Episodes
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A special festive episode discussing books that feature celebrations. Amy and Edward return for a final a face-off as Jess attempts to foil them with her literary quiz.
Books mentioned:
Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers
The Party, by Elizabeth Day
Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 120,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. Visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk for more information. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
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Emily Woo Zeller is an American voice actress and audiobook narrator whose work has earned heaps of awards, including AudioFile’s prestigious Golden Voice Award. You may have heard her reading fantasy books like R.F. Kuang’s Poppy War series, romance novels like Helen Hoang’s The Bride Test, or perhaps a spy thriller like Chloe Gong’s Foul Lady Fortune. Today she tells us what she appreciates about those books, and a little of what she’s learned about creating a well-balanced life.
Other books mentioned:
Phoenix Extravagant, by Yoon Ha Lee
The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease, by Elissa Epel
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer; by Elizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel
Links!
Emilly Woo Zeller and Gabra Zackman’s short-form romance and erotica: https://www.lovebytesoriginals.com/
AudioFile interview: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/articles/interview-with-golden-voice-narrator-emily-woo-zeller/
Give the gift of audio this Christmas with a Listening Books gift membership: https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
Members' Choice Award
To vote for your favourite audiobook to win the Members Choice Award, visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk/extra/members-choice-award
We’d love to hear from you!
If you're enjoying this podcast, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, can help others find us (and makes us feel good, too).
You can also give us a shout on Twitter or Instagram: @ListeningBooks
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We also have more content on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ListeningBooks
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 120,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. Visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk for more information. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
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Stephanie Cannon is an American voice actor, circus performer, and audiobook narrator living in England. In this conversation with host Jessica Stone, she tells us what that’s like, how walking on stilts complements reading in a box, which kinds of books she loves to narrate, and conversely which ones she'll take a pass on. We also discuss Kate Dylan’s cyberpunk dystopian novel Mindwalker and its sequel Mindbreaker, both narrated by Stephanie.
Books and other recommendations:
The Sharp Edge of Silence, by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum, narrated by Stephanie Cannon Mindwalker, by Kate Dylan, narrated by Stephanie Cannon Mindbreaker, by Kate Dylan, narrated by Stephanie Cannon Noir, by Christopher Moore, narrated by Johnny Heller Heidi’s Guide to Four Letter Words, by Tara Sivec and Andy Arndt, narrated by Andy Arndt The Space Race, docudrama from B7 Media, narrated by Kate MulgrewLinks!
For more of Stephanie’s work, head to her website www.sparkthecannon.com
To vote for your favourite audiobook to win the Members Choice Award, visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk/extra/members-choice-award
Give the gift of audio this Christmas with a Listening Books gift membership: https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
If you're enjoying this podcast, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, can help others find us (and makes us feel good, too).
You can also give us a shout on Twitter or Instagram: @ListeningBooks
Or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ListeningBooks12
We also have more content on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ListeningBooks
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 120,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. Visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk for more information. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
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Jane McDowell is a talented actress and narrator with many credits to her name, including the Dr Ruth Galloway mystery series by Elly Griffiths. In this conversation with host Jessica Stone, Jane tells us what it was like to record the last book of the series The Locked Room during a Covid lockdown, how animals help her create character voices, and what book was so moving that she wrote the author to thank her.
Books mentioned, all narrated by Jane:
The Locked Room, by Elly Griffiths
Delicious, by Nicki Pellegrino
Snow Widows, by Katherine MacInnes
Curlew Moon, by Mary Colwell
The Hidden World of the Fox, by Adele Brand
The Confession of Katherine Howard, by Suzannah Dunn
A Killer's Confession, by Karen EdwardsGift Membership
Give the gift of audio this Christmas with a Listening Books gift membership: https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membershipMembers' Choice Award
To vote for your favourite audiobook to win the Members Choice Award, visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk/extra/members-choice-awardWe’d love to hear from you!
