Brave New Words Podcast

Ed and Ross discuss Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay, and the Gumazing Gum Girl by Rhode Montijo. We look at forthcoming releases and interview Nicholas Eames about his book, Kings of the Wyld. (Originally broadcast on Fab Radio International 26 March 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed and Ross discuss Titus Chalk's book, Generation Decks, a book about card gaming and business. (Originally broadcast on Fab Radio International 19 March 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Producer Al, Ed, Ross and Del discuss Box Brown's book Tetris, and are amazed as everything slots into place and then vanishes. (Originally broadcast on Fab Radio International 12 March 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Si, Producer Al, Ed, Ross and Del judge more books by their cover. (Originally Broadcast on Fab Radio International February 26th) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Si, Producer Al, Ed, Ross and Del take on the history of 2000AD with Thrillpower Overload and tackle The Legion of Regrettable Super Villains by Jon Morris. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Si, Producer Al, Ed, Ross and Del talk about Jen Williams latest novel, Ninth Rain, before moving on to a chat about the stage version of Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters. (Originally Broadcast on Fab Radio International February 19th) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ninfa, Ed, Ross and Del take on Ransom Riggs novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and discuss Weaveworld, Unknown Armies and other things along the way. The interview is Darrell Pitt who tells us all about A Toaster on Mars, his new novel. (Broadcast on Fab Radio International 12th February 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ninfa, Ed, Ross and Del discuss The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan and get distracted by old terminology for space rockets and the idea of Santa as a demi-god. The interview is the charming Judd Winnick, who talks about his series, HILO (Broadcast on Fab Radio International 5th February 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Del discuss Genevieve Cogman's The Burning Page. Ninfa warps in from beyond the Brave New Words library to add extra chaos. The interview is JC Norman, who discusses his ongoing work. (Broadcast on Fab Radio International 29th January 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Del talk about Tim Dedopulos's Middle Earth Puzzle's collection and JRR Tolkien's seminal work on fantasy languages, A Secret Vice. Along the way they discuss fictional languages and brain teasers. The interview is with Neil Gaiman, and covers both Good Omens and American Gods. (Broadcast on Fab Radio International 22nd January 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Special guests Stephen Volk, Gav Thorpe and Paul Kane join Ed Fortune, Producer AL, Del and Ross to discuss the world of genre books and look ahead to 2017. Recorded live in front of an audience of Sledge Lit 2, the UK's Christmas Party/ one-day book event for genre book fans, publishers and writers. (Broadcast on Fab Radio International 15th January 2017) All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

A new season begins with Ed, Del and Ross taking a look at the Folio Society's rather lovely edition of Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. The interview is Nik Vincent-Abnett, and we talk about her book, Savant. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Del dive into a big box of new releases and judge a book by their cover. Includes works by Alex White, Sarah Pinborough and Ursula Le Guin, amongst many others. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Del review Ben Aaronvitch’s Hanging Tree, the latest Peter Grant book. We also do a lot of book news, and the interview is Every Mountain Made Low author, Alex White. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Si Lloyd talk about Judd Winick's book Hilo and compare it to his earlier indie book, Barry Ween. The team then talk about all things comic books, and the Commando series of comics. The interview is military sci-fi legend, William Dietz. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Si Lloyd talk space opera books. Starting with Aaron Dembski-Bowden's First Heretic, we swiftly move on to Star Wars Bloodline by Claudia Gray, followed by the Doctor Who epic anthology, Seasons of War. Not to be left out, we also discuss the Complete Guardians of The Galaxy collection (volume one). Finally, we call Star Trek novelist Dayton Ward to round it all off. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Producer Al talk about Nicola Abnett's début novel Savant and Dan Abnett's older novel Xenos. We also talk about recent book news and look at a map. The interview is Ken Liu, and we talk about his translation and fantasy novel work. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Ross and Producer Al take on Helen Keen's The Science of a Game of Thrones, talk about calendars in sci-fi worlds and discuss 2000AD's issue 2000. The interview is Shaun Russell from CandyJar Books. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed and Ross take on Emma Newman's latest After Atlas. We also talk about the Red Dwarf novels, D&D, Star Trek and other less happy worlds. The interview is A Head Full of Ghosts author, Paul Tremblay. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

Ed, Producer Al and Del take a look Gaie Sebold's Sparrow Falling and then end up talking about naughty schools of all different types. We also interview Peter F Hamilton about his new book, A Night Without Stars. The team opens the book box, and quickly discuss The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bown, The Throne of Glass Colouring Book, Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora, Brandon Sanderson’s The Final Empire and Tom Lloyd’s The Stormcaller, and of course the Hayne's Manual for the Millennium Falcon. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.