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Ghosts by Edith Wharton
29 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 3 min
It's Halloween and John and Andy are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Backlisted's resident revenant, critic Andrew Male, to discuss Ghosts, Edith Wharton's selection of her best supernatural tales, first published in 1937. John also talks about Alan Garner's new memoir Where Shall We Run To? while Andy has been reading Daphne du Maurier's prophetic final novel Rule Britannia.6'57 - Rule Britannia by Daphne Du Maurier13'27 - Where shall We Run To? by Alan Garner17'40 - Ghosts by Edith Wharton Lees meer
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Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice
15 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 9 min
This week John and Andy are joined by actor and director Sam West and writer and academic Sophie Ratcliffe to talk about Louis MacNeice's Autumn Journal. The poem was composed in the autumn of 1938 while Britain awaited the declaration of the Second World War. Other books under discussion are Katharine Kilalea's OK, Mr Field and Francis Plug: Writer in Residence by Paul Ewen. Lees meer
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8'07 - Ok, Mr Field by Katherine Kilalea
12'24 - Francis Plug: Writer in Residence by Paul Ewen
23'33 - Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
1 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 2 min
This week John and Andy are joined by novelist and literary journalist Sarra Manning (author of The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp) to discuss Elaine Dundy's sparkling debut The Dud Avocado and its follow-up The Old Man and Me. Other books under discussion are Anna Burns's Man Booker-shortlisted Milkman and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, published 150 years ago and still startlingly relevant. Lees meer
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10'41 - Daniel Deronda by George Elliot
19'25 - Milkman by Anna Burns
24'11 - The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Ulverton by Adam Thorpe
17 september 2018 · 59 min
For a special episode recorded at the End of the Road festival in Dorset, John and Andy are joined by author and critic Tom Cox to talk about Adam Thorpe's 1992 debut novel Ulverton. Other books discussed include Sally Rooney's new novel Normal People and Mott the Hoople singer Ian Hunter's recently reissued Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star. Further details can be found via our website at backlisted.fm. Lees meer
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A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin
3 september 2018 · 53 min
For the final episode recorded at this year's Port Eliot festival in Cornwall, John and Andy are joined by authors Nina Stibbe and returning guest Simon Garfield to discuss Philip Larkin's second and final novel A Girl In Winter, and Larkin's place in the national psyche. Warning: this episode contains poetry readings, dentistry and a hip-hop remix of This Be The Verse. Lees meer
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8'00 - A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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The Lion and the Unicorn by George Orwell
20 augustus 2018 · 1 uur
For the second of three episodes recorded at the Port Eliot festival in Cornwall, John and Andy are joined by songwriter and activist Billy Bragg and journalist and critic Suzi Feay to talk about George Orwell's The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius. This special episode features audience participation on a scale never before heard on Backlisted - make sure you keep listening until the very end of the Q&A session... Lees meer
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0'00 - The Lion and The Unicorn by George Orwell*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard
6 augustus 2018 · 55 min
For the first of three episodes recorded at this year's Port Eliot festival in Cornwall, John and Andy are joined by author Cathy Rentzenbrink and actor and writer Ben Moor to talk about Pierre Bayard's How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read. Three members of the panel have read the book and one hasn't - join the audience in trying to work out who is dissembling (and whether it matters). Lees meer
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7'06 - How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
23 juli 2018 · 1 uur 7 min
John and Andy are joined by Unbound co-founder and co-author of Crap Towns Dan Kieran and returning guest Dr Una McCormack, NYT bestselling novelist and co-director of the Anglia Ruskin University Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy, to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King, the third part of The Lord of the Rings. Andy also talks about Russell Hoban's classic Riddley Walker, while John has been reading Crudo, the acclaimed new novel by Olivia Laing. Lees meer
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6'15 - Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence6'32 - Happy by Nicola Barker
