Apr 17, 2024
Finally, we made it. I was very grateful to once again be joined by Dan Holder, Lydia Rollinson and Graham King to finish off the Harry Potter books. In this last instalment of the series we talk about:
Students becoming more excellent than their teachers, changing your opinion of someone because they can change,...
Feb 17, 2024
Welcome to the first foursome for Really True Fiction! A big thanks to Dan, Lydia and Graham for joining me to chat about the (best?) sixth Harry Potter book. In our conversation we cover such ground as:
Relationships as status vs feeling, the monster in the chest, Ginny's subtle art of not giving a fuck, being blinded...
Jan 14, 2024
Jump on the Hogwart's Express! We are going to back school!
I'm very pleased to be joined by Dan Holder (who joined me on the Master and Commander episode) and Lydia Rollinson to talk about the fifth Harry Potter book. It was a total blast to have two Brits on to talk about a very British, as well as very...
Dec 27, 2023
For this episode of Really True Fiction I am pleased to have Stuart Kaija and Graham King on as guests to discuss the 2013 novel The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (winner of the Pulitzer prize). I had never heard of this book before it being introduced to me for this episode and I thorougly enjoyed it. It is,...
Nov 12, 2023
Welcome back!
In the first new episode in over a year, I was very happy and enlightened with sit down and chat with my friend Dan Holder. When I asked Dan what story he would be most interested in talking about for RTF he quickly replied Master and Commander.
As I learned, Master and Commander is a 20+ book series...