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Paranormal Or What?
Ep: 101: Introduction to Supernatural Sisterhood and interview with Dominic Zenden
Some of the women in the paranormal community have created a new movement called Supernatural Sisterhood. The Supernatural Sisterhood is a movement that supports others, promotes wellbeing and positive mental health. Asafe space, whether online or in person for people to turn to without fear of judgement. Not just for women, but for anyone who has felt the wrath of negativity, unsolicited advances, bullying or any other situation that has made them feel anything less than the person they are.Sadly, the paranormal community has of late become more vulnerable to negative and toxic behaviours...
2025-11-18
1h 35
View From My Sofa
The Hairy Bikers on good grub, celebrating life and having ideas above your station
In this week’s episode, host Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by TV chefs, Si King and Dave Myers – aka The Hairy Bikers. Dave was born and raised in Barrow-in-Furness, and Si in Kibblesworth County Durham and both brought up in working-class families. They met on the TV set on Catherine Cookson’s The Gambling Man – Si was the second assistant director and Dave, head of make-up. It was their united love of motorbikes and good grub that helped launch The Hairy Bikers – but it’s not always been an easy ride. In this episode, they discuss low-ratings and the Christmas sp...
2025-02-11
45 min
Fantasy Book Swap
Ep 40 Mansfield Park in Space with Una McCormack
In today's episode I'm joined by Una McCormack, New York Times best-selling author and member of Gold SF editorial board. Una’s choice: Lucy M Boston’s The Children of Green Knowe . This is the Puffin edition Una has. The 70th anniversary edition is available from Hemingford Grey shop. The TV adaptation Ali’s choice: Pádraig Kenny’s The Monsters of Rookhaven Illustrations here and here Una mentions Tom’s Midnight Garden. You can listen to Episode 25 with Tony Keen, where we discuss the book here. Books mentioned in this episode: Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMansf...
2024-10-16
1h 03
Fantasy Book Swap
Ep 40 Mansfield Park in Space with Una McCormack
In today's episode I'm joined by Una McCormack, New York Times best-selling author and member of Gold SF editorial board. Una’s choice: Lucy M Boston’s The Children of Green Knowe . This is the Puffin edition Una has. The 70th anniversary edition is available from Hemingford Grey shop. The TV adaptation Ali’s choice: Pádraig Kenny’s The Monsters of Rookhaven Illustrations here and here Una mentions Tom’s Midnight Garden. You can listen to Episode 25 with Tony Keen, where we discuss the book here. Books mentioned in this episode: Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMansf...
2024-10-16
1h 03
The Daily Birthday History
June 11: From Ancient Battles to Modern Triumphs
On this day in history, June 11, we explore a tapestry of events that have shaped our world. Travel back in time to witness the Roman army's miraculous victory during the Marcomannic Wars in 173 AD. We'll uncover the origins of the iconic Nordic Cross flag adopted by Denmark in 1748. Fast forward to the 20th century, and relive the triumphs of Sir Barton, the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown in 1919. From political assassinations that shook nations to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, June 11 has witnessed it all. Join us as we explore the fascinating figures born on this day...
2024-10-15
09 min
Radio Times Podcast
The Hairy Bikers on good grub, celebrating life and having ideas above your station
In this week’s episode, host Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by TV chefs, Si King and Dave Myers – aka The Hairy Bikers. Dave was born and raised in Barrow-in-Furness, and Si in Kibblesworth County Durham and both brought up in working-class families. They met on the TV set on Catherine Cookson’s The Gambling Man – Si was the second assistant director and Dave, head of make-up. It was their united love of motorbikes and good grub that helped launch The Hairy Bikers – but it’s not always been an easy ride. In this episode, they discuss low-ratings and the Christmas sp...
2023-12-12
49 min
The Booker Prize Podcast
December Book of the Month: Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Sara Cox, host of BBC Two's TV book club, Between the Covers, joins Jo and James to discuss our December Book of the Month: Any Human Heart by William Boyd. Told through the journals of Logan Mountstuart, it's an engrossing – and often funny – novel that takes in many of the defining events of the 20th century and the people who shaped them. The Booker Prize 2002-longlisted book was recently discussed on Between the Covers, so tune in to our podcast as Sara, James and Jo talk about William Boyd's beloved novel, as well as Sara's own reading habits and insp...
2023-12-07
37 min
Top-Rated Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Women
Catherine Cookson: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Great Author by Liam Dale
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine Cookson: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Great Author Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Interested in Catherine Cookson, the renowned author, but short on time for lengthy biographies? Join The History Journals for a concise, hourly history tour of her life. Catherine Cookson's name conjures images of a bygone era, as she masterfully depicted her North East England upbringing in her literary works. Often labeled a romantic novelist, her stories...
2023-12-05
03 min
The Book and Life Podcast
Hester Musson makes a splash
Hello all, Let's welcome the incredibly talented Hester Musson to the Bok and Life Podcast today. She has some serious skills as a writer and could be this generation's next Catherine Cookson.
2023-11-13
32 min
My Life In Books with Red Szell
Val Wood
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to join him in conversation with a renowned author about their work and the books that inspired them to write. For this episode, Red is joined by Val Wood, an award-winning author of romantic historical fiction, whose work is often compared to that of Catherine Cookson. In Val’s case, she has chosen her seaboard locale of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire in which to set her books. And her highly evocative sense of place...
