Episode 21

We had a lot of fun (and stress) making this one, it's Episode 21!

Join TheDean! & PJ as we give our wrap-up of the books we read in June, and the author Charles Salzberg (charlessalzberg.com) calls in to chat about his books. 

Books discussed include:

- Canary In The Coalmine (Charles Salzberg, 2022)

- Armadale (Wilkie Collins, 1864-6)

- History Of The Thirteen (Honoré de Balzac, 1833-4)

- Salammbô (Gustave Flaubert, 1862)

- La Guerra Del Fin Del Mundo (Mario Vargas Llosa, 1981)

- Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch, 1992)

- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu, 400bc)

- Improve Your Vision in 3 Minutes (Rui Hiramatsu, 2021)

- Feiedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883-92)

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Episode 18

Welcome to episode 18!  We are books men! TheDean! & PJ tell us about their March reads, and chat with the author Kemka Ezinwo about her book Captured Within (agneskaye.com)

Books Discussed include:

- Joseph Balsamo / Memoirs Of a Physician pt2 (Alexandre Dumas, 1846)
- Bouvard et Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert, 1881)
- The Illustrious Gaudissart (Honoré de Balzac, 1833)
- Poetry Anthology (Miguel Hernandez, 1933-42)
- Captured Within (Kemka Ezinwo, 2018)
- Gallery Of Mothers (J.S. Latshaaw, 2020)
- Top Girls (Caryl Churchill, 1982)
- Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005)
- El Asesinato de Socrates, (Marcos Chicot, 2016)
- The Cat In The Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, McElligot's Pool, If I Ran The Circus (Dr Seuss, 1947-57)

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Books Boys - Episode 9

 Welcome back to Episode 9 of the books boys podcast! We tried so hard to keep it concise this time as we had alot of books to cover! TheDean! & PJ have both done alot of reading this month, and have also both taken the time to read something for mental wellbeing and mindfulness.

 Then the fantastic author Leah Holbrook Sackett (leaholbrooksackett.com) calls in to chat about her novella Raising St. Elisabeth, and her short stories.

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 From 3rd July, you can also find our new albums The Dozen Most Listenable and A Decade Of Friendship on Spotify and other music stores

Books discussed include:

- A Monk's Guide To Happiness (Gelong Thubten, 2019)

- Persuasion (Jane Austen, 1818)

- Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert, 1856)

- Trafalgar (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1873)

- Raising St Elisabeth (Leah Holbrook Sackett, 2021)

- The Vanished Man (Jeffrey Deaver, 2003)

- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)

- Momo (Michael Ende, 1973)

- Devil On The Cross (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 1980)


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Books Boys - Episode 3

Welcome to the 3rd episode, and Christmas special, of Books Boys! 

Read some books!!

This month we discuss:

- Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert, 1869)

- Cousin Bette (Honoré de Balzac, 1847)

- After Dark (Wilkie Collins, 1856)

- The Apartment (K.L. Slater, 2020)

- Reason Without Rhyme, & Fifty-Seven Pebbles (Eileen T. O'Neill, 2013 & 2015)

And we also give our Christmas recommendations! 

Then we cross over with Kant's Dream to hear  the latest single from Kyron Bourke (ft. Maeve Smyth & based on lyrics by Eileen T. O'Neill), and to close we hear a Christmas treat from the Books Boys themselves (ft. Alicia)

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