This week, Spybrary Spy Podcast Host Shane Whaley welcomes author and travel writer August Thomas to speak about her debut novel, Liar’s Candle. Introduced to the podcast by Professor Penny Fielding, August has lived and studied in Scotland and Turkey, where she pursued a Master’s Degree on a Fulbright Scholarship. August began writing Liar’s Candle as an assignment in a creative … [Read more...] about 43: Author August Thomas: Liar’s Candle
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007 author Anthony Horowitz on tour
007 is dead, that's what the book marketers are screaming at the legion of 007 fans who are eagerly awaiting the second James Bond novel 'Forever and a Day.' Are the publicity boys and girls teasing us? Is 007 really dead? Alas this is not a review and as its likely at time of blogging you have not read Forever and a Day I will say no more on the matter until a future podcast episode. (We … [Read more...] about 007 author Anthony Horowitz on tour
Review – Battle Beneath The Earth
Those who have heard my previous appearances on the podcast, such as my pitching the TV series The Prisoner to Shane in episode 22, will know I have a particular fondness for science fiction. So perhaps it comes as no surprise that I enjoy works that cross between science fiction and spy thriller. The film Battle Beneath The Earth is just such a work and an intriguing film out of the 1960s boom in … [Read more...] about Review – Battle Beneath The Earth
42: Tim Shipman of the Sunday Times on Spy Novels
Today’s guest finds himself embedded deep in Communist-controlled East Berlin, and has asked his handler to leave him 5 of his favorite spy books at their Dead Drop location in Friedrichshain Park. What will he choose to help him cope with life undercover? Author, Spy Fan and Political Editor of the Sunday Times, Tim Shipman, joins Shane for an epic edition of Dead Drop 5. Tim has been a … [Read more...] about 42: Tim Shipman of the Sunday Times on Spy Novels
Review – MacIntyre’s For Your Eyes Only
If you are at all a reader of non-fiction related to the world of espionage, the name Ben Macintyre is likely a familiar one. He is, after all, the author of such books as Agent Zigzag and the superb Kim Philby biography A Spy Among Friends. Back in 2008, however, he covered the most famous fictional spy of them all: James Bond. Published in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum exhibit of the … [Read more...] about Review – MacIntyre’s For Your Eyes Only
41: Spybrary Panel at Spycon 2018
On Episode 41 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast we serve up a recorded Spybrary panel discussion from Spycon 2018. On the panel, Spybrary host Shane Whaley was joined by authors Mike Brady (Into the Shadows) and C.G.Faulkner (The Edge of Reality.) The Michael Brady File Lieutenant Colonel Michael Brady, USA, (RET), earned his MS in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence … [Read more...] about 41: Spybrary Panel at Spycon 2018
A False Flag – A Review of The Naive and Sentimental Lover
A False Flag - A Review of The Naive and Sentimental Lover by John le Carre. By Edward Bloomfield. This review was expertly written and published over at our Spybrary listeners Facebook Group. I know many of our listeners are not Facebook members so wanted to share this review here. I also acknowledge that the Naive and Sentimental Lover is not a spy story, in fact, its an oddity in the le … [Read more...] about A False Flag – A Review of The Naive and Sentimental Lover