2023-04-03
51 min
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The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663301to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Convent Girl Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: 1941. Bombs are falling all over Plymouth. Young Maisie O'Sullivan must make a choice that will change her life for ever. Maisie yearns for a family of her own. Raised as a charity orphan in a Catholic convent in Ireland, she believed she was all alone in the world. But when she is twelve, her world is...
2023-03-02
11h 31
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The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663301to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Convent Girl Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: 1941. Bombs are falling all over Plymouth. Young Maisie O'Sullivan must make a choice that will change her life for ever. Maisie yearns for a family of her own. Raised as a charity orphan in a Catholic convent in Ireland, she believed she was all alone in the world. But when she is twelve, her world is...
2023-03-02
11h 31
Two Lit Chicks
A Conversation with Milly Johnson
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. A Sunday Times bestseller, she is one of the Top 10 Female Fiction authors in the UK with millions of copies of her books sold across the world. In 2020, she was honoured with the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Outstanding Achievement Award and was a featured author in the Reading Agency’s Quick Reads and World Book Night campaigns.A writer who champions women and highlights the importance of friendship and community, Milly’s characters are celebrations of the strength of the human spirit. Milly’s 20th novel, Tog...
2023-02-13
1h 29
The Radio 3 Documentary
What Walls Hold
London. Tavistock House. 1851. It shaped Charles Dickens’ life and career. Home to The Smallest Theatre in the World, Mrs Weldon’s Orphanage and an alluring French lodger called Charles Gounod, Tavistock House is reputable for having been the home of three eccentric creatives - the Mancunian painter Frank Stone, the world’s most famous writer and actor Charles Dickens, and Victorian England’s notorious amateur soprano and litigant, Georgina Weldon. Within its walls lies a story of personal passion and chaos colliding with extraordinary creativity. Until it was destroyed in 1901. With the staircase creaking...
2022-12-25
43 min
Helping Hands With Gail Louise Turner
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Many Thanks To Beamish Museum And My New FriendsZapsplatPurple Planet To Listen To This Episode Please Visit helping-hands-captivate.fmhelping-hands-with-gail.captivate.fmAnd Look For S003 E011 Part Two With Gail Louise TurnerAnd Find The Accompany Spotify Music Playlist On gailglt84 Entitled S003 E011 Part Two With Gail Louise TurnerTo Listen To The Rest Of The Podcast Series And Follow Me OnFacebook GaillouiseTurnerTwitter @Gailwho1Instagram gailgltLinkedin Gail Louise...
2022-12-06
52 min
Helping Hands
S003 E011 Part Two With Gail Louise Turner
Many Thanks To Beamish Museum And My New FriendsZapsplatPurple Planet To Listen To This Episode Please Visit helping-hands-captivate.fmhelping-hands-with-gail.captivate.fmAnd Look For S003 E011 Part Two With Gail Louise TurnerAnd Find The Accompany Spotify Music Playlist On gailglt84 Entitled S003 E011 Part Two With Gail Louise TurnerTo Listen To The Rest Of The Podcast Series And Follow Me OnFacebook GaillouiseTurnerTwitter @Gailwho1Instagram gailgltLinkedin Gail Louise...
2022-12-06
52 min
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Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Val Wood
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the po...
2022-11-24
05 min
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Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Val Wood
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter’s Daughter: An unputdownable historical novel of triumph over adversity from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 24, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the po...
2022-11-24
05 min
Voices from the North East
5.6 The story of Joseph Maughan
Ralph Maughan tells us his Grandfather’s story, from a childhood right out of a Catherine Cookson novel to an adult life spent defending miners rights! It’s a beautiful story, moving and uplifting. It’s a real honour to be able to tell this on our podcast. Plug in your headphones and listen to Ralph tell you about his hero. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voicesfromthenortheast/message
2022-09-25
56 min
The Food Programme
The Hairy Bikers: Full Throttle Food
Thirty years ago, Dave Myers, a specialist prosthetic make-up artist walked into a pub in Newcastle after scoring a job on a Catherine Cookson TV drama. Beyond the throng of TV crew sipping their white wine spritzers, he spotted the then assistant producer Si King, eating the pub's curry of the day at the pool table. He walked over, introduced himself and said to the landlord, "I'll have what he's having." That was the moment one of the UK's most popular TV double acts was born. The Hairy Bikers' food travelogues, diet and campaigning programmes have been...
2022-09-11
29 min
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The Girl at Holly Cottage by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583487to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl at Holly Cottage Series: #9 of Devonshire Sagas Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: A compelling tale of secrets and betrayal, friendship and trust, and the legacy of war. Plymouth, 1954. The future seems rosy for Plymouth schoolgirl Anna Millington, as she prepares for teacher training college. But Anna's life is not what it seems. Her family is hiding a cruel secret that resulted from t...
2022-08-18
9h 28
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Fiction, Historical
The Girl at Holly Cottage by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583487to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl at Holly Cottage Series: #9 of Devonshire Sagas Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A compelling tale of secrets and betrayal, friendship and trust, and the legacy of war. Plymouth, 1954. The future seems rosy for Plymouth schoolgirl Anna Millington, as she prepares for teacher training college. But Anna's life is not what it seems. Her family is hiding a cruel secret that resulted from t...