6'56 - The Krull House by Georges Simenon
7'51 As Time Goes By - Derek Taylor
8'17 Riddley Walker by Russel Hoben
13'45 Crudo by Olivia Laing
18'53 - The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
9 juli 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
John and Andy are joined by writer and editor Nikesh Shukla to discuss Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, ZZ Packer's groundbreaking collection of stories, first published in 2003. Andy also talks about Lissa Evans's new novel Old Baggage, while John has been reading Problems by Jade Sharma. Lees meer
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7'36 - Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
14'07 - Problems by Jade Sharma
21'35 - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay
25 juni 2018 · 1 uur 10 min
This week John and Andy are joined by super-librarian Nancy Pearl, possibly the only librarian in the world to have their own action figure, to discuss Rose Macaulay's gloriously eccentric family saga Told by an Idiot. John has been reading Sally Bayley's acclaimed bibliomemoir Girl With Dove, while Andy waxes lyrical over Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer-winning novel Less (and has a surprise in store...) This episode was recorded in the library at the recent Stoke Newington literary festival. Lees meer
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9'04 - Less by Andrew Shaun Greer
17'44 - *Unnamed Memoir* by Sally Bailey
32'04 Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
10 juni 2018 · 57 min
For a special episode recorded at the Bath Festival, we discuss Angela Carter's astonishing collection The Bloody Chamber (1979), much of which was conceived while Carter lived in Bath. Andy and John are joined by novelist Rachel Heath, Boundless editor and critic Arifa Akbar, and journalist and artistic director of words and literature at the Bath Festival, Alex Clark. This episode also includes the panel's thoughts on Philip Roth, whose death had been announced that morning. Lees meer
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11'25 - The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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My Ántonia by Willa Cather
28 mei 2018 · 1 uur 10 min
Hermione Lee joins John and Andy to discuss the work of American novelist Willa Cather and, in its centenary year, her pioneering novel My Ántonia. John also talks about Wilding by Isabella Tree and Andy revisits one his favourite books, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair. Lees meer
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The Fatal Englishman by Sebastian Faulks
14 mei 2018 · 1 uur 6 min
The poet Rishi Dastidar joins John and Andy to talk about Sebastian Faulks' least known and first non-fiction title, The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives.Also in this episode Andy talks about the Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn while John has been enjoying Folk by Zoe Gilbert. Lees meer
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8'35 - The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St Aubyn
16'55 - Folk by Zoe Gilbert
21'45 - The Fatal Englishman by Sebastian Faulks*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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Corregidora by Gayl Jones
30 april 2018 · 1 uur 7 min
Professor Sarah Churchwell introduces Andy and John to the phenomenal Corregidora by Gayl Jones, a book steeped in the blues and the American slavery legacy. Other books they've read are Rain on the Pavements by Roland Camberton and In Pursuit of Spring by Edward Thomas. Lees meer
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13'00 - Rain on The Pavement by Roland Camberton
19'31 In Pursuit of Spring by Edward Thomas
24'30 Corregidora by Gayl Jones*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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The Lowlife by Alexander Baron
16 april 2018 · 1 uur 3 min
John and Andy are at the dogs this week, discussing the 1963 cult novel The Lowlife by Alexander Baron. They are joined by London enthusiast Peter Watts(the first person to write a biography of Battersea Power Station) and Gary Budden, author and director of ground-breaking indie Influx Press. Lees meer
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8'06 - Ludo and the Star Horse by Mary Stewart
14'49 - Rex v Edith Thompson: A Tale of Two Murders by Laura Thompson
20'36 - The Lowlife by Alexander Baron*To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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Something Happened by Joseph Heller
2 april 2018 · 1 uur 18 min
Authors Matt Thorne and Nikita Lalwani join John and Andy to discuss the ‘other’ masterpiece by Joseph Heller, Something Happened, first published in 1974. Also in this episode John talks about Brother, a new novel by David Chariandy, while Andy has been reading Ursula Bentley's 1983 debut The Natural Order. Lees meer
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5'45 - The Natural Order by Ursula Bentley
17'11 - Brother by David Chariandy
