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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Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist by Jill Tweedie

Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist by Jill Tweedie

Writer and journalist Alex Clark joins John Mitchinson and Andy Miller in a stormy (and then hammery) podcast to discuss 'Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist', a collection of very funny columns by J...

27 Juni 20161h

The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

Author Lloyd Shepherd joins the Backlisted crew in their small but functional vessel to discuss what some regard as the first ever spy novel 'The Riddle of the Sands' and the extraordinary life of its...

13 Juni 20161h 2min

The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns

The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns

Writer, academic and contributing editor of Bookanista Lucy Scholes joins Andy, John and Mathew on the pod to talk 'The Vet's Daughter', the extraordinary novel of an extraordinary girl in late Victor...

30 Maj 20161h

Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls by Terry Jones and Michael Palin

Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls by Terry Jones and Michael Palin

Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, the creators of the Grown Up Ladybird series of picture books, join Andy Miller and Mathew Clayton to discuss Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls by Michael Palin ...

16 Maj 20161h 1min

Darkness Falls from the Air by Nigel Balchin

Darkness Falls from the Air by Nigel Balchin

Journalist, broadcaster and former editrice of The Erotic Review Rowan Pelling joins John, Andy and Mathew on the show to explain her love of Nigel Balchin's novel of the London Blitz, Darkness Falls ...

2 Maj 20161h 1min

All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joins John, Andy & Mathew to discuss 'All the Devils Are Here', the astounding travelogue through Kent and the depths of human behavio...

17 Apr 20161h 1min

The High Window by Raymond Chandler

The High Window by Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler's 'The High Window', his third book featuring world weary detective Philip Marlowe, is introduced to Backlisted by Mojo magazine's Andrew Male. Plus the joys of walking in the rain in...

4 Apr 201658min

The Information by Martin Amis

The Information by Martin Amis

Kill Your Friends author John Niven joins John, Andy & Mathew in the pod to discuss The information by Martin Amis, on the way answering the question 'if this book were a Britpop album, which Britpop ...

21 Mars 201657min

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