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(This episode is marked as explicit because of strong language.)
Episode image is a detail from the cover of No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July, published by Scribner in July 2008.
For the 59th Second Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by Dave Pickering, who is a freelance storyteller, podcaster and, on the day we met, author of an article about the disappearance of his previous job that was published in the Guardian’s Comment Is Free section; you can read the article here and the blog post that it is based on is here. If you are interested, you can check out Miranda July’s Learning To Love You More project here, and here is a link to Dave’s Getting Better Acquainted podcast.
Another book by Iain Banks, Canal Dreams, is discussed in Page One 26.
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July is also discussed in Page One 115 and Page One 177.
This episode has been edited to remove music that is no longer covered by licence for this podcast.
This episode features a jingle written for the podcast by the band Friends Of Friends.
Episode released: 27th May, 2014.
Book listing:
Walking On Glass by Iain Banks
Happiness by Will Ferguson
The Shared Patio (from No One Belongs Here More Than You) by Miranda July
Links:
If it was a ‘tough choice’ to cut my job, then come and tell the children why
Getting Better Acquainted with Charles Adrian
Getting Better Acquainted with Ms Samantha Mann