• 4: BOOK TALKS. New fiction. LOVE BEFORE COVID by Greg Scorzo. Looking for an original new read???
    Mar 6 2025
    A dialogue between author Greg Scorzo and reader Steven Lawrence.

    “A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human.”
    Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.

    Described as Traumatic (sur)realism, Love Before Covid takes the reader on a journey through the mind of Joe Pastorius; jazz fan, poet, and victim of horrendous sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of his mother.
    A novelised experimental and extreme collection of real-time dialogues, traversing a complex moral maze.

    ” Divided into five parts, and mainly consisting of dialogues between character pairs, the book is a hefty tome which reads surprisingly quickly. The dialogues, somewhat script-like, make it completely accessible to anyone. It’s a work of fiction but some aspects of the dialogues scream with bitter realism …This is a book which intrigues, revolts, repulses, stimulates, in parts a stream of consciousness, in others, a metaphysical treatise on contemporary discourse in our media, universities and homes. To read this book is to experience being a silent ghost, haunting bedrooms, living rooms and coffee shops, watching and listening to the most intimate details of conversations spoken by others …This is a challenging book, one not easy to forget. Dazzling in its originality and depth, it’s like nothing you have ever read before or will read again. Unless it is written by Greg Scorzo.”
    Karen Harradine - political commentator and author.

    also available as a podcast:
    AUDIOBOOM CHANNEL - listen on your favourite platform - Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer and more.
    LOVE BEFORE COVID PODCAST CHANNEL
    https://audioboom.com/channels/5042465-the-love-before-covid-podcast-channel

    AUTHORS WEBSITE
    https://gregscorzo.com
    X - @GregScorzo
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cultureontheoffensive
    Insta @gregscorzo
    Threads - gregscorzo

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs
    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt
    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • 3: BOOK TALKS - New fiction LOVE BEFORE COVID by GREG SCORZO Looking for an original new read??
    Feb 26 2025
    3. A dialogue between author Greg Scorzo and his cousin Nicholas Gallagher.

    “A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human.”
    Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.

    Described as Traumatic (sur)realism, Love Before Covid takes the reader on a journey through the mind of Joe Pastorius; jazz fan, poet, and victim of horrendous sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of his mother.
    A novelised experimental and extreme collection of real-time dialogues, traversing a complex moral maze.

    ” Divided into five parts, and mainly consisting of dialogues between character pairs, the book is a hefty tome which reads surprisingly quickly. The dialogues, somewhat script-like, make it completely accessible to anyone. It’s a work of fiction but some aspects of the dialogues scream with bitter realism …This is a book which intrigues, revolts, repulses, stimulates, in parts a stream of consciousness, in others, a metaphysical treatise on contemporary discourse in our media, universities and homes. To read this book is to experience being a silent ghost, haunting bedrooms, living rooms and coffee shops, watching and listening to the most intimate details of conversations spoken by others …This is a challenging book, one not easy to forget. Dazzling in its originality and depth, it’s like nothing you have ever read before or will read again. Unless it is written by Greg Scorzo.”
    Karen Harradine - political commentator and author.

    also available as a podcast:
    AUDIOBOOM CHANNEL - listen on your favourite platform - Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer and more.
    LOVE BEFORE COVID PODCAST CHANNEL
    https://audioboom.com/channels/5042465-the-love-before-covid-podcast-channel

    AUTHORS WEBSITE
    https://gregscorzo.com
    X - @GregScorzo
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cultureontheoffensive
    Insta @gregscorzo
    Threads - gregscorzo

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs
    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt
    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about
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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • 2: BOOK TALKS - New fiction LOVE BEFORE COVID by GREG SCORZO Looking for an original new read??
    Feb 22 2025
    2. A dialogue between author Greg Scorzo and reader Carrina Murphy.

    “A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human.”
    Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.

    Described as Traumatic (sur)realism, Love Before Covid takes the reader on a journey through the mind of Joe Pastorius; jazz fan, poet, and victim of horrendous sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of his mother.
    A novelised experimental and extreme collection of real-time dialogues, traversing a complex moral maze.

