Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn
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 'W...
27 Nov 201758min
To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield
Writer and author Jenny Colgan joins John and Andy to discuss R.F. Delderfield's epic of life in an English boarding school between the wars. Craig Brown's 'Ma'am Darling' and 'Priestdaddy' by Patrici...
10 Nov 20171h 2min
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
For our annual Halloween episode John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Fiona Wilson and Andrew Male to discuss Shirley Jackson's final novel 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle'. In this show'...
30 Okt 20171h 2min
Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
In a special live edition of Backlisted, recorded in front of an audience at Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford, John and Andy are joined by Mark Haddon, author of 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The ...
16 Okt 201757min
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite and A Notable Woman, amongst others joins John and Andy to discuss William Goldman's groundbreaking account of his life as a Hollywood s...
2 Okt 20171h 14min
Look At Me by Anita Brookner
In a long awaited episode John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Una McCormack and Lucy Scholes to discuss Anita Brookner's third novel 'Look At Me', a tale of intergalactic piracy in a far off...
17 Sep 20171h 6min
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
John and Andy are joined by poet, radio presenter, playwright and genuine Tyke Ian McMillan to discuss Malcolm Lowry's unique work Under the Volcano. Also; The Factory of Light by Michael Jacobs, and ...
4 Sep 20171h
Some Bits To Listen To While We Go On Our Holidays
Even your favourite podcasts need to take a holiday... but hopefully this collection of off cuts, tall tales, terrible name dropping and the occasional bit of literary chat will help tide you over unt...
21 Aug 201739min
