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Little Atoms

Little Atoms

By: Neil Denny
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 Little Atoms is a weekly show about books, with authors in conversation. Produced and presented by Neil Denny.

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  • Little Atoms 960 - Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors

    Little Atoms 960 - Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors
    Jul 18 2025
    Wendy Erskine is the author of two short story collections, Sweet Home and Dance Move. She was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize, longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, and she received the Butler Literary Award and the Edge Hill Readers' Choice Award. She edited the art anthology well I just kind of like it. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she is a frequent broadcaster and interviewer, and works as a secondary school teacher in Belfast. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her debut novel The Benefactors.

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    33 mins
  • Little Atoms 959 - David Farrier's Nature's Genius

    Little Atoms 959 - David Farrier's Nature's Genius
    Jul 11 2025
    David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David's first book, Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, looked at the marks we are leaving on the planet and how these might appear in the fossil record in the deep future. It was published in March 2020 with both The Times and The Telegraph naming it a book of the year. Its fans include Robert Macfarlane and Margaret Atwood, and it has been translated into nine other languages. He has had pieces published in The Atlantic, BBC Future, Emergence, Prospect, Daily Telegraph, Orion, and Washington Post. He has spoken at numerous online events, has given an invited lecture at the Royal Geographical Society, and has appeared on radio and podcasts such as BBC Free Thinking and Little Atoms. On this week’s episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest book Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet.

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    29 mins
  • Little Atoms 958 - Marie Rutkoski's Ordinary Love

    Little Atoms 958 - Marie Rutkoski's Ordinary Love
    Jul 4 2025
    Marie Rutkoski is a New York Times bestselling author of several novels for children and young adults. She grew up in Illinois as the oldest of four children, and has lived in Moscow, Prague, and Paris. She holds degrees from the University of Iowa and Harvard University, and is now a professor of English literature at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Shakespeare, children's literature, and fiction writing. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her first novel for an adult audience, Ordinary Love.

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    30 mins

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