Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn - Rerun
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Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn - Rerun

In a special edition recorded earlier this year live at the Durham Book Festival, John and Andy are joined by writers Adele Stripe and Ben Myers to discuss Gordon Burn's debut novel Alma Cogan. The 'What Have We Been Reading?' slots are occupied by Pevsner's guide to Durham and The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. *If you'd like to support the show, join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

Penelope Fitzgerald's fourth novel Human Voices (1980) is set at the BBC during the early months of the Second World War. Joining John and Andy to discuss the book, and Penelope Fitzgerald's life and ...

18 Maalis 20191h 8min

Utz by Bruce Chatwin

Utz by Bruce Chatwin

This episode is about Utz, Bruce Chatwin's final novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1988. John and Andy are joined by writer and journalist Jonathan Wilson and Unbound's editor-at-large Rachae...

4 Maalis 20191h 3min

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West

On this episode John and Andy are joined by novelist and critic Amanda Craig and novelist and memoirist Alice Jolly to discuss Rebecca West's debut novel The Return of the Soldier, published in 1918 w...

18 Helmi 20191h 2min

Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson

Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson

John and Andy are joined by writer, dandy and erstwhile musician Dickon Edwards to discuss Hemlock and After, Angus Wilson's debut novel, originally published in 1952. Wilson was considered one of the...

4 Helmi 20191h 5min

Imogen by Jilly Cooper

Imogen by Jilly Cooper

John and Andy are joined by author and podcaster Daisy Buchanan and poet and lecturer Dr Ian Patterson to discuss Imogen, Jilly Cooper's 1978 novel of a young librarian finding romance - and all that ...

21 Tammi 20191h 3min

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence

In our first podcast of 2019 we tackle D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow, a novel that has divided opinion since it was first published (and banned) in 1915 - and sure enough opinion was divided between Joh...

7 Tammi 20191h 1min

Books Do Furnish a Room by Anthony Powell

Books Do Furnish a Room by Anthony Powell

John and Andy are joined by novelist Philip Hensher and biographer Hilary Spurling for a discussion of Books Do Furnish a Room by Anthony Powell, first published in 1971, the tenth instalment of A Dan...

25 Joulu 20181h 8min

Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx with Rowland Barber

Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx with Rowland Barber

John and Andy are joined by Dan Schreiber, writer, producer and co-host of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast, to discuss Harpo Marx's autobiography Harpo Speaks! (1961). Also discussed are titles by...

10 Joulu 201857min

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