Explore every episode of the podcast The Bert's Books Podcast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| An interview with Ilona Bannister | 06 May 2026 | 00:30:10 | |
Ilona Bannister, author of Five pops by for a chat about her new book! | |||
| Oh, Not Pedro? | 04 May 2026 | 00:31:45 | |
| What am I, a Podcast? | 26 Apr 2026 | 00:37:26 | |
Featuring reviews of What Am I, a Deer? and Yesteryear | |||
| Cruising with Jane McDonald | 19 Apr 2026 | 00:38:18 | |
Bert's talking about Fruit Fly and Michael can't remember what book he's talking about... | |||
| Is That a Headstone? | 12 Apr 2026 | 00:31:42 | |
Bert is reviewing The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary and SAlly's been reading The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski! | |||
| The Promise of a Premise | 05 Apr 2026 | 00:45:44 | |
Featuring reviews of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clark and Die Trying by Eleanor Barker-White | |||
| Blame it on the Weatherman | 29 Mar 2026 | 00:42:37 | |
Esme is reading The three Body Problem and Bert is talking about Elizabeth and Marilyn! | |||
| A Bus Ride up a Glacier | 22 Mar 2026 | 00:41:20 | |
Love Lane by Patrick Gale and The Watermark | |||
| The Kangaroo Killer | 15 Mar 2026 | 00:41:14 | |
Featuring A Far Flung Life and Wreck | |||
| Carpe Librum | 08 Mar 2026 | 00:43:44 | |
Keith comes back to talk about Robert Webb's How Not to be a Boy and Michael is talking Hell's Heart | |||
| Hot, Incredible & Frequent | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:47:26 | |
Featuring a PG review of Game Changer by Rachel Reid and a Ordinary Time by Cathy Rentzenbrink | |||
| Pigeon Talk | 22 Feb 2026 | 00:39:31 | |
Featuring Witch Trial and The Kaiju Preservation Society | |||
| I'll lick you when you get here | 15 Feb 2026 | 00:38:25 | |
Featuring Adrift by Will Dean and Five Survive by Holly Jackson | |||
| An interview with Jennie Godfrey | 12 Feb 2026 | 00:42:19 | |
Jennie talks about all things Barbecue at No 9 | |||
| I don't know him from Adam | 08 Feb 2026 | 00:44:55 | |
Featuring The Barbecue at No 9 and Mistborn | |||
| Margate does actually exist | 01 Feb 2026 | 00:47:33 | |
Featuring reviews of The Impossible Thing and The Book of Guilt | |||
| My Ugly Wife | 25 Jan 2026 | 00:41:17 | |
Featuring reviews of This Book Made Me Think Of You and My Husband's Wife | |||
| Live from Swindon | 18 Jan 2026 | 00:39:01 | |
Featuring Sally's review of The Correspondent and Meet the Newmans | |||
| OnlyBerts | 11 Jan 2026 | 00:35:38 | |
Bert is talking about Room 706, while Michael's been reading the newest Tom Hindle | |||
| But how was the lamb shank? | 04 Jan 2026 | 00:40:12 | |
Bert is joined by Esme to talk about Shatter me and My Grandfather, the Master Detective | |||
| The Rest of 2025 Part 2 | 29 Dec 2025 | 00:34:34 | |
Featuring a Curtain Call to Murder, Shatter Creek and Everybody knows | |||
| The Rest of 2025 Part 1 | 21 Dec 2025 | 00:30:57 | |
Featuring The Big Over Easy, The Safekeep and Thirteenth Guest | |||
| Review of the Year | 14 Dec 2025 | 00:58:14 | |
Bert, Michael and Sally discuss the books they've loved the most in 2025 - PLUS, what's to come in 2026 | |||
| Stylish Black Boots | 07 Dec 2025 | 00:49:47 | |
Featuring Objects of Desire and Fifteen Wild December's | |||
| Donald Sutherland is a Real Person | 30 Nov 2025 | 00:44:54 | |
Featuring The Silver Book and The Tainted Cup | |||
