Write Out Loud (Reviews and Writing)

Here’s your two favourite Cumbrian authors with a special Easter edition of For Whom the Book Tolls. Nick and I discuss Easter and anything even vaguely literary to do with it (and we do stretch definitions). Looking at the often controversial interpretations of the Easter story – and the Christian faith in general – we consider many of the most important aspects of what makes Easter special. And yes, that does include eggs…

I won’t provide links to everything we mentioned but here are the main works we discuss in the podcast:

• MAN OF NAZARETH – ANTHONY BURGESS
• THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED – ANTHONY BURGESS
• THE LAST TEMPTATION – NIKOS KAZANTSAKIS
• PARADISE – AL KENNEDY
• THE JUDAS CASE – NICHOLAS GRAHAM (Highly recommended)
• JESUS OF NAZARETH – FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI (tv series)
• THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST – MARTIN SCORSESE
• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
• THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW – PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
• LA RICOTTA – PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
• MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN
• The Second Coming – Russell T. Davies (not so recommended)
• Behold the Man – Michael Moorcock

Nicholas Graham is the author of historical detective fiction ‘The Judas Case’ which won a Northern Writers Awards New Fiction Bursary, and is currently working on its sequel, ‘Solomon’s Vineyard’. He was a member of the Sidney Sussex College Cambridge team that won BBC2’s University Challenge – Reunited series. He lives with his partner in a remote coastal village close to a decommissioned nuclear power station, a location he regards as being at the heart of the realities of the age. Follow him on Twitter @ThatNickGraham and via www.thejudascase.com.

Social Entrepreneur, educationalist, bestselling author and journalist, D K Powell is the author of the bestselling collection of literary short stories “The Old Man on the Beach“. His first book, ‘Sonali’ is a photo-memoir journal of life in Bangladesh and has been highly praised by the Bangladeshi diaspora worldwide. Students learning the Bengali language have also valued the English/Bengali translations on every page. His third book is ‘Try not to Laugh’ and is a guide to memorising, revising and passing exams for students.

Both ‘The Old Man on the Beach’ and ‘Sonali’ are available on Amazon for kindle and paperback. Published by Shopno Sriti Media. The novel,’The Pukur’, was published by Histria Books in 2022.

D K Powell is available to speak at events (see his TEDx talk here) and can be contacted at dkpowell.contact@gmail.com. Alternatively, he is available for one-to-one mentoring and runs a course on the psychology of writing. Listen to his life story in interview with the BBC here.

Ken writes for a number of publications around the world. Past reviewer for Paste magazine, The Doughnut, E2D and United Airways and Lancashire Life magazine. Currently reviews for Northern Arts Review. His reviews have been read more than 7.9 million times.

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