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
May 17, 2021 • 25min
Little Atoms 693 - Philip Hoare's Albert & The Whale
Philip Hoare returns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil about his fascination with Albrecht Dürer, and Dürer's fascination with painting a whale in his new book Albert & The Whale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2021 • 30min
Little Atoms 692 - Helen Scales' The Brilliant Abyss
Helen Scales returns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil about exploring the deep oceans, how creatures survive the great depths, and how human activity threatens even the deepest places in her new book The Brilliant Abyss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 6, 2021 • 32min
Little Atoms 691 - Tom Higham's The World Before Us
Tom Higham talks to Neil about the hunt for the Denisovans, and our other hominid ancestors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021 • 28min
Little Atoms 690 - Claire Fuller's Unsettled Ground
Claire Fuller talks to Neil about her 2021 Women's Prize shortlisted fourth novel Unsettled Ground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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.