If you're enjoying this podcast, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, can help others find us (and makes us feel good, too).You can also give us a shout on Twitter or Instagram: @ListeningBooks
Or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ListeningBooks12
We also have more content on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ListeningBooks
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 120,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. Visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk for more information. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership -
Polly Lee is an award winning actress and narrator of over 200 fiction and non-fiction books. She has also narrated over 200 romance novels under the name Ashford McNab/MacNab. Raised in the UK, she has lived in the US now for 25 years working equally in both her British and American dialects. Today she tells us about some of the books that have stayed with her, including Soman Chainani’s School for Good and Evil series, and the voices she would have done differently if she’d known how the series would play out.
Other books mentioned:
A Place to Hang the Moon, by Kate Albus
Better Late than Never: Understand, survive and thrive a midlife diagnosis of ADHD, by Emma Mahony and Sari SoldenMembers' Choice Award
To vote for your favourite audiobook to win the Members Choice Award, visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk/extra/members-choice-award
We’d love to hear from you!
If you're enjoying this podcast, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, can help others find us (and makes us feel good, too).
You can also give us a shout on X (formerly Twitter) or Instagram: @ListeningBooks
Or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ListeningBooks12
We also have more content on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ListeningBooks
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 120,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. Visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk for more information. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
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Bonnie Garmus is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, the bestselling novel about a chemist named Elizabeth Zott who becomes the host of a cooking show in the 1960s. In this conversation with host Jessica Stone, Bonnie tells us about how her career as a copywriter shaped her approach to writing the novel, the one mispronunciation in the audiobook, and why she needed to break some rules to write this story.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Chasing Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof
Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverMembers' Choice Award
To vote for your favourite audiobook to win the Members Choice Award, visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk/extra/members-choice-award
We’d love to hear from you!
If you're enjoying this podcast, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, can help others find us (and makes us feel good, too).
You can also give us a shout on Twitter or Instagram: @ListeningBooks
Or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ListeningBooks12
We also have more content on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ListeningBooks
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 120,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. Visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk for more information. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
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Gordon Griffin has narrated over 900 audiobooks and in 2017 received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth for his services to audiobooks. He tells us about that experience, how the industry has changed over the years, how he prepares for each audiobook, and what the secret is to being a truly good narrator.
Books Mentioned
Rooftoppers, Katherine Rundell
Billy Elliot, Melvin Burgess
The New Woman, Charity Norman
The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix, Paul Sussman
For more about Gordon Griffin's work and workshops, visit gordongriffin.com.
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,
Or Facebook,
And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Annie Aldington has voiced hundreds of audiobooks, and among them are some of the most popular titles in the Listening Books collection, including novels by Dilly Court, Martina Cole, Katie Price, Aoife Walsh, and Kitty Neale. Here Annie tells us how she happened into audiobook narration, shares her secret tricks for conquering difficult accents, and reveals just how much fun peripheral characters can be.
Books Mentioned
Adams Family Series, Mary Jane Staples
Polly of Penn’s Place, Dee Williams
Voice and the Actor, Cicely Berry
The Tulip Tearooms, Pam Evans
The Good Time Girls, Fiona Ford
Woolworths Series, Elaine Everest
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, Hallie Rubenhold
Authors Mentioned
Dilly Court
Martina Cole
Kay Brellend
The Good Time Girls, Fiona Ford
Jean Fullerton
Kerry Barnes
Edie Baylis
Apps and Podcasts Mentioned
The Accent Kit (app)
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
Scotland Yard Confidential
Catford 6699
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,
Or Facebook,
And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Clinical psychologist and author Dr Julie Smith joins Jess to share some of the practical wisdom from her bestselling book Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Want to know one of the most versatile tools to have in your mental health tool kit? Do you ever wish you could summon motivation when you need it most? Julie warns us of the pitfalls of chasing self-esteem and the rewards of living your life in line with who you want to be.
You can find more of Julie's content on social media and on her website.
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,
Or Facebook,
And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Author Jonathan Whitelaw joins Jess for a cosy chat about cosy crime. He tells us how he landed such a fantastic narrator in Sid Sagar, how he approached character development in The Bingo Hall Detectives, why he chose the Lake District for the setting, and what we should be reading while we wait for his next book, The Village Hall Vendetta.
