AuthorListening Books
NarratorMichael Schaeffer, Fiona Bennett, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 6
Duration43m
CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, Biography and Autobiography
PublisherListening Books
VersionUnabridged
From Aug 12, 2021
'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
Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Ruth Hogan
Duration 21m
We chat to Ruth Hogan, author of the brilliant novels Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel, The Keeper of Lost Things and The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes. Photo credit Ben Crocker.
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Series 3, Episode 2 - Kobna Holdbrook - Smith
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 2
Duration 38m
From April 15, 2021 Actor and audiobook narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talks about what it was like to voice Rivers of London as his first audiobook, what he had to unlearn to do voice work and how Frank Sinatra inspired his mic technique.
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Series 3, Episode 1 - Caroline O'Donoghue
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Caroline O'Donoghue, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 1
Duration 41m
'I wanted it to look like how it feels like, and how it feels to be Irish sometimes is that you are in a murder mystery.' Caroline O'Donoghue, host of Sentimental Garbage and author of Promising Young Women, Scenes of a Graphic Nature and the forthcoming YA novel All Our Hidden Gifts, tells Jess about playing with different genres, how some endings...
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Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Simon Lelic
Duration 14m
We speak to the author of the popular thriller novels The House and The Liar's Room. Photo credit Justine Stoddart.
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An Interview With Laura Carlin
Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Laura Carlin
Duration 20m
Author Laura Carlin spoke to us about her brilliant debut, The Wicked Cometh.
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Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Cass Green
Duration 15m
We chat to best-selling writer Cass Green, author of the hugely popular thrillers The Woman Next Door, No Good Deed and In a Cottage in a Wood.
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An Interview With Robin Stevens
Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Robin Stevens
Duration 14m
We speak to the author of the very popular children's series, A Murder Most Unladylike.
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Series 3, Episode 4 - Claire Fuller
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Jessica Stone, Claire Fuller
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 4
Duration 42m
It does play huge roles in describing the character and circumstances, but really it’s there because I love food! Author Claire Fuller talks with Jess about her latest novel, Unsettled Ground, shortlisted for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and her third novel, the simmering, suspenseful Bitter Orange. Claire reflects on the roles m...
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An Interview With T.p. Fielden
Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator T.P. Fielden
Duration 20m
Author T.P. Fielden discusses penning his popular crime series, the Miss Dimont Mysteries.
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An Interview With Angela Chadwick
Author: Books Listening
Author Books Listening
Narrator Angela Chadwick
Duration 18m
We speak to debut author Angela Chadwick about her award-winning novel, XX.
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