Bedside Reading
@bedsidereading.bsky.social
A medical humanities podcast where bibliophile healthcare professionals can discuss a novel, memoir, poetry collection and gain “accidental CPD”.
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Libraries exist for people who can't afford to buy books. They're there for the public good. Support your local library. Borrow books.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Libraries exist for people who can't afford to buy books. They're there for the public good. Support your local library. Borrow books.
Out now Paul Crawford and I discuss a twisted tale of murder, revenge and abandonment
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The Wonders of Dr Bent - Bedside Reading
I'm delighted to welcome Professor Paul Crawford to the podcast today. We are talking about his novel, The Wonders of Dr Bent, described in the publisher's blurb as "a twisted tale of murder, revenge ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Out now Paul Crawford and I discuss a twisted tale of murder, revenge and abandonment
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Maybe not a classic Christmas gift but an “extraordinary” one. It could:
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Maybe not a classic Christmas gift but an “extraordinary” one. It could:
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
Coming up on Tuesday 25th Prof Paul Crawford joins me to discuss his novel “The Wonders of Dr Bent”
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Coming up on Tuesday 25th Prof Paul Crawford joins me to discuss his novel “The Wonders of Dr Bent”
A warm welcome back today to GP Kirsty Shires, who's here today to talk with me about Jacqueline Harpman's 1995 novel, I Who Have Never Known Men.
This is an absolutely astonishing book. It is dystopian fiction at its best with so much to think about.
This is an absolutely astonishing book. It is dystopian fiction at its best with so much to think about.
I who have never known men - Bedside Reading
A warm welcome back today to GP Kirsty Shires, who's here today to talk with me about Jacqueline Harpman's 1995 novel, I Who Have Never Known Men.This is an absolutely astonishing book. It is dystopia...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A warm welcome back today to GP Kirsty Shires, who's here today to talk with me about Jacqueline Harpman's 1995 novel, I Who Have Never Known Men.
This is an absolutely astonishing book. It is dystopian fiction at its best with so much to think about.
This is an absolutely astonishing book. It is dystopian fiction at its best with so much to think about.
What a novel!!! @toryscott.bsky.social you’ve done it again. Read it in one go on a plane. Thank you thank you. Desperately want to discuss it on podcast now if anyone wants to volunteer.
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What a novel!!! @toryscott.bsky.social you’ve done it again. Read it in one go on a plane. Thank you thank you. Desperately want to discuss it on podcast now if anyone wants to volunteer.
Happy 4th birthday to us!!! November 16th 2021 was the launch of Bedside Reading featuring my wonderful first guest Liz Herrieven talking about “memoirs of an imaginary friend.” Thank you so much to my listeners, followers and guests. Which has been your favourite episode and why?
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November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy 4th birthday to us!!! November 16th 2021 was the launch of Bedside Reading featuring my wonderful first guest Liz Herrieven talking about “memoirs of an imaginary friend.” Thank you so much to my listeners, followers and guests. Which has been your favourite episode and why?
#medsky
#medsky
Coming up on Tuesday 28th Kirsty Shires and I are discussing “I who have never known men” by Jacqueline Harpman
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Coming up on Tuesday 28th Kirsty Shires and I are discussing “I who have never known men” by Jacqueline Harpman
Out now I’m joined by Syba S to talk about Educated by Tara Westover
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Educated - Bedside Reading
Educated by Tara Westover is one of those books which has really stayed with me since I first read it back in 2018. It's also a book that I just assumed when I started this podcast that somebody would...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Out now I’m joined by Syba S to talk about Educated by Tara Westover
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Coming up on Tuesday 11th Syba S joins me to discuss Tara Westover’s extraordinary memoir “Educated”
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Coming up on Tuesday 11th Syba S joins me to discuss Tara Westover’s extraordinary memoir “Educated”
Who doesn’t love a cringey teenage diary? Delighted to launch season 11 with Claire le Day’s medical school memoir “Fear and Loathing in Plymouth”
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Fear and Loathing in Plymouth - Bedside Reading
Welcome to November 2025 and season 11 of the podcast,. We are celebrating our 4th Birthday in November and my guest today, Claire Le Day aka GP Steph celebrates her 40th birthday in November. C...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Who doesn’t love a cringey teenage diary? Delighted to launch season 11 with Claire le Day’s medical school memoir “Fear and Loathing in Plymouth”
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Not quite the “lap full of kittens” from my podcast intro as beautiful Tilly is 19!!! I do rate snuggled with a blanket a book and a cat as one of the best ways to spend an afternoon though.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not quite the “lap full of kittens” from my podcast intro as beautiful Tilly is 19!!! I do rate snuggled with a blanket a book and a cat as one of the best ways to spend an afternoon though.