21'24 - Something Happened by Joesph Heller* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops
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The Town House by Norah Lofts
19 maart 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
This week John and Andy are joined by journalist and author Lucy Mangan, whose new memoir of childhood reading Bookworm has just been published by Square Peg. They discuss Norah Lofts' novel The Town House (1959), the first of her 'Suffolk house' trilogy. Andy also talks about Words Best Sung by Lee Stuart Evans, and John has been reading Emmanuel Carrère's The Kingdom. Lees meer
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7'44 - Words Best Sung by Lee Stuart Evans
16'30 - The Kingdom by by Emmanuel Carrère
21'29 - The Town House by Norah Lofts* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Berg by Ann Quin
2 maart 2018 · 1 uur
This week Andy and John are joined by Jennifer Hodgson, editor of 'The Unmapped Country', a collection of British experimental writer Ann Quin's lost work. They discuss Quin's debut novel, Berg, with its opening sentence: 'A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . . '. John also talks about Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England's Greatest County by Richard Morris, and Andy has been reading Andrew Hankinson's You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]. Lees meer
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7'31 - Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England's Greatest County by Richard Morris
12'49 - You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life (You Are Raoul Moat) by Andrew Hankinson
21'30 - Berg by Ann Quin* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
19 februari 2018 · 1 uur 5 min
John and Andy welcome authors Chris Power and Erica Wagner to discuss the multiple interlocking stories in Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, including the phantasmagoric 'Car Crash While Hitchhiking'. In addition Andy has been reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke and John takes a look at Fen by Daisy Johnson. Lees meer
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8'25 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
15'53 - Fen by Daisy Johnson
21'33 - Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
28 januari 2018 · 1 uur 3 min
Critic and editor of Boundless Arifa Akbar joins John and Andy to discuss Hilary Mantel's tale of mediums and malevolence in the M25 corridor, Beyond Black. Tony White's 'The Fountain in the Forest' and 'Mothers' by Chris Power are the books we've been reading this week. Lees meer
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4'49 - The Fountain in the Forest by Tony White
10'55 - Mothers by Chris Power
18'34 - Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Lost Horizon by James Hilton
22 januari 2018 · 1 uur 4 min
Music producer, gallery owner and now novelist Tot Taylor joins John and Andy to discuss James Hilton's 1933 novel about an earthly paradise in the far Himalayas. And the various iterations of the story that came after. Lees meer
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4'22 - Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land by Sheila Stewart
11'19 - Hearing Secret Harmonies by Anthony Powell
22'28 - Lost Horizon by James Hilton* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans
8 januari 2018 · 1 uur 10 min
In a special edition of the show recorded at Shakespeare & Co. in Paris, John and Andy are joined by the bookstore's owner Sylvia Whitman and author Adam Biles to discuss Huysmans' novel of aesthetic isolation A Rebours. Lees meer
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8'20 - An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It: A John Murray Original by Jessie Greengrass,
17'19 - Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz,
26'35 - À Rebours by J.-K. Huysmans* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
25 december 2017 · 1 uur 8 min
In a special Christmas edition (which of course can be listened to at any time of year) John & Andy welcome Jude and James Cook to discuss Ian Fleming's most festive Bond novel, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. There's discussion of the films, the music, and the sometimes questionable attitude to women, the French and drinking. Also talked about in the 'What We've Been Reading' slot; Kindred by Octavia Butler and Alys Fowler's Hidden Nature. Lees meer
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6'40 - Hidden Nature by Alice Fowler
14'40 - Kindred by Octavia Butler
21'20 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
10 december 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
Author and illustrator Alice Stevenson and her childhood friend, playwright Elinor Cook join John and Andy to talk about Diana Wynne Jones's novel of memory, childhood and friendship. Lees meer
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4'02 - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
10'14 - The Journey Home and Other Stories by Malachi Whittaker
17'13 - Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn
27 november 2017 · 58 min
