Page One might be the best way to find out about some of the books that you will never have time to read.
Page One
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Page One might be the best way to find out about some of the books that you will never have time to read.
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March 12, 2021
2021 Update
<p>While Page One continues its ever-extending mid-season break, Charles Adrian has popped back onto the mic to let listeners know about a podcast he is making with Lisa Findley called The Rom Com Rewrite. Rom com fans everywhere can find it on Spotify (<a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4D3CW2TnT1tIRorlbqp2kF">https://open.spotify.com/show/4D3CW2TnT1tIRorlbqp2kF</a>) and Apple Podcasts (<a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rom-com-rewrite/id1551541870">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rom-com-rewrite/id1551541870</a>).</p> <p> </p> <p>Incidentally, you can find a description of the seven major beats of rom com writing here: <a href= "https://www.well-storied.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-romantic-comedy-seven-essential-story-beats"> https://www.well-storied.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-romantic-comedy-seven-essential-story-beats</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Also, while he’s here, Charles Adrian would like to recommend the beautiful, 4-part podcast The Fateful Tale Of Chesapeake Bay, which you can find on Apple Podcasts here: <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-fateful-tale-of-chesapeake-bay/id1541527814"> https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-fateful-tale-of-chesapeake-bay/id1541527814</a> (and a quick google will take you to all the other places that you can find it). Also: Miriam Gould, who is one of the co-hosts, was previously a guest on Page One and you can find that episode here: <a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/123-miriam-gould/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/123-miriam-gould/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>More information about Page One is at <a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/</a></p>
December 22, 2020
192 - Year End 2020
<p>Taking another break from revisiting the books that he has been given by guests on the podcast, Charles Adrian revisits instead what he said in the previous episode about Scottish Country Dancing and talks about three books that he has very much enjoyed.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information and a transcript of this episode is at <a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Correction 1: This episode was recorded on the 15th December, 2020, and not the 14th December as Charles Adrian says.</p> <p> </p> <p>Correction 2: Charles Adrian mistakenly pronounces Ivanhoe as Ivinghoe. The first is a novel by Sir Walter Scott; the second is a village in Buckinghamshire.</p> <p> </p> <p>Correction 3: The novelist Charles Adrian refers to as JY Yang in this episode has been called Neon Yang since September 2020. You can read the announcement on their Twitter here: <a href= "https://twitter.com/itsneonyang/status/1300790160301461507">https://twitter.com/itsneonyang/status/1300790160301461507</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The podcast will also be taking a break over festive season and will return with new episodes at some point in the new year.</p> <p> </p> <p>Also mentioned in this episode are Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, which is discussed in Page One 49 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/49-page-one-49/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/49-page-one-49/</a>), Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, which is discussed in Page One 16 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/16-cat-james/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/16-cat-james/</a>) and Page One 159 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/159-poir-3/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/159-poir-3/</a>), and Scottish Fiddlers And Their Music by Mary Anne Alburger, which is discussed in Page One 126 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/126-ms-samantha-mann/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/126-ms-samantha-mann/</a>) and Page One 191 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/191-poir-33/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/191-poir-33/</a>).</p> <p> </p> <p>Cameryn Moore, who is mentioned here, is featured in Page One 98 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-3#/98-cameryn-moore/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-3#/98-cameryn-moore/</a>).</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find some information on the Prison Industrial Complex and prison abolition in the UK from the Empty Cages Collective here: <a href= "http://www.prisonabolition.org/what-is-the-prison-industrial-complex/"> http://www.prisonabolition.org/what-is-the-prison-industrial-complex/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Diane di Prima, also mentioned here, is discussed in more depth in Page One 122 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/122-chris-goode/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/122-chris-goode/</a>) and Page One 190 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/190-poir-32/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/190-poir-32/</a>).</p> <p> </p> <p>The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk is a standalone novel but The Black Tides Of Heaven by Neon Yang is at the beginning of the Tensorate series and A Hero Born by Jin Yong is the first part of The Condor Trilogy. You can read more about The Condor Trilogy on Wikipedia here: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Trilogy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Trilogy</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Black Tides Of Heaven by Neon Yang, published by tor.com in 2017; cover art by Yuko Shimizu; cover design by Christine Foltzer.</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode recorded: 15th December, 2020.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Book listing:</p> <p> </p> <p>The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk</p> <p>The Black Tides Of Heaven by Neon Yang</p> <p>A Hero Born by Jin Yong</p>
December 15, 2020
191 - POIR 33
<p>Marked as explicit because of strong language.</p> <p> </p> <p>Speaking minutes after he had finished recording the previous episode of the podcast, Charles Adrian revisits the last books that were given to him by guests on the 4th season of the podcast.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information and a transcript of this episode is at <a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find information about London’s National Theatre here: <a href= "https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/">https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/</a> and about Liverpool’s Empire Theatre here: <a href= "https://www.liverpooltheatres.com/venue/liverpool-empire-theatre_liverpool"> https://www.liverpooltheatres.com/venue/liverpool-empire-theatre_liverpool</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Also mentioned in this episode is Dracula by Bram Stoker</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find Phoebe Judge’s podcast Phoebe Reads A Mystery, series 6 of which is a reading of Dracula by Bram Stoker, here: <a href= "https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery">https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery</a></p> <p> </p> <p>You can find out more about Charles Adrian’s alter-ego Ms Samantha Mann here: <a href= "http://www.mssamanthamann.com/">http://www.mssamanthamann.com/</a> and you can find her advice videos, which were filmed and edited by Polis Loizou, on YouTube here: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/mssamanthamann">https://www.youtube.com/mssamanthamann</a></p> <p> </p> <p>You can watch a video trailer for the show Angels’ Share by Nico And The Navigators here: <a href= "http://navigators.de/index.php?id=338&L=324">http://navigators.de/index.php?id=338&L=324</a>. It was made in collaboration with a group calling themselves Urban Strings.</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find out more about Scottish Country Dancing on the RSCDS website here: <a href= "https://www.rscds.org/">https://www.rscds.org/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Books discussed in this episode were previously discussed in Page One 124 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/124-polis-loizou/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/124-polis-loizou/</a>), Page One 125 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/125-natalie-flynn/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/125-natalie-flynn/</a>) and Page One 126 (<a href= "http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/126-ms-samantha-mann/">http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/126-ms-samantha-mann/</a>).</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode image is a detail from a photo by Charles Adrian.</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode recorded: 17th November, 2020.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Book listing:</p> <p> </p> <p>The Keep by Jennifer Egan (Page One 124)</p> <p>The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (Page One 125)</p> <p>Scottish Fiddlers And Their Music by Mary Anne Alburger (Page One 126)</p>
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