Quiet month for reading but done absolutely incredible books in there including “The Names” which I think might well be my top fiction read of 2025
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Quiet month for reading but done absolutely incredible books in there including “The Names” which I think might well be my top fiction read of 2025
Coming up on Tuesday 4th. The launch of Season 11 with “Fear and Loathing in Plymouth”. Is there Mich better for the soul than a teenage diary?
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Coming up on Tuesday 4th. The launch of Season 11 with “Fear and Loathing in Plymouth”. Is there Mich better for the soul than a teenage diary?
Whoop. Thank you for listening
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Whoop. Thank you for listening
Coming up on Tuesday
October 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Coming up on Tuesday
It is a huge pleasure today to welcome doctor and writer, Majid Parsa. We're talking about The Ayatollah's Gaze: a memoir of the forbidden and the fabulous, which is his first boook. What a book and what a memoir it is. I absolutely loved it.
The Ayatollah's Gaze - Bedside Reading
It is a huge pleasure today to welcome doctor and writer, Majid Parsa. We're talking about The Ayatollah's Gaze: a memoir of the forbidden and the fabulous, which is his first boook. What a book and w...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
It is a huge pleasure today to welcome doctor and writer, Majid Parsa. We're talking about The Ayatollah's Gaze: a memoir of the forbidden and the fabulous, which is his first boook. What a book and what a memoir it is. I absolutely loved it.
Coming up on Tuesday 21st October I’m delighted to welcome Majid Parsa to the podcast to discuss his wonderful memoir “The Ayatollah’s Gaze”
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Coming up on Tuesday 21st October I’m delighted to welcome Majid Parsa to the podcast to discuss his wonderful memoir “The Ayatollah’s Gaze”
It's a real treat today to welcome @emmajourno.bsky.social to the podcast to discuss her book Ultra Women.
We've got wonderful stories. We've got sociology. We've got history. We've got physiology. We've got a good dose of "invisible women" in there as well.
We've got wonderful stories. We've got sociology. We've got history. We've got physiology. We've got a good dose of "invisible women" in there as well.
Ultra Women - Bedside Reading
It's a real treat today to welcome one of the authors of Ultra Women, Emma Wilkinson to the podcast. Ultra Women, written by Emma Wilkinson and Lily Cantor, is a book which rather defies classificatio...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It's a real treat today to welcome @emmajourno.bsky.social to the podcast to discuss her book Ultra Women.
We've got wonderful stories. We've got sociology. We've got history. We've got physiology. We've got a good dose of "invisible women" in there as well.
We've got wonderful stories. We've got sociology. We've got history. We've got physiology. We've got a good dose of "invisible women" in there as well.
Looking forward to sharing the full episode next week. Ultra Women is a superb read. @emmajourno.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Looking forward to sharing the full episode next week. Ultra Women is a superb read. @emmajourno.bsky.social
Love a book recommendation at a conference. @rcgp.bsky.social annual conference speaking brilliantly on kindness
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Love a book recommendation at a conference. @rcgp.bsky.social annual conference speaking brilliantly on kindness
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The stuff in it about autism is shockingly bad.
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The stuff in it about autism is shockingly bad.
Not going to lie, this book made me very cross in places. Made me think a lot too…
Overdiagnosis is a bit of a hot topic lately, but as I hope we manage to explore, keeping curiosity and compassion at the forefront of what we do are much more important than making soundbite proclamations.
Overdiagnosis is a bit of a hot topic lately, but as I hope we manage to explore, keeping curiosity and compassion at the forefront of what we do are much more important than making soundbite proclamations.
The Age of Diagnosis - Bedside Reading
Suzanne O'Sullivan's The Age of Diagnosis was hotly awaited and has received a lot of discussion on social media and in the national press. Ben Tyler and I had both really enjoyed her former boo...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Not going to lie, this book made me very cross in places. Made me think a lot too…
Overdiagnosis is a bit of a hot topic lately, but as I hope we manage to explore, keeping curiosity and compassion at the forefront of what we do are much more important than making soundbite proclamations.
Overdiagnosis is a bit of a hot topic lately, but as I hope we manage to explore, keeping curiosity and compassion at the forefront of what we do are much more important than making soundbite proclamations.
Coming up on Tuesday 7th. Ben Tyler joins me to discuss Suzanne O’Sullivan’s newest and most controversial book
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Coming up on Tuesday 7th. Ben Tyler joins me to discuss Suzanne O’Sullivan’s newest and most controversial book