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Featuring conversations with the authors and narrators of your favourite books, as well as reading round-ups, and the odd light-hearted literary game.

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Jul 21, 2022

Amy, Edward, and Jessica are back for this summer special filled with all the books they’ve got lined up for the sunshine and the sea shore. Come for the stellar book recs. Stay for the most unfair literary game in history (our history anyway). The Listening Books Podcast returns in September for a new monthly series! 

Edward is reading:

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 

The Secret History by Donna Tartt 

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann 

Amy is reading:

Dead Famous by Greg Jenner 

To the Greatest Heights by Vanessa O’Brien 

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 

I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown 

Jessica is reading:

Home Stretch by Graham Norton 

The Master by Colm Toibín 

The Magician by Colm Toibín 

Ulysses by James Joyce as read by Friends of Shakespeare and Company Read Ulysses 

Who Are We? 

Edward Herring is Membership Support Officer at Listening Books. Amy Flinders is Publisher Relations Manager. And Jessica Stone is Audio Producer, and host of the Listening Books Podcast. 

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