The Curiously Specific Book Club
Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright
Every episode we take a book out for a walk into the wild.
We track down the places described and check all times and dates mentioned – ensuring that no great writer ever gets away with simply making things up.
Your presenters are:
Tim Wright (r): digital writer/consultant for web, mobile, radio, TV, theatre. Half of http://XPT.COM. Former Head of Immersive at NFTS. Web here, Twitter here.
Lloyd Shepherd (l): author of 4 novels: The English Monster. The Poisoned Island. Savage Magic. The Detective and the Devil. Also does digital product development. Web here, Twitter here.
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