In a special edition recorded earlier this year live at the Durham Book Festival, John and Andy are joined by writers Adele Stripe and Ben Myers to discuss Gordon Burn's debut novel Alma Cogan. The 'WHWBR?' slots are occupied by Pevsner's guide to Durham and The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro Lees meer
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2'45 - County Durham Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England by Roberts, Martin, Pevsner, Nikolaus, Williamson, Elizabeth
10'35 - The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
16'26 - Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield
10 november 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
Writer and author Jenny Colgan joins John and Andy to discuss R.F. Delderfield's epic of life in an English boarding school between the wars. Craig Brown's 'Ma'am Darling' and 'Priestdaddy' by Patricia Lockwood are the books we've been reading this week. Lees meer
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7'42 - Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
8'30 - Priest Daddy by Patricia Lockwood
13'45 - Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown
21'31 - To Serve Them All My Days by R F Delderfield* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
30 oktober 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
For our annual Halloween episode John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Fiona Wilson and Andrew Male to discuss Shirley Jackson's final novel 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle'. In this show's 'What We Have Been Reading' slot John discusses 'True Ghost Stories of Our Own Time' by Vivienne Rae-Ellis, while Andy puts forward 'Going on the Turn', the third memoir from Danny Baker. Lees meer
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5'07 - True Ghost Sories Of Our Own Time by Vivienne Rae-Ellis
11'52 - Going On The Turn by Danny Baker
20'59 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
16 oktober 2017 · 58 min
In a special live edition of Backlisted, recorded in front of an audience at Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford, John and Andy are joined by Mark Haddon, author of 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time' and Sally Bayley, author and tutor in English at Balliol and St. Hugh's Colleges, Oxford. The panel discuss Jacob's Room, the third novel from Virginia Woolf. Lees meer
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4'42 - Love, Madness, FIshing by Dexter Petley
9'30 - The Lucky Ones by Julianne Pachico
15'42 - Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
2 oktober 2017 · 1 uur 14 min
Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite and A Notable Woman, amongst others joins John and Andy to discuss William Goldman's groundbreaking account of his life as a Hollywood screenwriter. Lees meer
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35'23 - Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Look At Me by Anita Brookner
17 september 2017 · 1 uur 7 min
In a long awaited episode John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Una McCormack and Lucy Scholes to discuss Anita Brookner's third novel 'Look At Me', a tale of intergalactic piracy in a far off star syste... No, not really. 'The Cake And The Rain', Jimmy Webb's memoir of life in the 60's music industry, and 'We That Are Young' a reworking of King Lear set in India by Preti Taneja, are the books John & Andy have been reading. Lees meer
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6'09 - The Cake and the Rain by Jimmy Webb
9'50 - We that are Young by Preti Taneja
18'16 Look At Me by Anita Brookner* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
4 september 2017 · 1 uur
John and Andy are joined by poet, radio presenter, playwright and genuine Tyke Ian McMillan to discuss Malcolm Lowry's unique work Under the Volcano. Also; The Factory of Light by Michael Jacobs, and more Rosemary Tonks. Do you have a problem with that? Lees meer
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3'57 - The Factory of Light by Michael Jacobs
8'54 - The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks
15'20 - Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Some Bits To Listen To While We Go On Our Holidays
21 augustus 2017 · 40 min
Even your favourite podcasts need to take a holiday... but hopefully this collection of off cuts, tall tales, terrible name dropping and the occasional bit of literary chat will help tide you over until we return at the beginning of September Lees meer
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Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
7 augustus 2017 · 1 uur 15 min
Author William Fiennes joins Andy and John for a bumper edition to talk about 'Desperate Characters', Paula Fox's New York set novel of relationships and feral cats. Also; William's First Story charity, Adam Scovell's Folk Horror and Sarah Hall's story collection Madame Zero, plus more on the mysterious Rosemary Tonks. Lees meer
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13'34 - Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange by Adam Scovell
