The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom with Andrew White
About this episode
<p>This week's book guest is The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian, writer and actor Andrew White to discuss fish, fishing, dads, love, sex, queer writing and penises.</p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p>The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom is available to buy <a href="https://muswell-press.co.uk/product/the-whale-tattoo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> or on Apple Books <a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-whale-tattoo/id6449894081?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1010l3atb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Andrew is on tour with his new stand-up show 'Young, Gay And A Third Thing' from 13 Oct - 20 Dec. For tickets and information head to <a href="standupandrew.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">standupandrew.com</a>.</p><br><p>You can find Andrew on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/standupandrew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @standupandrew and <a href="https://x.com/standupandrew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @StandUpAndrew</p><br><p>Tickets for the live show at the Southbank Centre with special guest Harriet Walter are available to <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/events/weirdos-book-club-live-london-literature-festival-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">buy here</a>!</p><br><p>Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/the-christmas-wish-tastrophe/9781444971484/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pre-order</a> now.</p><br><p>Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p> </p><p>Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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