I'm a Serious Book Person
Is your TBR pile becoming a serious health and safety hazard? Did you stay up too late last night JUST so you could finish the good bit at the end of Chapter 8? Have you ever found yourself sniffing the pages of a new paperback book like its a fine perfume? If you answered yes to any of those questions you just might be a Serious Book Person.
Join our host, Robert Watkins, as he sits down with an author, a reader or a fellow book-obsessive (or maybe they're all three at once) and uncovers their favourite stories, the books that changed them, and why we still cling to the glorious, dusty power of paper and ink.
Podcasting since 2026 • 5 episodes
I'm a Serious Book Person
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Sita Walker
Is it possible to love books deeply while being a totally 'unserious' book person? According to Sita Walker, the answer is a resounding yes. In this episode, Robert sits down with the author of the soul-bearing memoir The God of...
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Alex Sarkis
Are you a serious reader, or just someone who skips to the spice? In this episode, host Robert Watkins sits down with Alex Sarkis, author of Something Blue and Something New, to interrogate her literary credentials.Alex...
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Jaclyn Moriarty
This time on I’m a Serious Book Person, Robert is joined by Jaclyn Moriarty. Jaclyn reveals the delightful (and slightly eccentric) roots of her career, sharing how her father commissioned her and her famous sisters to write stories for pocket ...
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Ashley Kalagian Blunt
In the first episode of I’m a Serious Book Person, Robert sits down with best-selling crime novelist Ashley Kalagian Blunt to dissect her reading and writing life. Tune in to find out why Ashley is one of the most compelling voices in crime wri...
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