22'15 - The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
33'48 - Desperate Characters by Paula Fox* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
24 juli 2017 · 1 uur 1 min
In this edition of the podcast that gives new life to old books novelist Joanna Walsh and critic and academic Sarah Churchwell join John & Andy to talk about Anita Loos' Jazz Age novel. Also discussed: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, and Bedouin of the London Evening, an anthology of poems by Rosemary Tonks. Lees meer
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6'14 - The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
12'45 - Bedouin of the London Evening by Rosemary Tonks
25'11 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson
9 juli 2017 · 1 uur 6 min
Author and critic Alex Preston and Rachael Kerr, Unbound's Editor at large, join John and Andy around the table to discuss Charles Sprawson's ground breaking 'Haunts Of The Black Masseur', together with all things aquatic. The subtitle of the book is 'The Swimmer As Hero' and Sprawson's book tells the tale of literary swimmers from Byron to Cheever. Also discussed; Outskirts by John Grindrod and Bleaker House by Nell Stevens. Lees meer
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7'19 - Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of The Greenbelt by John Grindrod
13'42 - Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens
23'52 - Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Father and Son by Edmund Gosse
24 juni 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent, joins John and Andy to discuss Edmund Gosse's account of growing up the son of a widowed Victorian fundementalist preacher. The trio also talk about Attrib. and Other Stories by Eley Williams, and Spanish Crossings, the second novel by John Simmons. Lees meer
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3'43 - Attrib. & Other Stories - Eley Williams
11'46 Spanish Crossing John Simmons
18'57 - Father and Son by Edmund Gosse.* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Crystal Zevon
12 juni 2017 · 1 uur 5 min
Author and editor Richard T. Kelly joins John and Andy in the studio to discuss 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' The Dirty Life And Times of Warren Zevon' by Crystal Zevon. They also discuss the art of the oral history, and run through some of their favourites, including Simon Garfield's The Wrestling and Edie - An Americana Biography by Jean Stein. Lees meer
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9'57 - Edie by Jean Stein
17'20 - The Beatles Anthology
26'25 - The Wrestling by Simon Garfield
31'09 The Nations Favourite by Simon Garfield38'42 - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Crystal Zevon* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin
29 mei 2017 · 1 uur 5 min
Novelist Niven Govinden joins John and Andy to discuss James Baldwin's 1968 novel 'Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone'. Also discussed: 'The World My Wilderness' by Rose Macaulay, and 'The Gallows Pole' by Ben Myers. Oh, and Lissa Evans' scene stealing turn in 'The Finest', the film adaptation of her WWII set novel. Lees meer
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11'01 - Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff by Michael Nesmith
12'16 The World my Wilderness by Rose Macauley
15'51 - The Gallows Pole - Ben Myers
29'10 - Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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The Gift - Vladimir Nabokov
15 mei 2017 · 58 min
Writer and critic Catherine Taylor joins John and Andy to discuss Vladimir Nabokov's parting love letter to Russia and it's literature, The Gift. Also; singing with nightingales and reading Richard Mabey's book about the same bird, David Storey's Booker Prize winning 'Saville', and Bob Dylan's song and dance routine. Lees meer
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9'22 - The Book of Nightingales by Richard Mabey
14'56 - Saville by David Storey
25'04 - The Gift - Vladimir Nabokov* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano
1 mei 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
Novelist Rupert Thomson joins John & Andy to talk about the work of French author Patrick Modiano, who's work explores the effect of the German occupation of his homeland during the Second World War. There's also a special edition of 'What I've Read This Week', where John talks about 'Identity of England' by Robert Colls, while Andy sets a bit of a puzzle... Lees meer
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5'17 - Anon. by Anon.14'04 - Identity of England by Robert Coles
21'39 - Narcissism for Beginners by Martine McDonagh
24'00 - Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann
17 april 2017 · 1 uur 1 min
Novelist and writer Elizabeth Day joins John & Andy to discuss Rosamond Lehmann's 1936 novel of a young woman's affair with a married man. Also featured: Magnus Mills record store day novel 'The Forensic Record Society' and Clover Stroud's memoir 'The Wild Other'. Lees meer
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5'06 - The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills
