A Word To That Effect is a new series of bonus mini-episodes about a single word or phrase with a distinctly literary origin. This week, is a 2001 romantic comedy with Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack. It’s a baby clothes shop I passed the other day. It’s a song by read more…
Detective Fiction
Ep 50: Arsène Lupin
In 1905 in Paris, the publisher Pierre Laffite had an idea. His new journal Je Sais Tout (I Know Everything) had just launched and he was looking for an author who could do for his magazine, what Arthur Conan Doyle’s phenomenally popular Sherlock Holmes had done for The Strand magazine, read more…
Upcoming Live Shows!
In exciting news, Caroline Crampton (of the podcast Shedunnit) and I are teaming up for a joint live show at the Dublin Podcast Festival and PodUK! The title is yet to be confirmed – what do you think: Shedunnit to that Effect or Words Dunnit Either way, I’m very excited read more…
[Article] Invasion Fiction to Spy Novels: Erskine Childers and John Buchan
The Rise of the Spy Novel: The Riddle of the Sands and The Thirty-Nine Steps Episode 1 of Words To That Effect was on invasion fiction, sometimes also called invasion literature or future war fiction (you can listen to episode 1 here). If you are interested in the area then read more…