Remember when the Doctor encountered Queen Victoria, when she was mourning her husband, Prince Albert, and had an adventure in Scotland?
Yes, of course we're talking about 2004's Fifth Doctor PDA, Empire of Death, by David Bishop.
As if Russell T Davies would ever use an elements from one of David's stories, or nick his story title.
Oh, no... wait...
We're joined by David Bishop who discusses the novel, and its original Bidmead-esque title...
Our readings are courtesy of James Hadwen-Bennett, whose fan-produced reading of the novel can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzNtNqZdyNC-S-cZTDWWZDAX73d-1vKU9

Empire of Death (2004)

331: Empire of Death (2004)

Recorded December 5th, 2024.

Rooney Writer Fellow Mark O’Connell (A Thread of Violence, 2023) in conversation with historian Maurice Casey (Hotel Lux, 2024) about writing across the academic/commercial publishing boundary.

Mark O’Connell is the author of A Thread of Violence, Notes from an Apocalypse, and To Be a Machine, which was awarded the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize, the 2019 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, and The Guardian. He lives in Dublin with his family.

Dr Maurice J. Casey is a Research Fellow in Queen’s University Belfast, where he is a postdoc on a project exploring histories of queer sexuality in Northern Ireland. An expert on the history of international communism, he studied English and History at TCD before completing his MPhil at Cambridge and his DPhil in Oxford. He also held a Fulbright scholarship at Stanford and was the Historian in Residence at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum. His first book Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals, which was based on his PhD thesis, was published by Footnote Press in August 2024.

Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

When Academics turn Trade: Research and Creative Non-Fiction Publishing

Aisha and Kelly here, and we are excited to be back with another episode! This time we review Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nokasta and A Lady of Roosgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon. Both books fall under the "Monster Romance" genre and we can't wait to share our thoughts! Thank you for listening! &nbsp; Subscribe, rate, review! Tell all of your freaky-minded friends as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; Instagram:  TikTok:  Twitter/X (boo):  #SmutGirls #SmutGang #SmutGirlsBookClub &nbsp;

Forced Proximity: Morning Glory Milking Farm & A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor

It seems apt to bring you some extra Christmas-themed episodes given we've just featured The Time of the Doctor.
In a two-part series, we're bringing you a look at Tales of Trenzalore, a 2014 short story collection featuring events that took place during the 900 years the Eleventh Doctor defended the town of Christmas.
Steevie and Kenny take a look at the first couple of stories today, Let It Snow by Justin Richards, and An Apple a Day, by George Mann.
George joins us to talk about his tale too!

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341: Tales of Trenzalore (part one)

We reach the concluding part of our look at the Tales of Trenzalore novel from early 2014. 
Today, John and Kenny take a look at Strangers in the Outland, by Paul Finch, and The Dreaming, by Mark Morris. Both writers join us to discuss their experiences writing for this collection.
We also have the DWM review, and discuss what we think of the collection.

You can visit Paul Finch's blog here: https://paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/

Find out more about Mark Morris's work here: https://www.markmorrisfiction.com/

342: Tales of Trenzalore (part two)

We return to the Doctor Who two-in-one novels, which featured the exploits of Matt Smith's Time Lord.
We look at Web in Space! (reprinted in a solo volume as Web in Space), and discuss it with author David Bailey.
And we've created an all-new reading from the book too!

343: Web in Space!

The Legion (Leigh) joined Super Vegan Brian to talk about the holidays followed by a tired David from a long drive from Vegas. It's a short one due to holiday activities but we had a fun chat hearing about O-Mega Mart and the Fallout Festival as well as other holiday stories.

Episode 275 - Holiday Recap

Our book club listening takes us into the era of the Thirteenth Doctor, for just the third time.
We've previously featured David Solomons's novels, which were aimed at younger readers, so this is our first dip into the run of three BBC Books.
We speak to Steve Cole about writing Combat Magicks, and returning to the post of project editor on the Doctor Who novels.

