AuthorListening Books, Florence Wilkinson
NarratorFlorence Wilkinson, Jessica Stone
Duration43m
CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, Biography and Autobiography
PublisherListening Books
VersionUnabridged
Author Florence Wilkinson talks about her book Wild City: Encounters with Urban Wildlife, giving lots of suggestions for noticing and encouraging the wildlife right on our doorstep.
Series 3, Episode 5 - David Gange
Author: Listening Books, David Gange
Author Listening Books, David Gange
Narrator David Gange, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 5
Duration 41m
From Jul 15, 2021 'The kayak gives this incredible perspective on the world, where you are really embedded in the worlds of the species, you're surrounded by other animals, they don't respond to you in the way that they respond to humans on foot because obviously they are so much more skilled in and on the water than you are.' Writer and historia...
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The Listening Books Podcast - Series 1
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 1
Duration 4h 45m
Featuring all episodes from series 1 of the podcast: Episode One: Horror Fiction - In this first episode, host Jessica Stone delves into the dingy depths of horror books with Claire Bell and Nik de Garis. Episode Two: 200 Years of Frankenstein - Abigail Jaggers tells Jessica all about the bizarre life of the writer Mary Shelley. Episode Three: C...
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Series 4, Episode 8 - Annie Aldington
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Annie Aldington, Jessica Stone
Duration 37m
Annie Aldington has voiced hundreds of audiobooks, and among them are some of the most popular titles in the Listening Books collection, including novels by Dilly Court, Martina Cole, Katie Price, Aoife Walsh, and Kitty Neale. Here Annie tells us how she happened into audiobook narration, shares her secret tricks for conquering difficult accents, a...
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Series 5, Episode 3 - Jane McDowell
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Jessica Stone, Jane Mcdowell
Duration 31m
Jessica Stone talks to audiobook narrator and actor Jane McDowell.
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Series 3, Episode 2 - Kobna Holdbrook - Smith
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 2
Duration 38m
From April 15, 2021 Actor and audiobook narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talks about what it was like to voice Rivers of London as his first audiobook, what he had to unlearn to do voice work and how Frank Sinatra inspired his mic technique.
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The Listening Books Podcast Series 2
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 2
Duration 6h 14m
Episode One - Bonus! Extra chat with Bleak Expectations creator Mark Evans Episode Two - Reading Roundup: Myths and Fairy Tales Reimagined Episode Three - Author Natalie Haynes Episode Four - Reading Roundup: Great Audiobook Narrators Episode Five - Audiobook Narrator Bronwen Price Episode Six - Reading Roundup: Books Even Better as Audiobooks...
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Series 3, Episode 3 - Francis Spufford
Author: Listening Books, Francis Spufford
Author Listening Books, Francis Spufford
Narrator Francis Spufford, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 3
Duration 47m
Author Francis Spufford talks about what it's been like to launch his new novel, Light Perpetual, during a pandemic, the many talents and accents required of audiobook narrator Imogen Church, the fondness he holds for his 'unlikable' characters, and why the narrator was especially important for his historical novel Golden Hill. To top it off, he de...
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Series 4, Episode 3 - Emilie Pine
Author: Listening Books, Emilie Pine
Author Listening Books, Emilie Pine
Narrator Emilie Pine, Jessica Stone
Duration 45m
Emilie Pine, author of the personal essay collection Notes to Self and her recently published novel Ruth and Pen, tells us what it was like to narrate her emotionally difficult first book, what factored into the casting of Ruth and Pen’s audiobook narrator, and the sometimes surprising responses she’s received from readers. There is als...
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Series 4, Episode 2 - Natasha Lipman
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator Natasha Lipman, Jessica Stone
Duration 49m
Natasha Lipman writes about what it means to live, and live well, with chronic illness. Here she talks to Jessica about the strategies she’s adopted to return her to the pleasures of reading.
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Series 5, Episode 1 - Bonnie Garmus
Author: Listening Books, Bonnie Garmus
Author Listening Books, Bonnie Garmus
Narrator Jessica Stone, Bonnie Garmus
Duration 36m
Jessica Stone interviews author of the hugely successful Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus.
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