Spybrary Prize – Win a place on the Intelligence Trail Tour
The Intelligence Trail is an in-depth London Spy Tour run by Brian, the host of the Sunday Spy Show. And if you read on you have the chance to win a place on his epic espionage tours along with...
View Article8 Spy Book Blogs You Should Follow
Check out this curated list of our favorite Spy Book Blogs Spy book fans are blessed with some excellent spy fiction book blogs on the web. In this post we share with you our favorite 8 spy book blogs...
View ArticleSpybrary Spy Books August 2017 Reading List
Spy Books for August 2017 Each month as part of a new Spybrary feature I want to share with you what spy books I plan to read. I am always looking for guests to discuss these with so let me know if you...
View ArticleHot off the Press John Le Carre’s Little Drummer Girl to be adapted for TV –...
Press release just in from the Ink Factory: ON THE HEELS OF THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AND AWARD-WINNING SERIES “THE NIGHT MANAGER,” THE INK FACTORY, BBC AND AMC ANNOUNCE NEXT JOHN LE CARRÉ PROJECT — “THE...
View ArticleMeanwhile in Magdeburg…
Meanwhile in Magdeburg, someone is listening to the latest Spybrary Spy podcast episode…. The post Meanwhile in Magdeburg… appeared first on Spybrary - Spy Podcast.
View ArticleCelebrities reading Spy Books
Which celebrities do we know of that read spy books? Here is England football legend (still 4th highest England goal scorer) Jimmy Greaves reading Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die back in the 60s. A...
View Article35: The Wende Museum Review
The Wende Museum Brush Pass Review with Gary Dexter Its time to party like its 1989 on this edition of the Spybrary Spy Podcast. Spybrarian Gary Dexter recently visited the Wende Museum in Los Angeles...
View Article40: Vote in the Spybrary Shelf of Fame
Spybrary Shelf of Fame – your favourite spy books! Spybrary needs you to vote for your favorite Spy novels. What Spy Books would make your shelf of fame? Spybrary “Shelf of Fame” Vote for your...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleReview – 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...
View ArticleReview – 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...
View Article007 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...
View ArticleNot every hero dies in uniform
Today is Memorial Day in America. Most of us will take a moment to think about those who lost their lives fighting for our freedom. Memorial Day got me thinking though, what about our brave men and...
View Article“Broadsword Calling Danny Boy!”: Where Eagles Dare At 50
Some films seem to stand the test of time. Not only are they popular on release but they find new audiences throughout the decades that follow. Where Eagles Dare, first released fifty years ago this...
View ArticleCold War Spies & Time Travel: ars Paradoxica
Chances are, if you’re reading this blog post, you’re a podcast listener. Non-fiction podcasts such as Spybrary aren’t the only things out there though. The rise of the podcast has also led to a...
View Article50: Deighton Day 2018 – Meet Up in Berlin
Follow in the steps of Bernard Samson – Len Deighton Meetup – Berlin Update: Listen to a special message that Len Deighton has sent us on Episode 50 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast! Rob Mallows from the...
View ArticleReview Of The Little Drummer Girl
Transmission received from Spybrarian Matthew Kresal: Review of The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre. One of the familiar tropes of the spy genre is an intelligence agency recruiting a civilian...
View ArticleComing up on the Spybrary Spy Podcast – July/August 2018
Coming up in the next few weeks on the Spybrary Spy Podcast We celebrate Episode 50 with the man who kicked it all off on Episode 1 – Rob Mallows from Deighton Dossier. (Brief episode where...
View ArticleReview Of The Good Shepherd (2006)
I am quite fond of the saying that “truth is stranger than fiction.” As those of us who read spy fact (and those fiction works which blur the boundaries between the two) know, it is often the case....
View ArticleReview – Into The Shadows: The Fever
Having heard Shane interview author Michael Brady on the show nearly a year ago, Into The Shadows: The Fever has long been on my radar. It wasn’t until Spy-Con this past spring that I finally acquired...
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