The Lit Path

Boys do not generally grow up believing that men are forged under the reading lamp, but that’s how the journey unfolded for Ioan Marc Jones .The reading lamp, and the rugby pitch. His father (his biggest influence) was Welsh, after all. In this second episode, Ioan explains to Jack Aldane how for years, the need to impress his father made the act reading closer to training on the pitch than someth...

On this first episode of The Lit Path, TV Writer, Producer and Author John Yorke sits down with the podcast’s host and producer Jack Aldane to explain why Gulliver's Travels redefined the point of reading for him, after he initially rejecting classical literature at a young age.  The Lit Path's mission is to engage with the crisis of masculinity head-on by looking to the transformative power...

Introducing The Lit Path This spring, podcast host and producer Jack Aldane will launch The Lit Path , a powerful new literary series dedicated to exploring the novels that have left an enduring mark on men’s lives. Following the success of The Booking Club and My Martin Amis , this latest project makes a timely cultural assertion: that literary fiction can change men’s lives for the better. The L...