THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

SUNDAY 6th April

Noon & 8pm & 4am

PLAYS/DRAMA

FOUR AGES BY COLIN LEWISOHN

Bernie Hearn is a hero. Not the sort who wears underpants over his trousers, Bernie is an everyday hero who has led a great life. Four Ages tells his story – what he means to his family, how he protects his sister from injustice, stops a war time atrocity, pulls a lad back from the brink of the ultimate betrayal – all whilst combating his own personal tragedy. Four Ages in the life of one extraordinary man. Bereavement, love, war, justice and abuse. Everyday stuff really!

ANNIVERSARY BY DAVID MILLER

An old gentleman shares his memories with his partner of 54 years…

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with DEBORAH LEVY

Deborah Levy, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on the BBC, and translated widely across the world. The author of highly praised novels, including Hot Milk and Swimming Home (both Man Booker Prize finalists), The Unloved, and Billy and Girl; the acclaimed story collection Black Vodka; and part one of her working autobiography, Things I Don’t Want to Know, she lives in London. Her latest novel, The Man Who Saw Everything, has been long-listed for the 2019 Booker Prize. She reads from her work and is then interviewed by writer John Freeman

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETRY & POETS featuring MONA ARSHI

Today we are delighted to have the incomparable and beautiful poet Mona Arshi with us. Mona reads from her book Dear Big Gods and gives us greater insight about many of the poems. We also hear a few favourites from her last book Small Hands.

Mona Arshi worked as a Human rights lawyer at Liberty before she started writing poetry. Her debut collection ‘Small Hands’ won the Forward Prize for best first collection in 2015. Her poems and interviews have been published in The Times, The Guardian, Granta and The Times of India as well as on the London Underground. Her debut novel will be published in 2021. You can get both more info on Mona and her poems on https://www.monaarshi.com/

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with ANGELA DAVIS

Here at Audiobook Radio we are keen to provide a range of voices – very literally as well as in terms of opinions and views of the world. This strand created by Alternative Radio does just that. We will hear from some of the most informed minds and greatest social activists of our time whose take on justice and power does not chime with those that hold the power and don’t provide justice for all so we rarely get to hear from them in mainstream media. Different opinions always help inform our own and we are always eager to hear from listeners about this or any other strand. Contact us on the tab at www.audiobookradio.net

Today we have Angela Davis, one of the iconic figures of Black Power who was acquitted on conspiracy charges in 1970 after one of the most famous trials in U.S. history. She went on to become an internationally renowned writer, scholar and lecturer. She’s the author of many books, including Women, Race and Class, Abolition Democracy, and The Meaning of Freedom.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

SHERLOCK HOLMES CLASSICS

ABR is proud to present two classic episodes, once again starring Tom Conway as Holmes. ‘The Final Problem’ is followed by ‘The Dying Detective.’

We close the hour with an author interview from KOBO and today’s guest is CHRIS HADFIELD.

5pm & 1am & 9am

BOOKER PRIZE

In the last decade literary prizes and awards and festivals have mushroomed all over the world but there is one prize that has sailed supremely through the choppy literary waters – The Booker which celebrated its 50th birthday a couple of years ago. It might not be the oldest or the most respected as many believe that honour belongs to the Nobel and it certainly doesn’t award the most money, although 50 grand is no small potatoes, but it has become the best known in the international publishing world, guaranteeing an uplift in sales to all longlisted authors and provides readers from all over the world a steer to what they might read next. The quality threshold of its winners might be disputed but with its longlist it represents a breadth of writing that probably does include some of the best books ever written in the English language in the last half century. There’s always a winner and for the 50th one judge selected one title from each of the five decades and then the public voted on an overall Golden winner which was… The English Patient by Michael Ondaatjae.

