Sleepbound

Sleepbound · Ian & Alex
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Bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups — read slowly enough to fall asleep to. Classic literature, read softly through the long quiet hours: Austen and Wilde, Grimm and Le Guin, ghost stories and country houses and long sea voyages. No drama. No twists. Just the turning page, the low lamp, and somewhere warm to lie down. Episodes run long on purpose — an hour, four hours, sometimes a whole book in one sitting — so the thing doesn't end and wake you. Want the rest of it? Over 500 readings across our three shows, ad-free, with new members-only episodes every week: → Join on Patreon — part one is free on a selection of our series, always: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound Just me and Ian and the writers. Recorded gently, for sleep.

  1. Trailer

    What Sleepbound Is

    A short introduction to Sleepbound — bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups, read slowly enough to fall asleep to. The full catalogue is at https://sleepbound.net, and part one is free on a selection of our series. Join on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

  2. Jul 28

    Clara Lennox’s Compendium of Spectres – Part 1

    Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Dr. Clara Lennox has spent eight years cataloguing the spectres of the British Isles. Tonight, she steps off a ferry onto the Isle of Arra with a mummified manuscript, an academic rival she's been avoiding, and a ginger cat who has hated this expedition since Oban. The islanders don't speak of the Grey Walkers. One just did. Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Beverages, History, Light Peril, Travel, Weather. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Alex

    Clara Lennox’s Compendium of Spectres – Part 1

  3. Jul 6

    The Princess and the Pea — A Sleepbound Bedtime Retelling

    The Princess and the Pea Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts He would lie in the dark and feel the whole of the bed beneath him, every crease and crumb and unevenness of it. Tonight, we settle into a small, rain-soaked kingdom with Rasmus — a prince who feels every crease in the linen, every draught from a half-open door, the whole quiet weight of the sleeping castle while the world sleeps on.A slow, warm bedtime retelling of a beloved fairy tale — wide enough to actually let go in. A king who answers his own gate. A mother who sees everything. A prince waiting, quietly, for someone who feels the world the way he does.This is a slow, fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just rain on old stone, a candle at the window, one small kingdom holding its breath.Thanks for listening with us tonight. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This story is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love slow, expanded fairy tales with room to breathe You want something unhurried enough to actually let go Candlelit kingdoms and quiet rainy nights are your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the rain on old stone do the rest. Includes mentions of: Weather, Animals, Mention of Loss.

    The Princess and the Pea — A Sleepbound Bedtime Retelling

  4. Jun 29

    Hansel and Gretel — by Brothers Grimm

    Hansel and Gretel A Sleepbound Bedtime Retelling Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we step back to the edge of the great forest — Hansel with the wooden wren in his pocket, Gretel watching for the white bird among the bean-rows, and their father humming a slow going-down tune into the dark after them. The hunger hasn't come yet. The good years are still going by, quiet as a stream. This is a slow, fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No urgency. Just the woodcutter's fire, the sound of cold water over mossy stone, and two children who know the wood the way other children know the rooms of a house. We've taken the old story and breathed more room into it — room for summer afternoons by the spring, for a little birch-bark boat, for the warmth of a remembered voice. It's a bedtime telling: unhurried, close, and made for the hour when the world shrinks to the small gold reach of the firelight. Settle in. There's no rush to what comes next. Thanks for making space for stories like this one. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This story is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love fairy tales told slowly, with room to breathe You want something gentle enough to actually let go Cottages at the forest's edge and firelit evenings are your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the going-down tune do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food, Loss, Animals, Fire, Weather, Forest, Children.

    Hansel and Gretel — by Brothers Grimm

  5. Apr 30

    Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 2

    Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 2 By Hugo Ashcombe Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts "If we appear to be trying, we have already failed." Welcome back, and thank you for being here tonight. Episode 2 settles into Brook Street on a May morning in 1860, as Lady Pembury wages a six-hour campaign to make the drawing room look as though it has never been arranged. The damp patch disappears behind a Chinese screen. Sir Marcus wanders in — magnificently unhelpful — and is handed a strict list of subjects he must on no account raise. Then Patrick arrives five minutes early with narcissi from a street barrow and no vase to put them in, and the Pembury household is quietly, tenderly laid bare: the hired furniture, the mismatched teacups, the landlady's stolen sherry. Warm, a little heartbreaking, and perfectly suited to the last quiet hour of the day. Episode 3 brings the visit itself — and everything Sir Marcus cannot quite help saying. Settle in. As a Patreon supporter, this episode is yours to download and keep — thank you, always, for making this channel possible. Downton Abbey: The Young Countess is an original fan fiction work, independently produced and not affiliated with or endorsed by Carnival Films, ITV, or the official Downton Abbey franchise. If tonight's story leaves you wanting more of this world, our sister channel Sleepbound Nights carries a sequel series set in the world of Downton — well worth a quiet evening. Patreon · YouTube · Website Includes mentions of: Beverages, Food, Mention of Debt, Romance.

    Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 2

  6. Apr 30

    The Farthest Shore – Part 7

    Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Sopli clings to the mast, terrified of the water, as Lookfar sails west under a veiled sun. Day after day Arren's trust in the Archmage thins, and he finds himself siding quietly with Sopli. Then a line of sea-geese leads them to the crescent bay of Obehol. Includes mentions of: Death (drowning), Spear wound, Blood, Despair, Peril at sea.

  7. Apr 30

    Whose Body?

    Whose Body? — The Complete Audiobook By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Hello, dear supporters — thank you so much for being here. Tonight's reading is a real treat: the complete, unabridged audiobook of Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers, all thirteen chapters in one long, cosy listen. This is the mystery that introduced the world to the wonderfully witty Lord Peter Wimsey — a nobleman with a monocle, a quick mind, and an irresistible fondness for puzzles. When a naked stranger turns up in a Battersea bathtub, and a prominent financier vanishes from his London townhouse on the very same night, Peter can't help but get involved. What follows is a deliciously clever tale of imposture, deduction, and a villain hiding in plain sight — all unfolding at a pace perfectly suited to a quiet evening under the covers. We hope it carries you gently off to sleep. Settle in, get comfortable, and let tonight's mystery do the rest. Thank you, truly, for making this possible. 🤍 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sleepbound 🌙 More audiobooks: https://sleepbound.net/ 💛 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

  8. Apr 29

    The Farthest Shore – Part 9

    Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts On midsummer's eve the raft-folk dance by torchlight to the beat of bare feet, with no drum or flute, until every chanter forgets the songs at once. Ged turns to Arren and tells him to sing. At first light a golden dragon comes down over the rafts, and Lookfar races north. Back on Roke, two Masters look into a crystal. Includes mentions of: Dragons, Magic, Burnt land, Illness, Music.

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Bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups — read slowly enough to fall asleep to. Classic literature, read softly through the long quiet hours: Austen and Wilde, Grimm and Le Guin, ghost stories and country houses and long sea voyages. No drama. No twists. Just the turning page, the low lamp, and somewhere warm to lie down. Episodes run long on purpose — an hour, four hours, sometimes a whole book in one sitting — so the thing doesn't end and wake you. Want the rest of it? Over 500 readings across our three shows, ad-free, with new members-only episodes every week: → Join on Patreon — part one is free on a selection of our series, always: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound Just me and Ian and the writers. Recorded gently, for sleep.

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  • Creator
    Sleepbound · Ian & Alex
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    176
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Sleepbound Studios
  • Show Website
    Sleepbound

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