The Reading Room
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
SPOILER Review: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015)
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Another new episode from our sister programme SPOILER - to subscribe to SPOILER, please go to www.spoilerpodcast.co.uk This week, against Paul’s ...
SPOILER Review: Wonder by R J Palacio
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“There should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives” This week the Spoiler team are fee...
SPOILER: Romeo & Juliet (Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film based on... well, you know what it's based on!)
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“If love be rough with you, be rough with love” Three reviewers, alike in temperament (if not always in opinion), sit down this week to talk some...
SPOILER Review: Children of Men based on the book by PD James
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices” This week we’re watching Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopian thriller ‘Children of Men...
High-Rise (2015 film based on the novel by J G Ballard): SPOILER Episode 23
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“I don’t work for you. I work for the building” This week we’re watching Ben Wheatley’s film adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s supposedly "u...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: SPOILER Episode 22
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
“Just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does” This week we’re reading Douglas Adams’ cult sci-fi comedy novel ...
Room by Emma Donoghue - SPOILER Podcast Episode 17
29 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"When I was small, I only knew small things" This week we're watching and reading "Room" by Emma Donoghue as we take a look at both the original 2010...
Ready Player One by Ernest Kline: SPOILER Podcast Preview
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
“Going outside is highly overrated” This week in our new show SPOILER, we're reading Ernest Kline's "nerdgasm" of a book, Ready Player One....
Stoner by John Williams: SPOILER podcast preview
13 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"She turned to him and pulled her lips into what he knew must be a smile" This week, in another chance to catch up with our new show SPOILER, we're ...
SPOILER Podcast: Us by David Nicholls
13 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
“While there was breath in my body, she would never lack sufficient AA batteries.” Another opportunity to try out our new podcast "Spoiler", a...
SPO!LER Preview
23 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Hello again! It's been a few years now since The Reading Room ended, but now we're back with a brand new show called SPO!LER, which reviews book...
ROOM 31 - The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore, Georgia Twynham, Jim Bob, Andrew Goulding
08 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month, The Reading Room Book Group reconvenes to review young adult sci-fi novel The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore. Paul Tyler and regular re...
ROOM 30: The Barraclough Newsletters by Jim Gotts
13 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In another of our special extended monologues, this month The Reading Room presents The Barraclough Newsletters.... Bunny Barraclough is a real...
ROOM 29: Cromwell’s Talking Head by Gareth Calway – A Reading Room Special
23 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this programme we present a specially produced story by writer and performer Gareth Calway. A terrified grave robber comes across the severed...
ROOM 28: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, Escape From Tibet, Brendan Cleary
03 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this month's programme, the final Reading Room Book Group (for now at least) reviews The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, we ...
ROOM 27 - The Reading Room LIVE Part 2: Robert Llewellyn
30 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of our special LIVE show recorded at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre we talk to Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge and Carpool s...
ROOM 26 - The Reading Room LIVE Part 1: John Osborne, Abigail Tarttelin, Andrew Goulding...
16 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of our live special recorded at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, we have poetry from John Osborne and Andrew Goulding, Abigai...
The Reading Room LIVE with Robert Llewellyn
13 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Well, it's all over now - after months of planning, The Reading Room LIVE featuring Robert Llewellyn took place on Saturday 12th May at the LPAC in L...
ROOM 25: Jim Bob, Driving Jarvis Ham, Unbound, John Osborne, Andrew Goulding
08 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
ROOM TV: Driving Jarvis Ham by Jim Bob - ROOM 25 Preview
21 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this short video, Paul reminisces about the bands that defined his youth and wonders whether one of his musical heroes - Carter The Unstoppable Sex...
ROOM 24: Elly Griffiths, John Baird, Phoenix Writers Circle, Adrienne Silcock, Jamie McKay
17 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
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 ou...
ROOM 23: Sue Townsend, Georgia Twynham, Adrienne Silcock, Peter Kerr
03 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Video Podcast: The European Podcast Awards & ROOM 23 Preview
21 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this short video podcast, Reading Room host Paul Tyler toasts our success in the European Podcast Awards and looks ahead to our next programme.... ...
ROOM 22: John Osborne, Niki Valentine, Abigail Tarttelin, Elly Griffiths
20 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
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) p...
ROOM 21: Pantheon by Sam Bourne, Jon McGregor, Luke Wright, Elaine Kazimierczuk
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month The Reading Room Book Group discuss Pantheon by Sam Bourne, Booker prize nominated author Jon McGregor talks about his new collection o...
ROOM 20: Luke Wright, Abigail Tarttelin, Andrew Goulding, Jamie MacKay
21 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme, performance poet Luke Wright talks about his work and the trials of curating the poetry arena at the Latitude Festival, and we ...
ROOM 19: Stewart Lee, Matthew Reilly, Andrew Goulding, Tracy Borman
07 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month, The Reading Room Book Group take a look at stand-up comedian Stewart Lee's new mini-book, The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please ...
Video Podcast: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One EP by Stewart Lee
31 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this short video podcast, Paul takes to the stage of the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre to try out his stand-up skills and look ahead to this month...
