Neil Denny

Little Atoms

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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.

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Neil Denny

Episodes

Little Atoms 746 - Alex Preston's Winchelsea 09.05.2022 30:57

Neil talks smuggling and rebellion with Alex Preston in his new novel Winchelsea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 745 - Miranda Cowley Heller's The Paper Palace 02.05.2022 31:30

Neil talks to Miranda Cowley Heller about her debut novel The Paper Palace. (Contains some discussion of writing about sexual abuse). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 744 - Louise Welsh's The Second Cut 25.04.2022 27:24

Neil has been waiting for 20 years to talk to Louise Welsh about her latest novel The Second Cut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 743 - Lisa Harding's Bright Burning Things 18.04.2022 26:25

Neil talks to Lisa Harding about her novel Bright Burning Things, which is just out in paperback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Archive - Matthew Baker's Why Visit America 11.04.2022 28:11

Neil will return from holiday eventually, but meanwhile why not listen to another deep cut from the Little Atoms archive, this week Matthew Baker talks about his short shory collection Why Visit America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Archive - Jarett Kobek's Only Americans Burn In Hell 04.04.2022 47:50

Neil is still on holiday so here's another hit from the Little Atoms archive, Jarett Kobek on his novel Only Americans Burn In Hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Archive - Sarah Churchwell's Behold America 28.03.2022 52:34

Neil is on holiday so please enjoy from the Little Atoms archive Sarah Churchwell on her book Behold America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 742 - Laurie Winkless' Sticky 22.03.2022 32:57

Laurie Winkless talks to Neil about all things Sticky (and slippery) in her new book Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 741 - Will Storr's The Status Game 18.03.2022 30:12

Will Storr talks to Neil about his new book The Status Game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 740 - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers' The Love Songs Of W.E.B Du Bois 15.03.2022 33:22

Neil talks to Honorée Fanonne Jeffers' about her epic debut novel The Love Songs Of W.E.B Du Bois. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 739 - Marlon James' Moon Witch Spider King 08.03.2022 28:18

Booker Prize winner Marlon James talks to Neil about the second novel in his fantasy trilogy Moon Witch Spider King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 738 - Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go In The Dark 01.03.2022 28:10

Sequoia Nagamatsu talks to Neil about his billion-year spanning debut novel How High We Go In The Dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 737 - Julie Bindel's Feminism For Women 22.02.2022 28:39

Neil talks to Julie Bindel about how equality is not the same as liberation, in her new book Feminism for Women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 736 - John Banville's April in Spain 15.02.2022 25:24

Neil talks to John Banville about his latest two crime novels April in Spain and Snow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 735 - Georgia Pritchett's My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life 08.02.2022 30:07

Neil talks to award-winning comedy writer Georgia Pritchett about her adventures in anxiety, in her memoir My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 734 - Christine Smallwood's The Life Of The Mind 25.01.2022 32:09

Padraig chats to Harper's and n+1 critic Christine Smallwood about "adjunct lit", therapists, the end of the world, and her debut novel The Life Of The Mind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 733 - Michael Brooks' The Art of More 18.01.2022 29:25

Michael Brooks talks to Neil about how maths underpins the rise of civilisation in his new book The Art of More. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 732 - Helen Oyeyemi's Peaces 11.01.2022 28:17

Helen Oyeyemi talks to Neil about her latest novel Peaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 731 - Kelefa Sanneh's Major Labels 04.01.2022 33:43

The New Yorker's Music critic Kelefa Sanneh talks to Neil about his new book Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 730 - Judy Golding on William Golding 21.12.2021 28:10

On the last Little Atoms of 2021, Judy Golding talks to Neil about her father William Golding, on the republication by Faber of The Inheritors, Pincher Martin and The Spire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 729 - Rebecca Donner's All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days 14.12.2021 36:45

Rebecca Donner talks to Neil about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack and her part in the German Reistance to Hitler, in her new book All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 728 - Tom Chivers' London Clay 07.12.2021 26:34

Tom Chivers joins Neil to talk about walking the historical strata of London and it's hidden rivers, in his new book London Clay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 727 - Nickolas Butler's Godspeed 30.11.2021 20:34

Neil talks to Nickolas Butler about his latest novel Godspeed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 726 - Ruth Ozeki's The Book of Form & Emptiness 23.11.2021 29:37

Neil talks to Ruth Ozeki about her latest novel The Book of Form & Emptiness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Atoms 725 - Qian Julie Wang's Beautiful Country 16.11.2021 34:50

Qian Julie Wang talks to Neil about growing up hungry and afraid in America as an undocumented migrant, in her new memoir Beautiful Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.