Poking Books
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3 books, 2 presenters, 1 author. Can Ellie guess what the mystery author's book is about based on 3 books which influenced their book?
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4d ago
Guest presenter Sylvia is guessing Emma's book and she's detecting some cake and Jason Donovan infused revenge...but will she be right ..read more
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1y ago
It's Christmas but has today's author written a festive delight or something very unChristmassy? Only Ellie can find out in the latest instalment of our mystery author podcast with our guest, Alexandra ..read more
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2y ago
Ellie may not guess what Irenosen's book is about but Irenosen is having too good a time to care. She's dying to help Ellie though. And her book choices are eclectic to say the least. Will Ellie guess? Tune in to find out in the latest episode of the literary guessing game podcast ..read more
Poking Books
2y ago
Today's podcast is a simultaneously hilarious, spacey, relevant and urgent. Max has until 11th March 2020 to fund his book. Search 'hobble' on unbound.com to support the book and make sure you sit back and enjoy the podcast before or after. This episode could very much have been called 'Pet Cemetery' but that name was already sort of taken. Also, things take unexpectantly dark turn as Ellie outlines her post-death wishes. Interesting times ..read more
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2y ago
James is keen on pubs. That's clear from the start. But do pubs have anything to do with what his book is about? Ellie thinks so, but will she guess correctly? Another installment of the literary guessing game podcast...with a twist*! (That may well have been a clue!) In other news, Ellie ponders what her favourite crime is ..read more
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2y ago
Mark has brought another author home to meet Ellie and he's particularly good at keeping her guessing. He has a cat named after a famous Russian playwright and once taught a former Mayor of London's son, but what is Ashley's book about ..read more
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2y ago
Stacey thinks that breakfast is very 'current affairsy' and her books all have a very strong connection - but will Ellie guess what Stacey's book is about based on 3 books which influenced her book? Find out in the latest instalment of the mystery author podcast. POTENTIALLY SPOILERY CONTENT WARNING: Features discussions around sex, the sex industry, infidelity, exploitation and trafficking ..read more
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2y ago
Ivy arrives with plenty of rock n roll energy and then sets a surprisingly serious tone. But will this put guest guesser Corrie off? Will she guest what Ivy's book is about? Find out in another mystery author podcast... Note: This was recorded just before all that pandemic stuff kicked off ..read more
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2y ago
We've all done strange things in our lives...but delivering a vacuum cleaner to the British Embassy in Iraq? That's not something you do every day (I mean, imagine the carbon footprint for a start!) So, is our mystery author Dan's book a heartracing thriller set in Iraq? Chief guesser Ellie doesn't think so... NOTE: This was recorded in January 2020...hence why we're all in the same room ..read more
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2y ago
Sometimes things go wrong. And that's fine. Totally fine. In fact, letting something slip in our mystery author podcast isn't always that much of an issue because a book cannot be defined by one aspect alone... WARNING: this episode contains strong language and a racial slur used in the context of describing racist toys ..read more