This week, Jack is joined by writer and academic Blessin Adams. Blessin's book, Great and Horrible News was published on the 30th of March this year. It is a wonderful exploration of murder and violent death in the early modern period, told through the lives of the ordinary people that experienced it. It is a hugely engrossing and often touching read, which marks a brilliant new voice in non-fiction.

(0:27) Introduction
(2:05) Childhood reading habits
(19:08) Blessin's catalyst for writing
(25:54) Inspiration behind Great and Horrible News
(32:44) Old crimes and modern problems
(36:55) Recent reading
(41:56) Great and Horrible News

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Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
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Great and Horrible News is published in the UK by Harper Collins

Books mentioned in this episode include:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - ISBN: 9780241620236
Appointment in Bath by Mimi Matthews - ISBN: 9781736080269
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer - ISBN: 9780099585541
Redwall by Brian Jaques - ISBN: 9780099595182

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