10'26 - The Wild Other by Clover Stroud
14'41 - The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Patrick Hamilton Extra Episode
3 april 2017 · 30 min
Following on from the Slaves Of Solitude episode, here is an extra half hour of conversation about Patrick Hamilton. Please listen the the main episode before this one. Lees meer
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The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
3 april 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
Novelists Lissa Evans and Stuart Evers join Andy & John to discuss Patrick Hamilton's 1947 tale of boarding-house life in wartime. Also, this week Andy has been reading Keith Waterhouse, while John talks about Padgett Powell's 'The Interrogative Mood'. If you like this episode, the 'Hamilton Extra' edition continues the discussion, with even more gin & it... Lees meer
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4'40 - The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell
10'45 - Palace Pier by Keith Waterhouse
17'38 - The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Lincoln in the Bardo minicast
27 maart 2017 · 17 min
A little something extra for you, the lovely Backlisted listeners, and a departure from our usual subject matter - a new(ish) book! After recording the upcoming show on Patrick Hamilton's 'Slaves Of Solitude' with guests authors Lissa Evans and Stuart Evers, John & Andy took the opportunity to ask them what they thought of George Saunders' debut novel. Normal service will be resumed next week. Lees meer
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A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
20 maart 2017 · 1 uur 4 min
Andy & John are joined by literary agent Claire Conville and writer and author Rowan Pelling to discuss James Salter's 1967 novel of lust and imagination. The book, a description of an affair between an American college drop out and a French shop girl, has been acclaimed by critics as 'nearly perfect' and 'extraordinary'. Lees meer
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5'08 - Rhapsody by Dorothy Edwards
9'54 - The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen, A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy
6 maart 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
Novelist, critic & lecturer Jonathan Gibbs (a/k/a @Tiny_Camels) joins John & Andy to discuss The Snow Ball, Brigid Brophy's novel of seduction, aging and Mozart. Lees meer
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5'15 - A Shepherd's Life - W H Hudson
10'31 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
19'07 - The Snow Ball by Brigid Bardo* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary
20 februari 2017 · 1 uur 1 min
Max Porter, author of 'Grief Is The Thing With Feathers', joins John and Andy to talk about The Horse's Mouth, Joyce Cary's story of the life of the itinerant artist. Also discussed are Dark Money, Jane Mayer's account of the nexus of politics & wealth in the US, and Doreen by Barbara Noble, reissued by Persephone. Lees meer
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5'47 - Doreen by Barabar Noble
13'07 - Dark Money by Jane Mayer
22'51 - The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Red Shift by Alan Garner
6 februari 2017 · 1 uur 2 min
Critic and author Erica Wagner and novelist S.F. Said join John and Andy to discuss 'Red Shift', the fifth novel by Alan Garner. Also discussed: 'Brave New Weed' by Joe Dolce (no, not that one) and 'Nomad' by Alan Partridge (yes, that one). Lees meer
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8'05 - Brave New Weed by Joe Dolce
10'01 - Alan Partridge: Nomad by Steve Coogan
18'03 - Red Shift by Alan Garner* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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Venetia by Georgette Heyer
23 januari 2017 · 1 uur 1 min
This show sees John and Andy joined by Una McCormack and Cathy Rentzenbrink to discuss Venetia, one of the Regency Romance novels by Georgette Heyer. Includes mild language and various Georgian terms for drunkenness. Lees meer
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5'41 - Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life by Samantha Ellis
13'59 - Mad Shepherds by L.P. Jacks
18'41 - Venetia by Georgette Heyer* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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A State of Denmark by Derek Raymond
27 december 2016 · 1 uur 1 min
In a bid to get our fear and creeping dread about the state of the world in early for 2017, author Travis Elborough (A Walk in The Park, The Bus We Loved, and The Long Player Goodbye) joins us to discuss A State of Denmark, the dystopian vision of England by Derek Raymond (a/k/a Robin Cook). Worst. Happy New Year. Programme. Ever. Enjoy! Lees meer
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3'00 - Food For All Seasons by Oliver Rowe
9'30 - Good Evening, Mrs.Craven by Mollie Panter-Downes
18'44 - A State of Denmark by Derek Raymond* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
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