The Grey Lit Café

Grey (or gray) literature – 'grey lit' for short – includes such forms of communication as reports, white papers, dissertations, newsletters, slide decks, blogs, and podcasts. The Grey Lit Café explores the opportunities and benefits that grey lit provides for professionals and researchers. The podcast is directed by Anthony Haynes, produced by Dr Bart Hallmark, and published by Frontinus Ltd, a communications agency focused on engineering, infrastructure, sustainability, and research. Frontinus provides consultancy, editing, writing, and training services. If you're creating some grey literature and would like some support, contact us via our website, frontinus.org.uk.

Podcasting since 2022 • 74 episodes

The Grey Lit Café

Latest Episodes

Spineless Wonders: the power of print unbound

Spineless Wonders is the splendid title for a splendid exhibition at the University of London's Senate House Library - an exhibition of unbound material in myriad formats, spanning five hundred years of printing.This episode reviews the ...

August 25, 2025 • Season 9 • Episode 74 • 27:13

Effective design features on posters (GM1 comms)

If you're studying on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course, this episode is for you.The episode focuses on the visual aspects of advice. It seeks to provide pragmatic recommendations that will make a ...

May 20, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 73 • 12:14

Physical aspects of poster presentations (GM1 comms)

If you're studying on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course, this episode is for you.The episode focuses on the (quite radical) implications of the context of poster displayspectators' be...

May 17, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 71 • 11:07

Tactics: group presentations and Q&A (Comms for GM1)

If you're a student on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course (GM1), this episode is for you.Indeed, it focuses on considerations specific to the course, based on observations from previous cohorts' presentations.<...

May 17, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 72 • 11:02

Effective communication using slides (Comms for GM1)

If you're a student on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course (GM1), this episode is for you.The episode stems from consideration of the pitfalls presenters fall into concerning use of slides.Simply by avoid...

May 17, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 70 • 17:36