ROOM 18: Niki Valentine, 2012 Books Preview, Richard Barter, John Welsh, Elaine Kazimierczuk
21 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On ROOM 18 we talk to author Niki Valentine about her psychological horror The Haunted, we look back to some of our favourite books of the last y...
ROOM 17: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Hannah Jane Walker, Mark Kermode, Paul Eteng
06 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On ROOM 17 the Reading Room Book Group review Haruki Marakami's epic international bestseller 1Q84: Books 1 & 2 – is the world about to change? ...
Video Podcast: 1Q84 Preview
27 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On December's show The Reading Room Book Group will be reviewing 1Q84: Books 1 and 2 - the blockbuster international bestseller from Haruki Murakami. ...
ROOM 16: John Hegley, Tracy Borman, Elaine Kazimierczuk, Tony Hawks, Jamie Mackay
22 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On our second programme for November we speak to performance poet, comedian and musician John Hegley, historian Tracy Borman talks about her new ...
ROOM 15: The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy, Peter Kerr, Abigail Tarttelin, Jim Gotts
08 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On the first of our new twice-monthly podcasts The Reading Room Book Group discuss The Bees, Carole Ann Duffy's first collection of poetry since b...
ROOM 14 - October 2011: Mark Kermode, Tony Hawks, Marie Harbon, Abigail Tarttelin, Louis Malloy
04 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This month we talk to BBC film critic Mark Kermode about his latest book The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex, comedian, musician and writer Tony ...
ROOM 13 - September 2011: One Day by David Nicholls, Abigail Tarttelin, Claire Kinton, The Book Pond
06 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This month the Reading Room Book Group take an outing to the cinema to watch the film adaptation of One Day by David Nicholls, starring Anne Hatha...
ROOM 12 - August 2011: Karen Maitland, The Time Traveler's Wife, John Welsh, Claire Kinton,Joe Evans
10 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On August's podcast we talk to historical fiction author Karen Maitland about how and where she finds her inspiration, poet John Welsh tells us a...
ROOM 11 - June 2011: John Peel, Henry Hemming, Joel Stickley, New Writers UK
07 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes, the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, written ...
ROOM 10B: The Reading Room LIVE Part 2 - Louis Malloy, Brian Rance, Gareth Calway, Ann Featherstone
27 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of The Reading Room LIVE - now here's the second half of our special live show transmitted from the Bishop Greaves Thea...
ROOM 10A: The Reading Room LIVE Part 1 - Viv Murrell, Georgia Twynham, Eireann Lorsung...
21 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Lincoln ...
ROOM 10 - May 2011: Richard Herring, Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down, Ben Atkinson, Richard Barter
03 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This month on the Reading Room we talk to comedian Richard Herring about his book How Not to Grow Up, John Grubb fills us in on what to expect at ...
ROOM 9 – April 2011: Brendan Cleary, Louis Malloy, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
05 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On this month's edition of The Reading Room we talk to Irish poet Brendan Cleary who also performs two of his poems (including a world premiere ju...
ROOM 8 - March 2011: World Book Night, Grace Atuhaire, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joe Evans
08 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On March's programme we tell you all about what we got up to on World Book Night when we gave away 48 copies of One Day by David Nicholls. We also...
ROOM 7 - February 2011: World Book Night, 101 Books to Read Before You Die, Sarah Ann Juckes
08 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On February's programme we launch our brand new feature 101 Books to Read Before You Die - Paul, Jonny and Joanne from thebookpond.com have picked...
ROOM 6A - THE READING ROOM CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!
26 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Something a bit different for our last show of the year - it's The Reading Room Christmas Special! No Book Group this month - instead we hav...
ROOM 6 - December 2010: Simon Scarrow, G L Twynham, Maeve Binchy, Louis Malloy
08 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
On December’s programme best selling author Simon Scarrow talks about his popular Eagle series of books, local author G L Twynham tells us about...
ROOM 5 - November 2010: Black Swan Green, The Wire, Paul Heaton, Sue Moorcroft
09 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In November's programme, the Reading Room Book Group review Black Swan Green by David Mitchell and we take a look at the books that inspired the h...
Paul Heaton Interview
02 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We were lucky enough to grab an interview with ex-Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton before a recent gig in Sheffield to promote his second solo...
ROOM 4 - October 2010: Jane Austen Book Club, Fiona Linday, Sue Moorcroft
19 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
October's programme includes poetry from Katherine Sankey, Fiona Linday talks about and reads from her book Get Over It which is aimed at adults d...
ROOM 3 - September 2010
05 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
September's programme includes award-winning documentary maker Sam Pidoux talking about historical fiction, Dave Wood discusses Poetry, The Readin...
ROOM 2 - August 2010
01 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the podcast of our second programme for your listening pleasure. This month, our producer Jonny Haw looks at eBooks, we have another shor...
ROOM 1 - July 2010
04 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Our first ever programme features Poetry from Jim Gotts, an interview with the Lincoln Phoenix Writers Group and an original story from one of the...