Guardian Short Storie

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Guardian Short Storie Podcast

Presented by the Guardian's Claire Armitstead and Lisa Allardice, each programme features an interview with a leading author and a reading of the author's favourite short story by another writer

  1. 01/01/2019

    Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline – books podcast

    Forty years after he first discovered it, Sebastian Barry explains why he loves James Joyce’s short story Eveline, then reads it for you, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

    19 min

  2. 12/31/2018

    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 reads the story, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

    26 min

  3. 12/26/2018

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo – books podcast

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares why she admires the ‘old-fashioned social realism’ of the Ghanaian writer’s No Sweetness Here, then reads the story, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

    46 min

  4. 12/25/2018

    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 our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists. Afterwards, the story is read by actor Marion Bailey

    33 min

  5. 12/24/2018

    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, selected by Penelope Lively and read by Simon Callow as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

    51 min

  6. 01/09/2018

    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 then read by Chris Moran

    46 min

  7. 01/05/2018

    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: WW Jacobs’s spine-tingling The Monkey’s Paw

    31 min

  8. 01/02/2018

    Stephen Fry on Saki's Sredni Vashtar - short story podcast

    A small boy’s rebellion takes a sinister turn in Saki’s classic tale – a story loved by Stephen Fry, who explains why

    16 min
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Presented by the Guardian's Claire Armitstead and Lisa Allardice, each programme features an interview with a leading author and a reading of the author's favourite short story by another writer

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  • Creator
    The Guardian
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2019
  • Episodes
    33
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
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