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The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast107: Goals or Guilt? A Check-in on Our Reading AmbitionsIn this episode, Paul and Trevor check in on our 2025 reading goals—where we’ve succeeded, where we’ve faltered, and most importantly how our goals are impacting our reading experience. Are we setting ourselves up for success, or are we creating unnecessary pressure? We dive into the positives and potentials pitfalls of reading ambitions, exploring what’s working for us. Tune in for a reflective conversation on how to make reading goals meaningful.Plus, we announce the winner of our May giveaway and reveal our June giveaway challenge with another silly performance!We’ve got some f...2025-05-291h 24
Behind the StoryThe Spinoff Book Club - Live in Wellington!A five-strong line-up of guests began with avid reader Courtney Johnston who discussed her passion for reading and the books she loves most; writers Carl Shuker and Duncan Sarkies joined to chat about their latest novels and how they came to be; to round off the group Unity Books manager Susanna Andrew and Unity's Aotearoa book buyer Melissa Oliver (Ngāti Porou) joined the stage to give insights on the health of our publishing sector, current trends, and some sparky views on the "Shockams".Books by the authors in the episode:Duncan S...2025-03-211h 21
Beyond The ZeroStacey Levine - MICE 1961Stacey Levinehttps://www.staceylevine.com/Get Mice 1961 here :https://www.versechorus.com/mice1961Gateway books/ Authors Clarice Lispector Marie RedonnetWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead - Barbara ComynsCurrent reads Orbital - Samantha Harvey Joe Orton - Plays Damas...2025-02-2748 min
You're BookedNina Stibbe and Daisy Buchanan - You're Booked Live at Ink 84To celebrate the release of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy (out now!), here's a very special conversation with a returning champion. Daisy was interviewed by the great Nina Stibbe at Ink@84 in North London in front of a packed audience. There's lots of chat about books that bring you joy, the fear and ecstasy of reviews, book club horror stories and Nina's legendary pony story. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit DK RED to find...2025-02-1059 min
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 96: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2024, Part IIFor our final episode of 2024, we finish our annual best of the year extravaganza! Here we are joined by more friends sharing their favorite reads of the year as we go through our top five.Happy New Year! We will see you in 2025!ShownotesBooks* The Overstory, by Richard Powers* Septology, by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls* A Shining, by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls* Boathouse, by Jon Fosse, translated by May-Brit Akerholt* Scenes from a Childhood, by Jon Fosse, translated...2024-12-262h 02You're BookedLiane Moriarty - You're BookedThis week we welcome another publishing legend onto the podcast. It's the amazing Liane Moriarty! Liane has sold over 20 million books worldwide and her novels have been translated into forty languages. Her blockbusters Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall and Nine Perfect Strangers have been adapted into hugely successful TV shows. Her latest novel is the gripping, mysterious Here One Moment. We talked to her about her fellow novelist sisters, extended literary universes, the first book to make her cry and a particularly disturbing sex scene from Jaws. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our...2024-10-2854 min
The Allender CalendarEpisode 2: Frances LevistonOn this month's episode I interview the author Frances Leviston. Frances has written two books of poetry – Public Dream (2007) and Disinformation (2015), both published by Picador. Her debut collection of short stories, The Voice in My Ear, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020, and that's the focus of our chat. We talk about the differences between writing poetry and fiction, and the themes that bind the stories together in the The Voice in My Ear.Frances's website:https://francesleviston.com/Here's a good review of The Voice in My Ear:2024-10-021h 15
Slightly FoxedBarbara Comyns: Stranger than Fiction Any mention of Barbara Comyns usually brings an ‘I know the name but I don’t know anything about her’ kind of response. In this quarter’s literary podcast, presenter Rosie Goldsmith and the Slightly Foxed Editors sit down with Barbara’s biographer Avril Horner and Brett Wolstencroft, Manager of Daunt Books, to discover who this fascinating and forgotten novelist really was.
