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Dear Rach & SophJuly 2025 new releasesIt’s a double episode today! That’s because we're late posting the July new releases. As it happens, Rachael recorded that one on her own, and as Sophie made the Emma Clancey episode (posted earlier) on her own, it has lined up nicely that we post both episodes today. So instead of one episode with us together, you have one from Soph and one from Rach. Lots of great new reading in this episode! Details of the books mentioned in this episode appear below.Title: What Did I Miss?Author...2025-07-2014 min
Yellow Shelf PodcastThe Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson, author Belinda Lyons-LeeBefore Jekyll and Hyde, there was someone else … The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson is a gothic delight. It tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s friendship with the charming Eugene Chantrelle and the murder mystery that contributed to Robert’s need to create a novel focused on the dualistic nature of the psyche. From a séance with the Shelleys at Boscombe Manor to a haunted wardrobe made by an infamous Scottish criminal, the novel is underscored by the story of two writers very much in love. Fanny and Robert were marri...2025-07-0506 min
Good Reading PodcastBelinda Lyons Lee on her gothic horror story, 'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s friendship with the charming Eugene Chantrelle and the murder mystery that contributed to Robert’s need to create a novel focused on the dualistic nature of the psyche.
From a séance with the Shelleys at Boscombe Manor to a haunted wardrobe made by an infamous Scottish criminal, the novel is underscored by the story of two writers very much in love. Fanny and Robert were married in 1880, when she was forty and he was twenty-nine. An American who divorced her philandering husband to marry Rober...2025-06-2924 min
Good Reading PodcastBelinda Lyons Lee on her gothic horror story, 'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s friendship with the charming Eugene Chantrelle and the murder mystery that contributed to Robert’s need to create a novel focused on the dualistic nature of the psyche.From a séance with the Shelleys at Boscombe Manor to a haunted wardrobe made by an infamous Scottish criminal, the novel is underscored by the story of two writers very much in love. Fanny and Robert were married in 1880, when she was forty and he was twenty-nine. An American who divorced her philandering husba...2025-06-2924 min
Published...Or NotBelinda Lyons-Lee and Shokoofeh Azar's bookThe intriguing elements of seances and criminal conduct behind the writing of Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde come to the fore as Belinda Lyons-Lee explores the life of Robert Louis Stevenson as narrated by his wife, Fanny Osbourne in 'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson'.Shokoofeh Azar's book 'The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen' spans fifty years in the history of modern Iran, and many centuries of Persian poetry and myths before that. It is a story of a family's love and loss, their involvement in the revolution and the different destinies of twelve cousins.2025-06-2600 min
The Bookshop PodcastCharlotte Guest, The Book BirdSend us a textIn this episode, I chat with Charlotte Guest, manager of The Book Bird, about ethnic diversity in West Geelong, bookselling, local authors, and books!The Book Bird is a small, independent bookshop that prides itself on matching readers with books they love. The staff believes bookshops are repositories of wisdom and spaces of learning. Located on Pakington Street in Geelong West, Victoria, Australia, The Book Bird has become a much-loved community hub since its opening in 2015. This idea underpins everything the staff does across customer service, events, their book club, and...2023-06-1236 min
The House Of HammerLife With The LyonsIn this bumper package, Ben, Cev & Smokey are taking a closer look at a family that seem all but forgotten in the 21st Century despite being something of a phenomenon.Ben investigates the Kardashians of their day, Smokey tells us about Belinda Lee whilst arguing with the lesser known comedy duo Farce & Slapstick and Cev talks TV (again).“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev MooreArtwork by Richard WellsAll the links you think you’ll need & some you never thought of! https://linktr...2023-03-131h 18
Published...Or NotBelinda Lyons-Lee and Emma BatchelorBelinda Lyons-Lee touches on the macabre history of Madame Tussaud, the lifelike images of wax and how they excited the likes of the necromancer, Philidor, and the His Grace William Cavendish in her gothic tale, 'Tussaud'.'Now That I See You' is a story of complicated love when a partner becomes transgender. Emma Batchelor tells this through letters and journal entries over an eighteen month period.2021-05-1300 min
The Quiet CarriageScott Innes & Belinda Lyons-LeeA show about books and their authors, presented by Paul J. Laverty
Scott Innes discusses his football/sci-fi/comedy novel Galactic Keegan, out now via Unbound. And Belinda Lyons-Lee reads an exclusive extract from her debut release, Tussaud, out now via Transit Lounge.
This episode first appeared on Castlemaine's 94.9 Main FM.2021-05-071h 00
The Write WayBelinda Lyons-Lee Talks 'Tussaud'Writer, creative writing teacher and now novelist, Belinda Lyons-Lee, joined the program to discuss her debut novel, ‘Tussaud’. Topics discussed include:
- Her fascination with the era and how it fuelled this daringly imaginative novel.
- Writing a story with real-life historical figures, the basis for which her creativity catapulted from.
- Research – including the exquisitely described building of the automaton, Marie’s hands becoming her hands and so on.
- The juggling act of including just enough the research – if it’s supposed to be the ‘wallpaper’ of the narrative, what about if the of-era wallpaper was riddled with arsenic?
- Del...2021-04-0639 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Tussaud by Belinda Lyons-LeePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/491366to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tussaud
Author: Belinda Lyons-Lee
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Release date: April 1, 2021
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Thrilling, eerie, fun, and psychologically compelling, Tussaud cleverly blurs the line between history and the fantastical to create a Gothic delight of mysterious mansions, grimy London streets, stage magicians, wax-work automatons, secrets and subterfuges. MARY SHELLEY would be proud.' H.G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep Paris, 1810. Haunted by the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud has locked herself away in her shop with the death...2021-04-0112h 24Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalTussaud by Belinda Lyons-LeePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/491366to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tussaud
Author: Belinda Lyons-Lee
Narrator: Louise Amos
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Release date: April 1, 2021
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Thrilling, eerie, fun, and psychologically compelling, Tussaud cleverly blurs the line between history and the fantastical to create a Gothic delight of mysterious mansions, grimy London streets, stage magicians, wax-work automatons, secrets and subterfuges. MARY SHELLEY would be proud.' H.G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep Paris, 1810. Haunted by the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud has locked herself away in her shop with the death...2021-04-0112h 24