Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay

Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray was a man of many talents, as demonstrated by Jake Thackray: The Unsung Writer, ...  Show more

Merry Christmas! Join Andy and Una, plus authors Louie Stowell and Robert Shearman, for a post-solstice celebration of Asterix and the Roman Agent (1972) by René Goscinny (words) and Albert Uderzo (pictures), first published in France in 1970 as La Zizanie, and freely translated ...  Show more

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2024.

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THE CURSE - Dr. Jamie Mortimer returned to collect his walking stick. My companion could sense an unease from our visitor. A harrowing story laid inside this surgeon from Wolverhampton... It was time to let it out. Part 1 of 10 This episode contains swearing, references to distre ...  Show more

<div>It's Episode 10 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of affection affliction.

"My First Diary" written by Sean J. K. Heasman (Story starts around 00:03:00)
Produced by: Jeff Clement
Cast: ...  Show more

The year is 1816, and 18-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. They're on their way to visit Lord Byron's villa in Lake Geneva, Switzerland - and to change the course of literary history. In this episode, Jacke talks to Carol ...  Show more