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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Imogen by Jilly Cooper - Revisit

Imogen by Jilly Cooper - Revisit

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All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook part 2

All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook part 2

Writer Jason Hazeley joins Andy, Una and Nicky for a celebratory investigation - or investigative celebration - of All the Devils Are Here, the ungovernable literary brainchild of the late David Seabr...

29 Sep 20251h 13min

The Eye Of the Beholder by Marc Behm

The Eye Of the Beholder by Marc Behm

Emmy Award-winning writer David Quantick (Veep, The Thick of It) joins Andy and Una for a discussion of Marc Behm's surreal thriller The Eye of the Beholder (1980). David last appeared on Backlisted a...

15 Sep 20251h 9min

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan (1971), the second Earthsea novel, is the subject of this episode. Joining Una and Andy is writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce, current Children’s Laureate. We look at h...

1 Sep 20251h 11min

The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington

The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington's charming and surreal novel The Hearing Trumpet (1976, probably) is the subject of this episode. Joining Una, Andy and Nicky is author and lecturer Dr Paul March-Russell, who offer...

18 Aug 20251h 17min

A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney

A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney

Dave Haslam and Melanie Williams join us to discuss A Taste of Honey (1958), Shelagh Delaney's first play, written and produced when the author was not yet 20 years old. To describe this as an expert ...

4 Aug 20251h 15min

The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore

The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore

The writer Alan Moore is the subject of this long-awaited episode. Joining Andy and Una is the author and dramatist Simon Guerrier, who has chosen The Ballad of Halo Jones, Moore's collaboration with ...

21 Juli 20251h 7min

Angel by Elizabeth Taylor

Angel by Elizabeth Taylor

Angel (1957) by the English writer Elizabeth Taylor, is the subject of this special episode - and, as you'll hear, the next episode of Locklisted too.* Joining Andy and Una for a hotly disputed umptee...

8 Juli 20251h 12min

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