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S6E8 - From the archives: Dr Imran Lasker

No new episode this week

Episode Notes

No new episode this week. Instead, here is an episode from the archive.

We chat with Dr Imran Lasker about his favourite audiobooks. Imran is a consultant radiologist and co-host of the Two Medics Podcast (www.twomedics.com). 

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S6E7 - Edith! by Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig

Full cast including Rosamund Pike

Episode Notes

We discuss Edith! which is a historical fiction podcast written and created by Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig, produced by QCode and Crooked Media starring Rosamund Pike about Edith Wilson. It was directed by Maureen Bharoocha. 

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S6E6 - Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale

Narrated by Justin Avoth

Episode Notes

Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale as narrated by Justin Avoth

About the book:

London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the

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S6E5 - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Narrated by Lauryn Allman

Episode Notes

Happy New Year!

We review The Housemaid by Freida McFadden as narrated by Lauryn Allman. Thanks to Jess from Bookouture for the ARC. 

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S6E4 - The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

BBC Adaptation

Episode Notes

We review the BBC's adaptation of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper.

The Dark Is Rising is a 12-part dramatisation for radio of Susan Cooper‘s classic 1970s novel for families Simon McBurney and Robert MacFarlane. 

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S6E3 - The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams

as narrated by Debra Michaels

Episode Notes

We review the ecological fable/fantasy epic The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams as narrated by Debra Michaels. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

About the book: 

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S6E2 - #AudioFestival Special with Imogen Church and Alba Proko

#AudioFestival goes live 22nd November

Episode Notes

Notes go here

We chat to Imogen Church and Alba Proko about all things audiobook and the upcoming #AudioFestival on the 22nd of November (head over to Bookouture's socials to participate). 

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S6E1 - The Doctor's Wife by Daniel Hurst

Narrated by Sarah Durham and David Wayman

Episode Notes

We review The Doctor's Wife by Daniel Hurst, the first in a trilogy of thrillers about a village doctor and his wife. Thanks to Jess from Bookouture for the ARC.

About the book: 

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S5E5 - From the archives:

Episode Notes

No new episode this week. Instead, we're re-releasing an old episode.

We review the lyrically written coming-of-age story Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi. It's about Ruby's struggles to fit in against the backdrop of racism, and, her mother's

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S5E4 - Spaceboy and Real Pigeons

The Week Junior Book Awards Special 4

Episode Notes

This is the last in our specials reviewing the books on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for Audiobook of the Year 2023.

Spaceboy by David Walliams as narrated by Akiya Henry, Reginald D. 

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