Books Mentioned
The Bingo Hall Detectives and The Village Hall Vendetta, Jonathan Whitelaw
Rivers of London: Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch
A Spoonful of Murder, J.M. Hall
Her Majesty the Queen Investigates (series), S.J. Bennett
The Marlow Murder Club and Death Comes to Marlow, Robert Thorogood
Links
Q&A with Ben Aaronovitch
Conversation with Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,
Or Facebook,
And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Author Florence Wilkinson talks about her book Wild City: Encounters with Urban Wildlife, giving lots of suggestions for noticing and encouraging the wildlife right on our doorstep.
Books and Apps Mentioned
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution by Menno Schilthuizen Warbler Picture ThisWho Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
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You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
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And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Jess is joined by colleagues Amy and Lieve to talk about notable books adapted to film—for better and for worse! Of course, this is all just a warm-up for the true highlight, which is of course our Very Serious Literary Game. Will Amy triumph against her new opponent, or will Lieve take down the reigning champion?
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
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And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Emilie Pine, author of the personal essay collection Notes to Self and her recently published novel Ruth and Pen, tells us what it was like to narrate her emotionally difficult first book, what factored into the casting of Ruth and Pen’s audiobook narrator, and the sometimes surprising responses she’s received from readers. There is also wisdom here for the aspiring writer, or anyone attempting something that feels too enormous to begin.
Mentioned in this episode:
Notes to Self, a collection of personal essays written and narrated by Emilie, published by Tramp Press Ruth and Pen, a novel written by Emilie and narrated by Jody O’Neill, published by Hamish Hamilton Good Sex, a play written by Emilie, produced by Dead Centre, and directed by Ben Kidd Small: On motherhoods, a memoir written by Claire Lynch, published by Octopus Publishing Group Ulysses by James Joyce Virginia WoolfWho Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health condition, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
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You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
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And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Natasha Lipman writes about what it means to live, and live well, with chronic illness. Here she talks to Jessica about the strategies she’s adopted to return her to the pleasures of reading.
Books Mentioned
The Kites by Romain Gary
The Paddington Series by Michael Bond, read by Stephen Fry
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
Important Links
To subscribe to Natasha’s newsletter and to participate in online bibliotherapy on the 15th November, head to https://natashalipman.substack.com/
For more information about Listening Books, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is produced by Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. www.listening-books.org.uk
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Gail Pirkis and Hazel Wood are founding editors of Slightly Foxed, the quarterly magazine and independent publishing house. As specialists in books that have stood the test of time even while falling out of fashion, Gail and Hazel bring us titles so good, they deserve to be heard as audiobooks, too.
Books and Authors Recommended
Humour
My Grandmothers and I, Diana Holman-Hunt
A Boy at the Hogarth Press, Richard Kennedy
The Empress of Ireland, Christopher Robbins
Natural History & the English Countryside
Adrian Bell Trilogy: Corduroy, Silver Ley, The Cherry Tree
James Rebanks: English Pastoral, A Shepherd’s Life
Lark Rise to Candleford Trilogy, Flora Thompson: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, Candleford Green
The Brensham Trilogy, John Moore: Portrait of Elmbury, Brensham Village, The Blue Field
Children’s Books
BB (Denys Watchkins-Pitchford): The Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream
Ronald Welch’s novels
Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman and post-Roman novels*
Memoirs & Diaries
Blue Remembered Hills, Rosemary Sutcliff
A Late Beginner, Priscilla Napier
A Sort of Life, Graham Green
Roald Dahl: Boy, Going Solo
The House of Elric, Gavin Maxwell
Giving Up the Ghost, Hilary Mantel
Conundrum, Jan Morris
Nella Last’s War, Nella Last
Recommended Audiobooks
Richard Crompton’s Just William series, read by Martin Jarvis
Anthony Trollope: The Barsetshire Chronicles, The Pallisers, read by *Timothy West
Will She Do, Eileen Atkins, read by the author
In My Mind’s Eye: A Thought Diary, Jan Morris, read by Phyllida Nash
A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
For more information about Slightly Foxed, visit foxedquarterly.com.
Who Are We?
The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,
Or Facebook,
And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Amy, Edward, and Jessica are back for this summer special filled with all the books they’ve got lined up for the sunshine and the sea shore. Come for the stellar book recs. Stay for the most unfair literary game in history (our history anyway). The Listening Books Podcast returns in September for a new monthly series!
