In the first part of our live special recorded at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, we have poetry from John Osborne and Andrew Goulding, Abigail Tarttelin reads us two exclusive excerpts from her next novel Golden Boy which has just been snapped up by a major publisher, Jodie Orton reads us a fairy tale for grown ups, Reading Room regulars Gill Hart and Jamie McKay bring us live versions of their regular contributions and host Paul Tyler performs a piece of his owN. Click on the player below to listen online...
And don't forget to look out for part 2 of the show in a couple of weeks time where Paul interviews Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn about his career and his writing, and Robert give us an exclusive first reading from his new book News From Gardenia - subscribe to our feed to ensure you don't miss it.
Well, it's all over now - after months of planning, The Reading Room LIVE featuring Robert Llewellyn took place on Saturday 12th May at the LPAC in Lincoln in front of a gratifyingly large crowd. If you weren't there, here's what you missed...
Massive thanks to all our contributors, including John Osborne (Radio Head, John Peel's Shed), Abigail Tarttelin (Flick), Andrew Goulding, Jodie Orton, Michael Reeve, Gill Hart, Jamie MacKayand of course the magnificent Robert Llewellyn.
The first half of the show will be available as a podcast later this week, with the 2nd half following a fortnight later - subscribe to our feed using the links on the right hand side of the page to ensure you don't miss it.
The whole show will be repeated on Sunday 3rd June at 10am on Siren 107.3FM in Lincoln and around the world at Sirenonline.
On this programme we talk to ex-Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine frontman Jim Bob about his new novel Driving Jarvis Ham, then The Reading Room Book Group give their verdict on the book. We also talk to John Mitchinson, co-founder of the revolutionary crowd-sourcing publisher Unbound, John Osborne gives us his nomination for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die and we have poetry from Andrew Goulding.
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In this short video, Paul reminisces about the bands that defined his youth and wonders whether one of his musical heroes - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine's Jim Bob - can make the leap to writing with his new novel Driving Jarvis Ham.
In the next edition of the programme, we'll be reviewing Driving Jarvis Ham as well as talking to the creators of the crowd-source publisher Unbound and looking ahead to The Reading Room Live.
That's live on Sunday 6th May 10am-12noon, repeated Tuesday 8th May 7pm-9pm on Siren 107.3 in Lincoln and around the world at www.sirenonline.co.uk. The podcast version will be available shortly after the repeat.
Ever wondered what goes on in the studio during our live shows? No? Well we're going to show you anyway! This was recorded during our April show and features Paul, Jonny, Gill and studio guest Georgia Twynham...
In April's show, Paul was forced to face his demons and make the ultimate sacrifice - by playing a Coldplay track! This was the result of an ill-advised promise to his wife in advance of Sport Relief - but at least it was in aid of charity. Sadly, we have to cut Paul's moment of pain out of the podcast, along with all the other (good) music, but here's a list of what we played - and you can hear for yourself by clicking the Spotify logo...
Coldplay - Paradise
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
WU LYF - Spitting Blood
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
Changing Horses - Cut All Strings (Not on Spotify - but available as a free download Here)
We're taking a break in June to recover from THE READING ROOM LIVE, so our next regular show is on Sunday 1st July. However, if you missed our LIVE show, we'll be repeating it in our regular slot on Sunday 3rd June 10am-12noon GMT, repeated Tuesday 5th June 7pm-9pm GMT - listen online at Siren FM or on 107.3FM in Lincoln
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