Episodes

1. February 2018 - This month I have mostly been reading Released 17 Mar 2018 Join Jess (@BookElfLeeds) and myself for a meander through our February reads. We discuss - Dream Lake by Lisa Klepas - The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - Seasons ...
2. Ep 24 - Jan 2018 - This month I have mostly been reading... Released 1 Feb 2018 Join @BookElfLeeds and I for a chat about what we've been reading this month. From slightly smutty novels to book club low scores to holocaust denial...we like to think we've be...
3. The Quest for the Christmas Spirit Released 1 Dec 2017 @BookElfLeeds is back with a new reading challenge! Join us as we converse Christmas spirit and where to find it - books, movies, hallmark - we meander happily through all the s...
4. Ep 22 - Book Elf Leeds Reading Challenge Update Released 28 Mar 2016 Jess (@BookElfLeeds) provides us with an update of her Modern Mrs Darcy Reading Challenge of 2016. With 6 books read; she's at the halfway mark already! From historical ficti...
5. Ep 21 - MINIcine - Never Let Me Go Released 13 Mar 2016 After the recent showing of Never Let Me Go (part of the Human Nature season) by @MinicineYorks, we held an after film discussion comparing the book to the film. The sound is a ...
6. LBC EP20 - 2016 Reading Challenge Released 24 Jan 2016 LBC and @BookElfLeeds join forces to discuss the Modern Mrs Darcy reading challenge. From book blurbs to stickers to authors to recommendations and must reads - it's our booki...
7. LBC EP19 - Conversations with MiniCINE! Released 16 Dec 2015 LBC is joined by the fabulously funny Minicine team - Woody and Abi - for a chat about all things film, short film, social cinema and CAKE! We discuss the origins of Minicine, ...
8. Culturally Minded EP03 - 'I'll edit that out' (and then I didn't) Released 18 Oct 2015 Tom (@ArtsMindsLeeds) takes Niamh (@LeedsBookClub) around one of the art exhibitions!
9. Culturally Minded EP02 Released 6 Oct 2015 Tom (@ArtsMindsLeeds) and I meet up to discuss comics - the Movement, Look Straight Ahead, 2 Kill and Psychiatric Tales; books - The Girl on the Train; Tom's Recommendation - In...
10. Culturally Minded EP01 - Structured yet nicely vague Released 22 Sep 2015 Tom (@ArtsMindsLeeds) and I say hi and introduce Culturally Minded - the new project from Sharing Stories!
11. Testing Testing...Is anybody out there!! Released 24 Jun 2015 This is *NOT* a LeedsBookClub podcast! When Shona and Niamh get together, the craic is always mighty. So this is our first podcast together! We want to discuss all manner of ...
12. True Love - A short story by Owen Elgie Released 5 Oct 2014 ADULT! Horror! A short story by Owen Elgie, recorded as an audio tale by Niamh Foley (LBC).
13. Sharing Stories Released 30 Sep 2013 LBC is joined by Tom from @ArtsMindsLeeds - one of the genius minds behind the Sharing Stories campaign. We discuss fiction as a learning tool for mental health awareness and ou...
14. Interview with Ross Young Released 3 Sep 2013 LBC is joined by Ross Young - the author of the Gloomwood Series. We discuss the first - Dead Heads - before exploring his writing style and the world of self publishing!
15. Interview with Claudia Christian Released 21 Aug 2013 To hoards of SF fans, Claudia will always be General Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5 - one of the greatest SF characters in one of the greatest SF TV series EVER. However - as you'...
16. Sherlock Holmes - Leeds Best Kept Secret Released 7 May 2013 Mark Catley - acclaimed writer and proud northerner - joins LBC for a chat about Holmes, tackling Conan Doyle, writing for TV and theatre, the cultural landscape in Leeds and Bu...
17. Transform 13 Released 24 Apr 2013 LBC chat with a WY Playhouse choreographer on the Transform 2013 - Burmantofts Stories project. We also discuss dance, dialogue and the importance of theatre engaging with the...
18. Chat with Peter Bullimore Released 19 Feb 2013 LBC discuss all sorts of everything with Peter Bullimore from Sharing Stories, to Hearing Voices, his children's book 'A Village Called Pumpkin' and the role society plays in me...
19. Interview with Ruth F Long Released 5 Dec 2012 LeedsBookClub chat with the fascinating Ruth F Long about books, SF and fantasy, writing, publishing, some films and tv and we'd have happily gone on for hours if real life had...
20. Interview with James Schwartz Released 4 Oct 2012 LBC and James chat about his recent book - about growing up Gay and Amish, twitter, poetry, films and everything in between!
21. Chris Nickson - Book Launch! Released 2 Sep 2012 Chris and I natter about the latest in his Richard Nottingham series; his upcoming book launch on Sept 14th and the various projects he's juggling!
22. World Book Night - 2012 Released 22 Apr 2012 LeedsBookClub and BookElfLeeds chat about the world book night books, travelling suitcase library, Arcadia, White Swan, book swapping, buffets, buns and cakes. Giving away I Cap...
23. The Hunger Games Book 1 Released 13 Nov 2011 Where LeedsBookClub and mate J discuss the first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Expect rambily giggily natter. Detailed look at the book (spoilers!) and ...
24. Lucinda Hawksley Interview Released 2 Oct 2011 We chat about writing, travelling, Lizzie Siddal and Charles Dickens!
25. Chris Nickson Interview Released 18 Sep 2011 Chris Nickson - author of the Richard Nottingham Series (The Broken Token, Cold Cruel Winter and the Constant Lovers) chats with us about all kinds of everything!
26. Poddy goes Fourth Released 1 May 2011 Where BOOKELFLEEDS and LEEDSBOOKCLUB discuss the works of Fannie Flagg - starrting with Fried Green Tomatoes, Welcome to the world Baby Girl, Standing in the Rainbow, Can't wait...
27. Poddy the third Released 26 Mar 2011 Let's Get Classical! Where we go Bronte crazy, and Austen mad - discussing The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. And the film/tv adaptati...
28. Podcast the Second Released 12 Feb 2011 Where @BookElfLeeds and @LeedsBookClub discuss Deirdre Purcell's Falling for a Dancer, and the subsequent BBC adaptation.
29. It's getting Dark in here Released 12 Feb 2011 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman The Dark is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Michelle Paver