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On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  A minke whale, a kung-fu chicken and the rabbit equivalent of Jason Statham, Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. My Animals, and Other Animals A memoir of sorts A: Bill Bailey N: Bill Bailey L: 5 hrs and 03 mins P: Querkus Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

20 Jan 33min

Just simply an audiobook that Matt and Steve think you’ll want to read. Humbling, heart wrenching and humorous, ‘Shattered’ is raw in how Hanif Kureishi expresses the detailed physical and mental challenges of suddenly becoming tetraplegic.  Have a listen and let us know your thougts and reactions below. Join the show Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to right now? Come on the show and tell us! Get involved in the conversation: @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky or X All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #AudioBookClub.net

13 Jan 28min

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:   THE SMELL OF DEATH!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this week’s episode we are casting an ear over the first new novel in eight years from the author of The Da Vinci Code   The Secret of Secrets Robert Langdon Book 6 A: Dan Brown N: Paul Michael L: 22 hrs and 50 mins R: 09-09-25 P: Penguin Audio   #Literature #Fiction Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Clown Town Slough House, Book 9 A: Mick Herron N: Sean Barrett R: 11-09-25 L: 12 hrs and 6 mins P: Baskerville #Mystery #Thriller #Suspense

9 Jan 38min

New Year, New You? We review James Clear’s bestseller ‘Atomic Habits’ to start off 2025’s audiobook treats.  Have you followed his steps? We’ve started (hopefully not in an annual-gym-subscription-but-only-go-for-three-weeks kind of way). Join the show! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to right now? Come on the show and tell us! Get involved in the conversation: @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky or X All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #AudioBookClub.net

6 Jan 29min

Hear interviews with some of the best in the literary and audio world as we give you the highlights of some of our favourite luminaries: Dirk Maggs, described as “the Steven Spielberg of Audio” and producer of Audible's The Sandman series and BBC Radio 4's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (among many more) Author of the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling Peter Grant/Rivers of London urban fantasy series. and Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch Bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Colditz, The Siege and Operation Mincemeat, Ben MacIntyre Ben Folds, New York Times Best Selling author and widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation Multi-award winning Investigative journalist and Lazarus Heist co-creator Geoff White   Join the show! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to right now? Get involved in the conversation: @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky or X All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #AudioBookClub.net

30 Des 202447min

This episode of #AudioBookClub: comes from The #AudioBookClub Theatre of the Mind on London’s glittering Park Lane, where The 2024 #AudioBookClub Imaginary Awards Gala is about to kick off. For financial and logistical reasons, both the Gala AND the awards are entirely imaginary, but hopefully that won’t stop hosts Steve Phillips and Matt Layton and you, gentle listener, from enjoying this wonderful star studded soiree Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

22 Des 202441min

On this episode of #AudioBookClub: A thousand years of history in just twenty eight minutes! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode: We peruse British comedy icon David Mitchell’s history of the kings and queens of England.   Unruly A History of England's Kings and Queens A: David Mitchell N: David Mitchell L: 11 hrs and 39 mins R: 28-09-23 P: Penguin AudioUnruly   Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

19 Des 202428min

On this episode of #AudioBookClub: We urge you not to buy Elton John’s new audiobook ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ We like to keep things positive here at #AudioBookClub, but in this case we’ll make an exception. We had no choice but to tear it a new one, ‘Phoned-in. Tone deaf. The worst piece of audio that Elton John has ever been vaguely associated with.’ You can put that on the posters. HOWEVER… Sir Elton’s autobiography from five years ago, narrated by Taron Egerton and Elton himself is a masterpiece. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… Me Elton John Official Autobiography A: Elton John P: Elton John, Taron Egerton L: 12 hrs and 29 mins R: 15-10-19 P: Macmillan Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

7 Des 202440min