We spoke to Dottie Irwin, PR and Booker Committee member, Eleanor Catton whose book the Luminaries won the Man Booker in 2013 and 2016’s shortlisted author of ‘His Bloody Project’ Graeme McCrae Burnett to hear more about what the prize means to them.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. We take you back in time as producer Irving Cummings unveils THE AFRICAN QUEEN starring HUMPHREY BOGART and GREER GARSON

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – HORNUNG & WOOLF

This comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/. This hour opens with Nine Points of the Law by E W Hornung. Narrated by Richard Mitchley followed by Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf. Narrated by Ghizela Rowe and concludes with A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf. Narrated by Richard Mitchley Vol 11

MONDAY 7th April

25oon & 8pm & 4am

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A KINGDOM FOR A STAGE PART I BY TONY DIGGLE

We are delighted to be broadcasting the radio premiere of A Kingdom for a Stage, originally performed at the Chelsea Theatre. It celebrates and commemorates the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birthday and death on 23rd April.

In Part I Ben Jonson discovered Shakespeare in the heavens in a catatonic state. Literary luminaries explained that he had made an unauthorised visit to the world and was horrified that mankind had not progressed so decided to torment them. Placated by his contemporaries reminding him of his own flawed life Shakespeare returns to the heavens to write his 38^th play!

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with MARY OLIVER

Mary Oliver’s poetry, with her lyrical connection to the natural world, has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. She is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus, transforming the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery. Her recent books include Owls and Other Fantasies, Why I Wake Early, and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. As poet Stanley Kunitz has said, “Mary Oliver’s poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing.” Oliver lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETRY & POETS with MICHAEL ONDAATJE

Michael Ondaatje, poet, novelist, and noted editor and film maker, was born in Sri Lanka in 1943, spent his teenage years in England, and moved to Canada in 1962 where he graduated from the University of Toronto and then Queen’s University, Ontario. He taught English Literature at York University, Toronto, from 1971 to 1990. While mostly known and admired as a novelist, due in part to the worldwide success of The English Patient that was awarded the Booker Prize in 1992 and was later made into the Academy Award-winning film, Ondaatje first won critical acclaim as a poet. Numerous collections include The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems (1970), There’s a Trick With a Knife I’m Learning To Do: Poems, 1963-1978 (1979), both of which won the Canadian Governor General’s award; The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems (1989); and Handwriting (1998).

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with LAVERNE COX

Today’s talk is by Laverne Cox, an actor starring in Orange is the New Black, documentary film producer and LGBTQ advocate. She talks about Transgender Visibility and whether Trump might revoke recent gains for the LGBTQ community.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

SHERLOCK HOLMES CLASSICS

ABR is proud to present two classic episodes, once again starring Tom Conway as Holmes. ‘The Reigate Puzzle’ is followed by ‘A Scandal in Bohemia.’

We close the hour with an author interview from KOBO and today’s guest is HIROSHI MIKITANI.

5pm & 1am & 9am

TAKE FIVE with CHLOE ESPOSITO & Audiobook Extract from BAD

We asked the same five questions to a range of writers – today CHLOE ESPOSITO, the author of the trilogy Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know which prompted a Hollywood bidding war. This is followed by an extract of the audiobook, Bad.

TAKE FIVE with JONAS HASSEN KHEMIRI

We then move to the award winning Swedish writer Jonas Hassen Khermiri who is the author of four novels, six plays, and a collection of essays, short stories – some of his work has already been translated into more than 25 languages and I’m pretty sure that number will continue to grow especially for the brilliant Everything I Needed to Know

TAKE FIVE with MAX PORTER

Finally we top the hour with Max Porter, poet and writer. His works include Grief is the Thing With Feathers which won the Sunday Times PFD Young Writer of the Year Award the Books Are My Bag Readers’ Award for fiction and the International Dylan Thomas Prize.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. We take you back in time as The Hollywood ringmaster himself, CECIL B DE MILLE unveils Seven Keys To Baldpate featuring JACK BENNY.

