About this episode

In this episode, Stephen Thompson discusses various books and their authors while featuring music by Kevin MacLeod.

Music – Strength Of The Titans by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5744-strength-of-the-titans License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ BOOKS MATTER My reading: Worm in the bud by Sally Bayley What was Lost by Catherine o’Flynn the mighty Red by Louise Erdrich A FAVOURITE OF THE GODS by sybille bedford   My short stories in the Writing Salon anthologies can be bought here: https://amzn.eu/d/bNPEx1i https://amzn.eu/d/bedKEaG

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Thompson

Topics covered

• music
• books
• literature
• storytelling
• reading

Keywords

• music
• books
• literature
• Sally Bayley
• Catherine o’Flynn
• Louise Erdrich
• sybille bedford
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Writing Salon

Books & works: Worm in the bud, What was Lost, the mighty Red, A FAVOURITE OF THE GODS

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