The Reading Room

ROOM 24: Elly Griffiths, John Baird, Phoenix Writers Circle, Adrienne Silcock, Jamie McKay

On this programme we talk to crime author Elly Griffiths about her popular Ruth Galloway series, we have a short story from John Baird and find out what happened when Paul visited the Phoenix Writers Circle. We also have poetry from Adrienne Silcock, Jamie McKay’s Musings of A Muddled Mind and author Nikki Valentine gives us her nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die.

ROOM 23: Sue Townsend, Georgia Twynham, Adrienne Silcock, Peter Kerr

On this programme, The Reading Room Book Group review the latest novel from Secret Diary of Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend, The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year. and we talk to Georgia Twynham, author of The Thirteenth about the third book in her teen fantasy series, Nyteria Rising. We also have poetry from Adrienne Silcock and Peter Kerr gives us his nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die.

Video Podcast: The European Podcast Awards & ROOM 23 Preview

In this short video podcast, Reading Room host Paul Tyler toasts our success in the European Podcast Awards and looks ahead to our next programme.... Click here to view on YouTube

ROOM 22: John Osborne, Niki Valentine, Abigail Tarttelin, Elly Griffiths

On this programme we talk to Radio Head author John Osborne about poetry and his new one man show John Peel's Shed, Niki Valentine (The Haunted) provides our short story, we have flash fiction from Abigail Tarttelin (Flick) and crime author Elly Griffiths (A Room Full of Bones) adds her choice to our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die.  We also announce further details of The Reading Room LIVE - click here for tickets: http://www.lpac.co.uk/whats-on/spoken-word

ROOM 21: Pantheon by Sam Bourne, Jon McGregor, Luke Wright, Elaine Kazimierczuk

This month The Reading Room Book Group discuss Pantheon by Sam Bourne, Booker prize nominated author Jon McGregor talks about his new collection of short stories This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You, we get another nomination for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die from poet Luke Wright, and we have poetry from Elaine Kazimierczuk.

ROOM 20: Luke Wright, Abigail Tarttelin, Andrew Goulding, Jamie MacKay

In this programme, performance poet Luke Wright talks about his work and the trials of curating the poetry arena at the Latitude Festival, and we have a preview of his new spoken word album We're All In This Together (available now from iTunes and shortly from Nasty Little Press).  Our short story comes from Flick author Abigail Tarttelin, we have poetry from Andrew Goulding, another nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die, and Jamie MacKay brings us his Musings of a Muddled Mind.

ROOM 19: Stewart Lee, Matthew Reilly, Andrew Goulding, Tracy Borman

This month, The Reading Room Book Group take a look at stand-up comedian Stewart Lee's new mini-book, The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One' EP, bestselling action thriller writer Matthew Reilly discusses killing off well loved characters and transferring his high-octane books to the screen, we have poetry from Andrew Goulding, and another nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die from Writer and Historian Tracy Borman. **SPOILER ALERT: The interview with Matthew Reilly contains spoilers, including revelations about the deaths of characters in past Scarecrow books, so if you're not up to date with those books, you might want to skip 19m 35s - to 21m 05s!**

Video Podcast: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One EP by Stewart Lee

In this short video podcast, Paul takes to the stage of the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre to try out his stand-up skills and look ahead to this month's Reading Room Book Group where we'll be talking about Stewart Lee's The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One' EP.

ROOM 18: Niki Valentine, 2012 Books Preview, Richard Barter, John Welsh, Elaine Kazimierczuk

On ROOM 18 we talk to author Niki Valentine about her psychological horror The Haunted, we look back to some of our favourite books of the last year and Gill Hart gives us a sneak peek at some of the titles to look forward to in 2012 (scroll down for more on this...). Our atmospheric short story comes from Richard Barter, and we have poetry from Elaine Kazimierczuk and John Welsh and another addition to our 101 Books To Read Before You Die. To listen to the podcast, click the player below or subscribe to us using the links on the right...

ROOM 17: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Hannah Jane Walker, Mark Kermode, Paul Eteng

On ROOM 17 the Reading Room Book Group review Haruki Marakami's epic international bestseller 1Q84: Books 1 & 2 – is the world about to change?  We also talk to poet Hannah Jane Walker about what it means to say “sorry”, we have poetry from Paul Eteng, and film critic Mark Kermode gives us his nomination for 101 Books To Read Before You Die. To listen to the podcast, click the player below or subscribe to us using the links on the right...