2022-08-18
9h 28
Little, Brown Audio
The Halfpenny Girls at War by Maggie Mason, read by Anne Dover (Audiobook extract)
THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BRAND NEW SAGA SERIES BY MAGGIE MASON - MEET THE HALFPENNY GIRLS. . . 'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson ' Jean Fullerton on Blackpool Lass Will friendship see them through the struggles of war? As war approaches, Alice, Edith and Marg fear for the safety of their families, while trying to decide the best way they can do their bit for their country. Alice decides to volunteer with the Red Cross, helping those most in need, Marg is preparing to marry her true love at the most...
2022-04-14
05 min
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The River Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564221to listen full audiobooks. Title: The River Girl Series: #2 of Devonshire Sagas Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Dartmoor, 1858. Elizabeth Thornton has every reason to want to escape from home — a ramshackle farm in the middle of nowhere on the wilds of Dartmoor. Since her father's death, she's been trapped here, in the clutches of her lascivious uncle. When a position opens up at Rosebank Hall, she jumps at the chance. She will be a dom...
2022-03-24
12h 18
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The River Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564221to listen full audiobooks. Title: The River Girl Series: #2 of Devonshire Sagas Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Dartmoor, 1858. Elizabeth Thornton has every reason to want to escape from home — a ramshackle farm in the middle of nowhere on the wilds of Dartmoor. Since her father's death, she's been trapped here, in the clutches of her lascivious uncle. When a position opens up at Rosebank Hall, she jumps at the chance. She will be a dom...
2022-03-24
12h 18
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The Harbour Master's Daughter by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564301to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Harbour Master's Daughter Series: #1 of Devonshire Sagas Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Devon, 1867. Free-spirited Rebecca Westbrook recognizes her perfect match when she sees him. His name is Captain Adam Bradley. She is the harbour master's daughter. He is smouldering and sophisticated — the most eligible captain ever to sail into the quay. Anyone can see it's meant to be. But Rebecca is anything but cha...
2022-02-24
11h 27
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The Harbour Master's Daughter by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564301to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Harbour Master's Daughter Series: #1 of Devonshire Sagas Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Devon, 1867. Free-spirited Rebecca Westbrook recognizes her perfect match when she sees him. His name is Captain Adam Bradley. She is the harbour master's daughter. He is smouldering and sophisticated — the most eligible captain ever to sail into the quay. Anyone can see it's meant to be. But Rebecca is anything but cha...
2022-02-24
11h 27
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Children of Fortune: A powerful new family saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Val Wood
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/536383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Children of Fortune: A powerful new family saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 25, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 1864: Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband, Beatrix and her three children are finally free. While Ambrose has already determined his path in life, eldest son Laurie's future is less certain. With the responsibility of the family estate on his shoulders, Laurie must decide between staying in Yorkshire to...
2021-11-25
05 min
Midlifing
A nice light baritone edging towards a tenor
Send us a textPrompted by some listener feedback in which Lee and Simon are accused of nearly jumping the shark, they decide to come clean about their ambitions and reach out to you, yes you, their listeners. Also, who are we kidding, these show notes are not written by someone else. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.Related links (and necessary corrections):jumping the shark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_sharkmaking lawyer money (Cal Newport and Jordan Harbinger): https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TRgvpqazAj5...
2021-08-04
27 min
Warren Telling Tales - A Hub For Creators
SCIENTIST turned PUBLISHED FICTION writer. Lazarus Remembered clips/chat with Author, EJ Harper
This week, we sit down with, EJ Harper, scientist turned novelist!She grew up in the North East of England and left to go to university in Nottingham. Home is now a twelfth century mill in South West France.Who or what are your literary influences?For me, the most important aspect of a novel is the emotional journey. I want to shed tears of joy and tears of grief and am in awe of any author that can craft a story with a powerful emotional punch. Maggie O’Farrell’s After You’d Gone i...
2021-03-05
41 min
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The Gunpowder Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459589to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gunpowder Girl Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: A compelling saga of love, loss and self-discovery set on Wild Dartmoor. Dartmoor, 1875. Rose Maddiford, beautiful, vivacious and intelligent, could have her pick of men across Dartmoor. But she is in no hurry to marry unless it is for true love — and certainly not while she can help her father manage the Cherrybrook Gunpowder Mills. Then tr...
2021-03-01
11h 36
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The Gunpowder Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459589to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gunpowder Girl Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A compelling saga of love, loss and self-discovery set on Wild Dartmoor. Dartmoor, 1875. Rose Maddiford, beautiful, vivacious and intelligent, could have her pick of men across Dartmoor. But she is in no hurry to marry unless it is for true love — and certainly not while she can help her father manage the Cherrybrook Gunpowder Mills. Then tr...
2021-03-01
11h 36
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An Orphan's Journey: The new heartwarming saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Rosie Goodwin
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Orphan's Journey: The new heartwarming saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Author: Rosie Goodwin Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Maiden's Voyage; perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Katie Flynn and Catherine Cookson. 'Goodwin is a master of her craft. The perfect book for a cold winter's evening' Lancashire Evening Post 'Goodwin is a fabulous writer' Worcester Evening News 'A vibrant page-turner...
2021-02-18
05 min
RISE UP FIREBIRD, stories of women who transformed their lives.
