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Audiobookish

S1E5 - Interview with Samantha Hunter (author of Flamingo Fashion)

We chat to the Samantha Hunter about making audiobooks for children

Episode Notes

In an exciting first for us, we chat with author Samantha Hunter about the launch of her excellent audiobook Flamingo Fashion. The interview covers her inspiration for creating the story, why she choose to make it audio-only and advice to other writers. 

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S1E4 - Interview with Rebecca Fortuin

Episode Notes

We chat with Rebecca Fortuin who is the Senior Audio Editor at Farshore Books. We discuss what makes a good audiobook, her dream projects, and much more. You can find Rebecca on Twitter at @TWA2Becky. 

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S1E3 - The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

Episode Notes

We review The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey. This beautiful novel was the winner of the 2020 Cost Book Award and the 2020 Costa Novel Award. The audiobook is narrated by Ben Onwukue and Vivienne Acheampong. 

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S1E2 - Toksvig's Almanac 2021 by Sandi Toksvig

A review of Toksvig's Almanac in honour of #IWD2021

Episode Notes

In honour of International Women’s Day, here’s our review of Toksvig's Almanac 2021 by Sandi Toksvig, which celebrates forgotten women missing from history books. We talk about book covers, historical listicals, and the challenges a book like this poses in the

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S1E1 - Pilot: Our Top 5 Audiobooks

Poppy and Fahed list their top five audiobooks.

Episode Notes

Welcome to the pilot episode of Audiobookish, where we introduce ourselves and our love of audiobooks! We talk about our top 5s and what we’re listening to at the moment, have a detour to Norway and finish on the age-old debate about the best way to listen to

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Audiobookish Series 1 Trailer

We Love Audiobooks!

Episode Notes

Audiobookish is a podcast for everyone that loves #audiobooks. Your hosts Poppy Knight and Fahed Rahman will be reviewing audiobooks both old and new. Our first episode will be out in February. 

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