Edward is reading:
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Amy is reading:
Dead Famous by Greg Jenner
To the Greatest Heights by Vanessa O’Brien
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown
Jessica is reading:
Home Stretch by Graham Norton
The Master by Colm Toibín
The Magician by Colm Toibín
Ulysses by James Joyce as read by Friends of Shakespeare and Company Read Ulysses
Who Are We?
Edward Herring is Membership Support Officer at Listening Books. Amy Flinders is Publisher Relations Manager. And Jessica Stone is Audio Producer, and host of the Listening Books Podcast.
For more information about Listening Books, whether you’re interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
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And we also have some content on YouTube.
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Edward, Amy, and Jessica round up the books that have been bringing them joy this year . . . ‘joy’ veering very occasionally into malevolent glee, and Edward and Amy face off in a festive literary quiz.
The audiobooks (or plays!) bringing Edward joy
Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas
Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
Right Ho, Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse
The audiobooks bringing Amy joy
Short Stories by Roald Dahl, especially ‘The Way Up to Heaven’
Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Pérez
Anything by Caitlin Moran!
The Descent of Man, Grayson Perry
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
The Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick
Crooked Heart, Lissa Evans
The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
A Streetcat Named Bob, James Bowen
The audiobooks bringing Jessica joy
Light a Penny Candle, Maeve Binchy
Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy
The Frayed Atlantic Edge, David Gange (You can hear Jess’s conversation with David in an earlier episode)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr (You can hear Jess’s conversation with narrator Helen Barford in an earlier episode)
Who Are We?
Edward Herring is Membership Support Officer at Listening Books. Amy Flinders is Publisher Relations Manager. And Jessica Stone is Audio Producer, and of course, host of The Listening Books Podcast.
For more information about Listening Books, whether you’re interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership
We’d love to hear from you!
Here’s a good place to review the podcast.
You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks,
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And we also have some content on YouTube.
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‘I have to say as an editor, I was very pleased when I saw “flensing”. I thought, “Yes exactly! That’s exactly . . . Hurrah! Yes!”
Publisher Cherry Potts from Arachne Press and indigenous Mexican Latinx author Marina Sánchez talk with Jess about the newly published anthology Where We Find Ourselves: Stories and Poems of Maps and Mapping from UK Writers of the Global Majority.
The poems you hear are Geography Lesson, by Marina Sánchez, read by Marina Sánchez; and Departure Lounge, by Rhiya Pau, read by Farhana Khalique.
Marina recommends the Zapotec poet Irma Pineda, and Cherry recommends Jay Bernard’s debut collection of poetry, Surge.
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For more information about Listening Books, whether you’re interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk.
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Do you think we'll ever really belong anywhere?
'I suppose not,' said Papa. 'Not the way people belong who have lived in one place all their lives. But we'll belong a little in lots of places, and I think that may be just as good.'
Actor Helen Barford talks with Jessica about Judith Kerr's classic children’s novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, which she narrated for Listening Books' Sound Learning production. Helen also shares some good advice for anyone interested in taking up audiobook narration.
Books Helen and her children recommend for the Audiobook Listening Challenge
Beast Quest (series), Adam Blade
Harry Potter (series), JK Rowling
The Secret Seven (series) and The Famous Five (series), Enid Blyton
Julia Donaldson’s books, especially Tyrannosaurus Drip and What the Ladybird Heard
Roald Dahl’s books, especially Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Railway Children, Edith Nesbit
We’d love to hear from you!
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Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks,
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And we also have some content on YouTube.
For more information about Listening Books, whether you’re interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk.
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'My reading experience with poetry is that I'm in the presence of some...body and we're in that kind of potentially ... it might be that slightly late night kitchen table moment where you've sort of got through all the news and the stuff and you actually enter into where you really are, and what's going on, and what you really need to talk about.'
Poet Fiona Bennett and Actor Michael Schaeffer talk with Jessica about how The Poetry Exchange began, why the poems are introduced as friends, and how the way we encounter poems can shape our experience of them.
Fiona’s recommendations for the Audiobook Listening Challenge
Rapture, by Carol Ann Duffy
A Sleepwalk on the Severn, by Alice Oswald
The poem that has been a friend to Jessica
We’d love to hear from you!
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For more information about Listening Books, head to www.listening-books.org.uk
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