Collections and Research at Gladstone's Library in Hawarden. In the interview we discover how Gladstone's Library was originally created and how it has evolved. We also find out what has been going on behind the scenes while the Library has been closed and look forward to the re-opening today 1 September 2021 and the forthcoming Gladfest which takes place online 11-12 September. For more information about this unique and wonderful place visit their website at www.gladstoneslibrary.org 2021-09-0144 minBookyliciousEpisode 4 - "Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy"Books in the fantasy genre can represent a diverse range of subjects and ideas. In this episode we explore what fantasy literature might or might not be. Gwyn interviews Tiffani Angus author of 'Threading the Labyrinth' you can find out more about her here http://www.tiffani-angus.com/
Here are some of the books we mention in this episode:
Robert Macfarlane - 'Underland' and 'The Old Ways' You may also like to check out Robert's recent appearance on Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000y641
Matthew Syed - 'Rebel...2021-08-031h 20BookyliciousEpisode 3 - "We are made by history" - Historical Fiction ExtravaganzaThis episode is all about history, specifically historical fiction. In this episode:
Barbara Erskine talks about her new novel The Dream Weavers.
Dave McCall (AKA David Ebsworth) and Holly Thorpe talk about the importance of historical fiction to them. You can find information about Dave's books here http://www.davidebsworth.com/ and the link to the Young Walter Scott Prize is here https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/young-walter-scott-prize/
Rebecca Hill talks about how The Last Kingdom series of boom/3nc9tmmr oks changed her life. Rebecca shares her favourite historical fiction reads on Good...2021-06-021h 31BookyliciousEpisode 2 - Small is BeautifulThis month the Bookylicious team explore the joys of short stories and essays, each of us choosing three stories of essays to recommend. Chekhov, Sherlock Holmes, Ursula le Guin, bodysnatchers, the Moon and crows. The short form is truly beautiful and diverse. Plus we chat about books we are reading. Something for everyone to be inspired! Here are some of the short stories we discuss:
Ray Bradbury - All Summer in a Day
Ursula le Guin - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Robert Louis Stevenson - The Body Snatcher
T...2021-04-3057 min
Home Is Where The Art IsHaving Words with Paul Jeorrett - (Carnival of Words Take Over Part 2) - 12/04/21This week on On Home Is Where the Art Is, it's the second part of our Carnival of Words Take Over! Heather and Rory chat with Paul Jeorett, librarian, podcaster and member of the Carnival of Words team. We chat about how the festival got started, Wrexham in historical fiction, book clubs, libraries and meeting the writers you love. We had a lovely cosy time, and know you will too.
Check out Paul's podcast Bookylicious.
Book your Carnival of Words tickets here.
Home Is Where the Art Is made by Emily-Louise Beech...2021-04-1251 minBookyliciousBookylicious Episode 1In this episode you will meet the team Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly. We chat about what we are reading just now including Neil Gaiman, Barabara Erskine, Phillip Pullman and Kathleen Jamie. Paul interviews Dylan Hughes, Dave McCall and Sue Miller founders of Wrexham Carnival of Words and previews this year's festival www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com.2021-03-241h 08