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Series 3, Episode 12 ​ For today’s podcast I’m delighted to introduce you all to Mr Lewis Coleman. I’ve known Lewis for quite a long time, though before this recording I hadn’t seen him in a number of years. Lewis is…pretty amazing. He’s an author (as we discuss), a playwright, an actor, he set up a theatre production company in Burnham-on-Sea, he’s a carer for people with autism, he’s travelled extensively, with more travelling planned, and he’s a recovering alcoholic. In an unexpected TBF twist, the interview was largely unscripted, though in expected TBF fashion, technical difficulties (I forgot to press record) meant we had to record parts of it twice. Lewis was kind enough to travel up from Burnham (on sea) for the interview, which I started by asking him to tell me a bit about his book, Drinking the Moon.

Series 3, Episode 11 ​ Another podcast recorded at the Derby Edge Lit event in July earlier this year, welcome to the world of the amazing RJ Barker. RJ is quite special. He's at once the most softly spoken individual in the room, and the loudest. When he was offered a list of the questions we'd be asking him before the interview, so he could prepare, he declined, saying that was cheating.  Join us for a huge Lord of the Rings reveal, namely that of Gollum's first name, and discover Pokemon characters you never knew existed.

Series 3, Episode 10 ​ Recorded at the Derby Edge Lit event in July this year, this podcast features award winning fantasy and science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky. With success in both the Fantasy and Science Fiction field, including the excellent Shadows of the Apt series and the Arthur C. Clarke award winning Children of Time, we obviously asked Adrian to choose between the two. In a ThankBookFor first, we also spoke about entomology.

Series 3, Episode 9 For this podcast we're taking you all the way back to May, and to the MGM London Comic Con at the Excel Arena. Jason was one of a number of authors appearing there, and we were lucky enough to grab 45 minutes with him in his hotel room. I mention his hotel room because in his excellent novel, The Last Days of Jack Sparks, there's a few particularly scary scenes involving one of them! You should read it. Ron Howard did, and now they're turning it into a film.

Series 3, Episode 8 ​ For today's podcast we travelled to the Edge Lit festival in Derby. One of four recorded at the festival, in this episode we chat to the eminently endearing author, audio narrator and Hugo award winning podcaster, Emma Newman. We cover Lord of the Rings (and those sequels), Ray Bradbury, accents, Live Action Roleplay and how to record an orgasm for an audio book. Emma was wonderful company and we honestly could have chatted to her for hours.