Backlisted Special - The books of our childhood
Backlisted24 Tammi 2023

Backlisted Special - The books of our childhood

Welcome to our first Backlisted special of 2023. Today we’re joined by the award-winning novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, an official friend of Backlisted, who returns for the first time since his appearance on the Christmas 2021 episode on The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit, one of our most popular shows. These specials are designed to fill the gap until the show proper returns in April. They differ from the usual Backlisted format in that they feature just one guest choosing a number of books in an area they know and care about. The discussion covers examines what inspired Frank’s love of reading when he was growing up, and includes favourite books by T.H. White, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joan Aiken, Tim Hunkin and Richmal Crompton. * 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. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/backlisted Image Credit: Archives New Zealand from New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaksot(264)

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Heinä 20231h

The Millstone by Margaret Drabble

The Millstone by Margaret Drabble

Novelist Linda Grant and critic and editor Lucy Scholes return to Backlisted for a discussion of Margaret Drabble's third novel The Millstone, a book which has remained in print ever since it was firs...

17 Heinä 20231h 6min

The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope

The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope

We are joined on this episode by authors Jennifer Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) and Nell Stevens (Briefly, A Delicious Life), who last featured on Backlisted #170 discussing North and South by El...

3 Heinä 20231h 7min

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet

We are joined by the crime novelist Mark Billingham to discuss his favourite book, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. First serialised in Black Mask magazine in 1929 and published the following y...

19 Kesä 20231h 1min

Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy

Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy

For this episode we are joined by the critic and former literary editor of the Independent on Sunday, Suzi Feay and the novelist and former Deputy Literary Editor of the Observer, Stephanie Merritt. B...

29 Touko 20231h 5min

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

The whole of the next hour and a bit is dedicated to the work of Graham Greene – a writer we have long wanted to tackle. We cover several representative pieces – not necessarily the most famous of Gr...

15 Touko 20231h 14min

Rerun: All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

Rerun: All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joined John, Andy and former host Mathew way back in 2016 to discuss All The Devils Are Here, the astounding travelogue through Kent a...

1 Touko 20231h 5min

American Books Special

American Books Special

Welcome to the fourth Backlisted Special. While Andy and Nicky are both ‘gathering’ for the new season which will resume at the end of the month, John and Tess are joined by the writers and critics Er...

17 Huhti 20231h 1min

Suosittua kategoriassa Vapaa-aika

nikotellen
antin-matka
sita
the-harlin-show
ihan-oikeesti
unicast
everypodi
eturivi
tahtitehdas
mutsiputki
terkuin-jenna
rss-naapurissa
teen-spirit
rss-nikotellen
mysteeripodcast
oral-sex
rss-viihde-media
himocast
kaikkea-hyvaa
20-30-40-podcast