349: Combat Magicks

For the eighth instalment of Pet Projects, we welcome Dan and Emjay to the show. 

Dan Lever is a musician and wordsmith with a passion for communication. Losing his music teaching role during Covid and having lost his appetite for playing, he turned to another of his longstanding passions – writing. He now runs his own business, Magnify Copy, which provides copywriting and digital services to people and organisations whether local to his base in Hest Bank, near Morecambe, or further afield. He has also, happily, picked up his guitar again and performs for the love of it with family, friends and strangers. 

Two musical contributions from Dan feature in the episode (plus a ‘hidden duet’ you’ll discover on listening!): ‘West Snide Story’ by Islands Lost at Sea (46:39) and ‘Three Line Whip’ by the Two Hats Blues Band (50:25). ‘A Christmas Cat’, a poem by June Newall, and read by Dan’s friend Richard, appears at 24:25. 

Other topics covered in our relaxed, in-person chat range from cleaning up Emjay’s poo to the ‘enshittification’ of the Internet and much in-between – including why cats prefer Kate Bush to dub, novel-planning options, and who rules the roost on Morecambe seafront (clue: it’s not the seagulls).   

Pet Projects is a collaborative project devised by writer and editor Peter Humphreys and artist and filmmaker Ana Rebolledo, who provides the artwork and video content. It is available on Spotify, SoundCloud, iTunes and elsewhere. If you’re enjoying the podcast please like, subscribe and share. As ever, best listened to through ‘phones. 

Links for your purr-usal: 

Dan’s company, Magnify Copy: https://magnifycopy.co.uk 

Islands Lost at Sea, feat. Dan: https://open.spotify.com/album/3tAHTLFXEURPcW3Mx1vTIk?si=7MUVjfluSrmyRdHcenPXlg

Two Hats Blues Band (don't say it fast), feat. Dan: https://open.spotify.com/track/06SAqgrAXjfLpUFBQcrJOm?si=cd1073d72cb941f1

Richard Newall's film accompanying June Newall’s poem, ‘A Christmas Cat’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvifpQWa7E

Pluralistic, daily posts from Cory Doctorow: https://pluralistic.net/

The ‘enshittification’ of social media platforms:
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

Pet Projects - Episode 8 - Dan Lever

Part 3 of AYCH's Awards for 2024 is here! Listen to Colt and Wenzel talk about their Top 10 Favorite Books that they read in 2024! These are strictly things they read in 2024 that they loved and are not all exclusively from 2024! Light to no spoilers for everything except one series!

*Spoiler warning for Chainsaw Man manga: skip from 22:40 to 31:45
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Go listen to Part 1 of our Awards Show (Best Songs of 2024):
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Go listen to Part 2 of our Awards Show (Best Games of 2024):
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Episode 380 - Favorite Books of 2024

After a look at some new series books on the Power of 3 book club, we return to the First Doctor's era.
Today, we are joined by Simon Guerrier to discuss his novel The Time Travellers, which features the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara.
We've a couple of readings from the novel by James Hadwen-Bennett (his full fan-made reading without sound design is available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzNtNqZdyNC_bDfKUtrttnsDY09ne4gUg).
We even have the later William Russell reading a section too! (With thanks to Alan McWhan)

351: The Time Travellers

Perfect for readers of Pumpkin Spice Café, Erin Sterling and Lana Harper. 

 In Oak Haven, this witch is about to brew up more trouble than she bargained for…

When Scarlett Melrose receives a call from her estranged sisters, she immediately knows something is wrong. The magic at their mother’s inn – and in fact, the whole of Oak Haven – has gone awry, and they need her help to save it.

As the conflicted middle-child, returning home has given Scarlett the heebie jeebies. And to make matters worse, she’s just come face-to-face with charming old flame and handyman, Nate.

When her spell to fix the magic goes horribly wrong, all Scarlett wants to do is flee back to the peace and quiet of her San Francisco flat. But she can’t keep running away forever, and she’ll need all the help she can to solve this magical mess.