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – HARDY & JEROME

This comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/ This hour opens with The Grave by the Handpost by Thomas Hardy read by Jake Urry followed by The Cost of Kindness by Jerome K Jerome read by James Taylor. Vol 13

TUESDAY 8th April

Noon & 8pm & 4am

PLAYS/DRAMA

A KINGDOM FOR A STAGE PART II BY TONY DIGGLE

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with ROXANE GAY

Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose works include the story collection Difficult Women and Ayiti, a blend of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry interwoven into a tale of the Haitian diaspora. In her essay collection Bad Feminist, she writes, “I never want to be placed on a Feminist Pedestal. People who are placed on pedestals are expected to pose, perfectly. Then they get knocked off. . . . consider me already knocked off.” Gay is the author of the comic series World of Wakanda and is the first African American woman to write for Marvel Comics. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and in this programme reads from her book Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body and from other works followed by an interview with writer and sociologist, Tressie McMillan Cottom.

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETRY featuring KWAME DAWES

Kwame Dawes is a writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and plays. Born in Ghana in 1962, Dawes spent most of his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica. As a poet, he is profoundly influenced by the rhythms and textures of that lush place, citing in a recent interview his “spiritual, intellectual, and emotional engagement with reggae music.” His book Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius remains the most authoritative study of the lyrics of Bob Marley. Dawes has also published 15 collections of poetry. His most recent titles include Back of Mount Peace and Hope’s Hospice. His book, Requiem is a suite of poems inspired by the illustrations of African American artist Tom Feelings in his landmark book The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo. He has also published two novels: Bivouac and She’s Gone, winner of the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction. In 2007 he released a memoir, A Far Cry From Plymouth Rock: A Personal Narrative, called “a poet’s eloquent meditation on the complexities of history, race and the oft-broken promise of America,” by Geoff Dyer.

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with MICHAEL ERIC DYSON on Malcolm X

Today’s talk is given by Michael Eric Dyson, a globally renowned scholar of race, religion and contemporary culture who lectures widely and has published many books. He talks on White Privilege, what it is and the choices and advantages that white people have, simply because of the colour of their skin.

We top the hour with an appeal for reviews and our own review of Charlotte Smith’s poetry

4pm & Midnight & 8am

SHERLOCK HOLMES CLASSICS

ABR is proud to present two classic episodes, once again starring Tom Conway. ‘The Solitary Cyclist’ is followed by ‘The Singular Affair of the Babbling Butler’

We close the hour with an author interview from KOBO and today’s guest is C.C. CHAPMAN.

5pm & 1am & 9am

TAKE FIVE with DEE LESTARI with Audiobook extract from Paper Boats

Dee Lestari was originally a singer-songwriter and is currently one of the front runners in the Indonesian book scene with 17 books under he belt including the Supernova series. After answering our 5 questions, we get to hear an extract from her book Paper Boats – she’s a free-spirited dreamer. He’s a brilliant painter. But now their shared passion for art has turned into something deeper….12TAKE FIVE with SHEENA KAMAL

Canadian author and essayist Sheena Kamal whose bestselling debut The Lost Ones won her a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, a Strand Critics Award, and Macavity Award for Best First Novel. The sequel It All Falls Down has been called “a stunning, emotionally resonant thriller.”

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE with The Sidewalks of London

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. We take you back in time as The Hollywood ringmaster himself, CECIL B DE MILLE unveils…The Sidewalks of London featuring CHARLES LAUGHTON

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – HAGGARD & LE GALLIENNE

This comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/ This hour opens with Long Odds by H Rider Haggard read by Jake Urry followed by The Haunted Orchard by Richard Le Gallienne read by Richard Mitchley. Vol 14

WEDNESDAY 9th April

Noon & 8pm & 4am

PLAYS/DRAMA

CHANNEL HOPPING BY DEREK WEBB

If you want to save your marriage, it’s essential to talk to each other. Unfortunately, Ann has got to the stage when she lets the drink do much of the talking. And when her husband Steve gets back from work and slumps in front of the television, he certainly doesn’t reckon on the bizarre consequences of idly flicking from channel to channel.

