Geoff Armstrong: My Favourite Rugby League Books - Special PRL Book Club Edition

About this episode

Geoff Armstrong discusses his favorite Rugby League books and insights into sports publishing.

Australian sports publishing heavyweight, Geoff Armstrong, joins this very special PRL Book Club to share tales from his favourite all-time Rugby League books. As author, publisher, editor and more, Geoff has shepherded book releases that together have sold in the millions. So who better to ask about books from Rugby League's storied history that simply cannot be ignored. As most of our PRL Book Clubs have had an international bent, we've asked Geoff to focus on Australian Rugby League books. But never fear, British fans, Geoff also finds time to shout out a few of his UK faves - that's just the kind of guy he is. In and around talk of these immense tomes, we also chat about the tricks of the sports-writing trade, the trajectory of sports publishing and the Rugby League stories we want to read in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Geoff Armstrong

Topics covered

• Rugby League books
• sports publishing
• Australian Rugby League
• sports-writing trade
• book recommendations

Keywords

• Rugby League
• books
• sports publishing
• Geoff Armstrong
• Australian Rugby League

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PRL Book Club, Acast

Books & works: Rugby League, Australian Rugby League, UK

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