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Joel Golby’s Book Club - “Hello, I’m Joel Golby and this is my book club, so welcome to Joel Golby’s book club.” The Guardian TV columnist and author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant has now launched a new podcast where he recommends a book and then reads out an extract from that book, with a bit of his trademark wry humour. It’s a simple format that can be traced back to his book recommendations on Instagram and each episode lasts for a zippy twenty minutes. Handy. New episodes on Tuesdays

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