May 30, 2017
Joining Charles Adrian near West Kensington tube station in London for the 107th Second-Hand Book Factory is hungry actor, producer and writer Kevin Shen. They talk about empathy with uncomfortable protagonists, good deaths of bad guys and the relatable life of an everyday Egyptian family.
Episode image is a detail from...
May 16, 2017
Joining Charles Adrian in the shadow of the Royal Free Hospital in London for the 106th Second-Hand Book Factory is writer, poet and storyteller Clair Whitefield. They talk about longing and love and connection.
Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, published in 2008...
May 2, 2017
For the 105th Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined in Peckham Rye by consultant and project manager James Bottomley. They talk about some classic, visceral, virtuosic poetry, some classic British comic writing and some terrifyingly topical American counterfactual writing.
James is Vera Chok’s flatmate....