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S5E6 Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 6 - 1876 - Dewey, Deronda, Snarks and Narnia
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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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