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Join us for an evening of comedy and book based chat at Exeter Library, as part of the Exeter Comedy Festival. 4 comedians will take to the stage to talk about their favourite (and least favourite) books…

By the end of the night the audience will decide on the Best Book of All Time. (And the Blurst.*) The Best will be paraded round the streets on a satin cushion, and dog-eared by the Mayor. And the Blurst will be banished from the Library forever!!! (but probably not really… we need all the books we can get)

With Robin Ince and Josie Long. Hosted by Edward Tripp & Chris White. With more comics TBA!

* “Blurst” is a very old and probably overly obscure Simpsons reference. If you don’t get it, look it up… (you stupid monkeys)

Robin Ince is many things. A multi award winning comedian, author, broadcaster, bibliomaniac and a populariser of scientific ideas. He is perhaps best known as the former co-host and co-creator of the BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox. As a stand up, Robin has toured the world and as an author he has written four acclaimed books, including Bibliomaniac.

Josie Long was the first woman to be nominated 3 times for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. She’s performed globally to sell-out crowds, while her various podcasts and radio shows have garnered multiple awards. In 2023 she released her debut book; a collection of short stories, Because I Don’t Know What You Mean and What You Don’t. And for Radio and TV, Josie has appeared on The News Quiz, Just A Minute, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Skins, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Drunk History.

Edward Tripp is an award-winning, surreal stand-up poet, who has appeared (materialized) at Just the Tonic in Edinburgh, the London Museum of Comedy and countless other stages. A prop-heavy and provocative performer.

Chris White is a performer, poet and the Events Guy at Exeter Central Library. The founder of Spork! Poetry, a multiple slam winner, and the first Riddler in Residence at Exeter Cathedral, Chris writes about love, ducks, and other wet things.

8pm at Exeter Central Library

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