The Reading Room

This month the Reading Room Book Group take an outing to the cinema to watch the film adaptation of One Day by David Nicholls, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. Will Hollywood ruin one of our favourite books - or bring a whole new audience to it? We’ll also be talking to actress and writer Abigail Tarttelin about her first novel Flick, Claire Kinton returns with the first chapter of her book Dead Game, we find out how thebookpond.com helps students swap academic books, and our tea break story comes from Jim Gotts. All this plus more 101 Books To Read Before You Die, poetry from Paul Eteng and Jamie McKay brings us Musings of a Muddled Mind. Click the player below to listen online, or subscribe to our feed using the buttons on the right...

On August's podcast we talk to historical fiction author Karen Maitland about how and where she finds her inspiration, poet John Welsh tells us about his third book Manic Reflections and how being bipolar affects his creativity, author Claire Kinton talks about the writing process of her first novel Dead Game which was inspired by the death of her cousin whilst serving in Iraq, our Tea Break Story comes from Joe Evans, and the Reading Room Book Group discusses The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Click the player below to listen online or subscribe to the podcast using the buttons on the right...

On August's podcast we talk to historical fiction author Karen Maitland about how and where she finds her inspiration, poet John Welsh tells us about his third book Manic Reflections and how being bipolar affects his creativity, author Claire Kinton talks about the writing process of her first novel Dead Game which was inspired by the death of her cousin whilst serving in Iraq, our Tea Break Story comes from Joe Evans, and the Reading Room Book Group discusses The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Click the player below to listen online or subscribe to the podcast using the buttons on the right...

On August's podcast we talk to historical fiction author Karen Maitland about how and where she finds her inspiration, poet John Welsh tells us about his third book Manic Reflections and how being bipolar affects his creativity, author Claire Kinton talks about the writing process of her first novel Dead Game which was inspired by the death of her cousin whilst serving in Iraq, our Tea Break Story comes from Joe Evans, and the Reading Room Book Group discusses The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Click the player below to listen online or subscribe to the podcast using the buttons on the right...

On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes, the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, written shortly before his death in 2004 and completed by his wife Sheila.  We also talk to author Henry Hemming about his book In Search of the English Eccentric, Lincolnshire's new Poet Laureate Joel Stickley performs his first specially commissioned poem "Theddlethorpe", we hear from New Writers UK, further nominations for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die come from comedian Richard Herring and our very own Gill Hart, and our Tea Break Story comes from Sarah Ann Juckes. Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to the podcast using the buttons to the right...

On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes, the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, written shortly before his death in 2004 and completed by his wife Sheila.  We also talk to author Henry Hemming about his book In Search of the English Eccentric, Lincolnshire's new Poet Laureate Joel Stickley performs his first specially commissioned poem "Theddlethorpe", we hear from New Writers UK, further nominations for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die come from comedian Richard Herring and our very own Gill Hart, and our Tea Break Story comes from Sarah Ann Juckes. Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to the podcast using the buttons to the right...

On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes, the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, written shortly before his death in 2004 and completed by his wife Sheila.  We also talk to author Henry Hemming about his book In Search of the English Eccentric, Lincolnshire's new Poet Laureate Joel Stickley performs his first specially commissioned poem "Theddlethorpe", we hear from New Writers UK, further nominations for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die come from comedian Richard Herring and our very own Gill Hart, and our Tea Break Story comes from Sarah Ann Juckes. Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to the podcast using the buttons to the right...

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of The Reading Room LIVE - now here's the second half of our special live show transmitted from the Bishop Greaves Theatre on 15th May.  This part includes a specially written piece on The Former Poet Laureate from our very own Paul Tyler, plus: Ann Featherstone Paul Eteng Louis Malloy Brian Rance Gareth Calway And more music from singer/songwriter Viv Murrell Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to our feed using the buttons on the right hand side of the page...

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of The Reading Room LIVE - now here's the second half of our special live show transmitted from the Bishop Greaves Theatre on 15th May.  This part includes a specially written piece on The Former Poet Laureate from our very own Paul Tyler, plus: Ann Featherstone Paul Eteng Louis Malloy Brian Rance Gareth Calway And more music from singer/songwriter Viv Murrell Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to our feed using the buttons on the right hand side of the page...

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of The Reading Room LIVE - now here's the second half of our special live show transmitted from the Bishop Greaves Theatre on 15th May.  This part includes a specially written piece on The Former Poet Laureate from our very own Paul Tyler, plus: Ann Featherstone Paul Eteng Louis Malloy Brian Rance Gareth Calway And more music from singer/songwriter Viv Murrell Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to our feed using the buttons on the right hand side of the page...

Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Lincoln Book Festival. The line-up for his half includes... Jayne Stanton Georgia Twynham Fiona Linday Viv Murrell Paul Eteng Eireann Lorsung Ben Atkinson Richard Barter CLICK ON THE PLAYER BELOW TO LISTEN ONLINE... The second half of the show, featuring Ann Featherstone, Paul Eteng, Louis Malloy, Viv Murrell, Brian Rance and Gareth Calway will be available to download at the end of the week - please check back here then or subscribe to our feed using the links on the right.

Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Lincoln Book Festival. The line-up for his half includes... Jayne Stanton Georgia Twynham Fiona Linday Viv Murrell Paul Eteng Eireann Lorsung Ben Atkinson Richard Barter CLICK ON THE PLAYER BELOW TO LISTEN ONLINE... The second half of the show, featuring Ann Featherstone, Paul Eteng, Louis Malloy, Viv Murrell, Brian Rance and Gareth Calway will be available to download at the end of the week - please check back here then or subscribe to our feed using the links on the right.

Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Lincoln Book Festival. The line-up for his half includes... Jayne Stanton Georgia Twynham Fiona Linday Viv Murrell Paul Eteng Eireann Lorsung Ben Atkinson Richard Barter CLICK ON THE PLAYER BELOW TO LISTEN ONLINE... The second half of the show, featuring Ann Featherstone, Paul Eteng, Louis Malloy, Viv Murrell, Brian Rance and Gareth Calway will be available to download at the end of the week - please check back here then or subscribe to our feed using the links on the right.

This month on the Reading Room we talk to comedian Richard Herring about his book How Not to Grow Up, John Grubb fills us in on what to expect at this year's Lincoln Book Festival, there's poetry from Lisa Denholm, and the Reading Room Book Group review Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. Also, young author Ben Atkinson talks about his book Walking On Cinders, and our tea break story comes from Richard Barter. To listen to the podcast, click on the player below, or subscribe using the links on the right hand side of the page...

This month on the Reading Room we talk to comedian Richard Herring about his book How Not to Grow Up, John Grubb fills us in on what to expect at this year's Lincoln Book Festival, there's poetry from Lisa Denholm, and the Reading Room Book Group review Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. Also, young author Ben Atkinson talks about his book Walking On Cinders, and our tea break story comes from Richard Barter. To listen to the podcast, click on the player below, or subscribe using the links on the right hand side of the page...