Episode 2 - Catherine Cookson
Survivor: Catherine Cookson overcame poverty-stricken beginnings in the north east to become one of the most successful novelists of all time, selling over 100 million copies in her lifetime whilst being the 20th century's most popularly borrowed author from UK libraries. Catherine suffered many misfortunes in her life, but prevailed in spite of them. Her legacy continues to this day. She wrote over 100 novels and donated over £50 million in her lifetime to the north east, after a 50 year absence. Her own story is as compelling and fascinating as any of the stories she wrote. "I can and I will ha...
2021-02-16
33 min
Sentimental Garbage
The Fifteen Streets by Catherine Cookson with Milly Johnson
Best-selling romance novelist and Yorkshire lass Milly Johnson talks to us about her biggest writing inspiration, Catherine Cookson. If you haven't read Cookson's books, you've almost certainly seen one of her many, maaaaaaany costume dramas that have been adapted for TV, probably while sick with chicken box circa 1998. We discuss Cookson's first novel, The Fifteen Streets, which tells the story of an Irish Catholic family struggling in the slums of Newcastle. We talk religion, poverty, family, starting your writing career after 40 and mysterious boating accidents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-17
56 min
The Beverley Podcast
#22 Val Wood -award-winning author
Val Wood has lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire since the age of 13, with the last few years spent right here in Beverley. For almost three decades, Val has been a busy author - her latest book The Lonely Wife is novel 26! She is a Sunday Times best-seller and her first book won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction in 1993. She is possibly Beverley's most famous current resident but what brought her here and why does she enjoy living here? We talk about what it takes to be an author, how lockdown has impacted her work, and which a...
2020-11-22
21 min
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A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MILL TOWN LASSES SERIES. Perfect for fans of Val Wood and Catherine Cookson. Lancashire, 1832 Maids Hannah and Mary find themselves with no jobs and no home when their employer, Henry Sudell, loses all his money and disappears in the middle of the night. They have no choice but to...
2020-10-29
05 min
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The Golden Maid by Evie Grace
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Maid Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE GRIPPING SMUGGLER'S DAUGHTERS TRILOGY! Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark. Deal, Kent, 1812 Eighteen-year-old Winnie Lennicker yearns for a peaceful life as a respectable married woman. However, when she becomes involved in her family's free-trading operations and caught by the Revenue, she is sent before the magistrates. Forced to confess that she is with child...
2020-10-29
05 min
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The Ambulance Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452545to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ambulance Girl Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: A compelling wartime saga of love, loss and self-discovery at the battlefield's edge. Perfect fans of Nadine Dorries, Rosie Goodwin, Dilly Court, Freda Lightfoot and Catherine Cookson. Originally published as Teardrops in the Moon. A YOUNG WOMAN WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN Dartmoor, 1914. Twenty-four-year-old Marianne Warrington is in danger of being left on the shelf. That's what her mother...
2020-10-29
7h 28
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A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462951to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MILL TOWN LASSES SERIES. Perfect for fans of Val Wood and Catherine Cookson. Lancashire, 1832 Maids Hannah and Mary find themselves with no jobs and no home when their employer, Henry Sudell, loses all his money and disappears in the middle of the night. They have no choice but to return...
2020-10-29
8h 31
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The Golden Maid by Evie Grace
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Maid Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE GRIPPING SMUGGLER'S DAUGHTERS TRILOGY! Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark. Deal, Kent, 1812 Eighteen-year-old Winnie Lennicker yearns for a peaceful life as a respectable married woman. However, when she becomes involved in her family's free-trading operations and caught by the Revenue, she is sent before the magistrates. Forced to confess that she is with child...
2020-10-29
05 min
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A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MILL TOWN LASSES SERIES. Perfect for fans of Val Wood and Catherine Cookson. Lancashire, 1832 Maids Hannah and Mary find themselves with no jobs and no home when their employer, Henry Sudell, loses all his money and disappears in the middle of the night. They have no choice but to...
2020-10-29
05 min
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A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462951to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lancashire Lass: An uplifting and heart-warming historical saga Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MILL TOWN LASSES SERIES. Perfect for fans of Val Wood and Catherine Cookson. Lancashire, 1832 Maids Hannah and Mary find themselves with no jobs and no home when their employer, Henry Sudell, loses all his money and disappears in the middle of the night. They have no choice but to return...
2020-10-29
8h 31
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The Ambulance Girl by Tania Crosse
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452545to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ambulance Girl Author: Tania Crosse Narrator: Emma Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A compelling wartime saga of love, loss and self-discovery at the battlefield's edge. Perfect fans of Nadine Dorries, Rosie Goodwin, Dilly Court, Freda Lightfoot and Catherine Cookson. Originally published as Teardrops in the Moon. A YOUNG WOMAN WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN Dartmoor, 1914. Twenty-four-year-old Marianne Warrington is in danger of being left on the shelf. That's what her mother...
2020-10-29
7h 28
Romance Aloud
Jean Fullerton on Catherine Cookson
Award-winning author Jean Fullerton talks about her writing career, and picks author Catherine Cookson as her RNA60 choice to celebrate 60 years of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-10-18
22 min
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The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga Series: #1 of The Mill Town Lasses Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 30, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The rise of the mills is about to change everything. Lancashire, 1826 When Jennet and Titus Eastwood are forced to move from their idyllic cottage into the centre of Blackburn to find work in the cotton mills, their lives are changed in ways they could never have imagined and their new h...
