Lit Me Baby
Episodes
The Duke and I and The Blue-Footed Booby
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're talking about The Duke and I by Julia Quinn and The Blue-Footed Booby by Rob Biddulph.Highlights include: is laughing sexy and ...
Treasure Island and Jingo
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, for the first time in this podcast's long and prestigious history (approx 3 months), we're talking about a book that we've a...
The Girl with the Pearl Earring and Come Home Already
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're talking the facts of how the painting of The Girl With the Pearl Earring was made - as fictionalised by Tracy Chevalier. Plus w...
The Eyre Affair and Down and Out in Paris and London
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're talking about fun fun fun literary sci fi The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and more serious back catalogue George Orwell: Down ...
A Tale of Two Cities and Confessions of a Bookseller
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're talking about literary classic A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and the inside story of a life lived in books: Confessio...
Stickman and A Field Guide to Getting Lost
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're talking about the children's book Stickman by Julia Donaldson and an essay collection by Rebecca Solnit: A Field Guide to G...
The Lord of the Rings and Justinian the Second
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're talking about huge book series The Lord of the Rings which surprisingly we have both read. Next up we have Justinian the Second...
How to Grow a Mermaid and Lessons in Chemistry
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're covering one of Howard's favourite genres - short (children's) stories about mermaids - and Shirley's just finished...
Sense and Sensibility and The Chronicle of Theophanes
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode Shirley and Howard are talking classics. First up we have literary classic Sense and Sensibility and then classical history The Chronicle...
The Ref's Call and Treasure Island
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Lit Me Baby. This episode Shirley and Howard discuss The Ref's Call and Treasure Island (guess who read which ...