Dinosaurs Didn't Read

Join us as we speak live to Oliver Harris as part of the Read Regional 20/21 program. Oliver Harris was born in north London in 1978. He has a degree in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from UCL, and an MA in creative writing from UEA. He has worked in clothing warehouses, PR companies and as a TV and film extra. More recently he assisted with research in the Imperial War Museum archives, and continues to act as a reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement. Oli completed a PhD on antiquity in the work of Jacques Lacan at Birkbeck’s London Consortium, and has presented papers on obscenity at the Hayward and on conspiracy theories at Ghent’s Vooruit Arts Centre. He loves travelling, especially in cold places. He has written three novels featuring London detective Nick Belsey: The Hollow Man, Deep Shelter and The House of Fame, and one featuring intelligence officer, Elliot Kane.

Join us for Christmas..... In February a fun festive episode, where our special guests review their favourite books they have read in the last year and Ian brings a great quiz. Guests include; Martine Bailey, Michael Jecks, Sarah Mears, Clare Nasir, Hilary Robinson, and Ian Anstice.

Dinosaurs Didn't Read returns! As we catch up with Sarah, David and David, we find out who's completed the reading challenge, who needs to try harder and David makes a huge confession. 

The Dinosaurs Didn't Read Team are joined by the remarkable Lesley Pearse as part of Libraries Connected Libraries From Home Live tour. Lesley is a British novelist, with global sales of over 10 million copies. David, David and Sarah speak to Lesley about her new book Liar, her love of books, becoming an author, Boob Tubes, Gin and Cork Floors! You don't want to miss this!

We caught up with the wonderful Simon Savidge from Librarys Connected around 8/9 weeks ago and somehow we misplaced this recording! Sit back and buckle yourself in as you won't want to miss this. Simon has a great YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/SavidgeReads/videos?app=desktop make sure you check it out!

David, David and Sarah caught up with Hilary Robinson. Hilary is an incredible author, producer and podcaster. Hilary has written a wide range of children's books (https://www.hilaryrobinson.co.uk/books/) for many publishers including Hodder Children's Books, Franklin Watts, Scholastic, Little Tiger Press, Wayland,  BBC Worldwide, Evans Brothers and Readzone. For more information on Hilary go to https://www.hilaryrobinson.co.uk

The Dinosaurs Didn't Read Team were joined by the brilliant Clare Nasir. Clare is a meteorologist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology) , author, and TV presenter. Clare spoke about her love of books, love of the weather, journey into TV and her brilliant children's books as well as What Does Rain Smell Like, her book with Simon King.

The Dinosaurs Didn't Read team got together remotely for our first Isolation Special, with the wonderful Catherine Isaac. Catherine previously wrote under the name Jane Costello before changing name to Catherine Isaac. Catherine talks to us about her journey to writing, changing names, the success of You, Me Everything and her latest release Messy Wonderful Us.

We spoke to the amazing Anika Scott about her debut novel Finding Clara. We catch up about online content during social distancing and recommend some books to read at the end. For more information about Anika Scott or Finding Clara visit www.anikascott.com

David, David and Sarah chat ups on their reading for 2020, talk World Book Day and Re-Reading

Dinosaurs Didn't Read do a Harry Potter Book Night Special, speaking to incredible Harry Potter Fans: Gemma Jaleel from the Liverpool Echo, Demi Schwartz from the Rowling Library and @hpotterquotes and the brilliant Ian Anstice returns and takes over the pod!

David, David and Sarah host the Dinosaurs Didn't Read Christmas Party, the guide to getting into the Christmas spirit, including name that Christmas tune and a book quiz

David, David  and Sarah talk about the top books Brits claim to have read but actually haven't. David confesses to a huge mistake, Sarah recommends that children should rule the world, & David joins the ATP Tennis Masters, & begins his own book podcast.

Some how, some way, we managed to speak to the incredible David Nicholls. David is an incredible author and screenwriter, his work includes: Starters For Ten, One Day, US and the brand new book -Sweet Sorrow.

The Dinosaurs Didn't Read Team review Matt Cain's- The Madonna of Bolton, Jia Tolentino - Trick Mirror, And An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge along with recommending new books, talking about Libraries Week, the Borrow Box Book Club and Books to Films

David, David and Sarah look at books to read over the summer. Recommending Sweet Sorrow- David Nicholls, The Carer- Deborah Moggach, A Nearly Normal Family- M.T. Edvardsson, Dark Sacred Night- Michael Connelly and others.

This month on Dinosaurs Didn't Read, we speak to the brilliant Michael Jecks about: his journey from computer sales to writing the Longest Crime Series by a Living Author, his new book 'The Dead Don't Wait', Fake News and upcoming book recommendations.

David, David and Sarah are joined by the brilliant Ian Anstice from Public Libraries News, Time To Read and Cheshire West Libraries. Ian confesses to not returning a butterfly book, using his downstairs loo as a trophy room, the future of libaries and recommends Damian Le Bas' book The Stopping Places.

A special edition of Oh Yeah Books. David, David and Sarah recommend new books for May 2019, including: Neon Pray- John Sandford, The Whisper Man- Alex North, Cari Mora- Thomas Harris, Big Sky- Kate Atkinson, Secret Service- Tom Bradby, and share some recommendations of books they are currently reading.

David, David and Sarah are joined by the wonderful Martine Bailey, as she speaks about her new book the Almanack. We find out who is the quickest reader after doing this test: https://www.lenstore.co.uk/vc/a-novel-approach/#/ and Sarah tells us about her awful first day at Bury.

The very first episode of Dinosaurs Didn't Read! David, David and Sarah discuss how they first got into reading, preview new books for March 19, fail at a quiz and Sarah and David share how they began in Libraries.