WAITING FOR GORDON BY DEREK WEBB

Four women are attending a DIY class at their local college. Three of them, in their different ways, are wanting to assert their independence and not rely on men. While Tracy is simply waiting for the right man to come along.

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with LUIS ALBERTO URREA

Luis Alberto Urrea’s native Mexico has always served as the author’s muse, inspiring all 13 books that span five genres. His nonfiction The Devil’s Highway tells the harrowing story of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert. Urrea’s novels The Hummingbird’s Daughter and its sequel, Queen of America, chronicle the life of beloved healer Teresita Urrea, deemed “the Mexican Joan of Arc.” Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and an American mother, Urrea grew up along both sides of the border, forever affected by its dichotomy, brutality and richness, saying, “Borders everywhere are a symbol of what divides us. That’s what interests me.”

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETS & POETRY featuring PATTIANN ROGERS

Poet Pattiann Rogers has a singular voice, grounded in personal faith yet seduced equally by the mysteries of the natural world and the opportunities of discovery and beauty offered by science. The author of eleven volumes of poetry, she reads here from her work before joining in conversation with fellow poet Christopher Merrill.

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with ARUNDHATI ROY on Fascism in India

Today’s talk is given by Arundhati Roy the world-renowned writer who of many books including the hugely successful The God of Small Things. She tells of the realities of India that are in sharp contrast with the image it projects internationally. For example, you probably haven’t heard of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the RSS. It is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary organization that has millions of members who exert enormous influence and power in India.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

BLACK MUSEUM

Director, Actor, Genius. ORSON WELLES was all these things and more. But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles.

So Welles went Indie, making his own works on the proceeds of various jobs that required a big name and that very distinguished voice; perfect for radio. Here, in the Black Museum he sets the scene as true life crime is retold. Mr Welles we’re ready……this week THE FADED TARTAN SCARF & A JAR OF ACID

5pm & 1am & 9am

TAKE FIVE with GRAEME McCRAE BURNETT

Scottish genre busting writer Graeme McCrae Burnett author of among others the Booker shortlisted His Bloody Project and more recently the brilliant Case Study.

TAKE FIVE with KAREN CONNELLY (with reading)

Canadian Karen Connelly is a writer of fiction and travel books and more recently a mentor helping people heal, write & transform their difficult stories. You can find out more about her current work by visiting https://www.thecourageroom.ca/

TAKE FIVE with JOSIP NOVAKOVICH (with reading)

Croatian Josip Novakovich is both a writer and academic -currently a professor of creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal. He gives us a delicious slice of his short stories which you won’t want to miss.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE with Miracle on 34^th Street

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. We take you back in time as producer William Keighley unveils Miracle on 34th Street starring MAUREEN O’HARA, JOHN PAYNE & EDMUND GWEN.

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – NESBIT & POE

These comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/ This hour opens with The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit ready by Richard Mitchley followed by The Murders in The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe read by William Dufris. Vol 16

THURSDAY 10th April

Noon & 8pm & 4am

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THE PRIME MINISTER’S DAUGHTER and THE LOTTERY BY LARRY WEINER

A Double-Bill in the bewildering company of hapless Private Eye Garson Krebbs.

In the first episode Krebbs receives a call from the British Ambassador to inform him that the Prime Ministers daughter has gone missing on her visit to New York; while in The Lottery, two old ladies appear and share their news and concern of a brother who has scooped a jackpot and subsequently vanished.

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with HOWARD ZINN

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. His classic book, A People’s History of the United States, has been called “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.”

Zinn grew up in Brooklyn in a working-class, immigrant household. At 18 he became a shipyard worker and then flew bomber missions during World War II. These experiences helped shape his opposition to war and his passion for history. After attending college under the GI Bill and earning a PhD in history from Columbia, he taught at Spelman College, where he became active in the civil rights movement. After being fired by the college for his support for student protesters, Zinn became a professor of Political Science at Boston University, where he taught until his retirement in 1988.

