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Mark Macauley, an Anglo-Irish debut author whose book House of Slamming Doors has received rave reviews from a range of publications from the Times Literary Supplement to the Sun by way of the Guardian. We also get to hear a couple of chapters from the audiobook that he has produced himself with ambient sound effects that enhance the cracking good story as it unfolds apace with a cast of characters that he has successfully voiced himself….not so surprising as he trained as an actor and it shows! Stephen Fry says it’s “A marvellous achievement. It’s a Tubular Bells for the podcast and audiobook market.” Available on Audible.
Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our eyes and ears to very personal feelings.
Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to school textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. In this hour we feature DH Lawrence, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edgar Allan Poe, Amy Lowell and others.
This comes to you courtesy of Miniature Masterpieces who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for them and many more on https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/
This hour opens with Rudyard Kipling’s ‘My Own True Ghost Story.’ Then we hear the dark humour of Saki in Tobermory read by Richard Mitchley followed by Daniel Defoe’s story entitled The Apparition of Mrs Veal read by Ghizela Rowe.
Noon & 8pm & 4am
PLAYS/DRAMA
MUMBAI CHUZZLEWITS Part 1
Brought to us by Radio Drama Revival and introduced by Fred Greenhalgh who provides background to this excellent drama recorded in India and providing a unique and insightful take on Dickens’ classic. A must listen with forthcoming parts tomorrow and the day after, always at this time.
1pm & 9pm & 5am
IN CONVERSATION with NAOMI KLEIN
Naomi Klein’s intelligence and perception provides a radical view on the world that finds great favour among many. As a teenager she lived her life in shopping malls and maybe somewhere between the two lies the real Naomi Klein.
2pm & 10pm & 6am
POETRY & POETS featuring DEREK WALCOTT
Derek Walcott, is a hugely talented poet, playwright and visual artist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. Here he reads some of his work and then is interviewed by Glyn Maxwell.
3pm & 11pm & 7am
ALTERNATIVE RADIO with EDUARDO GALEANO
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’s talk is given by Eduardo Galeano the essayist, journalist, historian, and activist, as well as one of Latin America’s most beloved literary figures. An outspoken critic of the increasingly dehumanizing effects of globalization on modern society, Galeano has remained a passionate advocate for human rights and justice.
4pm & Midnight & 8am
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Greg Wagland superbly narrates The Priory School by Arthur Conan Doyle
5pm & 1am & 9am
SPARK LONDON
The concept is stand out simple. Real people telling real stories. Today’s are A Grand Gesture by Jess Brownrigg and The Open Window by Harsh Agarwal.
A WORD IN YOUR EAR
Word in Your Ear are a Bath based collective of writers who gather to tell their stories. They liked the way our ancestors enjoyed stories – by listening to them. We totally agree with them so let’s have a listen to Wherever I Lay My Hat by Julie Green and Venus by Clare Reddaway.
TAKE FIVE with PETER JAMES
We asked the same five questions to a range of writers – today PETER JAMES, Brighton charmer, film producer and international best seller of crime thriller fiction.
6pm & 2am & 10am
HOLLYWOOD STAGE with Sunset Boulevard
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 to unveil the classic Sunset Boulevard featuring WILLIAM HOLDEN and GLORIA SWANSON
7pm & 3am & 11am
SHORT STORIES – TWAIN & SHELLEY
GHOST STORY BY MARK TWAIN READ BY STUART MILLIGAN
Humourist Mark Twain’s take on horror is surprisingly convincing at creating an atmosphere of terror as our narrator endures a haunting of gigantic proportions. Ultimately Twain’s characteristic style prevails.
THE DREAM BY MARY SHELLEY READ BY GHIZELA ROWE
The dream of this short story occurs to the young and beautiful Constance, the Countess of Villeneuve whose grief for the death of her father and brothers is so great that she passes ‘many a day of tears and many a night of restless misery.’ The king, Henry IV of France orders her to marry so her immense estate will be upheld but she would rather remain isolated and see no one. However, the dream changes her life forever. (Vol 10)