Rereading ‘About A Mountain’ by John D’Agata for the ‘A Library of Lazy Thinking’ podcast. I’ll be talking about this book and more with the excellent Glenn Fisher.

I went on the Library of Lazy Thinking podcast to talk with Glenn Fisher about ‘Aurélia’ by Gerard De Nerval, the visionary tradition in literature, limit experience, and the otherworldly beauty of Natalie Imbruglia lazythinking.substack.com/p/rob-doyle-on…

What’s that BBC Radio 4… you have a new booky gap in your literary programming? Fear not!

Ace new episode chatting with the brilliant Jen Calleja (Jen Calleja) about Bear by Marian Engel (published by @DauntBooksPub). You can and should enjoy it here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/jen-calleja-… 📚🎧⭐️

Where would you hide all of America’s nuclear waste? That’s one of the questions at the heart of About A Mountain by John D’Agata, which I discuss with my brilliant guest susannacrossman in the latest episode of The Library of Lazy Thinking: lazythinking.substack.com/p/susanna-cros… 📚🎧⭐️

Snook some Vonnegut in between reading for the podcast. A strange one this, which I didn’t totally get on with. Thoughts up on the library here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/method-madne… 📚⭐️

A new episode with the splendid @LukeTurnerEsq discussing The Slaves of Solitude is now live on Substack, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. It’s a great chat that considers how much WW2 still influences Britain’s cultural psyche today. Have a listen here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/luke-turner-… 📚📚⭐️

I wrote about Lint by Steve Aylett as it remains both one of the funniest books I’ve read and one of the most obscure. If you like Vonnegut, nonsense humour, and unexpected juxtaposition… get this crazy novel inside you: lazythinking.substack.com/p/pummelled-by…

My chat with the wonderful Catherine Taylor is now live on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. We talk about The Quest for Christa T by Christa Wolf and it makes for a fascinating and thoughtful listen. Enjoy it here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/catherine-ta… 📚🎧⭐️

I think Diego Garcia (published by Fitzcarraldo Editions) is a great book but doesn’t seem to get talked about as much as it should. I wrote about it to kick off my 2025 book rambles: lazythinking.substack.com/p/turns-out-tw…

I loved this chat with the brilliant & inspiring David Keenan (David Keenan) about Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac. I’m pretty sure listening to it will not only brighten your day but fill you with a new desire for life. Big claims. But have a go: lazythinking.substack.com/p/david-keenan… 📚🎧

I wrote about how Martin McDonagh goes “Full Beckett” in the screenplay for The Banshees of Inisherin and why you should read more drama. Have a gander, you wonderful X-loitering goose: lazythinking.substack.com/p/a-girl-drags… 📚⭐️

Despite being made to imagine George W. Bush in bed, I thoroughly enjoyed reading American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld and my excellent chat about it with the great Hattie Crisell. Listen here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/hattie-crise… 📚🎧⭐️

A gig. A literary gig! Here in Sheffield. Feat. readings from brilliant people in the form of David Keenan, Helen Mort, & Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family. And live music. And books. It’s going to be special. Tickets are limited so grab one here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/live 📚🎤⭐️

In the latest episode of the podcast, I spoke to the excellent Keiran Goddard about Change by Édouard Louis. I makes for a fascinating conversation and it’s live now. You can find links to listen here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/keiran-godda… 📚🎧⭐️

A strange book that I can’t quite figure out my feelings about. And thus I share my random, slightly disjointed thoughts on it over in the library. They might intrigue you to read it, they might not. Find out here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/mountains-mo…

Enjoyed reading this graphic novel by Ken Krimstein about Albert Einstein in Prague in 1911/12. My thoughts on it by way of my own strange encounter are here for your reading pleasure: lazythinking.substack.com/p/mickey-rourk… 📚✏️⭐️

It was a pleasure talking to the brilliant Sophie Mackintosh for the latest episode of the show, and a pleasure to discover this strange and fascinating novel by Peter Cameron. Our chat about the novel is now live and you can listen to it here: lazythinking.substack.com/p/sophie-macki… 📚🎧⭐️

It was an absolute pleasure to chat with the excellent Richard Foster (Richard James Foster) about Kingsley Amis and his comic novel, Ending Up. Find yourself a half an hour and half a pint and plug it into your earholes: lazythinking.substack.com/p/richard-fost… 📚🎧⭐️