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The Reading Room is a monthly show dedicated to books and creative writing. Each month we present extended interviews with authors and original short stories.

Another new episode from our sister programme SPOILER - to subscribe to SPOILER, please go to www.spoilerpodcast.co.uk This week, against Pa...

“There should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives” This week the Spoiler team ar...

“If love be rough with you, be rough with love” Three reviewers, alike in temperament (if not always in opinion), sit down this week to talk...

“Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices” This week we’re watching Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopian thriller ‘Children of Men’...

“I don’t work for you. I work for the building” This week we’re watching Ben Wheatley’s film adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s supposedly "unfilm...

“Just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does” This week we’re reading Douglas Adams’ cult sci-fi comedy novel ‘Th...

"When I was small, I only knew small things" This week we're watching and reading "Room" by Emma Donoghue as we take a look at both the orig...

“Going outside is highly overrated” This week in our new show SPOILER, we're reading Ernest Kline's "nerdgasm" of a book, Ready Player One....

"She turned to him and pulled her lips into what he knew must be a smile" This week, in another chance to catch up with our new show SPOILER...

“While there was breath in my body, she would never lack sufficient AA batteries.” Another opportunity to try out our new podcast "Spoiler",...

Hello again! It's been a few years now since The Reading Room ended, but now we're back with a brand new show called SPO!LER, which reviews...

This month, The Reading Room Book Group reconvenes to review young adult sci-fi novel The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore . Paul Tyler and reg...

In another of our special extended monologues, this month The Reading Room presents The Barraclough Newsletters.... Bunny Barraclough is a r...

On this programme we present a specially produced story by writer and performer Gareth Calway . A terrified grave robber comes across the se...

On this month's programme, the final Reading Room Book Group (for now at least) reviews The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyc...

In the second part of our special LIVE show recorded at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre we talk to Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge and Car...

In the first part of our live special recorded at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre , we have poetry from John Osborne and Andrew Goulding,...

Well, it's all over now - after months of planning, The Reading Room LIVE featuring Robert Llewellyn took place on Saturday 12th May at the...

On this programme we talk to ex-Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine frontman Jim Bob about his new novel Driving Jarvis Ham , then The Readin...

In this short video, Paul reminisces about the bands that defined his youth and wonders whether one of his musical heroes - Carter The Unsto...

On this programme we talk to crime author Elly Griffiths about her popular Ruth Galloway series, we have a short story from John Baird and f...

On this programme, The Reading Room Book Group review the latest novel from Secret Diary of Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend, The Woman who W...

In this short video podcast, Reading Room host Paul Tyler toasts our success in the European Podcast Awards and looks ahead to our next prog...

On this programme we talk to Radio Head author John Osborne about poetry and his new one man show John Peel's Shed, Niki Valentine ( The Hau...

This month The Reading Room Book Group discuss Pantheon by Sam Bourne , Booker prize nominated author Jon McGregor talks about his new colle...

In this programme, performance poet Luke Wright talks about his work and the trials of curating the poetry arena at the Latitude Festival, a...

This month, The Reading Room Book Group take a look at stand-up comedian Stewart Lee's new mini-book, The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian P...

In this short video podcast, Paul takes to the stage of the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre to try out his stand-up skills and look ahead to...

On ROOM 18 we talk to author Niki Valentine about her psychological horror The Haunted , we look back to some of our favourite books of the...

On ROOM 17 the Reading Room Book Group review Haruki Marakami's epic international bestseller 1Q84: Books 1 & 2 – is the world about to chan...

On December's show The Reading Room Book Group will be reviewing 1Q84: Books 1 and 2 - the blockbuster international bestseller from Haruki...

On our second programme for November we speak to performance poet, comedian and musician John Hegley , historian Tracy Borman talks about he...

On the first of our new twice-monthly podcasts The Reading Room Book Group discuss The Bees , Carole Ann Duffy's first collection of poetry...

This month we talk to BBC film critic Mark Kermode about his latest book The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex , comedian, musician and writer...

This month the Reading Room Book Group take an outing to the cinema to watch the film adaptation of One Day by David Nicholls, starring Anne...

On August's podcast we talk to historical fiction author Karen Maitland about how and where she finds her inspiration, poet John Welsh tells...

On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes , the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, w...

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of The Reading Room LIVE - now here's the second half of our special live show transmitted from the Bishop Greave...

Welcome to the first half of our special show broadcast LIVE from the Bishop Greaves Theatre in Lincoln on Sunday 15th May as part of the Li...

This month on the Reading Room we talk to comedian Richard Herring about his book How Not to Grow Up , John Grubb fills us in on what to exp...

On this month's edition of The Reading Room we talk to Irish poet Brendan Cleary who also performs two of his poems (including a world premi...

On March's programme we tell you all about what we got up to on World Book Night when we gave away 48 copies of One Day by David Nicholls. W...

On February's programme we launch our brand new feature 101 Books to Read Before You Die - Paul, Jonny and Joanne from thebookpond.com have...

Something a bit different for our last show of the year - it's The Reading Room Christmas Special! No Book Group this month - instead we hav...

On December’s programme best selling author Simon Scarrow talks about his popular Eagle series of books, local author G L Twynham tells us a...

In November's programme, the Reading Room Book Group review Black Swan Green by David Mitchell and we take a look at the books that inspired...

We were lucky enough to grab an interview with ex-Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton before a recent gig in Sheffield to promote his secon...

October's programme includes poetry from Katherine Sankey, Fiona Linday talks about and reads from her book Get Over It which is aimed at ad...

September's programme includes award-winning documentary maker Sam Pidoux talking about historical fiction, Dave Wood discusses Poetry, The...

Here's the podcast of our second programme for your listening pleasure. This month, our producer Jonny Haw looks at eBooks, we have another...