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETRY featuring BEAT Poets & Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Today we have Classic Beat Poetry followed by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, the prominent poet whose voice still resounds and remains relevant. At 101, he was still resident at City Lights bookstore and died at 102 in 2021.

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with BRUCE COCKBURN

Today’s talk is given by Bruce Cockburn, one of Canada’s greatest singer/songwriters whose work has profoundly influenced more than one generation. His political and environmental consciousness together with his respect for human rights and world cultures makes his talk entitled Lovers in a Dangerous Time not to be missed.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

BLACK MUSEUM

Director, Actor, Genius. ORSON WELLES was all these things and more. But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles.

5pm & 1am & 9am

TAKE FIVE – IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD Catton, Syal, Buchholz & Mphene

Today we have a Take Five Special of women writers from 4 different corners of the globe. One of my favourite people in the UK & a true talent across many performing and writing disciplines, MEERA SYAL followed by crime writer SIMONE BUCHOLZ who although she writes in her native German her books have been translated in many languages. We end with MAGOGODI MPHENE who is from Soweto in S. Africa and expertly reads an extract from her gripping book Virus. First off, is New Zealander ELEANOR CATTON, winner of the Man Booker for the Luminaries which has been adapted to screen by the BBC.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE with This Land is Mine

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – DOYLE & AUMONIER

These comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/ This hour opens with – The Cabman’s Story. The Mysteries of a London Growler by Arthur Conan Doyle followed by A Source of Irritation by Stacy Amounier. read by Jake Urry Vol 17

FRIDAY 11th April

Noon & 8pm & 4am

PLAYS/DRAMA

LEAVES IN AUTUMN BY SUSAN CASANOVE

Iris hadn’t clapped eyes on Jerry, the eighteen year old boy who’d swept her off her feet in 1966 for forty-three years – until a chance meeting at a funeral. Both are now widowed, but will the course of Autumnal love run smooth? Leaves in Autumn is a gentle comedy drama about love, destiny and redemption. It stars Josephine Tewson (Keeping Up Appearances, Last of the Summer Wine), Hazel Douglas (Bathilda Bagshot in Harry Potter) and Hugh Walters (Doctor Who, Survivors). It also features West End actors Emma Noakes and Steven Alexander as the young Iris and Jerry.

THE LAST LAUGH BY ERIC YAFFEY

Traditional comedian Will Potts has a stalker and his performance is suffering. Can the maniac be flushed out before the damage becomes terminal?

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION…MARIA HINOJOSA

Anchor of an award winning talk show, Maria Hinojosa has helped reveal America’s untold stories and brought to light unsung heroes in America and abroad especially in the Latino community—the fastest growing minority group in the United States

2pm & 10pm & 6am POETS & POETRY featuring GEORGE SZIRTES

Today we feature the accomplished award winning poet George Szirtes, in conversation and reciting a few of his poems. This is followed by the deeply personal & esoteric poems of Amber Agha and finally we hear Kevin Morris reciting a few of his sometimes nostalgic and always evocative poetry. georgeszirtes.blogspot.com http://www.amberagha.info https://hellopoetry.com/kevin-morris/

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with HILL & TAYLOR on Dismantling the System

Is it starry-eyed to think about not just regime change but something much larger: system change? The systemic failures of the current crisis and the calamitous fissures it has exposed has raised the question of the efficacy of reform, half-measures and tinkering around the edges. When under duress, the system is agile enough to make some concessions while crucially leaving the fundamental structures of power intact. From the outside systems can look invincible and impregnable. Just tell that to Louis the XVI in 1789 or the Czar in 1917 or the Shah of Iran in 1979 or Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The noted writer, Ursula LeGuin reminds us, “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” Today’s speakers are Marc Lamont Hill, professor of Media Studies and Urban Education at Temple University in Philadelphia and named by Ebony as one of America’s 100 most influential Black leaders and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

BLACK MUSEUM…ORSON WELLES

Director, Actor, Genius. Orson Welles was all these things and more. But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles.