Though Barbara enjoyed success in the later part of her life, and a revival with Virago Books in the 1980s, it’s indicative of how thoroughly she disappeared from view that, as Avril tells us, she had difficulty...2024-07-1556 min
Lost Ladies of LitBarbara Comyns — Our Spoons Came From Woolworths and The Vet’s Daughter with Avril HornerSend us a textBarbara Comyns was recently called, “the best English novelist you’ve never heard of” and her unsettling gothic novels are equal parts enchanting and horrific. Joining us is Avril Horner, author of "Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence," who offers insight into Comyns' unique blend of dark humor and her empathetic portrayals of vulnerable protagonists. Graham Greene was a fan and wrote of her, “The strange offbeat talent of Miss Comyns and that innocent eye which observes with childlike simplicity the most fantastic or the most ominous of occurrences, these have never, I think, before b...2024-05-0742 min
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 75: Barbara ComynsAlthough the books of Barbara Comyns have experienced a bit of a renaissance in recent years, she remains woefully under appreciated and read by far too few. This week, we’re joined by Comyns aficionado Nora to discuss this beguiling and fascinating author and to do our best to spread the word about her strange and wonderful books.ShownotesBooks* My Death, by Lisa Tuttle* The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer* Splinters: Another Kind of Love Stores, by Leslie Jamison* Not Even the...2024-03-071h 23
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 71: 2024 Reading HorizonThis week we set our sites on 2024! We share our reading plans, hopes, and dreams for the New Year and highlight some of the new releases we can’t wait to add to our shelves. What books are you most excited to read and buy this year?Giveaway!We wanted to kick off the New Year with a giveaway! Both of us have read this on and highly recommend it: January, by Sara Gallardo, translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle and Maureen Shaugnessy! Archipelago Books recently released a lovely edition of this. En...2024-01-111h 29
Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #124: Our Favourite Reads of 2023Our favourite books from 2023 – or reads, because of course we mostly read ‘backlisted’ titles. Always a fun one to record – this time with the added bonus that we were each going to choose one from the other’s list to read for the next episode.
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Some of our Patreon patrons also appear in this episode. You can join them, and get early access to episodes and other perks, at our Patreon. Do feel free to get in touch at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com.
The books and author...2024-01-0800 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #123: Critical or Charitable Reading? and Sheep’s Clothing vs Harriet Said…Beryl Bainbridge, Celia Dale, critical and charitable reading – welcome to episode 123!
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In the first half of the episode we use a suggestion from Susannah – do we read charitably or critically? In the second half we compare too rather dark novels – Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale and Harriet Said… by Beryl Bainbridge.
You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can supp...2023-12-1400 min
普通读者Ep 64. 迟到的秋季指南：苹果、烛光，以及很多很多书这一期我们聊一聊秋季的书单，秋季的饮品，秋季的食物和秋季的电影。非常非常多的推荐和安利。在寒冷的深秋初冬，希望给大家带来一丝丝的温暖。
时间节点：
0:00-1:01 Intro
1:01-6:00 秋天大家喜欢做什么
6:00-12:33 秋天大家喜欢读什么类型的书
12:33-22:02 H推荐的两本书：
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, by Amy Bloom
The Vet’s Daughter, by Barbara Comyns
22:02-28:43 徐慢懒推荐的两本书：
《樱桃园》- 契诃夫
《浮云》- 林芙美子
28:43-33:07 JS推荐的两本书：
August Blue, by Deborah Levy
Blaue Frau, by Antje Rávic Strubel
33:07-40:13 堂本推荐的两本书：
Night Side of the River : Ghost Stories, by Jeanette Winterson
Minor Detail, by Adania Shibli
40:13-48:31 “普通读者”播客上曾经推荐过的书
《激情耗尽》薇塔·萨克维尔-韦斯特
《狐狸的灼心》妙莉叶·芭贝里
《长日将尽》石黑一雄
《克拉拉与太阳》石黑一雄
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, by Tananarive Due
A Ghost in the Throat, by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Marschlande, by Jarka Kubsova
Lanny, by Max Porter (《中文？》）
Stoner, by John Williams (《斯通纳》)
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
《一度青春》帕特里克·莫迪亚诺 （以及...2023-12-0658 min
Unburied BooksButcher's Crossing with John WilliamsWashington Post books editor John Williams joins us to discuss... John Williams' Butcher's Crossing, orginally published in 1960. The story, set in the 1870s, follows a Harvard dropout as he attempts to find a truer version of himself in the West. We talk about the book's challenge to Emersonian transcendentalism, American rapaciousness, and Western archetypes. (And worry not, we don't play the theme to Star Wars.)