2020-07-30
05 min
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The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446149to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga Series: #1 of The Mill Town Lasses Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 30, 2020 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The rise of the mills is about to change everything. Lancashire, 1826 When Jennet and Titus Eastwood are forced to move from their idyllic cottage into the centre of Blackburn to find work in the cotton mills, their lives are changed in ways they could never have imagined and their new home o...
2020-07-30
7h 56
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The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga Series: #1 of The Mill Town Lasses Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 30, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The rise of the mills is about to change everything. Lancashire, 1826 When Jennet and Titus Eastwood are forced to move from their idyllic cottage into the centre of Blackburn to find work in the cotton mills, their lives are changed in ways they could never have imagined and their new h...
2020-07-30
05 min
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The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga by Libby Ashworth
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446149to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cotton Spinner: An absolutely gripping historical saga Series: #1 of The Mill Town Lasses Author: Libby Ashworth Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 30, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The rise of the mills is about to change everything. Lancashire, 1826 When Jennet and Titus Eastwood are forced to move from their idyllic cottage into the centre of Blackburn to find work in the cotton mills, their lives are changed in ways they could never have imagined and their new home o...
2020-07-30
7h 56
Date Fight!
27th June: Cornish pasties v Catherine Cookson
Why did Natt let that Longbottom slip through his fingers? Where was the Sikh empire? Why does Tessa hate the Moomins? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Dr Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!
2020-06-27
17 min
Davis Now Lectures
Declan Kiberd on libraries
Declan Kiberd on how writers Catherine Cookson, Thomas McCarthy and Frank O'Connor began their love of books in their local libraries and the once stultifying moral censorship of the Irish library system - from 'The University of the People' 2002 series marking the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Libraries in Ireland.
2020-06-03
00 min
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The Lace Maiden by Evie Grace
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423594to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lace Maiden Series: #1 of The Smuggler’s Daughters Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 20, 2020 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The first novel in the brand new Smugglers Daughters trilogy set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars on the Kentish Coast from bestselling author Evie Grace. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark. Deal, Kent. 1811. The heart of the British smuggling business. 'Deal is a godforsaken town where the streets are ruled by villains . . .' T...
2020-03-20
10h 34
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The Lace Maiden by Evie Grace
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lace Maiden Series: #1 of The Smuggler’s Daughters Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 20, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The first novel in the brand new Smugglers Daughters trilogy set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars on the Kentish Coast from bestselling author Evie Grace. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark. Deal, Kent. 1811. The heart of the British smuggling business. 'Deal is a godforsaken town where the streets are ruled by vil...
2020-03-20
05 min
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The Lace Maiden by Evie Grace
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423594to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lace Maiden Series: #1 of The Smuggler’s Daughters Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 20, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The first novel in the brand new Smugglers Daughters trilogy set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars on the Kentish Coast from bestselling author Evie Grace. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark. Deal, Kent. 1811. The heart of the British smuggling business. 'Deal is a godforsaken town where the streets are ruled by villains . . .' T...
2020-03-20
10h 34
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A Thimbleful of Hope by Evie Grace
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thimbleful of Hope Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 27, 2020 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Dover, 1864: Violet Rayfield leads a happy life with her family in a beautiful terrace on Camden Crescent. But Violet’s seemingly perfect world is shattered when her father makes a decision that costs her family everything. Now Violet must sacrifice all she holds dear, including the man she loves. As Violet strives to pick up the threads of her existence, a...
2020-02-27
05 min
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A Thimbleful of Hope by Evie Grace
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thimbleful of Hope Author: Evie Grace Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 27, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Dover, 1864: Violet Rayfield leads a happy life with her family in a beautiful terrace on Camden Crescent. But Violet’s seemingly perfect world is shattered when her father makes a decision that costs her family everything. Now Violet must sacrifice all she holds dear, including the man she loves. As Violet strives to pick up the threads of her existence, a...
2020-02-27
05 min
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The Crofter's Daughter: A heartwarming rural saga by Eileen Ramsay
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crofter's Daughter: A heartwarming rural saga Author: Eileen Ramsay Narrator: Carolyn Bonnyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: December 12, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A moving and heartwarming World War I saga. For readers of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. 'When I'm the farmer,' began Mairi, and then she stopped, for she would never be the farmer. She was a girl. Ever since she was nine years old, Mairi McGloughlin has known she wants to be a farmer, but by the law of the land...
2019-12-12
05 min
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The Crofter's Daughter: A heartwarming rural saga by Eileen Ramsay
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crofter's Daughter: A heartwarming rural saga Author: Eileen Ramsay Narrator: Carolyn Bonnyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: December 12, 2019 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: A moving and heartwarming World War I saga. For readers of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. 'When I'm the farmer,' began Mairi, and then she stopped, for she would never be the farmer. She was a girl. Ever since she was nine years old, Mairi McGloughlin has known she wants to be a farmer, but by the law of the...