    ” Divided into five parts, and mainly consisting of dialogues between character pairs, the book is a hefty tome which reads surprisingly quickly. The dialogues, somewhat script-like, make it completely accessible to anyone. It’s a work of fiction but some aspects of the dialogues scream with bitter realism …This is a book which intrigues, revolts, repulses, stimulates, in parts a stream of consciousness, in others, a metaphysical treatise on contemporary discourse in our media, universities and homes. To read this book is to experience being a silent ghost, haunting bedrooms, living rooms and coffee shops, watching and listening to the most intimate details of conversations spoken by others …This is a challenging book, one not easy to forget. Dazzling in its originality and depth, it’s like nothing you have ever read before or will read again. Unless it is written by Greg Scorzo.”
    Karen Harradine - political commentator and author.

    also available as a podcast:
    AUDIOBOOM CHANNEL - listen on your favourite platform - Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer and more.
    LOVE BEFORE COVID PODCAST CHANNEL
    https://audioboom.com/channels/5042465-the-love-before-covid-podcast-channel

    AUTHORS WEBSITE
    https://gregscorzo.com
    X - @GregScorzo
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cultureontheoffensive
    Insta @gregscorzo
    Threads - gregscorzo

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs
    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt
    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • 1: BOOK TALKS - New fiction LOVE BEFORE COVID by GREG SCORZO Looking for an original new read??
    Jan 26 2025
    1. A dialogue between Author Greg Scorzo and fan of the book, Karen Harradine.

    “A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human.”
    Unlike typical romance novels, it’s a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.

    Described as Traumatic (sur)realism, Love Before Covid takes the reader on a journey through the mind of Joe Pastorius; jazz fan, poet, and victim of horrendous sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of his mother.
    A novelised experimental and extreme collection of real-time dialogues, traversing a complex moral maze.

    ” Divided into five parts, and mainly consisting of dialogues between character pairs, the book is a hefty tome which reads surprisingly quickly. The dialogues, somewhat script-like, make it completely accessible to anyone. It’s a work of fiction but some aspects of the dialogues scream with bitter realism …This is a book which intrigues, revolts, repulses, stimulates, in parts a stream of consciousness, in others, a metaphysical treatise on contemporary discourse in our media, universities and homes. To read this book is to experience being a silent ghost, haunting bedrooms, living rooms and coffee shops, watching and listening to the most intimate details of conversations spoken by others …This is a challenging book, one not easy to forget. Dazzling in its originality and depth, it’s like nothing you have ever read before or will read again. Unless it is written by Greg Scorzo.”
    Karen Harradine - political commentator and author.

    "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." - Carl Jung
    BUY THE BOOK ' LOVE BEFORE COVID' ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs
    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt
    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.
    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about

    YOU TUBE CHANNEL@gregscorzo GREG SCORZO - Author - Writer - Podcasts - Events
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASbIhvUni4ESx2DhaJ5esA

    LOVE BEFORE COVID PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANimt-lCQK2_FfawgmDztze

    BOOK TALKS PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANSjhu5I8DDY9F9hXhK93dy

    THE ART OF THINKING PODCAST CHANNEL WITH GREG SCORZO
    https://audioboom.com/channels/5057562-the-art-of-thinking-with-greg-scorzo





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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • LOVE BEFORE COVID AUDIOPLAY - full length
    Oct 8 2021
    A FEATURE FILM FOR YOUR EARS
    by philosopher Greg Scorzo.
    Taken from 3 chapters of Greg Scorzo's debut novel LOVE BEFORE COVID>
    This
    unique listening experience, we are taken on a journey through the turbulent love life of our protagonist Joe, via his romantic relationships with two different women, Janet and Lorraine. This is done by eavesdropping on real-time exchanges between the 3 characters. How to navigate that journey, the listener has to decide on their own. Beware, this is not a happy gallop through a RomCom.
    LOVE BEFORE COVID Audioplay was written, devised, directed and scored by philosopher Dr Greg Scorzo. It stars Daniel Ashman and Sarah Dalzell and is narrated by Chris Conway, and produced by Lizzie Soden.

    LOVE BEFORE COVID by Greg Scorzo - A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human. Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.”

    "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." - Carl Jung

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs

    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt

    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about

    TUBE CHANNEL@gregscorzo GREG SCORZO - Author - Writer - Podcasts - Events
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASbIhvUni4ESx2DhaJ5esA

    LOVE BEFORE COVID PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANimt-lCQK2_FfawgmDztze

    BOOK TALKS PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANSjhu5I8DDY9F9hXhK93dy

    DIALOGUES BETWEEN AUTHOR GREG SCORZO AND ASSORTED READERS.
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    2 hrs
  • 1: LOVE BEFORE COVID Audioplay Chapter 1. Conditional Love
    Aug 23 2021
    In this chapter we listen to Joe and Janet exploring the paradox of rejecting conditional love.
    A FEATURE FILM FOR YOUR EARS
    by philosopher Greg Scorzo.
    Taken from 3 chapters of Greg Scorzo's debut novel LOVE BEFORE COVID
    This unique listening experience, we are taken on a journey through the turbulent love life of our protagonist Joe, via his romantic relationships with two different women, Janet and Lorraine. This is done by eavesdropping on real-time exchanges between the 3 characters. How to navigate that journey, the listener has to decide on their own. Beware, this is not a happy gallop through a RomCom.
    THE LOVE BEFORE COVID audioplay is written, devised, directed and scored by philosopher Dr Greg Scorzo. It stars Daniel Ashman and Sarah Dalzell and is narrated by Chris Conway, and produced by Lizzie Soden.

