Synopsis:

Bjorn and Donny speaks with children’s literature columnist, writer and editor Daphne Lee from Malaysia. Daphne is the Publishing Editor of OneRedFlower Press and an Editorial Consultant for Scholastic Malaysia. She kindly joins us to discuss a variety of topics related to children’s literature, including some of the favourites.

• Her workshops
• Column in Malaysia’s local English daily TheStar.com.my
• Her Blog – The Places You Will Go

Show Length: 1:03:32

Show Notes:

• Tove Jansson – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• My Mother’s Garden: Emila Yusof, DAPHNE LEE: 9789675250446: Amazon.com: Books
• Glassblower’s Children (Target Bks.): Maria Gripe: 9780426112280: Amazon.com: Books
• Maria Gripe – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Synopsis:

This episode was very long in production. The subject matter required many years of marinating, for the ideas to germinate, etc, etc. The crew discusses the Nobel Prize for Literature… for 2010.

p.s None of us were even close. Mario Vargas Llosa was the winner. Hey, it hardly counts as a spoiler when it’s almost 4 years ago.

Show Length: 58:29

Show Notes:

• The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time: Hunter S. Thompson: 9780743250450: Amazon.com: Books
• Jonathan Franzen’s ‘book of the century’ pulped over error | Books | The Guardian
• Jonathan Franzen’s book Freedom suffers UK recall | Books | The Guardian
• A Poet’s Guide to Poetry (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing): Mary Kinzie: 9780226437392: Amazon.com: Books
• The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry: J.D. McClatchy: 9781400030934: Amazon.com: Books
• Nobel Prize in Literature Betting Odds | Bet Online at Ladbrokes.com

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Also, there’s some activity brewing over at the Goodreads Bookbabble group. You can add books to the Bookbabble bookshelf there, and books that we cover on the show will be added to the bookshelf as well, so that if there are any discussions you can spawn it there.

Go ahead and check it out, please let us know any feedback if you have any.

Synopsis:

Lars finally returns from outer space after many years. And just in time, too, for Renee and Donny’s take of the smash hit Fifty Shades of Grey. And ‘smash hit’ as in being thoroughly smashed to bits, that is. Also, a quick on on JK Rowling’s new book, and a spot of badminton.

Show Length: 1:00:00

Show Notes:

• Hilarious Fifty Shades of Grey Review
• Slender Man
• Marble Hornets, Tribe Twelve, Everyman hybrid
• Jeff the Killer
• IT, Stephen King
• The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling
• Dr Who!
• HBO’s Game of Thrones

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Synopsis:

Lone returns from hiatus in this episode as we talk about trashy books! The chat centres around an article in TheAwl (see link below). What makes them so fun to read? The best and the worst of them are discussed here (well, ‘discussed’ is used loosely here).

Show Length: 1:00:00

Show Notes:

• Classic Trash | The Awl
• John Ringo
• The clan of the cave bear, Jean M Auel
• John Jakes
• Barbara Cartland
• Anna Grue
• Peyton Place, Grace Metalious (born Marie Grace DeRepentigny)
• Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger
• Full Service, Scotty Bowers
• Danish author who writes great books in her own name, Merete Pryds Helle but writes crime novel under another name: Liv Mørk

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Synopsis:

We’re back! After more than a year, Bjorn, Renee and I get back to have a chit-chat about the state of ebooks and how it’s affecting independent bookstores. Also, Renee’s Charles Dickens recommendations, Downton Abbey, BBC’s Sherlock, Rifftrax.com, and the evil comfortable sofa.

Show Length: 1:25

Show Notes:

• Cave of forgotten dreams, Werner Herzog
• The Orbitor Trilogy, Mircea Cartarescu
• Rifftrax.com

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We’ve now moved to our new webhost, and to commemorate the change, I’ve changed the look and feel for the site.  Over the coming weeks we’ll hopefully start filling this place up with, you know, actual content.

Let us know how you like it.

I wanted to make an announcement – we’re going to be moving web hosts pretty soon.  I’m consolidating to a single hosting provider, and take will make managing the site easier for me (background stuff, don’t worry about it).  What you need to know, however, is there should be no impact to you at all – everything else will still work as it always had been (well, too bad the post-production for episodes are still on my lap, and not on the web host’s).

When will this move take place?  Before the year is out.

In any event, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone Happy Holidays!

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