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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
It’s A Wonderful Life- Live Radio Drama. This week, again thanks to Radio Drama Revival we have the RG Productions rendition of “It’s A Wonderful Life,” the beloved American holiday classic, based on the Lux Radio adaptation from 1947. This story of idealism and reflection was produced live as part of the “Retro Radio Holiday Revue,” an event that Nita Hunter’s troupe has made a tradition in Kenosha, WI!
For the cynical among us, we recommend you check out John Ballentine’s, “Dreaming of a Dead Christmas” instead – that’ll put you in the Christmas spirit… for zombies.
1pm & 9pm & 5am
IN CONVERSATION…..Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy, who was born and resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, is a columnist and member of the editorial board at Haaretz daily newspaper, where he has covered the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza for the last 25 years. The author of The Punishment of Gaza, he has received several peace and freedom awards for his work. In 2015 Levy and Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb were awarded The 2015 Olof Palme Prize “for their courageous and indefatigable fight against occupation and violence, and for a future Middle East characterized by peaceful coexistence and equality for all.” Gideon Levy talks about his work and then joins in conversation with David Barsamian.
2pm & 10pm & 6am
POETS & POETRY featuring Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Hans Magnus Enzensberger, considered Germany’s most important living poet, is also a highly regarded essayist, journalist, dramatist, editor, publisher, and translator. Born in 1929 in Bavaria, he was educated in German universities and the Sorbonne in Paris. His many awards include the Nuremberg Cultural Prize and the Pasolini Prize. The most recent volume of his poems to be translated (by Michael Hamburger) into English is Kiosk, published in 1997. After the reading he talks about his work with poet and translator Charles Simic
3pm & 11pm & 7am
ALTERNATIVE RADIO – TARIQ ALI (Part 2)
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 Tariq Ali, the internationally renowned writer and activist, originally born in Pakistan but resident in London where he is an editor of New Left Review. A charismatic speaker, filmmaker, playwright, and novelist having written numerous books.
4pm & Midnight & 8am
The Damon Runyon Theatre
New York has given rise to many authors who record and memorialise its streets and people. Damon Runyon is one such author who brings the New York story and its cast of characters to vibrant life. His tongue-in-cheek tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, gangsters and dolls appeal to our sense of what we think we know. Their colorful monikers; ‘Big Jule,’ ‘Harry the Horse Thief,’ ‘Good Time Charlie,’ or ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ immediately give life to his sparkling words. And life is bigger, exuberant; better.
The veteran Radio actor John Brown voices the recurring ‘Broadway’ character so central to every episode which today are Hold Em Yale and The Brain Goes Home
5pm & 1am & 9am
THE PODCAST HOUR – THE JO SHOW
Audiobookradio is delighted to launch a new strand, namely the Podcast Hour. Our first podcast is the Jo Show presented by silky voiced Jo Sands and features a wide range of creatives with plenty to say….she calls it soul sipping maybe because her guests do some soul searching as Jo always gets to the parts that other interviewers don’t reach as you are about to find out. Today her guests are Nor Kin4Life and Butterfly Feels who are two Atlanta Hip Hop and R&B artists.
6pm & 2am & 10am
HOLLYWOOD STAGE with All About Eve
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 All About Eve about Broadway star Margo Channing, played to perfection here by Tallulah Bankhead. She is at the top of her game and has successful collaborations with her husband, playwright Lloyd Richards and close friend, director Bill Sampson. Enter centre stage, Eve Harrington, a manipulative minx that uses and abuses the lives of Margo and her friends to fulfil her ambitions of theatre stardom.
7pm & 3am & 11am
SHORT STORIES
GARDEN BENCH MARKS BY JANICE RUSSELL Read by Mary Dale
A deliciously dark short located in the idyllic setting of Boca do Rio in Portugal. Rosie, resident there, has life exactly as she wants it – until Miguel surges through her life ‘like a frenzied chariot’… Find out more about Janice’s intelligent fiction and explore resources for writers at www.janicerussell.org
THE LIPS BY HENRY S WHITEHEAD Read by Sean Barrett
A captain of a ship, a victimizer of the helpless finds that he is made to pay his pound of flesh in the most agonizing way. Well written and chillingly convincing.