References:StonerWilliam MaxwellHenry JamesJean-Patrick ManchetteEve BabitzBarbara ComynsTove JanssonNatalia GinzburgSylvia Townsend WarnerAlbert Bierstadt...2023-09-0556 min
One Bright BookEpisode #15: Space Crone, by Ursula K. Le GuinJoin our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss SPACE CRONE by Ursula K. Le Guin and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss AN I-NOVEL by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Books mentioned: Space Crone by Ursula K. Le Guin The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown by Virginia Woolf The Millstone by Margaret D...2023-06-071h 16You're BookedNell Frizzell - You're BookedThis week, we are delighted to present a very funny, thoughtful and free-flowing conversation with a very old friend of the podcast, Nell Frizzell! We've been dreaming of having Nell appear on the show since it began, so we're delighted to finally get the chance to chat. Nell is an author, journalist and podcaster. Her first novel was the hilarious Square One, while her first book, The Panic Years, dealt with womanhood, motherhood and... panic. Her latest is Holding the Baby, a memoir on parenting that culminates in a manifesto. We talked to Nell about fantastic literary fathers, the...2023-04-031h 01
The Book Club ReviewBookshopaholics: The Paperhound, VancouverWhen in Vancouver, run to the coolest bookstore you can find and interview the owner. Such is the busman's holiday I've recently been enjoying on a visit to Laura's hometown. It also fits nicely into a new series we've been cooking up where we get to indulge our love of independent bookshops. First up is The Paperhound, owned by Kim Koch and Rod Clarke, which offers a fine selection of used and rare, new and notable books. Join me as I chat to Kim and learn about the joys of book collecting and the time she found a signed...2023-03-1935 min
Unburied BooksA Belated IntroductionIn this bonus episode, we explain how the podcast got started, detail our plan to tackle the collection, and describe our personal taste in books. Once Kassia started listing her favorite NYRB books it was impossible to get her to stop. Hopefully the run of this podcast will be equally protracted.
References:Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleVillette by Charlotte BronteThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonDanteHomerThe Silmarillion by J. R. R. TolkienIvy Compton-Burnett: A Memoir by Cicely GreigA House and Its Head by...2023-02-2830 min
Unlock: This Powerful Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665891to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Madeleine Leslay
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Release date: February 23, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'. Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of...2023-02-235h 40Listen To A Addictive Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665891to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Madeleine Leslay
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Release date: February 23, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'. Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of...2023-02-235h 40Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, ClassicsOur Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665891to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Madeleine Leslay
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Release date: February 23, 2023
Genres: Classics
Publisher's Summary:
´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'. Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of...2023-02-235h 40Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665891to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Madeleine Leslay
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Release date: February 23, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'. Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of...2023-02-235h 40
Listen and Learn, Anytime, Anywhere With Free AudiobookOur Spoons Came from Woolworths Audiobook by Barbara ComynsListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 665891
Title: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Madeleine Leslay
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:40:37
Language: English
Release date: 02-23-23
Publisher: SAGA Egmont
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics
Summary:
I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else. - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'.
Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she...2023-02-235h 40Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalOur Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665891to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Madeleine Leslay
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Release date: February 23, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of 'Hamnet'. Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of...2023-02-235h 40
Listen and Learn, Anytime, Anywhere With Free AudiobookVet's Daughter Audiobook by Barbara ComynsListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 665892
Title: Vet's Daughter
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Katherine Press
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:04:17
Language: English
Release date: 02-16-23
Publisher: SAGA Egmont
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics
Summary:
'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters.
Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that...2023-02-175h 04
Feel This Unforgettable Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.The Vet's Daughter by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665892to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vet's Daughter
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Katherine Press
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.42 of Total 12
Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 6
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters. Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release...2023-02-165h 04Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, ClassicsThe Vet's Daughter by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665892to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vet's Daughter
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Katherine Press
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.42 of Total 12
Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 6
Genres: Classics
Publisher's Summary:
'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters. Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release...2023-02-165h 04Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+The Vet's Daughter by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665892to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vet's Daughter
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Katherine Press
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.42 of Total 12
Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 6
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters. Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release...2023-02-165h 04Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Vet's Daughter by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665892to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vet's Daughter
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Katherine Press
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.42 of Total 12
Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 6
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' - Sarah Waters. Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release...2023-02-165h 04Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #113: Do We Like Literary Retellings? and South Riding vs RuthElizabeth Gaskell, Winifred Holtby, and more – welcome to episode 113!
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In the first half of this episode, we look at literary retellings – by which we mean authors using fairy tales or Greek mythology or basically whatever we fancy including in this very loose definition. It feels like a topic we’ve done before, but apparently we haven’t?
In the second half, we compare two doorstoppers – South Riding by Winifred Holtby and Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Do get in touch at teaorbooks@gmail.com – you can also sup...2023-02-1500 min
Journey Through: This Unforgettable Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665893to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Release date: February 9, 2023
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness. From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators to this unfolding chaos, their childhood idyll disintegrating as fear infects their once-familiar world. But as...2023-02-094h 05Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, ParanormalWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665893to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Release date: February 9, 2023
Genres: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness. From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators to this unfolding chaos, their childhood idyll disintegrating as fear infects their once-familiar world. But as the...2023-02-094h 05Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara ComynsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665893to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Release date: February 9, 2023
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness. From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators to this unfolding chaos, their childhood idyll disintegrating as fear infects their once-familiar world. But as...2023-02-094h 05
Listen and Learn, Anytime, Anywhere With Free AudiobookWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead Audiobook by Barbara ComynsListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 665893
Title: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Author: Barbara Comyns
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:05:24
Language: English
Release date: 02-09-23
Publisher: SAGA Egmont
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Paranormal
Summary:
Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live.
Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness.
From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators to this unfolding chaos, their childhood...2023-02-094h 05Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #109: Boarding House Novels vs Living Alone and Heat Wave vs Heat LightningPenelope Lively, Helen Hull, boarding houses and isolation – welcome to episode 109!
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In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I compare boarding houses novels and novels where people live alone – up to and including complete isolation. The blog post by Jacqui that I mentioned is on her blog.
In the second half, we pit two novels set during heatwaves against each other – Heat Wave by Penelope Lively and Heat Lightning by Helen Hull. It was hot when I read them, even though it definitely isn’t no...2022-10-0300 min
Ecos a 10.000 kilómetrosS09E13 - En el que volvemos de vacaciones. Parte IIINTRODUCCIÓN
PRESENTACIÓN
LIBROS
00:01:35 Las Mitford. Cartas entre seis hermanas (Charlotte Mitford)
00:05:45 The other Mitford. Pamela's Story (Diana Alexander)
00:09:10 Los que cambiaron y los que murieron (Barbara Comyns)
00:11:15 Un reflejo velado en el cristal (Helen McCloy)
00:12:45 el festival de los dragones de té & El tapiz de los dragones de té (Kay O'Neill)
00;14;05 Una habitación con vistas (E.M. Forster)
00:16:05 La hija del tiempo (Josephine Tey)
00:19:30 Carcoma (Layla Martínez)
00:21:25 Flores para la señora Harris y La señora Harris va a Nueva York (Paul Gallico)
00:25:10 Devoción (Hannah Kent)
00:29:10 Quizás en otra vida (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
PELÍCULAS
...2022-09-211h 30Ecos a 10.000 kilómetrosS09E13 - En el que volvemos de vacaciones. Parte IIINTRODUCCIÓN
PRESENTACIÓN
LIBROS
00:01:35 Las Mitford. Cartas entre seis hermanas (Charlotte Mitford)
00:05:45 The other Mitford. Pamela's Story (Diana Alexander)
00:09:10 Los que cambiaron y los que murieron (Barbara Comyns)
00:11:15 Un reflejo velado en el cristal (Helen McCloy)
00:12:45 el festival de los dragones de té & El tapiz de los dragones de té (Kay O'Neill)
00;14;05 Una habitación con vistas (E.M. Forster)
00:16:05 La hija del tiempo (Josephine Tey)
00:19:30 Carcoma (Layla Martínez)
00:21:25 Flores para la señora Harris y La señora Harris va a Nueva York (Paul Gallico)
00:25:10 Devoción (Hannah Kent)
00:29:10 Quizás en otra vida (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
PELÍCULAS
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Snap JudgmentPowerStarting on live TV at a beauty pageant, we follow four women across two referendums to explore the consequences of talking about abortion and discover the quiet power and hidden dangers of speech itself. And when a young Josh Healy learns some unexpected news from his girlfriend, his first thought is of his grandmothers.
