Graham Hunter is a journalist, broadcaster, podcaster and author who has worked with a whole host of top newspapers, magazine and TV channels as well as two of football’s governing bodies – FIFA and UEFA. His expertise on football and, in particular Spanish football, is much sought after, while that expertise is matched by an infectious love for the beautiful game.He is the author of two superb books – ‘Barca: the making of the greatest team in the world’, which was later turned into an acclaimed film, Take The Ball, Pass The Ball, and ‘Spain: the inside story of La Roja’s historic treble’. Graham also hosts the hugely successful Big Interview podcast, talking to all the big names in football. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Nicola Smith is a commercial journalist working for Reach plc, and writing across a number of different platforms, both in print media and online, including Glasgow live. She is also a books columnist and writes a weekly book page for the Daily Record newspaper. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nicola Smith, books columnist

Tammye Huf is a writer originally from the United States, but who has spent the past twenty-five years living in the UK and Germany. She has worked variously as a teacher, a copywriter and a translator, while she has had numerous short stories published in literary magazines. In 2018, she was third-placed winner in the London Magazine Short Story Prize.Tammye has also written her debut novel, 'A More Perfect Union', which will be published by Myriad Editions in October 2020. It tells the story of Henry, who escapes the Famine in Ireland in the mid-19th century and sails to America. He meets Sarah, a slave woman torn from her family, and the novel is an exploration of identity, sacrifice, belonging, race and love. 'A More Perfect Union' is also inspired by the true story of Tammye's great-great grandparents. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tammye Huf, writer

Neil White is a co-founder of the highly-successful Back Page Press, a company which tells sports stories through publishing books and also producing podcasts. A journalist by profession, the success of one of Back Page’s early books – Graham Hunter’s ‘Barca; The Making of the Greatest Team in the World’ – saw Neil and Martin Greig put the sports journalism to one side to concentrate on their new company.It has gone from strength to strength over the past few years, publishing a string of top-quality books, while they are responsible for two very popular and successful podcasts – Between The Lines and The Big Interview. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Neil White, publisher

Originally hailing from the north coast of Northern Ireland and now residing in South Manchester, Chris McDonald has always been a reader. At primary school, The Hardy Boys inspired his love of adventure, before his reading world was opened up by Chuck Palahniuk and the gritty world of crime. He's a fan of 5-a-side football, has an eclectic taste in music ranging from Damien Rice to Slayer and loves dogs.Chris McDonald’s first novel, A Wash Of Black, which features DI Erika Piper, was published in February 2020 by Red Dog Press. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris McDonald, writer

Louise Welsh is the author of eight novels, including the Plague Times trilogy - A Lovely Way To Burn, Death Is A Welcome Guest and No Dominion. She has also written several plays, an opera, numerous short stories and edited various collections of writing.She is also a professor of creative writing at the University of Glasgow, having previously gained a Masters in Creative Writing (with distinction) from the same university, and she was previously writer-in-residence there between 2011-12. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Louise Welsh, writer

In part 2 of this podcast Extra, Paul Cuddihy and Steven Kedie continue chatting about some of their favourite Scottish and English books. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In part 1 of this podcast Extra episode, Paul Cuddihy and Steven Kedie chat through some of their favourite Scottish and English books respectively. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Adam Farrer is a creative nonfiction writer and spoken word performer based in Manchester. He is the editor of The Real Story, an Arts Council England-funded online publisher and spoken word event series, working to nurture creative non-fiction talent in the UK. His writing can be found in numerous publications, while in 2019 he became the inaugural writer-in-residence for Peel Park, Salford.He has performed his work at a number of arts and literature festivals, and has also run workshops on creative non-fiction writing and spoken word skills for a number of festivals and conferences, and the University of Salford.Adam was recently awarded a ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ grant by Arts Council England to complete his first book, a memoir in essays, titled – The Lost Villages of Holderness. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam Farrer, creative non-fiction writer

It the latest Extra podcast episode, Paul Cuddihy and Chris Dolan chat about some of their favourite funny books. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Hannah Lafferty writes a book blog on Instagram – barefootbookclub. Edinburgh born and raised, Hannah studied history at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow before heading off to Australia, where she lived and worked for a few years.After subsequent travel in New Zealand and Asia, Hannah has come back home to Edinburgh, and she is planning to return to university to qualify as a high school history teacher in order to pass on her love of the subject to future generations.Hannah’s other great love is reading, and her Instagram book blog is testament to that. It features book reviews as well as opinions on a whole host of subjects related to books and reading.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hannah Lafferty, Book Blogger

Joe Donnelly is a journalist and author, who works for the Celtic View magazine. He swapped a career in plumbing for journalism, with a round-the-world trip in between the two, and after writing for PC Gamer about one of his passions – video games – he joined Celtic in 2018, writing about his other passion – football and, in particular, Celtic.In 2019, he published his first book, Homegrown Hero, the biography of Celtic player, James Forrest, to great success and, like the proverbial buses, you wait years for a Joe Donnelly book and two come along almost at the same time.In July 2020, Scottish publishers 404 Ink will bring out Joe’s new book – Checkpoint: How Video Games Power Up Minds, Kick Ass and Save Lives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe Donnelly, journalist and author

In the second part of this Extra podcast, Paul Cuddihy and Hugh MacDonald continue their chat about some of their favourite sports books. In this episode, they talk about the 1970 World Cup, the life of a golf caddy, a journeyman footballer's diary, the genius of Hugh McIlvanney and the strange world of crazy golf. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This is the first of a two-part Extra podcast, where Paul Cuddihy and Hugh MacDonald talk about some of their favourite sports books. In this episode, there is chat about boxing, football, baseball, American football and a wonderful work of football fiction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Theresa Talbot is a BBC Radio Scotland presenter, best known as the voice of Traffic & Travel and as the former presenter of The Beechgrove Potting Shed. She is also an author, writing three crime novels featuring investigative journalist, Oonagh O’Neil – The Lost Children, Keep Her Silent and The Quiet Ones, as well as This Is What I Look Like, a memoir of her life and career. Theresa also hosts the excellent crime fiction podcast, The Tartan Noir Show,  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theresa Talbot, broadcaster and writer

A podcast celebrating the wonderful world of books. In every episode, writer and journalist, Paul Cuddihy, takes his guests on the literary journey of their lives. They will choose their favourite book from childhood; their teenage/student (formative) years; a book they'd recommend to anyone; a book they couldn't be paid to read again, and the book they're currently reading.

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