David Mitchell on The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs – short story podcast
Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell introduces one of the great, early 20th century horror stories:...
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Jonathan Safran Foer on Aleksandar Hemon's The Bees, Part 1 – short story podcast
Jonathan Safran Foer explains why he loves this tale about the Bosnian author’s father, which is...
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What makes a good short story? With Chris Power – books podcast
Chris Power, the Guardian’s resident short-story expert and now debut author himself, joins us to...
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Jennifer Egan and M John Harrison – books podcast
On this week’s show, we examine the writing life with a Pulitzer winner who is not afraid to...
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Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – short story podcast
In this instalment of our seasonal short story special, we have Neil Gaiman share why he loves...
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Penelope Lively on MR James' Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad – books podcast
You’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story,...
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Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – books podcast
Neil Gaiman introduces Rudyard Kipling’s The Gardener, a melancholy tale from 1925, as part of...
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Zadie Smith on Giuseppe Pontiggia's Umberto Buti – books podcast
Zadie Smith shares why she loves this almost ‘anti-Italian’ story from Giuseppe Pontiggia, then...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo – books podcast
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares why she admires the ‘old-fashioned social realism’ of the...
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Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, Live
Margaret Atwood joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Varieties of Exile,” by Mavis...
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Chanterelles by Evie Wyld – Forest fables podcast
In our fourth exclusive sound story celebrating Britain’s forests, the Granta young British...
The Common Dean by Alan Garner - Forest Fables podcast
In the second of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain's forests, Alan Garner...
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The Green Stuff by Ali Smith - Forest Fables podcast
In the first of a series of exclusive sound stories inspired by the UK's woodlands, the...
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The Princess Forest by Alec Finlay - Forest fables podcast
In the third of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain’s forests, the Scottish...
The Common Dean by Alan Garner - Forest Fables podcast
In the second of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain’s forests, Alan Garner...
The Green Stuff by Ali Smith - Forest Fables podcast
In the first of a series of exclusive sound stories inspired by the UK’s woodlands, the...
Philip Hensher on the great British short story – books podcast
Famous authors from Arthur Conan Doyle to Zadie Smith mingle with unfamiliar talents in an...
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Chanterelles by Evie Wyld – Forest fables podcast
In our fourth exclusive sound story celebrating Britain's forests, the Granta young British...
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The Princess Forest by Alec Finlay - Forest fables podcast
In the third of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain's forests, the Scottish...
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James Salter reads Break it Down by Lydia Davis
James Salter, the veteran American novelist and short story writer, reads a story by Lydia Davis,...
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