STORIES
Lights Out: A Sense of Quietness
This story follows a line of connection through four women across two referendums to explore the unexpected consequences of talking about abortion. Starting on live television at a beauty pageant, we hear from ...2022-08-1249 min
Slightly FoxedBarbara Pym and Other Excellent WomenA latter-day Austen, an academic, a romantic, a comic, a caustic chronicler of the commonplace . . . The novelist Barbara Pym became beloved and Booker Prize-nominated in the late twentieth century, yet many rejections, years in the literary wilderness and manuscripts stored in linen cupboards preceded her revival.
Paula Byrne, author of The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, and Lucy Scholes, critic, Paris Review columnist and editor at McNally Editions, join the Slightly Foxed team to plumb the depths and scale the peaks of Barbara Pym’s writing, life and loves. From Nazi Germany to the African Institute; from London’s be...2022-04-1557 min
Dog Eared and Foxed86 Women Authors in 10 minutes, a prelude to Internation Women’s Day, 2022Ange has organised an event at The Ink Spot to celebrate International Women's Day on the 8th of March, and she asked me to take part and say something about the prioritisation of women authors in my reading over the last few years.
I recorded the piece for timing purposes, and thought I might as well bash it out as an episode of Dog Eared and Foxed. It's the first outing for my new microphone.
Alice Bradley Sheldon
Alison Lurie
Amanda Mason
Anbara Salam
Andi Osho
Anita Brookner
Anna Burns
Anne Tyler
Annie Proulx
Ariel Levy
A...2022-03-0511 min
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation PodcastNinety-Nine Novels: The Bell by Iris MurdochIn 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction. This podcast, by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, explores the novels on Burgess's list with the help of writers, critics and other special guests. In this episode, Graham Foster of the Burgess Foundation talks to Avril Horner about The Bell by Iris Murdoch, a novel Burgess calls ‘intensely poetic’ and ‘beautifully organised’. First published in 1958, The Bell tells the story of Dora Greenfield, an impulsiv...2022-03-0259 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIn Conversation: Avril Horner and Sarah PerryThis 'In Conversation' talk was given as part of the first online Iris Murdoch Conference on the 15th July, 2021. Sarah and Avril discuss the importance of Iris’ use of the gothic, and the impact it had on Sarah's own fiction.
Avril Horner (Emeritus Professor, Kingston University) is a world-leading expert in the Gothic. She has co-edited collection on Murdoch’s work, as well as ‘Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch’ with Anne Rowe. Her biography of Barbara Comyns is forthcoming.
