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The Dangerous Book For Boys
19/06/2006 Duração: 08minThe Dangerous Book For Boys is written with the verve and passion that readers of Conn Iggulden’s best-selling novels have come to expect. This book has been written with his brother, Hal, and is both a celebration of the antics they enjoyed as boys and a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages! Here Conn and Hal talk about the reasons for writing the book combined with reading extracts from two chapters.
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Tingo's Wicked Words Return!
12/06/2006 Duração: 07minThis book comes highly recommended by the comedian and fellow author Stephen Fry. In The Meaning of Tingo – and other extraordinary words from around the world, author Adam Jacot de Bonod has trawled through the world’s dictionaries to uncover words that are quirky, amusing or just downright befuddling! Here’s your chance to hear the author both read extracts from and talk about the process of writing this highly amusing book. This is a follow-up podcast to one we published a few weeks ago. So great was the reaction we’ve rescued some new material from the editing room floor!!
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John Hegley's Uncut Confetti
05/06/2006 Duração: 13minJohn Hegley is widely known as one of the country’s most innovative comic poets with seven best-selling volumes of poetry to his name. Here he talks about – and sings extracts from – his new book Uncut Confetti. It’s a highly amusing recollection of his experiences in this crazy old world!
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How To Survive Your Mother: Part Two
29/05/2006 Duração: 12minAuthor Jonathan Maitland is perhaps best known as TV reporter but he's also just written his fifth book called “How To Survive Your Mother” – a true story about his relationship with his late and very unusual mother, a woman who opened a gay hotel in deepest Surrey commuter belt back in the 70s. Warning: contains strong language. This is the second in a two part series.
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How To Survive Your Mother: Part One
21/05/2006 Duração: 11minAuthor Jonathan Maitland is perhaps best known as TV reporter but he's also just written his fifth book called “How To Survive Your Mother” – a true story about his relationship with his late and very unusual mother, a woman who opened a gay hotel in deepest Surrey commuter belt back in the 70s. Warning: contains strong language. This is the first in a two part series. Part two can be downloaded on Monday 29th May.
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Tony Parsons' Stories Part Two
17/05/2006 Duração: 17minOn a hot summer night in 1977, London rages around three young men who are about to learn the true meaning of friendship. Stories We Could Tell is the latest novel from the number one best selling author Tony Parsons. Here Tony talks about the real-life situations that he drew upon as inspiration for this novel set in the crazy, hedonistic world of music journalism – and also reads key extracts from the story. This is the second in a two part series.
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Tony Parson's Stories We Could Tell
04/05/2006 Duração: 14minOn a hot summer night in 1977, London rages around three young men who are about to learn the true meaning of friendship. Stories We Could Tell is the latest novel from the number one best selling author Tony Parsons. Here Tony talks about the real-life situations that he drew upon as inspiration for this novel set in the crazy, hedonistic world of music journalism – and also reads key extracts from the story. This is the first in a two part series. Part two can be downloaded on Monday 15th May.
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Tingo means some extraordinary words!
04/05/2006 Duração: 07minThis book comes highly recommended by the comedian and fellow author Stephen Fry. In The Meaning of Tingo – and other extraordinary words from around the world, author Adam Jacot de Bonod has trawled through the world’s dictionaries to uncover words that are quirky, amusing or just downright befuddling! Here’s your chance to hear the author both read extracts from and talk about the process of writing this highly amusing book.