There’s never a dull moment when you have judo books for kids by Vladimir Putin, 9-year-old journalists scooping major networks and a set of rejected Disney dwarves. Our featured books are Escapology by Ren Warom, New Pompeii by Daniel Godfrey and The Definitive Visual Guide to Musicals. Tune in to […]
Literary Loitering
Literary Loitering 47 – Anglo-Saxon Trolling
UNESCO have finally listed the Exeter Book as a principal cultural artefact. In other news, researchers prove that Batman is the most ill-equipped superhero, and William S. Burroughs reading The Naked Lunch will be released as an experimental punk album. Our featured book is the short story anthology Mash Up […]
Literary Loitering 46 – Romans Be Crazy
This week researchers continue to try to prove things that are common sense, Tom Holland finds parallels between Donald Trump and Caligula, Dan Brown upsets teenagers and young adults, and book vending machines are a great idea. Our featured books are Creation Machine by Andrew Bannister and Dead Letters: An […]
Literary Loitering 45 – Tickle That Catastrophe
It’s an assortment of oddments this week with Walt Whitman’s recently rediscovered 47,000 word treatise “Manly Health and Fitness”, scientists arguing that the Borrowers couldn’t exist in reality and more. We also some alternative insults from Shakespearean works. Our featured book is Clash of Eagles by Alan Smale (book 1 […]
Literary Loitering 44 – The Cronenberg Colouring Book
This week Producer Rob is doing cartwheels because one of his favourite fantasy novel franchises – The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan – is getting a “cutting edge TV series”. In amongst all the unhealthy acrobatics we discuss the “kingly” statue overlooking Tintagel Castle, the fate of Anish Kapoor’s […]
Literary Loitering 43 – Eye Protection is Important
In amongst the Dali diaries, more additions to Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series and our favourite childhood books, we found a story about a painting that, once seen, will never be forgotten. You have been warned. Our featured books are Firefly: The Gorram Shiniest Dictionary and Phrasebook in the ‘Verse and […]
Literary Loitering 42 – Lovecraftsploitation
Good Omens by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is getting a TV adaptation! In other news a company will increase your narcissism with selfie colouring books, Scott Marsh whitewashes his “Kanye Loves Kanye” mural for a lot of money, and check your attics because there may be a lost […]
Literary Loitering 41 – The Siege Weapons of Outrageous Fortune
This week we get off to a steamy start with the launch of the Literary Hub’s prize for the “best erotic passage” (this is not a joke), before we discuss the discovery of Shakespeare’s first Folio and a molecular version of The Origin of Species. We also have a quiz […]
Literary Loitering 40 – Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant
It’s been a strange week with the passing of renowned architect Dame Zahar Hadid, the news that King Arthur may have been from Yorkshire, and a children’s book about The Queen finding the right crown to wear. Our featured books are Adventure Time: The Enchiridion & Marcy’s Super Secret Scrapbook, […]
Literary Loitering 39 – The Noble Fort Peddlesmut
There’s weirdness afoot as the NRA add firearms to fairy tales, adult colouring books cause a global shortage of colouring pencils and Fifty Shades of Grey gets repurposed for defence. Our featured book is Dancer’s Lament: Path to Ascendancy (A Novel of the Mazalan Empire), by Ian C. Esselmont. Tune […]