5pm & 1am & 9am

1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS

We have a really interesting and lively discussion coming up next which explores the monument to world literature and the ageless art of storytelling, that is The Arabian Nights. The influence of The Arabian Nights on modern literature – from Marcel Proust and James Joyce to Vladimir Nabokov and Margaret Atwood – is unmistakable, but it’s rich legacy is often underestimated.

Authors Marina Warner and Richard van Leeuwen, both of whom have won the Award for their respective books exploring the Nights, and translator of Aladdin Yasmine Seale unpack the influence of this collection of stories – a timeless toolbox of literary motifs. It is chaired by The Bookseller’s Tom Tivnan and hosted by them and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE with This Gun for Hire

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – WALPOLE & BENNETT

These comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/ This hour opens with Major Wilbraham by Hugh Walpole read by Jake Urry followed by The Letter and the Lie by Arnold Bennett ready Richard Mitchley. Vol 15

SATURDAY 12th April

Noon & 8pm & 4am

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TURNING THE TIDE BY GARETH BROWNBILL

Ever since he was young, Larry has tried to avoid confrontation. Recently widowed, he tries to be a good father to his son Toby. When Toby is suspended from school for fighting a bully Larry faces a dilemma: how can he be a good father in Toby’s eyes if he doesn’t stand up for him? At the same time his work colleague Sarah faces constant harassment from her overbearing boss Robert. Which situation will make him fight back first, or will it be an untimely mix of the two?

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with RUSSELL BANKS

Russell Banks has written more than 10 novels including Continental Drift and Cloudsplitter, as well as the story collection The Angel on the Roof. His The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction were adapted into celebrated feature films. Banks’ latest novel, Lost Memory of Skin, tells the story of “the Kid,” who at 22, after doing time for a liaison with an under-age girl, is forbidden to live where children might gather. Michael Ondaatje calls Banks, “the uncompromising moral voice of our time.” Banks has made a life’s work of charting the causes and effects of the terrible things “normal” men can and will do. He writes with an intensely focused empathy and a compassionate sense of humour that help to keep readers, if not his characters, afloat through the misadventures and outright tragedies in his books.

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETRY featuring AUGUST KLEINZAHLER

August Kleinzahler‘s poetry is described by the New York Times as “a modernist swirl of sex, surrealism, urban life and melancholy with a jazzy back beat. His personality combines Allen Ginsberg’s goofball charm and Norman Mailer’s inveterate pugnacity.” He has published eight books of poetry,

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with MICHAEL ERIC DYSON

We top the hour with an appeal for reviews and our own review of Charlotte Smith’s poetry

4pm & Midnight & 8am

BLACK MUSEUM

Director, Actor, Genius. ORSON WELLES was all these things and more. But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles.

We top the hour with a sample of a volume of poetry on Death.

5pm & 1am & 9am

THE PODCAST HOUR – THE A.I.T.L. & TODD SHOW

Audiobookradio is excited to introduce a new podcast brought to us by the And I Thought Ladies a prolific collective of American women spearheaded by the multi-talented Wilnona Marie and Jade Dee. It encompasses Tonya Todd’s 52 Love Podcast and a short drama called the Managers and we’ll be broadcasting it every day at this time for the next few weeks. So stay tuned for Episode 1 and their take on Love, Life & Literature.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD DOUBLE BILL…BOGART, TRACY & RUSSELL

Back when going to the movies meant a whole afternoon or evening’s entertainment not just the one movie Audiobook radio is proud to be home to the Hollywood Double Bill. Adapted for radio with all the frills including the big stars and hosted by Roger Prior. We have:

PETRIFIED FOREST by Robert Sherwood starring HUMPHREY BOGART, TYRONE POWER and JOAN BENNETT

NINOTCHKA based on Ernst Lubitsch’s classic movie starring SPENCER TRACY and ROSALIND RUSSELL

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – POE, LAWRENCE & CHOPIN

These comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/ This hour opens with Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe followed by A Fragment of Stained Glass by D H Lawrence. We conclude with The Kiss by Kate Chopin. Vol 17