Sarah Perry is the internationally best selling author of the novels Melmoth, The Essex Serpent, and After Me Comes the Floo...2021-07-1950 min
Ecos a 10.000 kilómetrosS08E12 - En el que Italia nos enamoraPRESENTACIÓN
LIBROS
00:01:50 Entrevista con Marina Such (@MissMacGuffin)
00:21:15 La husmeadora de Portosal (Marina Such)
00:23:30 Giant Days #10 (John Allison)
00:25:15 Us (Sara Soler)
00:30:55 Escuela de esgrima #1 (C.S. Pacat)
00:34:35 Foxes in love (Toivo Kaartinen)
00:36:10 Hijas y esposas (Elizabeth Gaskell)
00:39:10 Snapdragon (Kat Leyh)
00:41:25 Arcanum limitado (Brandon Sanderson)
00:44:55 Thornhill: Orfanato para chicas (Pam Smy)
00:47:10 La estirpe de Lilith (Octavia E. Butler)
00:52:35 El enebro (Barbara Comyns)
PELÍCULAS
00:56:15 El viaje de Chihiro
01:00:05 Haru en el reino de los gatos
01:03:20 La casa de las flores, la película
01:05:15 Luca
01:08:30 En acto de servicio
01:11:15 El caso Wanninkhof - Carabantes
SERIES
01:17:50 Maricón Perdido
01:23:45 The Act
01:27:30 Them
01:31:25 La rein...2021-07-141h 57Ecos a 10.000 kilómetrosS08E12 - En el que Italia nos enamoraPRESENTACIÓN
LIBROS
00:01:50 Entrevista con Marina Such (@MissMacGuffin)
00:21:15 La husmeadora de Portosal (Marina Such)
00:23:30 Giant Days #10 (John Allison)
00:25:15 Us (Sara Soler)
00:30:55 Escuela de esgrima #1 (C.S. Pacat)
00:34:35 Foxes in love (Toivo Kaartinen)
00:36:10 Hijas y esposas (Elizabeth Gaskell)
00:39:10 Snapdragon (Kat Leyh)
00:41:25 Arcanum limitado (Brandon Sanderson)
00:44:55 Thornhill: Orfanato para chicas (Pam Smy)
00:47:10 La estirpe de Lilith (Octavia E. Butler)
00:52:35 El enebro (Barbara Comyns)
PELÍCULAS
00:56:15 El viaje de Chihiro
01:00:05 Haru en el reino de los gatos
01:03:20 La casa de las flores, la película
01:05:15 Luca
01:08:30 En acto de servicio
01:11:15 El caso Wanninkhof - Carabantes
SERIES
01:17:50 Maricón Perdido
01:23:45 The Act
01:27:30 Them
01:31:25 La rein...2021-07-141h 57
Damian Barr's Literary SalonSALON EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Scholes Young reads from 'The Hive'After Robbie Fehler’s sudden death, his wife and daughters unite in their struggle to save their pest control company’s finances and the family’s future. To survive, they must overcome a political chasm that threatens a new civil war as the values that once united them now divide the very foundation they’ve built. Through alternating point-of-views, grief and regret gracefully give way to the enduring strength of the hive. The Hive by Melissa Scholes Young is published by Turner Publishing and available now in all good bookshops. Order it through your local indie bookshop and tell...2021-06-2119 minThe Literary SalonSALON EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Scholes Young reads from 'The Hive'After Robbie Fehler’s sudden death, his wife and daughters unite in their struggle to save their pest control company’s finances and the family’s future. To survive, they must overcome a political chasm that threatens a new civil war as the values that once united them now divide the very foundation they’ve built. Through alternating point-of-views, grief and regret gracefully give way to the enduring strength of the hive. The Hive by Melissa Scholes Young is published by Turner Publishing and available now in all good bookshops. Order it through your local indie bookshop and tell...2021-06-2119 min
Slightly FoxedThe Magic of Angela CarterImagination, influence and the invention of infernal desire machines . . . Edmund Gordon, biographer of Angela Carter, guides the Slightly Foxed team through her colourful works and explores the wider realms of magical realism. Witty and wilfully idiosyncratic, Carter conjured sex and death from fairy tales in The Bloody Chamber, used her Somerset Maugham Award money to leave her husband and go to Japan to write, and absorbed the Latin American influences of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez. We hear how she enlisted the Marquis de Sade as an ally of feminism, embraced pulp genres and opened doors fo...2021-05-1542 min
The Mr B's BookshopThe Legacy Season Finale Bringing the Legacy Season of the podcast to a close, Ed, Kate and Jess sit down in Mr B's legendary bibliotherapy room, for the first in-person recording of the podcast since the start of the pandemic. In true Mr B's spirit, the discussion quickly turns eclectic, ranging from Barbara Comyns and Raymond Chandler to a novel in verse about Sami history, and how we feel about the term 'family saga'. Although Jess is handing over the microphone (and moving to Scotland) after five years of hosting the podcast, we'll be back soon! Look...2021-05-1350 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #94: Do We Care Where Authors Live? and Dusty Answer vs Frost in MayRosamond Lehmann, Antonia White, and authors’ houses – welcome to episode 94!
