Rocketship Reads

Our guest on the Rocketship this week is community builder, avid reader and founder of Bookshop Crawl UK, Bex Hughes. Bex tells Adam about the origins of Bookshop Crawl, why she loves Little Women and why she’s throwing Moby-Dick into the void. 
 
Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast in which Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d take to read (and re-read), which one book they’d throw into the void, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #14 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday. Subscribe for more.
Host: Adam RW
Videography: Joel Harvey
Graphic Design: Bethany Rose-Robertson
Production: Bookmarked London & Morocco Bound Bookshop
Music: Jupiter (from “The Planets”)/Daisuke Minamizawa (acoustic guitar solo) (Full track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwFoi0Qb44)

Our guest on the Rocketship this week is actor, writer and friend of the show, Leo Flanagan. Leo tells Adam about the time he lied to Irvine Welsh and why he thinks politicians’ books should only be published posthumously. He also provides Adam with some constructive criticism about Rocketship.
 
Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d take to read (and re-read), which one book they’d throw into the void, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #14 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday. Subscribe for more.
 
Host: Adam RW
Videography: Joel Harvey
Music: Jupiter (from “The Planets”) / Daisuke Minamizawa (acoustic guitar solo) (Full track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwFoi0Qb44)
Graphic Design: Bethany Rose-Robertson
Production: Bookmarked London & Morocco Bound Bookshop

Our guest on the Rocketship this week is the King of the London tour guides… the one and only Jonnie Fielding (aka Bowl of Chalk). Jonnie tells Adam his seven choices and they discuss why he’d like to meet Shakespeare, how he pretended to read Great Expectations and why he writes in every book he buys.
Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d take, which one book they’d throw into the void, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #13 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday. Subscribe for more.
Host: Adam RW
Videography: Joel Harvey
Music: Jupiter (from “The Planets”) / Daisuke Minamizawa (acoustic guitar solo) (Full track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwFoi0Qb44)
Graphic Design: Bethany Rose-Robertson
Production: Bookmarked London & Morocco Bound Bookshop

Our guest on the Rocketship this week decrees that the novel is dead and that poetry can do it better. Discuss… Adam RW welcomes poet Nols Nathankski to Rocketship Reads to discuss his journey to becoming a poet at 36, why Gillian Anderson’s Want bored him and why it’s important to lie about the books you’ve read. Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d take, which one book they’d throw into the void, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #12 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday. Subscribe for more.

A first on the Rocketship this week… our first episode with multiple guests! Deeply exciting. And who better to launch into space than three of the booksellers (and directors) at our production partners Morocco Bound Bookshop: Bethany Rose-Robertson, Cal Bakaya & Anouska Sokolow. The gang discuss the joys of running a bookshop, whether it’s worth finishing a book that you’re hating, and throwing J.K. Rowling into space.  Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d take, which one book they’d throw into the void, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #11 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday. Subscribe for more.
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Host: Adam RW
Videography: Joel Harvey
Music: Jupiter (from “The Planets”) / Daisuke Minamizawa (acoustic guitar solo) (Full track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwFoi0Qb44)
Graphic Design: Bethany Rose-Robertson
Production: Bookmarked London & Morocco Bound Bookshop

A very fun Rocketship this week… Adam speaks to writer and campaigner Karen Arthur and they discuss her move from teaching to writing and fighting fascism fearlessly, why she’d have dinner with Malcolm X in space, and why she doesn’t have time for the Bible… Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d take, which one book they’d throw into the void, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #10 with another stellar guest(s) coming next Tuesday. Subscribe for more.

In Episode #8 of Rocketship Reads, Adam speaks to comedian David Thomas about why he wants to call out Mary Shelley, why he felt let down by Booker Prize winner Orbital, and why he loves graphic novels. Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d want to take, the one book they’d throw into a black hole, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #9 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday - subscribe for more.

In Episode #7 of Rocketship Reads, Adam speaks to picture book author Molly Arbuthnott about why she still believes in fairies, why Winnie the Pooh is the greatest, and why there is a key difference between picture books and children’s books. Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d want to take, the one book they’d throw into a black hole, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #8 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday - subscribe for more.

In Episode #6 of Rocketship Reads, Adam speaks to poet and friend (and former England Poetry Slam Champion) Kofi Achina about why Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the best book in the universe, why he thinks Rupi Kaur is a touch overrated, and why you CAN read too many books. Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d want to take, the one book they’d throw into a black hole, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #7 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday - subscribe for more.

In Episode #5 of Rocketship Reads, Adam speaks to wonderful poet (and viral sensation) Maxine Meixner about why she does judge a book by its cover, why she ****ing hates Dan Brown, and why Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca changed her view on fiction. Rocketship Reads is a weekly podcast where Adam RW sends guests into space and asks them which five books they’d want to take, the one book they’d throw into a black hole, and the book they think humanity should be remembered for. Episode #6 with another stellar guest coming next Tuesday - subscribe for more.