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Trespasses by Louise Kennedy audiobook review – love across the sectarian divide
Actor Bríd Brennan narrates this debut novel about a dangerous love affair between an Irish Catholic teacher and a Protestant lawyer
Fiona Sturges
02, Jun, 2023 @11:00 AM
Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – reflections on a world in crisis
Atwood ranges across topics from the global heating to The Handmaid’s Tale, with actors Ciarán Hinds and Ann Dowd among the narrators
Fiona Sturges
26, May, 2023 @11:00 AM
How watching TV became a lonely pursuit – and podcasts are rushing to fill that void | Fiona Sturges
With working from home and streaming, watercooler moments are few and far between. Enter the exhaustive episode-by-episode pod, says arts writer Fiona Sturges
Fiona Sturges
21, May, 2023 @11:41 AM
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris review – a natural-born storyteller
The author’s family provides the focus for this funny essay collection told with impeccable comic timing
Fiona Sturges
19, May, 2023 @11:00 AM
To Anyone Who Ever Asks by Howard Fishman review – vanishing act
The mysterious story of 1950s New York folk singer Connie Converse, who disappeared before her music found popular recognition
Fiona Sturges
11, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes audiobook review – a smart changing-places tale
Daisy Ridley narrates this clever novel about the converging fates of two women from opposite sides of the tracks
Fiona Sturges
05, May, 2023 @11:00 AM
Maurice by EM Forster audiobook review – Ben Whishaw narrates a groundbreaking gay novel
The actor’s sensitive reading brings Forster’s long-unpublished novel to life
Fiona Sturges
28, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe audiobook review – friendship in little England
Stibbe evokes the interior thoughts of female friends in a portrait of a small town enlivened by Joanna Scanlan’s narration
Fiona Sturges
21, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts review – broken heartlands
A journalist’s account of the Arkansas town she left behind, and the friend whose fate she avoided
Fiona Sturges
19, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney audiobook review – a tender memoir about the death of a child
The comedian narrates his book about the gruelling treatment of his young son and the love and grief that enveloped his family
Fiona Sturges
14, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
People Person by Candice Carty-Williams audiobook review – sibling bonds and absent fathers
Four half-siblings rally round their sister when she makes a grim discovery in this wise and funny tale from the author of Queenie
Fiona Sturges
07, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
Good Girls by Hadley Freeman review – anorexia from within
The journalist and former in-patient offers a clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness
Fiona Sturges
05, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM
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