Book Shambles

Book Shambles

The Cosmic Shambles Network

Episodes 350
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.5 (59)
Since Nov 2015
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Using books as a jumping off point, hosts Josie Long and Robin Ince and a different special guest each week, dive into interesting, passionate and shambolic discussions. Part of the Cosmic Shambles Network.

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Lucia Osborne-Crowley - Live from Latitude

Nov 20, 2025 53m

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex-trafficking of minors, and now faces twenty years in prison for the role she played in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of four girls. Lucia…

Weirdly Normal - The Science of Neurodiversity - Live from Latitude

Oct 03, 2025 42m

What if being a bit weird is actually entirely normal? What if sharing our internal struggles wasn't a sign of weakness, but strength? Let some experts help you wade through the 'neurotrash' to talk…

Graphic Novels Panel - Live from Latitude 2025

Aug 29, 2025 51m

Graphic Novels (NB - Alan Moore calls them comics, so we’re allowed to call them comics) are increasingly becoming a fantastic medium for diverse storytelling. Award-winning author Nikesh Shukla grew…

Stuart Murdoch - Live at the Glasgow Comedy Festival

Nov 22, 2024 57m

Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian joins Josie and Robin live on stage at the Glasgow Comedy Festival to talk about basically everything but his new novel, Nobody's Empire, which is out now. Get…

Claudia Hammond, Chris Lintott and Jakko Jakszyk - Part 2 - Latitude 2024

Nov 05, 2024 51m

Here is Part 2 of our Friday session in the bookshop at this year's Latitude Festival. Jakko Jakszyk and Prof Chris Lintott are still on the couch with Robin and are now joined by Prof Claudia…

Jakko Jakszyk and Chris Lintott - Part 1

Oct 28, 2024 49m

We did over 6 hours of live book chats in the newly created Robin's Book Corner at this year's Latitude Festival back in the late summer. In this first episode, Robin is joined by Jakko Jakszyk of…

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Oct 14, 2024 46m

If you've heard Robin at any point in the past few years, you've probably heard him singing the praises of Alexis Pauline Gumbs' book Undrowned. So when she was briefly in the UK recently with her…

Wolverhampton Literature Festival - Josie Long's Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't

Oct 07, 2024 51m

In the first episode of a new limited series of Book Shambles Robin and Josie take the stage at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery to talk about Josie's debut book, a collection of short stories titled…

Lucy Nichol

Mar 23, 2023 51m

In the first new episode in a while Robin and Josie chat to author Lucy Nichol about her latest book, 'Don't Call Me Snowflake'. Please note this episode contains discussions around the topics of…

Robin Ince's Bibliomaniac Launch Event

Oct 06, 2022 50m

Today is the day that Robin Ince's new book, Bibliomaniac, hits shelves around the UK so today's episode is a recording of the book's launch event which took place in East London on October 4th.…

Kamila Shamsie

Sep 29, 2022 40m

On today's episode, Robin is joined by the multi award winning novelist Kamila Shamsie. They chat about her new novel Best of Friends, as well as how she knew from an early age she wanted to be a…

Sona Movsesian

Sep 15, 2022 50m

Sona Movsesian has been Conan O'Brien's personal assistant for over 13 years. By her own admission, she is terrible at her job. She's been a regular on Conan's TV shows, co-hosts his podcast and has…

Marina Hyde

Sep 08, 2022 48m

In the week that actual Liz Truss became the actual Prime Minister of the actual United Kingdom, could there be a more appropriate guest to have on the show this week than political columnist Marina…

Darryl Bullock

Sep 01, 2022 49m

Our guest this week is Darryl Bullock, author and winner of the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2022 for The Velvet Mafia. But he's on the show this week to talk about his brand new book, Pride, Pop and…

Jessamine Chan

Aug 25, 2022 44m

We spoke to US author Jessamine Chan right after her novel, The School for Good Mothers was just revealed to be on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List. She chats with Robin about bucking expectations…

Michael Dine

Aug 18, 2022 50m

On today's episode Robin is joined by Dr Helen Czerski as co-host to talk to US physicist Professor Michael Dine about his new book This Way to the Universe. They chat about the challenges of…

James Bridle

Aug 11, 2022 48m

Artist and writer James Bridle joins Robin this week to talk about his new book, Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence. They hat about AI, Darwin's less popular experiments, science fiction,…

Oly Durose

Jul 28, 2022 52m

On today's show, Josie talks to author and activist Oly Durose about his new book Suburban Socialism (or Barbarism). They chat about growing up conservative, reclaiming the suburbs, The Simpsons and…

Sarah Polley

Jul 21, 2022 50m

Not only is Sarah Polley an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and acclaimed actor and director, but she’s also written Robin’s favourite book of 2022 so far, Run Towards the Danger. In today’s…

Riley Black

Jul 14, 2022 46m

It's Dinosaur Day at Book Shambles! Or rather, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, and the first days of the mammals. Helen Czerski is our host this week and she speaks with acclaimed dinosaur writer and…

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Book Shambles has published 350 episodes since November 2015, covering topics in Arts, Comedy.

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