2019-12-12
05 min
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The Crofter's Daughter: A heartwarming rural saga by Eileen Ramsay
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crofter's Daughter: A heartwarming rural saga Author: Eileen Ramsay Narrator: Carolyn Bonnyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: December 12, 2019 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A moving and heartwarming World War I saga. For readers of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. 'When I'm the farmer,' began Mairi, and then she stopped, for she would never be the farmer. She was a girl. Ever since she was nine years old, Mairi McGloughlin has known she wants to be a farmer, but by the law of the...
2019-12-12
05 min
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Harold by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harold Series: #3 of Hamilton (Cookson) Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Julia Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Catherine Cookson's well-loved novels Hamilton and Goodbye Hamilton tell the story of Maisie, who invented an imaginary horse to keep her company through the long years of an unhappy marriage, and before she became a bestselling author. In this engaging sequel, Hamilton has vanished from Maisie's life and in the days after the death of her second husband s...
2019-08-29
03 min
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Goodbye Hamilton by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Hamilton Series: #2 of Hamilton (Cookson) Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Julia Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 29, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It seemed the clouds that had darkened so much of Maisie's early life had finally cleared away. Freed at last from a disastrous marriage, she had also become a bestselling author with her very first book – all about Hamilton, the remarkable horse her imagination conjured for solace through the long years of an unhappy marriage. Hamilton proved to be a real guide, philosopher and...
2019-08-29
03 min
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Hamilton by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hamilton Series: #1 of Hamilton (Cookson) Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Julia Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maisie doesn't understand why her mother can't love her, but she knows that her life is hard and deeply unhappy. When her stepfather George, the only person she trusts, leaves, Maisie has no protector until she begins to escape. She could never be quite sure when she first met up with Hamilton; most likely it was when she s...
2019-08-01
03 min
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The Bondage of Love by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bondage of Love Series: #4 of Bailey Chronicles Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 14, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Only after returning from his well-attended funeral did Fiona Bailey realise just how much she would miss Davey Love. Despite her initial doubts and prejudices about this rough-hewn Irishman, towards the end of his life she had discovered qualities about him she had previously overlooked. Above all, it was his inherent kindness that she had failed to discern when she and h...
2019-03-14
03 min
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The Tinker's Girl by Catherine Cookson
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369244to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tinker's Girl Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: When young Jinnie Howlett's widowed father, a tinker man, died a pauper, she was already a reluctant inmate of a northern workhouse. But she thought herself fortunate – the alternative might have meant she ended up on the streets. When close to her fifteenth birthday and after years of toil and drudgery, she was at last offered a position as a maid-of-all-work. Ji...
2019-02-28
11h 24
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Bill Bailey's Daughter by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill Bailey's Daughter Series: #3 of Bailey Chronicles Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 28, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this, the third novel of a trilogy, the atmosphere in the Bailey household was alive with anticipation. It was not only because Christmas was approaching, or even that Bill Bailey was tackling the biggest project of his career. No, all the excitement was because in two weeks' time, Fiona Bailey would give birth to a baby, the first arrival since Bill h...
2019-02-28
03 min
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The Tinker's Girl by Catherine Cookson
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369244to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tinker's Girl Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: When young Jinnie Howlett's widowed father, a tinker man, died a pauper, she was already a reluctant inmate of a northern workhouse. But she thought herself fortunate – the alternative might have meant she ended up on the streets. When close to her fifteenth birthday and after years of toil and drudgery, she was at last offered a position as a maid-of-all-work. Ji...
2019-02-28
11h 24
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The Parson's Daughter by Catherine Cookson
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368379to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Parson's Daughter Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Release date: February 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: The Victorian Sabbath was not without problems for some of those committed to its strict observance. Nancy Ann Hazel, the young and high-spirited daughter of a country parson, suffered from her father's lengthy Sunday sermons. The autumn sunshine beckoned her into the fields and along the bank of the river that wound its way through this pleasant corner of County Durham...
2019-02-21
3h 33
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Bill Bailey's Lot by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill Bailey's Lot Series: #2 of Bailey Chronicles Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Bill Bailey, the rugged Liverpudlian, was now a fully-fledged Tyneside building contractor, as staunchly loyal to his squad of workmen as they were to him. He had also met and married Fiona, a young widow with her own loveable family, to which she and Bill shortly added with the adoption of the orphaned Mamie. Life was g...
2019-02-21
03 min
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The Parson's Daughter by Catherine Cookson
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368379to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Parson's Daughter Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Release date: February 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: The Victorian Sabbath was not without problems for some of those committed to its strict observance. Nancy Ann Hazel, the young and high-spirited daughter of a country parson, suffered from her father's lengthy Sunday sermons. The autumn sunshine beckoned her into the fields and along the bank of the river that wound its way through this pleasant corner of County Durham...
2019-02-21
3h 33
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The Thursday Friend by Catherine Cookson
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368380to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thursday Friend Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 14, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Catherine Cookson's well-loved novels Hamilton and Goodbye Hamilton tell the story of Maisie, who invented an imaginary horse to keep her company through the long years of an unhappy marriage, and before she became a bestselling author. In this engaging sequel, Hamilton has vanished from Maisie's life and two human companions take his place.
2019-02-14
9h 47
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Bill Bailey by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369607 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill Bailey Series: #1 of Bailey Chronicles Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 14, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the moment Bill Bailey arrived to take up residence at Fiona Nelson's home in the Tyneside town of Fellburn, he made his presence felt in no uncertain terms. As a young widow left badly off, and with three children to bring up, Fiona had come to know all the problems of t...
