The Read All About It podcast is returning for a new season, and guests from the worlds of literature, music, entertainment, theatre, sports and politics talk about their favourite (and not so favourite) books.

Every week on the podcast, each guest answer the same five questions while also chatting about their own life, career and how important books are to them.

The five questions are:

1. Favourite book from childhood.

2. Favourite book from teenage/university (formative) years.

3. A book you would recommend to anyone.

4. A book you couldn’t be paid to read again.

5. The last book you read or are currently reading,

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Jane O’Donnell is the Director of People Policy at COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities). Jane grew up in Bathgate, West Lothian, where she still stays with her partner and two daughters, and grew up with a love of books given to her by her parents.

She studied English at St Andrew’s University, which she admits was just because she loved books so much, and like many people, it has had no bearing on her choice of career.

Jane has worked in local government for most of her adult life, working in a variety of roles over the past 24 years. Her role now as Director of People Policy at COSLA covers policy relating to children and young people, health, social care and working with trade union colleagues to support the workforce.

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Heather Parry is a writer and reader based in Glasgow. Her work has been performed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and has been published in many books and magazines.

Heather, in her own words, writes weird fiction and non-fiction, while she is the co-founder and editorial director of Extra Teeth magazine. She also produces and co-presents Teenage Scream, a podcast about point horror books, with Kirsty Logan, and she chairs various literary events throughout Scotland.

Heather is currently working on her second and third novels, and a collection of short stories.

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Les Wood is a writer whose debut novel, Dark Side of the Moon, was published in late 2016 by Freight Books and sold out two print runs. The book was well-received, gaining good reviews in the press, and was listed by Booklist as one of the top 10 crime novels of 2017. HIs second novel, Close to the Edge, is currently wandering the wilds looking for a new publisher, and he has already started work on his third novel.​

In his day job, Les teach Human Physiology at Glasgow Caledonian University (using mini crime stories to teach his students about the workings of the human body!). He is also a musician, and play in one of Scotland’s top brass bands, and have been a Scottish Champion on ten occasions.

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