It's Lit But Is It Funny?

Arts & Culture Podcasts

This is a podcast where we’re going to take a critical look at one of the most neglected genres in literature: the funny book. In each episode I’m going to invite a fellow writer to pick a favourite example and tell me what makes it work for them.

Episodes

Andy Fanton on George’s Marvellous Medicine

Nik Perring on The Rock From The Sky

Emily Koch on Sorrow and Bliss

Robert Garnham on Myles Before Myles

Beth Miller on The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

Cally Taylor on My Sister, The Serial Killer

Andrew Male on The Extra Man

Karen Jones on One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night

Jane Lovering on Northanger Abbey

Scott Pack on The Wise Men of Schilda

Imran Ahmad on The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy

Ian Moore on Aunts Aren‘t Gentlemen

Dan Brotzel on Who Moved My Blackberry™?

Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on The Family Pack

Polly Hall on Me Talk Pretty One Day

Chris Fielden on Mort

Lucy Flannery on The Eyre Affair

Andy Miller on Last Chance to See

Neil Laurenson on Starter for Ten

Paul Flower on Catch-22