It's Lit But Is It Funny?

Katy Darby, novelist, creative writing tutor and Liars' League supremo, discusses Sandra Newman and Howard Mittelmark's How Not to Write a Novel and her own work with me.

Chris McCrudden, author of the Battlestar Suburbia series of comic science fiction novels discusses Kate Atkinson's Emotionally Weird and his own work with me.

Abbie Headon, Bookseller Rising Star of 2018, editor, writer, TikTokker and all-round publishing good egg, discusses Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm and her own work with me.

Lev Parikian, conductor and writer of erudite and witty non-fiction, discusses Nora Ephron's Heartburn and his own work with me.

Isabel Rogers, award-winning poet and author of the Stockwell Park Orchestra series, discusses Sellar and Yeatman's 1066 And All That and her own work with me. Featuring guest appearance by Zig the dog and an unexpected diversion into the music of Anton Bruckner.

Toby Frost, author of the Space Captain Smith series, discusses Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim and his own work with me.

This is the trailer for "It's Lit But Is It Funny", which tells you everything you need to know about it in 169 action-packed seconds. Come for the jaunty theme tune, stay for the nuanced literary debate.