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This week, we speak with the delightful and incredibly friendly Glenda Larke, an Australian fantasy novelist living in Malaysia. In addition to talking about her work and interests, Glenda shares her thoughts on genre fiction in general, the Google Book

Along with guests Ivan Yeo and Sheldon Goh, the babblers revisit comics and cover the gamut. What are comics, graphic novels, and why you would want to broaden your reading horizons to include this medium. Lone and Bjorn come through with some gems from

The babblers talk about Thomas Pynchon’s eagerly awaited new novel, Inherent Vice. Let the gushing commence!

The babblers talk about the enthusiasm that surrounds some authors online, based upon the article “Why do Pynchon, Ballard and Wallace provoke such online loyalty?” from Times Online.

Renee and Marcel have been itching to talk poetry for a while now, and having rescheduled this topic for several weeks, it’s like the floodgates have finally been blown to bloody bits. For this show, Marcel brought along a nice, intelligent fellow, Liam,

Renee and Marcel have been itching to talk poetry for a while now, and having rescheduled this topic for several weeks, it’s like the floodgates have finally been blown to bloody bits. For this show, Marcel brought along a nice, intelligent fellow, Liam,

The babblers look at the Google Book Search settlement case, and discuss the fate of books that are out of print, but still in copyright (known as orphan works). Orphan works are currently a part of the books that are being digitized in libraries around

The groups discusses books-related movies that either just opened or are around the corner. We go off on a little tangent, as we usually do BB-style, as we uncover upcoming, jaw-dropping gems in the movie industry.

You probably won't know who Marcel is, who joined us a couple of episodes back. But as we're time traveling at the moment with Donny being behind on a couple episodes, suffice it to know that Marcel is *one of us*, and as with the other babblers, will da

The babblers are once again graced by yet another guest, and this time, Lone Christensen from Copenhagen joins the madness! In this episode, the babblers talk about Dan Brown – if you ever was uncertain where we stood with him, well, let’s just say this

The babblers are joined by a guest today, the affable Emma Sutcliffe from Blackburn, England, as they talk about literature that is part of the school syllabus. What's being taught in schools in the babblers' countries, whether it needs to be changed and

The episode every Shakespeare fan will wish they were here. Passion coming through pretty clearly for the babblers who turn into the bard's fanboys, talking from personal viewpoints about what makes Shakespeare great and why you should read him. If you

The babblers talk about reviews, regardless of whether they are from well-known, highly regarded professional critics or your average blogger. What is the difference between the two, and how either affects our reading selection. Oh, and Gem di

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The babblers discuss authors who have produced only one book, or one good book that defines the author’s entire career.  Discussion revolves around primary causes of this phenomenon, the stories behind the authors.  Somehow Daleks are involved t