2019-02-14
03 min
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The Thursday Friend by Catherine Cookson
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368380to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thursday Friend Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 14, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Catherine Cookson's well-loved novels Hamilton and Goodbye Hamilton tell the story of Maisie, who invented an imaginary horse to keep her company through the long years of an unhappy marriage, and before she became a bestselling author. In this engaging sequel, Hamilton has vanished from Maisie's life and two human companions take his place.
2019-02-14
9h 47
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB
Catherine Cookson Week
This week we're exploring the life, legacy and literature of one of the countries best loved authors – Catherine Cookson.We explore her extraordinary life with her biographer, Kathleen Jones.Discover some of the artefacts at the South Shields museum dedicated to preserving her memory.Narrator Elizabeth Proud reminisces about recording Cookson’s novels for the RNIB Talking Books Library.And we immerse ourselves in the harsh realities of the ‘The 15 Streets’.
2018-09-28
57 min
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB
Catherine Cookson Week - Tom and Catherine
It's Catherine Cookson Week on RNIB Connect Radio and all week we're celebrating one of the UKs best loved authors and thanking the Catherine Cookson Charitable trust for their continued support of RNIB and the Talking Books service. Today playwright Tom Kelly chats about the musical Tom and Catherine, which charts Catherine Cookson and her husband's 50 year marriage.
2018-09-27
08 min
Seriously...
The Death of Illegitimacy
Illegitimacy once meant you were a 'bastard'. The MP Caroline Flint wants to know what the word 'illegitimate' means now.Caroline has always been open about her unmarried Mum having her when she was 17 years old and that she had her first son before she got married. Caroline describes her own family's story as a Catherine Cookson novel. There are suspicions that her widowed great-grandmother had an illegitimate child. Her grandmother's older sister had an illegitimate child during WW1 with an American soldier who was brought up as though his mother was his sister.She...
2018-02-09
1h 00
Ladey Adey Show
What's the Best Relationship between Author and Reader?
Ladey explores the relationship between Author and Reader—the good relationships and the not so good. She has received some great responses from some Authors in the past, like Catherine Cookson and she shares this story in this podcast. This leads to the best ways to engage more fully with readers. Does an Author have a responsibility to their Readers when they are contacted? As a Reader what sort of response would you like from a favourite Author? As an Author how can you maintain good relationships with your readers? Ladey also explores Beta Reading and...
2018-02-02
08 min
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Before I Go by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before I Go Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Christine Rendel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Known for the wit of her writing, Catherine Cookson was the UK’s most widely read novelist during her lifetime. When her Estate discovered this never-before-published memoir in the attic of her home, it was an astonishing find. Before I Go is the definitive story of her life, in the author’s own candid words. While Cookson had authored prev...
2017-07-13
03 min
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Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Known for the wit of her writing, in her lifetime Catherine Cookson became the UK’s most widely read novelist. When the Cookson Estate discovered the unpublished manuscript of Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger in the attic of her home, they unearthed a gem for Cookson’s many fans. Gravedigger John Gascoigne lives in D...
2017-07-13
03 min
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Before I Go by Catherine Cookson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before I Go Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Christine Rendel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Known for the wit of her writing, Catherine Cookson was the UK’s most widely read novelist during her lifetime. When her Estate discovered this never-before-published memoir in the attic of her home, it was an astonishing find. Before I Go is the definitive story of her life, in the author’s own candid words. While Cookson had authored previous auto...
2017-07-13
03 min
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs at 75
Kirsty Young celebrates 75 years of Desert Island Discs with some of the wonderful voices in the archive and chooses some of her favourite interviews from her 10 years as presenter. From Dustin Hoffman to Maya Angelou, Stephen Hawking to Victoria Wood, we have glimpses into the castaways' lives and times. Coronation Street stalwart, Betty Driver explains why she chose a song she hates to take with her to the island, Dawn French recalls the infamous 'puddle' scene in the Vicar of Dibley and legendary broadcaster Richard Dimbleby describes his very early days in broadcasting. Cilla Black...
2017-01-28
2h 54
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Rosa's Island by Val Wood
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271022to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosa's Island Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild East coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew, she realised as she grew up that this large and seemingly close farming family contained many troubled souls. Mr Drew, whose religious fervour held a dark secret; Jim, the eldest son, who was...
2016-08-25
11h 44
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Rosa's Island by Val Wood
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosa's Island Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild East coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew, she realised as she grew up that this large and seemingly close farming family contained many troubled souls. Mr Drew, whose religious fervour held a dark secret; Jim, the eldest son, who...
2016-08-25
05 min
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Rosa's Island by Val Wood
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271022to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosa's Island Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild East coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew, she realised as she grew up that this large and seemingly close farming family contained many troubled souls. Mr Drew, whose religious fervour held a dark secret; Jim, the eldest son, who was...
2016-08-25
11h 44
RubberOnion Animation Podcast
Tomm Moore Interview
We got to talk to 2-time Oscar nominated director Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon about comics, animation, tattoos and producing Indie Animated Films! This show has a couple of my favorite stories (Miyazaki smoke-break, TMNT desks, and The Living Shadows) and was all around just a blast of a time recording the show. There's a lot to learn about the mentality and approach needed to get into the Indie animated filmmaking game and he gives some fun behind-the-scenes tidbits along the way. Also, remember all those questions you posted on my facebook page?... yea he...
