Episode 4: Meet Steve - Sci-Fi, Space, Kid's Books and more!
Blabbing with Booksellers - a Waterstones Brighton Podcast.Show Notes
In this episode we meet Steve, a senior bookseller who works primarily on the Children's floor of our store. He's a space-obsessed, Sci-Fi enthusiast who loves to learn and inspire young readers through humour, imagination and fun. A really lovely episode. There's something here for everyone.
Books discussed: Don't Trust Fish - Neil Sharpton The Lost Robot - Joe Todd-Stanton Butterfly Garden - Harry Woodgate Monkeypig - Huw Aaron Sleep Tight Disgusting Blob - Huw Aaron Huge Numbers - Richard Elwes Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams Robert Rankin - Trout Mask Replica Robert Rankin - The Anti-Pope The Ascent Of Rumdoodle - W. E. Bowman Wildlands - Brogan Murphy Murder by Narwhal - Alex T. Smith Grimstink - Daniel Peake Mallory Vale and the Curse of Maggoty Skull - Martin Howard People Need People - Benjamin Zephaniah Fungus The Bogeyman - Raymond Briggs Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
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