Summer Reading Special
Backlisted14 Aug 2023

Summer Reading Special

This week, to mix things up a little, it’s our annual round-up of books, old and new, you might enjoy over the summer. John, Andy and Backlisted’s producer Nicky discuss: O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker (W&N Essentials); Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale (Daunt Books); The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time by Catherine Taylor (Weidenfeld & Nicolson); Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry (Faber); A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo (Canongate); and The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds (Weidenfeld and Nicolson). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy

The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy

Novelist, critic & lecturer Jonathan Gibbs (a/k/a @Tiny_Camels) joins John & Andy to discuss The Snow Ball, Brigid Brophy's novel of seduction, aging and Mozart. Timings: (may differ due to adverts) ...

6 Mar 20171h 2min

The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary

The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary

Max Porter, author of 'Grief Is The Thing With Feathers', joins John and Andy to talk about The Horse's Mouth, Joyce Cary's story of the life of the itinerant artist. Also discussed are Dark Money, J...

20 Feb 20171h 1min

Red Shift by Alan Garner

Red Shift by Alan Garner

Critic and author Erica Wagner and novelist S.F. Said join John and Andy to discuss 'Red Shift', the fifth novel by Alan Garner. Also discussed: 'Brave New Weed' by Joe Dolce (no, not that one) and 'N...

6 Feb 20171h 2min

Venetia by Georgette Heyer

Venetia by Georgette Heyer

This show sees John and Andy joined by Una McCormack and Cathy Rentzenbrink to discuss Venetia, one of the Regency Romance novels by Georgette Heyer. Includes mild language and various Georgian terms ...

23 Jan 20171h

A State of Denmark by Derek Raymond

A State of Denmark by Derek Raymond

In a bid to get our fear and creeping dread about the state of the world in early for 2017, author Travis Elborough (A Walk in The Park, The Bus We Loved, and The Long Player Goodbye) joins us to disc...

27 Des 20161h 1min

A Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam

A Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam

John and Andy are joined by Laura Cumming, the art critic for The Observer and author of 'The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez', and Hilary Murray Hill, CEO at Hachette Children's Books, to talk...

13 Des 20161h 1min

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

Costa First Book nominee for My Name Is Leon, Kit de Waal joins John & Andy to discuss So Long, See You Tomorrow, the final novel by author and New Yorker literary editor William Maxwell. Timings: (m...

28 Nov 20161h 2min

Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard

Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard

Monocle culture editor Robert Bound joins John and Andy to discuss JG Ballard's Spanish set thriller Cocaine Nights. Also, The Ballard-Bond connection, Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, and the...

7 Nov 20161h 2min

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