The Reading Room Podcast: ROOM 25 – Jim Bob, Driving Jarvis Ham, Unbound, John Osborne

On this programme we talk to ex-Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine frontman Jim Bob about his new novel Driving Jarvis Ham, then The Reading Room Book Group give their verdict on the book. We also talk to John Mitchinson, co-founder of the revolutionary crowd-sourcing publisher Unbound, John Osborne gives us his nomination for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die and we have poetry from Andrew Goulding.

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Video Podcast: The Reading Room LIVE with Red Dwarf’s Robert Llewellyn!

On Saturday 12th May, The Reading Room takes to the stage for The Reading Room LIVE featuring Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge star Robert Llewellyn talking about his career and his new book News From Gardenia.

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The full line up for this year’s show has now been confirmed, and includes:

• John Osborne (Radio Head, John Peel’s Shed)
• Abigail Tarttelin (Flick)
• Andrew Goulding
• Jodie Orton
• Music from Michael Reeve

Plus contributions from our very own Paul Tyler, Gill Hart and the muddled mind of Jamie MacKay.

Tickets are just £5, available from the LPAC website.

The show begins at 7.30pm on Saturday 12th May and will be broadcast live on Siren 107.3FM in Lincoln and around the world at Sirenonline.

The Reading Room – ROOM 25 Video Preview

In this short video, The Reading Room’s host Paul Tyler reminisces about the bands that defined his youth and wonders whether one of his musical heroes – Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob – can make the leap to writing with his new novel Driving Jarvis Ham which we’ll be reviewing in our next programme.

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Also in our next programme, we’ll be talking to the creators of the crowd-source publisher Unbound, finding out what we got up to on World Book Night, and looking ahead to The Reading Room Live.

That’s live on Sunday 6th May 10am-12noon, repeated Tuesday 8th May 7pm-9pm on Siren 107.3 in Lincoln or right here at Sirenonline.

The Reading Room Podcast: ROOM 24 with Elly Griffiths, John Baird, Pheonix Writers Circle

On this programme we talk to crime author Elly Griffiths about her popular Ruth Galloway series, we have a short story from John Baird and find out what happened when Paul visited the Phoenix Writers Circle. We also have poetry from Adrienne Silcock, Jamie McKay’s Musings of A Muddled Mind and author Nikki Valentine gives us her nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die.

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The Reading Room – 2 Hours In 2 Minutes

Ever wondered what goes on in the studio during our live shows? No? Well we’re going to show you anyway!  This was recorded during our April show and features Paul, Jonny, Gill and studio guest Georgia Twynham…

The Reading Room Podcast: ROOM 23

On this programme, The Reading Room Book Group review the latest novel from Secret Diary of Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend, The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year.and we talk to Georgia Twynham, author of The Thirteenth about the third book in her teen fantasy series, Nyteria Rising. We also have poetry from Adrienne Silcock and Peter Kerr gives us his nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die.

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Don’t Miss The Reading Room This Sunday and Tuesday!

On this month’s programme, The Reading Room Book Group review the latest novel from Secret Diary of Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend, The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year.We also talk to crime author Elly Griffiths about her popular Ruth Galloway series, Georgia Twynham, author of The Thirteenth, will be live in the studio talking about the third book in her teen fantasy series, Nyteria Rising, and we have a short story from John Baird.We also have poetry from Adrienne Silcock, Jamie McKay’s Musings of A Muddled Mind, more nominations for our 101 Books To Read Before You Dieand the usual eclectic mix of Sunday morning music.

That’s this Sunday 10am-12noon, repeated Tuesday 7pm-9pm on Siren 107.3FM in Lincoln and around the world here at sirenonline.

**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT** The Reading Room LIVE with Robert Llewellyn!

On Saturday 12th May, The Reading Room once again takes to the stage with a special LIVE radio broadcast, this time from the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre.  We’ll again be featuring the best up and coming performers in spoken word and poetry, as well as live music… plus a very special guest: star of Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge and Carpool, Robert Llewellyn! Robert will be talking to host Paul Tyler about his work and career, including his new book News From Gardenia.

The show starts at 7pm (live on air at 7.30pm) on Saturday 12th May at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (LPAC).  Tickets cost just £5 (£5.50 with booking fee) and are available here.

The Reading Room Podcast: ROOM 21

This month The Reading Room Book Group discuss Pantheon by Sam Bourne, Booker prize nominated author Jon McGregor talks about his new collection of short stories This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You, we get another nomination for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die from poet Luke Wright, and we have poetry from Elaine Kazimierczuk.

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The Reading Room Podcast: ROOM 22

On this programme we talk to Radio Head author John Osborne about poetry and his new one man show John Peel’s Shed, Niki Valentine (The Haunted) provides our short story, we have flash fiction from Abigail Tarttelin (Flick) and crime author Elly Griffiths (A Room Full of Bones) adds her choice to our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die.  We also announce further details of The Reading Room LIVE – click here for tickets: http://www.lpac.co.uk/whats-on/spoken-word

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