2016-03-22
1h 05
Midweek
Si King and Dave Myers, Michael Foreman, Lady Alexandra Shackleton, George Hinchcliffe
Libby Purves meets Si King and Dave Myers - also known as the Hairy Bikers; illustrator Michael Foreman; The Honorable Lady Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of Sir Ernest Shackleton and George Hinchcliffe with the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.Lady Alexandra Shackleton is the granddaughter of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Sir Ernest set up the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, a cross-continent trek that came to be known as the Endurance mission. Endurance departed in August 1914 and by January 1915 it had already become trapped in the Antarctic ice. Two exhibitions document the story - Enduring Eye: The Antarctic Legacy of Sir...
2015-12-30
41 min
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A Better World Than This: an unmissable and uplifting Lancashire coming of age saga of love and life by Marie Joseph
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Better World Than This: an unmissable and uplifting Lancashire coming of age saga of love and life Author: Marie Joseph Narrator: Marie Joseph Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 4, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Clarke and Catherine Cookson will love being transported to another time and place by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph in this enthralling and heart-warming saga about one woman's desire for a glamourous and romantic life. Will she achieve her dreams? 'Marie Joseph has the same...
2011-08-04
05 min
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The Gemini Girls: a heart-warming Northern saga of sibling love and rivalry from bestselling saga author Marie Joseph by Marie Joseph
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gemini Girls: a heart-warming Northern saga of sibling love and rivalry from bestselling saga author Marie Joseph Author: Marie Joseph Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 4, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With all her signature warmth, wonderful characters and unforgettable drama, escape with bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph and settle down with this unputdownable and unforgettable saga of sisterly love put to the ultimate challenge. Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will not be disappointed. 'Marie Joseph is...
2011-08-04
05 min
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A Better World Than This: an unmissable and uplifting Lancashire coming of age saga of love and life by Marie Joseph
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Better World Than This: an unmissable and uplifting Lancashire coming of age saga of love and life Author: Marie Joseph Narrator: Marie Joseph Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 4, 2011 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Clarke and Catherine Cookson will love being transported to another time and place by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph in this enthralling and heart-warming saga about one woman's desire for a glamourous and romantic life. Will she achieve her dreams? 'Marie Joseph has the...
2011-08-04
05 min
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Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton - Ruth Hamilton
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth HamiltonAuthor: Ruth HamiltonNarrator: Marlene SidwayFormat: UnabridgedLength: 12:31:37Language: EnglishRelease date: 02-17-2011Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women, SagasSummary:This captivating and moving saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court...
2011-02-17
12h 31
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Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton by Ruth Hamilton
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator: Marlene Sidway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This captivating and moving saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court and Josephine Cox. 'I believe that Ruth Hamilton is very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they just...
2011-02-17
05 min
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Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton by Ruth Hamilton
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator: Marlene Sidway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: This captivating and moving saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court and Josephine Cox. 'I believe that Ruth Hamilton is very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they...
2011-02-17
05 min
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Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself - Jess Foley
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herselfAuthor: Jess FoleyNarrator: Patience TomlinsonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 16:30:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 12-23-2010Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Fiction & Literature, General, SagasSummary:Lose yourself in this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from much loved author Jess Foley, written in the bestselling tradition of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Co...
2010-12-23
4h 30
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No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England - Jess Foley
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural EnglandAuthor: Jess FoleyNarrator: Patricia GillmoreFormat: UnabridgedLength: 21:03:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 12-23-2010Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women, SagasSummary:If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much...
2010-12-23
9h 03
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Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down by Jess Foley
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court will absolutely love this emotionally charged and unmissable romantic saga of one woman's search for love and fulfilment from much loved author Jess Foley. 'An earthy tale of love, longing and tragedy' -- Swindon Evening Advertiser 'Dramatic an...
2010-12-23
05 min
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No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England by Jess Foley
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patricia Gillmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much loved author Jess Foley. This unmissable and unputdownable saga is one you will never forget... 'Compulsive and well-paced' -- Wiltshire Times 'A gripping...
2010-12-23
05 min
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Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself by Jess Foley
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lose yourself in this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from much loved author Jess Foley, written in the bestselling tradition of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. You will not want to put it down... READERS ARE LOVING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN 'Good story couldn't put it...
2010-12-23
05 min
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Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down - Jess Foley
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put downAuthor: Jess FoleyNarrator: Nicolette McKenzieFormat: UnabridgedLength: 14:00:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 12-23-2010Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women, SagasSummary:Fans of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court will absolutely love this emotionally charged and unmissable romantic saga of one woman's search fo...
2010-12-23
2h 00
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No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England by Jess Foley
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patricia Gillmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much loved author Jess Foley. This unmissable and unputdownable saga is one you will never forget... 'Compulsive and well-paced' -- Wiltshire Times 'A...
2010-12-23
05 min
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Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down by Jess Foley
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Fans of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court will absolutely love this emotionally charged and unmissable romantic saga of one woman's search for love and fulfilment from much loved author Jess Foley. 'An earthy tale of love, longing and tragedy' -- Swindon Evening Advertiser 'D...
2010-12-23
05 min