    LOVE BEFORE COVID by Greg Scorzo - A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human. Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.”

    "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." - Carl Jung

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs

    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt

    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about

    TUBE CHANNEL@gregscorzo GREG SCORZO - Author - Writer - Podcasts - Events
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASbIhvUni4ESx2DhaJ5esA

    LOVE BEFORE COVID PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANimt-lCQK2_FfawgmDztze

    BOOK TALKS PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANSjhu5I8DDY9F9hXhK93dy

    DIALOGUES BETWEEN AUTHOR GREG SCORZO AND ASSORTED READERS.

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    21 mins
  • 2: LOVE BEFORE COVID Audioplay Chapter 2. Altruism
    Aug 22 2021
    In this chapter we are introduced to Joe’s relationship with Loraine, where he actually puts his Altruistic views of love into practice.

    A FEATURE FILM FOR YOUR EARS
    by philosopher Greg Scorzo.
    Taken from 3 chapters of Greg Scorzo's debut novel LOVE BEFORE COVID>
    This
    unique listening experience, we are taken on a journey through the turbulent love life of our protagonist Joe, via his romantic relationships with two different women, Janet and Lorraine. This is done by eavesdropping on real-time exchanges between the 3 characters. How to navigate that journey, the listener has to decide on their own. Beware, this is not a happy gallop through a RomCom.
    LOVE BEFORE COVID Audioplay was written, devised, directed and scored by philosopher Dr Greg Scorzo. It stars Daniel Ashman and Sarah Dalzell and is narrated by Chris Conway, and produced by Lizzie Soden.

    LOVE BEFORE COVID by Greg Scorzo - A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human. Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.”

    "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." - Carl Jung

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs

    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt

    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about

    TUBE CHANNEL@gregscorzo GREG SCORZO - Author - Writer - Podcasts - Events
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASbIhvUni4ESx2DhaJ5esA

    LOVE BEFORE COVID PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANimt-lCQK2_FfawgmDztze

    BOOK TALKS PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANSjhu5I8DDY9F9hXhK93dy

    DIALOGUES BETWEEN AUTHOR GREG SCORZO AND ASSORTED READERS.
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    18 mins
  • 3: LOVE BEFORE COVID Audioplay Chapter 3. Lust
    Aug 21 2021
    In this chapter we learn more about what does NOT cause lust in Loraine in her relationship with Joe.
    A FEATURE FILM FOR YOUR EARS
    by philosopher Greg Scorzo.
    Taken from 3 chapters of Greg Scorzo's debut novel LOVE BEFORE COVID>
    This
    unique listening experience, we are taken on a journey through the turbulent love life of our protagonist Joe, via his romantic relationships with two different women, Janet and Lorraine. This is done by eavesdropping on real-time exchanges between the 3 characters. How to navigate that journey, the listener has to decide on their own. Beware, this is not a happy gallop through a RomCom.
    LOVE BEFORE COVID Audioplay is written, devised, directed and scored by philosopher Dr Greg Scorzo. It stars Daniel Ashman and Sarah Dalzell and is narrated by Chris Conway, and produced by Lizzie Soden.

    LOVE BEFORE COVID by Greg Scorzo - A raw, philosophical dive into love’s messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human. Unlike typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry. It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and insight.”

    "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." - Carl Jung

    BUY LOVE BEFORE COVID ON
    https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/love-before-covid
    https://amzn.eu/d/9xqo7Xs

    Available on kindle -
    https://amzn.eu/d/4f4tPYt

    Ebook versions - Apple Books,Google play, Kobo.

    Author pages
    Troubador Press https://troubador.co.uk/author/greg-scorzo
    Good Reads
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22025371.GREG_SCORZO
    AMAZON author
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B099PYZN1F/about

    TUBE CHANNEL@gregscorzo GREG SCORZO - Author - Writer - Podcasts - Events
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASbIhvUni4ESx2DhaJ5esA

    LOVE BEFORE COVID PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANimt-lCQK2_FfawgmDztze

    BOOK TALKS PLAYLIST
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDZyPzVnhlANSjhu5I8DDY9F9hXhK93dy

    DIALOGUES BETWEEN AUTHOR GREG SCORZO AND ASSORTED READERS.

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    15 mins