With time slipping away, Scarlett must learn that sometimes the greatest spells really do come with the greatest responsibility – especially when love is involved…

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Perfect for fans of:

Grumpy x sunshine ☀️

Slow burn 🔥

Witchy aesthetic 🔮✨

Cosy small town 🍂☕

Impractical Magic, By Emily Grimoire, Read by Kate Handford

Our book club release today take a look at the Second Doctor adventure Combat Rock.
Author Mickey Lewis joins us to discuss his work on this novel, which features cannibalism and other adult themes.
This episode contains darker content which may not be suitable for younger listeners. 
And in a complete coincidence of timing, Mickey also appears in Doctor Who Magazine issue 613, discussing his work as a monster actor!

353: Combat Rock

Our Book Club Mondays welcome back the always delightful Christopher Bulis.
Fifty years ago, Tom Baker's first season was airing, so we drop into the events of season 12, to join the Doctor, Sarah and Harry on their adventures.
We discuss A Device of Death with Chris, who performs several readings from his 1996 novel, one of the last Missing Adventures from Virgin.

357: A Device of Death

Hey, hey book babes! Your fave librarians are back with a new season dropping February 26th! Just in time to get over Valentines day. We missed y'all so much, and can't wait to share the romance trope of the season. Share with all your freaky-minded friends! #SmutGirls&nbsp;#SmutGirlsPodcast #SmutGirlsBookClub

Season 4 PROMO!

David and Brian had a blast talking about well, those that beep and boop. Robots are cool. As usual for D & B episodes, lots of Star Wars. This was an improvised no outline episode so be prepared for chaos. Bleep Bloop.

Episode 277 - Robots Are Cool

Holly surprised David, Brian, and Erica by joining us to have a very strange conversation about what we would be in certain properties. This was an experimental format, let us know what you think.

Episode 278 - If You Could Be A ... What Would You Be?

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TVM_S3_Episode 1_"The Importance of Storytelling"_Lynn Austin_WAV

Nerd Podcast Radio was made by three friends that decided to sit down and talk about the thing that we love most, being nerds. We decided to record it, seeing how we all moved to different cities and didn't want to see our friendships fall to the wayside. In this podcast, we get together every other week, and talk about whatever nerdy topic that comes to us. Sometimes there are more of us, sometimes there are less of us but we're always Nerd Podcast Radio.

Founded in 2006, the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute is dedicated to advancing Trinity College Dublin’s rich tradition of research excellence in the Arts and Humanities, on an individual, collaborative and inter-disciplinary basis.

Publishers of award-winning fiction and non-fiction audiobooks for adults and children. Listen to exclusive clips from our books and free audioook extracts here on Soundcloud.

A podcast discussing Doctor Who-related items, more often than not in threes, whether stories, guests, or anything else. 

Featuring a regular team of hosts, including Big Finish's Kenny Smith, and David Steel (not the former Liberal Party MP, MSP and leader). 

Our other regular conspirators are Dr John Bollan, Stephen Day and Matt Michael, with irregular appearances from the podcast's founding father, Tom Harris (the former Labour MP). 

We also welcome a host of great Doctor Who guests, using "Kenny's bottomless address book" (c) David Steel.

A group of friends adding their nonsense to the world, one podcast at a time.

I'm a writer and editor based in Lancaster. Check out my podcasts Pet Projects (in which I interview creative types about their pets - and their projects), First Impressions (a surreal slice of literary cheesecake), and Monkey Scribbling (two older blokes reflect on their youth in the '90s through the letters they exchanged at the time). 

Pet Projects is a collaboration with Ana Rebolledo and Monkey Scribbling with Richard Pye. 

The family band I formed with my brother, Decaying Leather, in 1989 continues to write and record. Our music can also be found on SoundCloud and elsewhere.

The mission of Providence Christian College as a Reformed Christian institution is to equip students to be firmly grounded in biblical truth, thoroughly educated in the liberal arts, and fully engaged in their church, their community, and the world for the glory of God and for service to humanity.

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