Little Atoms
Neil Denny
Little Atoms is a weekly show about books, with authors in conversation. Produced and presented by Neil Denny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 26, 2021 • 35min
Little Atoms 689 - Cat Jarman's River Kings
Dr Cat Jarman talks to Neil about how an Indian Carnelian bead ends up in a Viking grave in Derbyshire, in her new history of the Vikings, River Kings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2021 • 29min
Little Atoms 688 - Una Mannion's A Crooked Tree
Una Mannion talks to Neil about her debut novel A Crooked Tree. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 19, 2021 • 30min
Little Atoms 687 - Chris Power's A Lonely Man
Chris Power talks to Neil about Russian oligarchs, paranoia and the ethics of using real life in fiction, in his debut novel A Lonely Man. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2021 • 27min
Little Atoms 686 - Sarah Leipciger's Coming Up For Air
Born and raised in Canada, Sarah Leipciger lives in London with her three children, and teaches creative writing to prisoners. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the Asham Award, the Fish Prize and the Bridport Prize. Her first novel, the critically acclaimed The Mountain Can Wait, was published in 2015. Coming Up For Air is her second novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 12, 2021 • 31min
Little Atoms 685 - Gavin Francis's Intensive Care
Little Atoms' favourite GP Gavin Francis returns to talk about his new book Intensive Care, which details his experiences of Covid 19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 8, 2021 • 27min
Little Atoms 684 - Bob Stanley and Tessa Norton's Excavate!
Tessa Norton and Bob Stanley talk to Neil about their new book Excavate! The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 5, 2021 • 32min
Little Atoms 683 - Sam Byers' Come Join Our Disease
Sam Byers is the author of Idiopathy (2013) and Perfidious Albion (2018). He talks to Neil about ideas of freedom, wellness and degradation in his new novel Come Join Our Disease. NB: For some reason Neil's end sounds like he was recorded at the bottom of a well, but Sam sounds fine and that's the main thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 1, 2021 • 35min
Little Atoms 682 - Melanie Challenger's How To Be Animal
Melanie Challenger talks to Neil about her new book How To Be Animal, which combines popular science, history and moral philosophy in a wide-ranging and radical new take on the human story and what it means for us today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 29, 2021 • 31min
Little Atoms 681 - Jess Walter's The Cold Millions
Jess Walter talks to Neil about his new novel The Cold Millions, which features union organising, riots and the suppression of protest. Set in Spokane in 1909, but seemingly ripped out of today's headlines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 26, 2021 • 27min
Little Atoms 680 - Courttia Newland's A River Called Time
Courttia Newland is the author of The Scholar, Snakeskin and The Gospel According to Cane. He co-edited The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain, and his short stories have featured in various anthologies. He talks to Neil about working with Steve McQueen on Little Axe, and about taking 20 years to write his multiverse spanning, world decolonising novel A River Called Time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
