The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Philip Pullman is our guest on the 100th episode of Backlisted. John, Andy and Nicky travelled to Oxford for this special episode devoted to Robert Burton's extraordinary 1400-page The Anatomy of Mela...
2 Sep 201955min
Books about The Beatles
Books about the Beatles are the subject of this special episode recorded at Cornwall's Port Eliot festival on July 27th 2019. Joining John and Andy for this celebration of all things fab are lifelong ...
19 Aug 20191h 1min
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban's extraordinary novel Riddley Walker (1980) is the subject of this episode recorded live at the Port Eliot Festival in Cornwall on Friday July 26th 2019. Joining John and Andy to discuss...
5 Aug 201954min
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury's uncanny tales are the subject of this episode of Backlisted. John and Andy are joined by author and literary editor of The Spectator Sam Leith and writer and radio presenter Jennifer Lu...
22 Jul 20191h 4min
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson, a bestseller when first published in the 1930s, is the novel under discussion. Joining John and Andy is novelist and teacher of creative writing Shelley Harris. A...
8 Jul 201959min
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino's third novel The Baron in the Trees (Il barone rampante) is the subject of this episode. Joining John and Andy to discuss the book is writer and fabulist Caspar Henderson. Elsewhere, J...
24 Jun 20191h 6min
The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler
Alan Isler's debut novel The Prince of West End Avenue (1994) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining Andy and John to discuss it are novelist William Sutcliffe and playwright and biblio...
10 Jun 20191h 7min
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Award-winning novelist Preti Taneja (We That Are Young) joins John and Andy to discuss Beloved by Toni Morrison, one of the greatest American novels of the last half century. Other books featured on t...
27 Mai 20191h 4min