| What Sally Wants Sally Gets | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:37:47 | |
Featuring The Other People and The White Octopus Hotel | |||
| Just a Pair of Gay Boys Solving Crime | 16 Nov 2025 | 00:43:19 | |
Featuring Don't Make Me Laugh and The Nancy's and the Case of the Missing Necklace | |||
| Nothing Went Wrong! | 09 Nov 2025 | 00:37:16 | |
Talking About The Coast Road and Cheesecake! | |||
| Shut up and Dance | 02 Nov 2025 | 00:38:02 | |
Featuring Saltwash and Think Again | |||
| Was there even a shoe? | 26 Oct 2025 | 00:37:35 | |
Featuring The Murder at World's End and The Long Shoe | |||
| Michael Moons Again | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:49:05 | |
Featuring We Hexed the Moon and Death at The White Hart | |||
| Is whiskellier a word? | 12 Oct 2025 | 00:39:42 | |
Sally's been reading This House of Grief and Bert's talking to Michael about The Society of Unknowable Objects | |||
| This is Not A Pedcast | 05 Oct 2025 | 00:44:21 | |
Bert is talking about North Woods and Michael has been reading Shy Trans Banshee | |||
| Two Bookshops One Podcast | 28 Sep 2025 | 00:50:40 | |
Bert reviews The Two Roberts and Tracey is talking about Watching You | |||
| There's Not Even One Robert | 21 Sep 2025 | 00:48:37 | |
Featuring History is All You Left Me and The Impossible Fortune | |||
| Our Beautiful Podcast | 14 Sep 2025 | 00:46:52 | |
Featuring Seascraper, A room Above A Shop and Our Beautiful Mess | |||
| A Particularly Nasty Podcast | 07 Sep 2025 | 00:41:48 | |
Including of Ants and Dinosaurs and A Particularly Nasty Case | |||
| How Do You Even Milk A Cow? | 31 Aug 2025 | 00:41:21 | |
Michael and Bert are talking about The Killer Question while Sally's been reading The Wall - as recommended by Pedro! | |||
| Are We Talking Fondue? | 24 Aug 2025 | 00:40:38 | |
Featuring When the Moon Hits Your Eye and the Cut Throat Trial | |||
| You Can't Do That In a Pair of Chelsea Boots | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:37:47 | |
Featuring My Name Was Eden and The Game is Murder | |||
| Scribbledacious | 10 Aug 2025 | 00:30:32 | |
Bert has been re-reading Scribbleboy and newbie to the podcast, Nicola has been reading The Treasures | |||
| I Wasn't Going to Lick It! | 03 Aug 2025 | 00:44:10 | |
Featuring the Here One Moment and The Man Who Died Seven Times | |||
| Humpty Dumpty Lives in Reading | 27 Jul 2025 | 00:40:09 | |
Featuring Snow White and the Seven Samurai and The Phoenix Pencil Company | |||
| Don't Cry for Me Alan Partridge | 20 Jul 2025 | 00:41:45 | |
Sally is talking about The Penguin Lessons and Bert is reading The Neighbour's Guide to Murder | |||
| Get Midgley! | 13 Jul 2025 | 00:44:07 | |
Featuring some barely noticeable edits, If We Were Villains and Fake Heroes. | |||
| The Money Saving exBert | 06 Jul 2025 | 00:44:12 | |
Featuring Kill your Darlings and Double Room | |||
| It's Not Even Set in Wales | 29 Jun 2025 | 00:37:28 | |
Featuring Getting Away and The Psychology of Secrets | |||
| Sexy Drunk Ghost | 22 Jun 2025 | 00:37:07 | |
Featuring a Family Matter by Claire Lynch, Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton and a mystery in the shop... | |||
| In the Sea? | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:31:35 | |
Michael's back and reading The Dying Squad and Bert's bene reading Some of Us Are Liars | |||
| Feel the Wood | 08 Jun 2025 | 00:35:44 | |
Bert's reading The Book of Form and Loneliness and Sally's been reading PAH! | |||