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Bert's Books


    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from The Bert's Books Podcast

    My Cheesy Lasagne Brings All the Men to the Yard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 32:57


    Featuring Atmosphere and Instructions for Heartbreak

    Off to Harrogate with Freddie & James

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 42:10


    Featuring Never Flinch & Scuttler's Cove

    A Box Full of Methodists

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 53:19


    Featuring a Box Full of Murders and American Dirt

    Just Buy Some Books

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 32:10


    Featuring The Lamplighters & Some Body Like Me

    Michael May Sound Like a Chipmunk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 35:57


    Featuring The Names by Florence Knapp and You'd Look Better as A Ghost by Joanna Wallace

    Bert's Borders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 36:33


    Featuring A History of the World in 47 Borders and The Sunshine Man

    Not Everybody Puts Her in Hotpants

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 42:53


    Featuring The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre and The Fake Out by Stephanie Archer

    Gerroff My Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 35:04


    Featuring reviews of The Eights and Broken Country

    Have I Told You About My Stapler?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 36:06


    Featuring The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue and My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

    Earl Sausage and Lady Lush

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 38:30


    Featuring reviews of Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead and Miss Benson's Beetle

    The Strange Case of Hitler's Right Testicle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 39:56


    Featuring reviews of Vital Organs and The Profiler

    It was Margaret Atwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 39:38


    Featuring This Motherless Land by Nikki May and Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

    A Podcast in Four Acts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 34:10


    Featuring Reviews of Frozen People and A Trial in Three Acts

    Tell Me About It... Sally

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 43:25


    Featuring reviews of Violet Hour and Swindon Mountain

    "...and that's what I told the Bishop."

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 38:58


    Featuring reviews of More Than This and I Will Never Leave You

    i will never leave you
    Sometimes Zebras Eat Watermelons

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 44:14


    Featuring reviews of Making a Killing and Famous Last Words.

    I'll Show You a Big One

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 62:26


    Special Guest Host Adele Parks - featuring reviews of This is Not a Pity Memoir and The Last Dance

    Bert, Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 33:27


    The Boy from the Sea The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

    Chips & Champagne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 37:50


    Featuring "Nesting" And "Beautiful Ugly"

    Linguistic Gymnastics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 41:34


    Featuring reviews of The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis and Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle

    I Can't Believe It IS Butter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 34:36


    In this episode: -Butter -The Favourites

    Hula Hoop Anyone?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 40:41


    Featuring -Mother for Dinner -Rainbow Milk

    The End of Year Special Part 2 (AKA We're Busy, Have This)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 61:04


    Featuring: The Honeys by Ryan Lasala The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley The Chamber by Will Dean One Love by Matt Cain

    End of Year Special Part 1 (AKA, We're Busy, Have This)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 50:48


    Featuring: A Gentleman in Moscow You Are Here The Cautious Traveler's Guide to the Wastelands The Midnight Feast Strange Sally Diamond

    Our Favourite Books of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 36:15


    Sally, Michael and Bert talk about their favourite books of the year.

    We Interrupt this podcast...

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 41:29


    Featuring: Snowed In With You by Heidi Stephens The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

    Bookish Chat with Katherine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 63:58


    Bert is joined by a new friend Katherine who is talking about Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Meanwhile Bert reviews Glorious Exploits

    Funny and Frivolous

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 42:10


    Bert is talking about Death on the Lusitania and Sally's been reading Eat, Slay, Love

    The Longest Intro in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 41:05


    Featuring Prophet Song and Devil's Breath

    Swipe Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 35:34


    Featuring the Husbands by Holly Gramazio and Slow Horses by Mick Herron

    Under the Spermafrost

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 42:57


    This week - The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks and Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi

    Pies Up Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 41:22


    Featuring By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Werewoolf?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 40:26


    Featuring: Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorello Orbital by Samantha Harvey

    What's Your Favourite Pie?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 37:34


    Featuring The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer Frankie by Graham Norton

    Not Via the Blowhole

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 27:05


    In this episode: William by Mason Coile Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

    Guilty Feet Have Got No Rhythm

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 33:52


    Featuring: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August Friends of Dorothy by Sandi Toksvig

    SKOOB STREB, SKOOB STREB

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 33:52


    Michael's talking about The Shining by Stephen King while Bert's talking about D is for Death by Harriet Townson

    Not Now Margaret

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 31:04


    Featuring The Memo and What A Way To Go

    The Bert's Books Guide to Verbing the Noun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 47:43


    Bert is joined by author Louie Stowell to talk about the latest Loki novel while Sally drops in to talk about We Solve Murders by Richard Osman. How to get your hands on the Loki preorder print:https://lokibooks.com/pre-order/ How to book the Loki superfan event on Sat 14th Sept in Kensington:https://www.waterstones.com/events/louie-stowell-loki-superfan-event/london-kensington Find out more about Louie's Events:https://booklink.walker.co.uk/loki-events/

    You're Never Too Old For Leopard Print

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 43:21


    This week's books include Ootlin & Murder in Constantinople PLUS - the all important bestseller charts!

    In the Absence of Cox

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 32:08


    Michael's back from his holiday and talking about Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle, while Bert's giving a sneak preview of The Examiner by Janice Hallett!

    It's A Big One!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 38:26


    Bert is Guilty by Definition on this week's podcast, while Sally is exploring All The Colours of the Dark

    Methodist Minister Starts Holy War

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 32:00


    In this episode, Bert reviews The Medici Heist and Michael talks about Animal Farm

    I'm On Holiday, You Come Up With A Title

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 35:11


    Coleslaw?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 33:50


    Michael's back, and he's been reading Andrew Hunter Murray's latest - A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering Bert's been giving Freakslaw by Jane Flett a go!

    The Bertrand Books Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 55:47


    Guerilla Marketing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 42:12


    Sally is talking about Hope by Niall Harbison and Bert's been reading Anyone's Ghost

    The Joy of Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 58:38


    Bert is joined by newbie Matt to discuss the Whalebone Theatre, and then talks to Michael about The Husbands!

    Short Story Sal - Or is it Michael?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 48:28


    Sally's been reading a shedload of short stories this week - while Bert is telling Michael all about The Betrayal of Thomas True... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bertsbooks/message

    There's No Such Thing as Genre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 38:09


    Bert is talking about The Curtain Twitcher's Book of Murder and Michael's been reading The Space Between Us --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bertsbooks/message

    Celia's Ceiling Tiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 43:05


    Sally is talking about Long Island by Colm Toibin and Bert is looking at peaches in a completely different way with Call Me By Your Name --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bertsbooks/message

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