Showing: 21 - 25 of 25 RESULTS

House of Leaves with Allen Stroud

This episode CM Lowry is talking with author Allen Stroud about House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Holiday reads: getting through more challenging material. Control of print format and process, colours, typefaces and orientation. Fictional videotape commentary of recordings that don’t even exist! Breaking the rules in writing, …

Brown Girl In The Ring with Rachel A Rosen

This episode CM Lowry is talking with author Rachel A Rosen about Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson in ‘This Book I Read…’ Topics covered include: Post-apocalyptic Toronto & Ontario. ‘White Flight’, inner city decline, ‘Donut cities’ and gentrification. The Afro-Caribbean diaspora, The Jab Jab & Roti Shops. The challenges of predicting the …

The Gormenghast Trilogy with Adrian Tchaikovsky

This episode CM Lowry is talking with author Adrian Tchaikovsky about The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake, in the second episode of our Beyond Cataclysm podcast – ‘This Book I Read…’ Why this classic 1950s fantasy trilogy absolutely deserves a read. A discussion of the role of ruin in narrative. Tolkien vs Peake Anti-heroes; when …

The Day of The Triffids with CM Lowry

Welcome to the very first episode of our Beyond Cataclysm podcast – ‘This Book I Read…’ This episode Dave is talking to author CM Lowry about The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham Topics covered include: Our parent’s bookshelves. John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris and his many pseudonyms. The heritage of the book …