A medical humanities podcast where bibliophile healthcare professionals can discuss a novel, memoir, poetry collection and gain “accidental CPD”. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mupm72gyls2wWhen you matcha your drink to the cover of the book…04 Sep 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupm72gyls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mupcyvcrps2dFeeling so privileged to have a prepublication copy of this amazing book to read and thoroughly looking forward to recording a podcast with the author next week.04 Sep 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcyvcrps2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mui5ph7b322n01 Sep 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui5ph7b322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mu7dqzh3ms2iSneak preview for Tuesday 1st September when I’m delighted to release a fabulous conversation with @elizafricker.bsky.social starting off with her most recent book “Could Try Harder” and exploring lots more about neurodivergent young people and how to support them and their families.29 Aug 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7dqzh3ms2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mtvb2xp5gc2iI'm unbelievably excited today to welcome Ian Seymour to the podcast to talk about the first two novels in the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin: https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19689360-tales-of-the-city25 Aug 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvb2xp5gc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mss25wx3b22fA really warm welcome back today to somebody who I always really enjoy talking to. I'm delighted to have Ben Tyler here today to talk about Hungry by Katriona O'Sullivan, which is her second memoir which addresses topics around body shaming, hunger for food, for love, for achievement. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19572168-hungry11 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss25wx3b22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mskub52zyc2sI’ve been thinking about “characters who you’ve actually grieved for when they died” Here are are my top four saddest fictional deaths. Jon Fielding (Tales of the City). Issy (A Song for Issy Bradley) Bastiaan (The Hearts Invisible Furies) Willem (A Little Life) Who did you cry for in fiction?08 Aug 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskub52zyc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3msgdohlt722y06 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgdohlt722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3msbcym47nk26A warm welcome today to Dr. Alan Saxon, retired general surgeon from Chicago & author of Training in Charity, an absolutely brilliant medical novel in the genre of something like The Pit, ER or Casualty. It will appeal to anyone who loves stories and the sense of humanity and character development https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19435020-training-in-charity04 Aug 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbcym47nk26https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3ms2lckiss22jJuly in books01 Aug 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2lckiss22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mroumuqygk2rI absolutely love the poems of Henry Normal and seeing him live several times has not disappointed. I was delighted to discover he’d written a memoir with his wife about their life with their autistic son Johnny. Today I’m delighted to welcome Pete Aird to the podcast to talk about it. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19435011-normal-family28 Jul 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroumuqygk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mrhfvws7fc2zSneak preview for Tuesday 28th when I am taking to Pete Aird about Henry Normal and Angela Pell’s brilliant memoir “Normal Family”.25 Jul 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhfvws7fc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mr5dhkdjx227A warm welcome today to Eva Hibbs, who is here to talk about Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. A hilarious and very different novel with themes of undiagnosed neurodiversity and intergenerational trauma. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19435007-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close21 Jul 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5dhkdjx227https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mqw544vu7k2wSneak preview for Tuesday 21st when Eva Hibbs and I are discussing “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”18 Jul 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqw544vu7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mqlmtmfq522lIt's a real honour today to welcome theatre director and brilliant writer @stephenunwin.bsky.social to talk about his phenomenal book, Beautiful Lives, How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong an incredibly accessible, brilliant page-turner of a book. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19391303-beautiful-lives14 Jul 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlmtmfq522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mqf6f5u7h22aDelighted to be able to share this sneak preview of a conversation I had with @stephenunwin.bsky.social about his wonderful book “Beautiful Lives”. Full episode out on Tuesday 14th July.11 Jul 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf6f5u7h22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mpzzhuxsqc2zThere might be a little bit of squealy fangirling from me today... I'm delighted to welcome Lee David to the podcast. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19113001-defy07 Jul 2026 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzzhuxsqc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mpayxgvri22aTheatre loving friends. I need help! Have time for a matinee today. What should I see? Need near borough & air conditioning. Shortlist: Care -Young Vic Redcliffe - Southwark playhouse Borough Ride the cyclone - Southwark playhouse elephant Pride - NT (if can get a return as was sold out)27 Jun 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpayxgvri22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mowpeesihc2rA very warm welcome today to @emmavardy2.bsky.social to talk about Pearl S Buck's memoir, The Child Who Never Grew. I'm releasing it this week because this week on 28th of June, it is International PKU Day. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19357445-the-child-who-never-grew-international-pku-day-special23 Jun 2026 05:50 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowpeesihc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mof54225hc2zOut now I’m talking to Natalie Adler about her brilliant debut novel Waiting on a Friend. @quercusbooks.bsky.social If you're looking for a novel, which is a cross between The Great Believers, Rent, and It's a Sin, this is the book for you. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19328124-waiting-on-a-friend16 Jun 2026 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mof54225hc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mntk23ress2bIt's a real pleasure today to welcome Sarah Marwick to talk about Malcolm Gladwell's The Revenge of the Tipping Point. I've thoroughly enjoyed talking about the book with Sarah and thinking about those themes which are really relevant to us as clinicians working in the health service. https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19113015-the-revenge-of-the-tipping-point09 Jun 2026 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mntk23ress2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mmrma3otzk2iWas reading a novel where one character makes the other an omelette. I was hungry. The rest as they say, is history. God it was good26 May 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrma3otzk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mmqpkuhyhs2aOut now, an episode where I get to discuss one of my favourite novels "Cutting for Stone" with the brilliant Dr Alice Deasey https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19112993-cutting-for-stone26 May 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqpkuhyhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mmiyqisr2c2sSneak peek for Tuesday 26/5 when I’m joined by Alice Deasey to talk about one of my favourite novels ever: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese23 May 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmiyqisr2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mm6oxak65k2uThis week is creativity and wellbeing week and to mark this on the podcast I’m delighted to welcome @drnicoladavis.bsky.social oncologist and director of Creative Clinic to explore “Art Cure” by Daisy Fancourt https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19189752-art-cure-creative-health-week-special19 May 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6oxak65k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mlqwwkaisk2rNow that’s what I call creative thinking. Setting up podcast recording studio in the car when I couldn’t be in two places at once!! Ps this collection of poems is amazing. You should all definitely buy it.13 May 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqwwkaisk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social/post/3mln44muvqk2vOut now. One of those books which really has changed my working life https://bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/episodes/19084298-radical-candour12 May 2026 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:6tsosmuk5eph5rv2b5xof2fx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln44muvqk2v