Episodes
Friday Dec 12, 2014
Book Of the Month The Humans by Matt Haig
Friday Dec 12, 2014
Friday Dec 12, 2014
Matt Haig`s superb novel `The Humans` is the choice of the BOTM team for December.Presented by writer Jennie Finch with Rob Nichols and Alex Lewczuk
Friday Dec 05, 2014
A Monster Calls - YA Book of the Month
Friday Dec 05, 2014
Friday Dec 05, 2014
Humera Mazhar, Mitchel Wilson & Matthew Taylor join Gill Appleton for the latest edition of `Young Person`s Book of the Month in which the Macmillan College students turn their attention to the award-winning text `A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
Friday Oct 24, 2014
Book Of The Month- The Moth Man
Friday Oct 24, 2014
Friday Oct 24, 2014
October`s Book of the Month is reviewed by guest editor Rob Nichols and Rev Marie Edwards and is the third in the fabulous Alex Hastings series from BOTM`s usual host Jennie Finch
Friday Sep 12, 2014
The Raw Shark Texts
Friday Sep 12, 2014
Friday Sep 12, 2014
September`s Book of the Month hosted by Jennie Finch and Rob Nicholls focusses on a fascinating narrative by award-winning writer Steven Hall
Friday Aug 01, 2014
Book of the Month Summer Special
Friday Aug 01, 2014
Friday Aug 01, 2014
Writer Jennie Finch, Rob Nichols, Gill Appleton, Kayleigh Carr and Alex Lewczuk review a brace of books from North East writer Ian Lennox and compare his 2nd and 4th texts `The Brothers` and `Gentlemen and Players`- both ideal summer reads and with a backdrop of World war 1 particularly poignant.
Friday Jul 04, 2014
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Friday Jul 04, 2014
Friday Jul 04, 2014
The latest Book of the Month hosted by Jennie Finch focusses on a fabulous novel by Matthew Green. With Editor Rob Nichols joining Kayleigh Carr and Alex Lewczuk, the show provides another golden audio nugget of literary criticism.
Friday May 16, 2014
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins- Young Person`s Book of the Month
Friday May 16, 2014
Friday May 16, 2014
Another Young Adult Book of the Month with students Amy McCarthy, Lauren Garvey and Zarafshan Ashfaq from Macmillan Academy and librarian Gill Appleton discussing the contemporary dystopian classic- with readings from Eleasha Rowney and Cayvan Coates.
Friday May 16, 2014
Book of the Month May 2014 `Mr Two Bomb`
Friday May 16, 2014
Friday May 16, 2014
A special bonus surprise accompanies the latest text to be considered by writers Jennie Finch, Robert Nichols and Alex Lewczuk as they consider the extraordinarily powerful and moving WW2 tale `Mr Two Bomb` by William Coles
Friday Apr 25, 2014
Book of the Month for April 2014 -`Neuromancer`
Friday Apr 25, 2014
Friday Apr 25, 2014
Originally suggested by premier literary agent John Jarrold, the BOTM team turn the Jennie Finch forensic spotlight on William Gibson`s classic cyberage continuum - with Alex Lewczuk & Robert Nichols.
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Book Of The Month Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
A bestselling mixture of magic and crime serves as the basis for the latest Book of the Month with Jennie Finch, Alex Lewczuk and Robert Nichols