The Tiny Bookcase is a short story writing and interview podcast. In each episode, our hosts (Nico & Ben) and the guest write a story using a shared prompt then read it for their own entertainment, and hopefully yours! Support the podcast on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/thetinybookcase?fan_landing=true
It's episode 100! It's Halloween! It's the incredibly talented Mark Brandon, author of Colossus of the Thames! It's too many flipping things, so get comfy for a bumper FIVE story episode. Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico take their chance to grill Shona Kinsella, Chair of the British Fantasy Society, on all things books. Libraries were drained, and none of it shall be committed to celluloid, all will be revealed in the episode! Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico get things all turned around as they are joined by Shona Kinsella, Chair of the British Fantasy Society to take on the prompt "Twisted". Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico take a deep dive with author Cat Hellisen. Gross-out descriptions abound as they talk all things writing! Send us a text Support the show
Money makes the world go around, but it's stories that keep us going! Ben & Nico are joined by Cat Hellisen author of 'Thief Mage, Beggar Mage'. Will they put their money where their mouths are- or be forced to cash out, as they take on the prompt: "Currency". Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico tuck into another prompt, this time it's ten feet tall, and can take your noggin off with a single punch. Prepare to face, The Bear! Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico DIG into a new prompt, do we SPY new listeners? Only one way to find out, lets see how they handle "A Token" Send us a text Support the show
We dive into the mind of E.M. Faulds, what strange treasures will we uncover? Join Ben, Nico, and Beth as they talk about Pratchett (as usual), Prose and Peculiarities. Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico are joined by E.M. Faulds and deliver three brand new short stories written for the shared prompt "Grievances"! Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico pinch their noses and dive straight into "The River"! Two fresh tales await, each plucked straight from the rushing torrent of inspiration. Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico stretch as far as they can, let's hope they don't snap, as they tackle the prompt "Elastic". Send us a text Support the show
Ben & Nico are joined by the author of the novel "Meet Me in Another Life" (Catriona Silvey) to discuss arming Sylvanian families, concept albums, and everything in between. Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico are at it again- this time alongside Catriona Silvey, author of the bestseller 'Meet Me in Another Life'. Tales await, so tarry no longer. We will start start as soon as you're ready, simply "Say the Word". Send us a text Support the show
Be it a place for rubbish, a gratuity fee, or the very end of the thing- TIP is a word we all know. What will Ben and Nico make out of it? Find out as they tackle the prompt "Tip". Send us a text Support the show
Season Four comes to a close, and what better time than the podcast's second birthday! Two years, 86 episodes, hundreds of stories, laughs'n'tears and all kinds of mishaps along the way. We've written-like, we've written with and most important of all, we've written for... you! Join Ben and Nico for a round of stories to finish off this season to the prompt: TWO. Send us a text Support the show...
Ben and Nico raise their pens and make a story happen. Drawing on everything they've learned from seasons one to four, and forgetting a fair whack of it, they write to the prompt: Mushroom. Send us a text Support the show
In this episode, Ben and Nico push their way through the fur coats and explore the writing style of C.S. Lewis, the mind behind the world of Narnia, Tolkien's pub companion, and possibly one of the toughest challenges they've come up against so far. Send us a text Support the show
Get to know a little more about poet and author Will Burns as Nico and Ben ask a raft of their usual, yet still unusual, questions. Will was named as one of The Observer’s Top 10 Debut Novelists of 2021 for his novel The Paper Lantern. Send us a text Support the show
In this episode, Ben and Nico are joined by Poet and author Will Burns. Will was named as one of The Observer’s Top 10 Debut Novelists of 2021 for his novel The Paper Lantern. Accompany them as they walk through the English countryside, strange kingdoms, and interrogation cells! CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, these take place between 36 minutes and 46 minutes. Send us a text Support the show...
The clues are relatively simple. English by birth, 60+ mystery novels written, and the creator of two iconic Detectives. Why, Ben and Nico can only be writing in the style of... AGATHA CHRISTIE! *Collective gasps* Send us a text Support the show
Icebergs? Omit! Imply! It is finally time for Ben & Nico to attempt some of the legendary devices employed by the big man himself- Ernest Hemingway. Listen as they try to make their stories really true, and perhaps even truer than true! Send us a text Support the show
What the Dickens? It appears two street urchins have stolen some writing equipment! Those ragamuffins, our trouble-making hosts Nico and Ben, attempt to pick the pocket of Charles Dickens, an author so good he has his own adjective! Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico are joined by Melody Razak, author of Moth, listed as one of The Observer's top ten debuts novelists of 2021. Listen in as they discuss Melody's writing process, characters with lives of their own, and what it's like to watch 1000 episodes of an anime... no, really! Send us a text Support the show
This week Ben and Nico are joined by Melody Razak, author of "Moth", a wonderful novel listed by The Observer in 2021 as one of the top ten debuts of the year. This titanic trio take on the prompt "First Time" and almost without making the obvious joke. Dammit Nico. Send us a text Support the show
Join Ben and Nico as they lightly grill Finn Longman (author of the Butterfly Assassin) on their writing methods, ancient Irish literature, and dance troupes! Send us a text Support the show
Finn Longman, author of "The Butterfly Assassin" and Irish Medievalist, joins Ben and Nico as they strap in and face a new prompt at high speed. Buckle up for "Crash Test Dummies". Send us a text Support the show
In this Write-Like episode, Ben and Nico attempt to take on the enormous, giant, big friendly and overwise massive style of the U.K.'s most beloved children's author, Roald Dahl. Send us a text Support the show
Returning to chat with us after his first visit was lost to the eddies of chaos, Peter Newman (author of the Vagrant and Deathless series) reads out an original story written to the prompt 'The Handshake' and answers some off the wall questions from Nico & Ben. Send us a text Support the show
Ben and Nico are joined, in part at least by Peter Newman, author of the Vagrant and Deathless book series. In this technologically challenged episode, the team take on the prompt "The Handshake". Send us a text Support the show
The mother of Science fiction creates two more monsters, this time in the form of the writing gremlins Ben and Nico. Listen in as these foul devils take on the prompt "The Last" in an attempt at the style of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. Send us a text Support the show