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In the first half of this episode, we do a topic suggested by Gillian – do we care where authors live? That is, do we want to visit their houses – we talk through authors’ houses we’ve visited and those we’d like to visit.
In the second half, we compare two coming-of-age novels: Frost in May by Antonia White and Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann.
Do get in touch if you have suggestions for topics, or questions for...2021-03-2700 min
The TLS PodcastThe Barbara Comyns revivalThis week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Avril Horner, author of a biography of Barbara Comyns whose quirky, menace-laced novels, long championed by Graham Greene, are finding their way back to us; a new poem by John Kinsella, 'Villanelle of Star-Picket-Hopping Red-Capped Robin'; and En Liang Khong describes the powerful pull – particularly difficult to resist during lockdown – of the fantasy urban landscapes portrayed in video games and animeSeveral novels by Barbara Comyns, including: 'Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead', 'Mr Fox', 'Sisters by a River', 'The House of Dolls' and 'The Vet...2021-02-0448 min
Books Are My PeopleBook Are My People - Episode #26- Special Guest JoeAnn HartOn this episode I get a visit from author JoeAnn Hart and we discuss her memoir Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race and Feminism in the 1970's as well as Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld and The End of October by Lawrence Wright and other great books!You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS, iTunes, or SpotifyJoeAnn Hart's Books:Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race and Feminism in t...2020-06-2929 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #82: Australia vs New Zealand and two Adrian Bell booksAustralia, New Zealand, and Adrian Bell – welcome to episode 82!
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In the first half, we do a topic suggested by Lindsay – books by Australians and books by people from New Zealand. And my GOODNESS we don’t know anywhere near enough to be discussing it. But we plough on!
In the second half, we look at two non-fiction books by Adrian Bell: Corduroy and A Suffolk Harvest.
If you’d like to get bonus mini episodes, and a whole bunch of other things, you can find us at Patr...2020-03-0900 min
A Good ReadDom Joly and Kate HamerComedian Dom Joly chooses Conversations with My Agent by Rob Long, the memoirs of an American TV scriptwriter, to discuss with the novelist Kate Hamer and Harriett Gilbert. Kate's new book Crushed is a dark tale of troubled teenage female friendship and her choice of book - The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns - is described as suburban gothic meets magical realism. Harriett chooses March Violets by Philip Kerr.
Join us on Instagram @agoodreadbbc
Producer: Maggie Ayre2019-07-0927 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #73: One Chance or Many Chances, and Two Margery Sharp NovelsHow many chances will we give an author? And Margery Sharp!
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In the first half of the episode, we ask whether we’re one-strike-you’re-out people or if we’re willing to give an author several chances – and which authors we’ve learned to love after a few books. In the second half, we compare Cluny Brown and The Gipsy in the Parlour by Margery Sharp.
Do get in touch to let us know which you’d choose, and any other Sharp novels you’d recommend. You...2019-05-1600 min
Clássicxs Sem ClasseS01EP03 - Editora Mulheres e três escritoras: Barbara Comyns, Amy Dillwyn & Norah HoultNesse episódio, falo sobre a Editora Mulheres, bem como discuto os livros The Vet's Daughter (A filha do veterinario), de Barbara Comyns (1959), Jill, de Amy Dillwyn (1884), e There Were No Windows (Nao Havia Janelas), de Norah Hoult (1944). Minhas redes sociais: https://linktr.ee/blankgarden // Página do podcast: https://semclassepodcast.wordpress.com // 2019-04-031h 06Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #68: Tact vs Attack, and North and South vs Pride and PrejudiceThe books we hate (and should we tell you?) and Elizabeth Gaskell vs Jane Austen.
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In the first half of this episode, we talk about the books we’ve hated – prepare for things to get contentious! – and then, perhaps belatedly, debate whether or not we should keep those opinions to ourselves. In the second half (thanks to a recommendation by Rebekah), we compare two nineteenth-century classics: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.
