This month CM Lowry is talking to author Dan Sumption about Viriconium by M John Harrison in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Viriconium is actually a collection of books, now published as a single volume, of which ‘Viriconium Nights’ is Dan’s favourite. These stories tell tales of the city of Viriconium, loosely based on …
This month CM Lowry is talking to author James Flanagan about Extremophile by Ian Green in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Extremophile is a bio-punk speculative sci-fi story written by Scottish author Ian Green, who also wrote The Gauntlet fantasy series. Extremophile is billed as a breakneck biohacking thriller set in climate-collapse London. James’s …
This month CM Lowry is talking to author Beatriz Seelaender about The Razor’s Edge by W.S. Maugham in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Beatriz shares the reasons why she loves this book: It’s very humorous It follows the story of a group of people over the years surrounding Maugham as the central character. The …
This month CM Lowry is talking to author Sara Norja about The Dark is Rising book sequence by Susan Cooper in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: The premise of The Dark is Rising, which is book two of The Dark is Rising Sequence, is that Will turns 11 and discovers he is an …
Welcome to Episode 20 of ‘What Is Roleplay?! This episode we are joined by Luke Stratton aka Limithron to discuss Pirates! Luke answers the question ‘What is a Pirate’ Dictionary definition – someone who steals things at sea Pirate is a word that has been appropriated for all types of theft Pirate has another layer of …
Welcome to Episode 19 of ‘What Is Roleplay?! This episode we are joined by Dave Semark and Matthew Tyler-Jones to discuss Social Conflict Dave & Matthew tell us about how the embarked on their journey into podcasting, inspired by the Free League game Coriolis and how that lead to them building a relationship with Free League …
This month CM Lowry is talking to author Cécile Cristofari, about The Accursed Kings book series by Maurice Druon in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: The Accursed Kings is series of Historical Fiction books about the Capetian Kings in France. These books are based on the legend that this dynasty were cursed by the …
Welcome to Episode 18.5 of ‘What Is Roleplay?! This episode we are joined by Samuel Poots for a special Narrative Worldbuilding Actual Play This is a follow up to Episode 18, where Samuel unpacked the idea of Narrative Worldbuilding. Stream here Worldbuilding is an important cornerstone of all writing and especially important when writing roleplay …
This month CM Lowry is talking to author Stephen Hart, about Blue Moon Rising by Simon R Green in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Stephen points out that Simon R Green is somewhat unknown, dispite being a New York Times Bestseller, and is most widely known for writing the novelised version of the classic …
This month CM Lowry is talking to author Judith Mortimore, about The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Judith reads veraciously and found that The Hands of the Emperor stood out so profoundly that she went off and read everything else by Victoria Goddard The Hands of the …
