Episodes 51
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Mar 2021
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

Bookylicious is not just any book podcast. Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly share their love of books. As well as interviews with authors, librarians and booksellers and our usual book chat there will be regular features such as Book of the Month and spotlights on particular authors, bookshops, libraries and other even book podcasts. Come with us on the journey and be inspired! Sometimes serious, always fun a podcast to open your mind!

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S5E6 Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 6 - 1876 - Dewey, Deronda, Snarks and Narnia

Apr 27, 2026 41m

In this episode Paul and Gwyn chat about things created 150 years ago in 1876 including the publication of the Dewey Decimal Classification system; Daniel Deronda by George Eliot and The Hunting of…

S1E4 Bookylicious Series 1 Episode 6 - Once upon a time in the West

Feb 11, 2026 1h 1m

This is a re-edited version of our original Series 1 Episode 6The team discuss the Western and discover some surprising things.Paul interviews Anna North https://www.annanorth.net/ about her novel…

S5E5 Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 5 - Dystopia and monsters of many kinds

Feb 09, 2026 41m

In this episode Paul and Gwyn reflect of some of theirrecent reading and what they turn to if they are not sure what to read next. Asalways the conversation is diverse from Margaret Thatcher and the…

S5E4 Dark Festive Fun with Jólaköttur, Krampus, Feminism and Fantasy and Jane Austen

Dec 18, 2025 1h 6m

In this especially celebration of the festive season Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly explore the dark side of Christmastide. The thumbnail for this episode shows the Jólaköttur, a giant Icelandic Jule Cat…

S5E3 Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 3 - Why do we love crime fiction?

Nov 23, 2025 44m

In this episode Adrienne asks Paul probing questions about crime fiction, why is it so popular and what keeps us coming back for more?Theses are the books and authors we mention…

S5E2 Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 2 - 'In the Haunted Wood' with dragons, Alice, exorcistsand hobbits

Nov 09, 2025 47m

In this episode Paul, Gwyn and Lara catch up with what has been inspiring them recently everything from dragons to hobbits via annihilation and exorcists.Here is a bookshelf of the books we mention…

S5E1 Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 1 - Orbital and space the final frontier

Aug 18, 2025 1h 7m

It is great to be back after an unintended extended break.In the first episode of the new series Paul chats with Professor Allan Howellsabout the 2024 Booker Prize winning novel ‘Orbital’ by Samantha…

S4E8 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 8 - Jennifer Kavanagh - 'Thread of Life: My Russian Legacy'

Jun 01, 2025 26m

In this episode Paul talks to author Jennifer Kavanagh about her new book 'Thread of Life: My Russian Legacy'. The story of Jennifer's mother and grandmother which unfolds across the turbulent 20th…

S4E7 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 7 - Carnival, crimes and convents

May 14, 2025 51m

This is a special episode celebrating Wrexham Carnival of Words 2025 the 11th year of this wonderful book festival. There are interviews with our very own Holly Thorpe (1 min 15 secs), fabulous crime…

S4E6 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 6 – The Weird, The Wonderful and Everything In-between

Apr 18, 2025 1h

In this episode Gwyn returns and joins Paul, Lara and Hollyin a far reaching chat about books and much more relating to the weird,witches, and liminal places and much more. There is also a brief…

S4E5 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 5 - Voices on the Path, a history of walking in Wales

Feb 16, 2025 41m

In this episode Paul speaks to Andrew Green about his book 'Voices on the Path, a history of walking in Wales'. A rich misture of drovers, long distance trails, pedestrianism and much more!You can…

S4E4 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 4 - Poppies, Poetry and Pasternak - when three becomes more!

Feb 03, 2025 1h 6m

In this episode Paul, Lara and Holly finally get together to discuss their favourite reads of 2024 and what they are looking forward to reading in 2025. Along the way they talk about: James A Pearson…

S4E3 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 3 - Question Time

Jan 05, 2025 40m

After being away for a short while Bookylicious the podcast is back. In this episode Paul's wife Adrienne takes over the microphone to ask him some searching questions about books past , present and…

S4E2 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 2 – A Gallimaufry with Laura Jet

Aug 06, 2024 1h 15m

Paul and Lara are joined by ilustrator Laura Jet to chat about books and illustration, graphic novels and comics, judging books by their cover. As always the conversation drifts into a diversity of…

S4E1 Bookylicious Series 4 Episode 1 - Alis Hawkins and Mike Parker

Jul 01, 2024 1h 1m

In this episode Paul is in conversation with Welsh writers Alis Hawkins and Mike Parker. Alis is a crime writer and author of the Teifi Valley Coroner series and the Oxford Mysteries series. Mike is…

S3E8 Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 8 - Carnival reads and blue cheese

Apr 15, 2024 48m

Holly, Lara and Paul chat about some of the books they are reading and highlights of the 10th Wrexham Carnival of Words www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com The Womens Prize for Fiction 2024 longlist also…

S3E7 Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 7 – Paul Clifton - ‘1988, a poetic diary of a Wrexham author’

Mar 14, 2024 44m

Lara and Paul talk to Paul Clifton about his new poetry collection ‘1988, a poetic diary of a Wrexham author’. They chat about the creative process, how do poems emerge and reach their final form and…

S3E6 Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 6 - Thomas Hardy, "Romantasy", Gnomes and Nature

Feb 25, 2024 44m

Paul, Lara and Holly talk some more about audiobooks based on Patricia Bracewell’s recommendations. They also discuss Thomas Hardy’s women, is “romantasy” a genre, BB’s Little Grey men (gnomes) and…

S3E5 Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 5 – Wombles, Moomins, audiobooks and sci-fi

Jan 20, 2024 57m

For the first time ever Paul, Holly and Lara gathered in the library stacks in Wrexham and not on Zoom to record this episode. That’s why it is a slightly longer episode than normal but the…

S3E4 David Ebsworth - Blood Among the Threads - Bookylicious Series 3 Episode 4

Jan 11, 2024 39m

In this episode Paul speaks to Dave McCall AKA author David Ebsworth about his latest book ‘Blood Among the Threads’ a murder mystery set in Wrexham in 1876. For more information about Dave, his…

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