You can support the podcast at Patreon...2019-01-2900 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #67: Books as Gifts: Yes or No, and Little vs Alva & IrvaEdward Carey and books as gifts – happy new year; we’re back!
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We had a bit of a longer break over Christmas, but we’re back and raring to go with a post-Christmas discussion about whether or not we like giving books as gifts and receiving books as gifts. Which transforms into giving vs receiving at some point. We’re nothing if not flexible.
In the second half, we’re uncharacteristically modern – with two novels from the 21st century! Edward Carey’s Alva & Irva and Little go head to...2019-01-0800 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #58: Book Groups (yes or no), and The Fountain Overflows vs Invitation to the WaltzRebecca West, Rosamond Lehmann, and book groups – welcome to episode 58!
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I can hardly believe that we’ve not done an episode on book groups before – but here we are! In the first half, Rachel and I talk about whether or not we’re in book groups, and what would constitute our ideal book group. In the second half, we discuss Rebecca West’s 1956 novel The Fountain Overflows and compare it with Rosamond Lehmann’s 1932 novel Invitation to the Waltz – both the beginning of series, and both about young women enter...2018-05-2900 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! March 9, 2018This week, Liberty discusses The Hidden Life of Trees, The People in the Trees, The Wild Trees, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by Bring Out the Dog: Stories by Will Mackin.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books discussed on the show...2018-03-0909 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! January 26, 2018This week, Liberty discusses Hard Candy, Koolaids, My Year of Meats, and more great older books.Enter here for a chance to win your own library cart.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books discussed on the show:Ms. Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami, L...2018-01-2608 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for January 23, 2018This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss Brass, Markswoman, Eternal Life, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Penguin Random House’s buzziest short stories of 2018 and Libby. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.Books d...2018-01-2337 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadThe Book Cougars won a raffle from New York Review Books - 16 more books to add to your reading list!Episode Eighteen Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
– Just Read –
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (CW)(EF)
An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (EF) release date February 2018
The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW)
books we Just Couldn’t Read (or DNF’d)
The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry (CW)
– Currently Reading/Listening –
This I Believe: Life Lessons – edited by Dan Gediman, Mary Jo Gediman and John Gregory (EF)
New Haven Noir – edited by Amy Bloom (CW) release date August 3
The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (EF) release date January 2018
The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty – Elizabeth L. Silver (EF)
– B...2017-06-2759 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #26: give up vs soldier on, and Matilda by Roald Dahl vs Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle MagorianRoald Dahl, Michelle Magorian, and whether or not to give up on books – I’m back from holiday, and Rachel and I have a lovely new (…long) episode of Tea or Books?
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In our first half, we discuss whether or not we give up on books, and what factors might play into that decision – and in the second half we get all children’s-literature-focused. We’re supposedly pitting Matilda by Roald Dahl against Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (which only have in common that Rachel and I loved them bo...2016-09-2700 min
BacklistedThe Vet's Daughter by Barbara ComynsWriter, academic and contributing editor of Bookanista Lucy Scholes joins Andy, John and Mathew on the pod to talk 'The Vet's Daughter', the extraordinary novel of an extraordinary girl in late Victorian South London. Also, how some books just shouldn't be turned into musicals, and the best name for a dog ever. Timings: (may differ due to adverts)6'19 - First Signs by Barry Hinds13'40 - The North Water by Ian Maguire21'09 - The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns * To purchase...2016-05-301h 02
All the Books!New Releases for Nov. 10, 2015This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, Dear Mr. You, The Mad Feast, and more new releases. Recorded live at Book Riot Live 2015 in NYC!This episode was sponsored by I Gift YA.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books dis...2015-11-1041 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #6: mothers vs fathers in fiction and Dickens on page vs screenhttps://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Tea-or-Books-episode-6.mp3
Fictional mothers vs fictional fathers and Dickens on the page vs Dickens on screen in this episode of Tea or Books? – and I think Rachel and I are at our most rambling. What can I say, we had a lot of thoughts and a lot of books to suggest – but we would obviously love to hear your thoughts too. Jump in the comments if you have strong feelings on either of the topics we discuss – or if you have ideas for future discussions.
You can subscribe to the podcas...2015-10-1300 min