21 Festive Special: Mat Osman on 'A Year With Swollen Appendices'
NOV 30, 202344 MIN
21 Festive Special: Mat Osman on 'A Year With Swollen Appendices'
NOV 30, 202344 MIN
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<p>Musician and author Mat Osman is Jude's guest on the first of our three festive special Songbook episodes and the Suede bassist stopped by to discuss Brian Eno's 1996 book A Year With Swollen Appendices.</p><br><p>They also chat about Mat's own writing processes, his competitive relationship with brother Richard growing up, and Suede's tour with Manic Street Preachers coming next year.</p><br><p>Mat's latest book, The Ghost Theatre, is a riotous and abundant piece of historical fiction based in Elizabethan London, and is out now <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-ghost-theatre-utterly-transporting-elizabethan-london-as-you-ve-never-seen-it/7530898?ean=9781526654366" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ghost Theatre: Utterly transporting historical fiction, Elizabethan London as you've never seen it a book by Mat Osman. (bookshop.org)</a></p><br><p>Books mentioned in the podcast:</p><br><p>A Year With Swollen Appendices by Brian Eno <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-year-with-swollen-appendices-brian-eno-s-diary-brian-eno/2882475?ean=9780571374625" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary a book by Brian Eno. (bookshop.org)</a></p><p>Starlust by Fred Vermorel <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/starlust-the-secret-fantasies-of-fans-fred-vermorel/1037461?ean=9780571280766" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Starlust: The Secret Fantasies of Fans a book by Fred Vermorel. (bookshop.org)</a></p><p>Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/birdsong-sebastian-faulks/1007602?ean=9781804944172" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Birdsong a book by Sebastian Faulks. (bookshop.org)</a></p><p>Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarland <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wonderland-avenue-tales-of-glamour-and-excess-danny-sugerman/37328?ean=9780349101750" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess a book by Danny Sugerman. (bookshop.org)</a></p><p>Nico, Songs They Never Play On The Radio by James Young <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nico-songs-they-never-play-on-the-radio-james-young/5717786?ean=9781526640796" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nico, Songs They Never Play on the Radio a book by James Young. (bookshop.org)</a></p><p>Berlin Bromley by Bertie Marshall</p><br><p>You can buy Jude's The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here:</p><p><a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Sound-of-Being-Human-Audiobook/B09P4BVQT9?eac_link=ROfqz91D09xN&ref=web_search_eac_asin_2&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B09P4BVQT9&qid=0SKnFAUwLR&eac_id=261-8939924-6005058_0SKnFAUwLR&sr=1-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers - Audiobook - Audible.co.uk</a></p><br><p>Finally, White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7chuHOeTs9jpyKpmgXV6uo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7chuHOeTs9jpyKpmgXV6uo</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
