Hear interviews with some of the best in the literary and audio world as we give you the highlights of some of our favourite luminaries:

Dirk Maggs, described as "the Steven Spielberg of Audio" and producer of Audible's The Sandman series and BBC Radio 4's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (among many more)

Author of the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling Peter Grant/Rivers of London urban fantasy series. and Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch

Bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Colditz, The Siege and Operation Mincemeat, Ben MacIntyre

Ben Folds, New York Times Best Selling author and widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation

Multi-award winning Investigative journalist and Lazarus Heist co-creator Geoff White

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This episode of #AudioBookClub: comes from The #AudioBookClub Theatre of the Mind on London's glittering Park Lane, where The 2024 #AudioBookClub Imaginary Awards Gala is about to kick off.

For financial and logistical reasons, both the Gala AND the awards are entirely imaginary, but hopefully that won't stop hosts Steve Phillips and Matt Layton and you, gentle listener, from enjoying this wonderful star studded soiree

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A thousand years of history in just twenty eight minutes!

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We peruse British comedy icon David Mitchell's history of the kings and queens of England.

Unruly

A History of England's Kings and Queens

A: David Mitchell

N: David Mitchell

L: 11 hrs and 39 mins

R: 28-09-23

P: Penguin AudioUnruly

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

We urge you not to buy Elton John's new audiobook 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road'

We like to keep things positive here at #AudioBookClub, but in this case we'll make an exception.

We had no choice but to tear it a new one,

'Phoned-in. Tone deaf. The worst piece of audio that Elton John has ever been vaguely associated with.'

You can put that on the posters.

HOWEVER…

Sir Elton's autobiography from five years ago, narrated by Taron Egerton and Elton himself is a masterpiece.

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Me

Elton John Official Autobiography

A: Elton John

P: Elton John, Taron Egerton

L: 12 hrs and 29 mins

R: 15-10-19

P: Macmillan

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, Have you ever woken up and not know where you are or how on earth you got there?

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In too Deep

Jack Reacher, Book 29

By: Lee Child, Andrew Child

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Release date: 22-10-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a high-concept audiobook written by and starring Elvis Costello, with an all-star cast including Harry Shearer and a musical pedigree that can be traced back to a stone cold 70s classic….

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The True Story of The Coward Brothers

A: Elvis Costello

N: T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Rhea Seehorn, Edward Hibbert, Stephen Root, Kathreen Khavari

L: 1 hr and 43 mins

R: 21-11-24

P: Audible Originals

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we pay tribute to award-winning comedian, playwright and author Janey Godley.

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Janey

The Woman That Won't Shut Up

By: Janey Godley

Narrated by: Janey Godley

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Release date: 09-05-24

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we felt that in these uncertain times, what we needed was a comforting cup of audiobook cocoa.

To this end, we head to rural Buckinghamshire, specifically to Jason Towers, where laird of the manor Sir David Jason will regale us with gentle anecdotes from his eight decades as an actor and British National Treasure..

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This Time Next Year

A Life of Positive Thinking

A: David Jason

P: David Jason

L: 8 hrs and 40 mins

R: 10-10-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

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Janey

The Woman That Won't Shut Up

By: Janey Godley

Narrated by: Janey Godley

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Release date: 09-05-24

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a brand new novel featuring John le Carré's superspy George Smiley, written by his son Nick Harkaway, read by Sir Simon Russell-Beale.

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'Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel

A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré

N: Simon Russell Beale

L: 10 hrs and 42 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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This Time Next Year

A Life of Positive Thinking

By: David Jason

Narrated by: David Jason

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 10-10-24

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Audio

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we head to The Bronx of the late 1940s and the sepia-tinted alleyways and rooftops of the tenement buildings where a young Alfredo James Pacino and his ragtag gang of pre-pubescent ruffians ran wild…

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'Sonny Boy: A Memoir'

A: Al Pacino

P: Al Pacino

L: 12 hrs and 28 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel

A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré

N: Simon Russell Beale

L: 10 hrs and 42 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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