In this programme, performance poet Luke Wright talks about his work and the trials of curating the poetry arena at the Latitude Festival, and we have a preview of his new spoken word album We're All In This Together (available now from iTunes and shortly from Nasty Little Press).  Our short story comes from Flick author Abigail Tarttelin, we have poetry from Andrew Goulding, another nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die, and Jamie MacKay brings us his Musings of a Muddled Mind.

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 Please Ask For One' EP, bestselling action thriller writer Matthew Reilly discusses killing off well loved characters and transferring his high-octane books to the screen, we have poetry from Andrew Goulding, and another nomination for our 101 Books To Read Before You Die from Writer and Historian Tracy Borman. **SPOILER ALERT: The interview with...

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 this month's Reading Room Book Group where we'll be talking about Stewart Lee's The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One' EP.

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 last year and Gill Hart gives us a sneak peek at some of the titles to look forward to in 2012 (scroll down for more on this...). Our atmospheric short story comes from Richard Barter, and we have poetry from Elaine Kazimierczuk and John Welsh and another addition to our 101 Books To Read Before You Die. To listen to the podcast, click the player...

On ROOM 17 the Reading Room Book Group review Haruki Marakami's epic international bestseller 1Q84: Books 1 & 2 – is the world about to change?  We also talk to poet Hannah Jane Walker about what it means to say “sorry”, we have poetry from Paul Eteng, and film critic Mark Kermode gives us his nomination for 101 Books To Read Before You Die. To listen to the podcast, click the player below or subscribe to us using the links on the right...

On December's show The Reading Room Book Group will be reviewing 1Q84: Books 1 and 2 - the blockbuster international bestseller from Haruki Murakami.  Don't forget to tune in at 10am on Sunday 4th December on Sirenonline.co.uk. The podcast version will be available from Tuesday 6th December. In the meantime, here's a quick video preview... click below or go to our YouTube channel.

On our second programme for November we speak to performance poet, comedian and musician John Hegley, historian Tracy Borman talks about her new book on William the Conquerer's wife, Matilda: Queen of the Conquerer, we have poetry from Elaine Kazimierczuk, writer and comedian Tony Hawks gives us his nomination for 101 Books to Read Before You Die, and Jamie Mackay brings us his Musings of a Muddled Mind. To listen online click on the player below or use the links to the right to...

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 since becoming Poet Laureate. We also talk to travel writer Peter Kerr (Snowball Oranges) about his move towards writing fiction, our Remembrance-Sunday themed short story comes from Jim Gotts, and actress and author Abigail Tarttelin (Flick) gives us her nomination for 101 Books To Read Before You Die. To listen online click on the player below or...

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 Tony Hawks tells us about the trials of turning his bestseller Round Ireland with a Fridge into a film, Science Fantasy author Marie Harbon talks about her book Seven Point Eight, our short story comes from Louis Malloy, and The Reading Room Book Group review Flick by Abigail Tarttelin. All this, plus more Musings of a Muddled Mind with Jamie McKay and...

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 Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. Will Hollywood ruin one of our favourite books - or bring a whole new audience to it? We’ll also be talking to actress and writer Abigail Tarttelin about her first novel Flick, Claire Kinton returns with the first chapter of her book Dead Game, we find out how thebookpond.com helps students swap academic books, and our tea...

On August's podcast we talk to historical fiction author Karen Maitland about how and where she finds her inspiration, poet John Welsh tells us about his third book Manic Reflections and how being bipolar affects his creativity, author Claire Kinton talks about the writing process of her first novel Dead Game which was inspired by the death of her cousin whilst serving in Iraq, our Tea Break Story comes from Joe Evans, and the Reading Room Book Group discusses The Time Traveler's Wife by...

On June's programme, The Reading Room Book Group review Margrave Of The Marshes, the autobiography of much missed radio legend John Peel, written shortly before his death in 2004 and completed by his wife Sheila.  We also talk to author Henry Hemming about his book In Search of the English Eccentric, Lincolnshire's new Poet Laureate Joel Stickley performs his first specially commissioned poem "Theddlethorpe", we hear from New Writers UK, further nominations for our 101 Books To Read Before...

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 Greaves Theatre on 15th May.  This part includes a specially written piece on The Former Poet Laureate from our very own Paul Tyler, plus: Ann Featherstone Paul Eteng Louis Malloy Brian Rance Gareth Calway And more music from singer/songwriter Viv Murrell Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to our feed...

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 Lincoln Book Festival. The line-up for his half includes... Jayne Stanton Georgia Twynham Fiona Linday Viv Murrell Paul Eteng Eireann Lorsung Ben Atkinson Richard Barter CLICK ON THE PLAYER BELOW TO LISTEN ONLINE... The second half of the show, featuring Ann Featherstone, Paul Eteng, Louis Malloy, Viv...

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 expect at this year's Lincoln Book Festival, there's poetry from Lisa Denholm, and the Reading Room Book Group review Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. Also, young author Ben Atkinson talks about his book Walking On Cinders, and our tea break story comes from Richard Barter. To listen to the podcast, click on the player below, or subscribe using the links on...

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 premiere just for us!). We also hear from our Australian namesakes thereadingroom.com who tell us all about their book-based social network, the Reading Room Book Group discuss A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka and our poignant short story this month comes from Louis Malloy and is set in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake of...

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. We also speak to Ugandan poet Grace Atuhaire, Joe Evans provides our Tea Break Story and talks about his writing, we have further nominations for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die, and the Reading Room Book Group will be reviewing Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to...

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 picked the first three books for the list which will continue to grow each month. We also have an interview and fantastic short story from Sarah Ann Juckes, poetry from Paul Eteng and ex-football club chairman Rob Bradley talks about his new book of short stories Taboos, Troubles and Trusts. All that, plus a look at what books we got for Christmas, news...

On December’s programme best selling author Simon Scarrow talks about his popular Eagle series of books, local author G L Twynham tells us about The Thirteenth series and reads from the first chapter of The Thirteenth, we have an interview and short story from Louis Malloy, and The Reading Room Book Group review Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy.  Click on the player below to listen online, or subscribe to our Podcast using the links on the right. Click here to buy Nights of Rain...

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 the hit TV series The Wire. A packed programme also includes an interview and story from writer Richard Barter, poetry from Katherine Sankey, the final part of our series of interviews with romantic fiction author Sue Moorcroft and a brief chat with former Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton. Remember - if you have any comments on the show, or if...

October's programme includes poetry from Katherine Sankey, Fiona Linday talks about and reads from her book Get Over It which is aimed at adults dealing with bereavement, The Reading Room Book Group discuss The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, and we have more from Sue Moorcroft on the art of writing romantic fiction. Remember - if you have any comments on the show, or if you'd like to take part, email us at [email protected] Click here to buy The Jane Austen...