Avsnitt
-
On this episode of AudioBookClub…
Matthew and Steve fail to recommend ‘The Light We Carry” by Michelle Obama.
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
On this episode:
Steve and Matthew welcome Helena Sheffield, Senior Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House Audio onto their pod.
Unfortunately, things didn’t quite go according go to plan.
Matthew couldn’t quite find it in his heart to recommend that you, gentle listener, spend an Audible credit on 9 hours and 59 minutes of your life on Michelle Obama’s new self-help book and, instead, started playing clips from Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’
Coincidentally, that also happens to be the audiobook that Helena bought for her father as a Christmas present last year.
Helena gives us some fantastic insight into how the audiobook business works - from casting to marketing via the long, hard slog in the recording studio - and gives us a fistful of excellent listening recommendations.
Please get involved in the conversation
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
AudioBookClub.net
#AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
INTERVIEW: Ben Macintyre, author of ‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’, ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and ‘S.A.S. Rogue Heroes’
-
On this episode of AudioBookClub…
Murder on the Tokyo transit system!
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present £AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
On this episode:
Steve and Matthew cast an ear over ‘The Last Train’, the first book in Michael Pronko’s Tokyo-based ‘Detective Hiroshi’ series.
Title: The Last Train: Detective Hiroshi, Volume 1
Written by: Michael Pronko
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Publisher: Raked Gravel Press
Available: https://amzn.to/3KDCgQ4This week Matthew and Steve welcome two guests to the pod to help them with this task.
The first is the author himself Michael Pronko who also just happens to be Professor of American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University.in Tokyo.
The second guest joins us from Oslo. He is the proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of https://theaudiobookblog.com/. His name is Victor Dima.
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ’The Last Train' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
AudioBookClub.net
#AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram
–Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
‘A Promised Land’ - by Barack Obama - https://amzn.to/3Yi8jbP - as recommended by Helena Sheffield, Senior Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House Audiobooks
‘The Desert Star’ - by Michael Connelly - https://amzn.to/3ZjXkiM - as recommended by Victor Dima of https://theaudiobookblog.com/ -
-
Saknas det avsnitt?
-
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we book ourselves into the independent audiobook platform that’s like a day-spa for your brain…
Prefer your audiobooks sustainably sourced, hand reared and mind-nourishing?
Then Spiracle is the place for you.
https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/
Sophie Haxworth, Spiracle’s Editorial Manager, explains to Steve and Matthew (in the simplest terms she possibly can) how she fell in love with audiobooks as a child, how she ended up working at Spiracle and how and why the whole platform works.
She also gives you and the boys some audiobook recommendations that are a cut above the tat they usually have on here.
‘Insignificance’ - by James Clammer
‘His Bloody Project’ - by Graeme Macrae Burnet
‘Njáls saga’ - Trad.
‘Fifty Sounds’ - by Polly BartonPlease get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on Spiracle' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
AudioBookClub.net
#AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram
–
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
‘Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight’ - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653
Written by Robert Shearman
Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653
As recommended by Stuart Hardy of Stubagful-fame
‘The Last Train: Detective Hiroshi’ - Volume 1’ - by Michael Pronko - https://amzn.to/3ASuKew
As recommended by Victor Dima of The Audiobook Blog
-
On this episode of AudioBookClub, Matthew hasn’t done his homework and fails to review ‘A History of Modern Britain’ by Andrew Marr.
Quite spectacularly!
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
Fortunately, the BBC - an institution very close to both Steve’s and Matthew’s hearts - has just launched the amazon BBC Sounds app to a global audience.
Steve and Matthew ramble on passionately about the fantastic amount, quality and variety of premium audio content from the greatest broadcasting organisation there has ever been, that is now available to you, FOR FREE, wherever you live!
Title: A History of Modern Britain
Written by: Andrew Marr
Narrated by: David Timson
Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio
Available: https://amzn.to/3B9fxWT
BBC Sounds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/soundsFurther reading - https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/11/12/bbc-sounds-app-now-available-for-listeners-around-the-globe/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listening-outside-the-uk/international
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on 'A History of Modern Britain’' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
AudioBookClub.net
#AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram
–
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
Spiracle - https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/
‘Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight’ - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653
Written by Robert Shearman
Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653
-
On this episode of AudioBookClub, we recommend the audiobook equivalent of that tatty, yellowing, old paperback book that you find in someone else’s holiday home. So slap on your sunscreen, recline by the pool and join us as we get stuck into ‘Fletch'
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
On this episode of #AudioBookClub Steve and Matthew get wrapped up in an historical artefact: Fletch - the 1974 novel that was made into a film in the 1980s starring Chevy Chase.
(Which is currently available for free if you’ve got an Audible subscription. Have a squiz at the Audible Plus section)
--
Title: Fletch
Written by: Gregory Mcdonald
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Available: https://amzn.to/3B9fxWT
--
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on 'Fibber in the Heat' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
AudioBookClub.net
#AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram
--
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
‘A History of Modern Britain’ - by Andrew Marr - https://amzn.to/3V94bKl
Spiracle - https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
On this episode:
We have a guest ‘recommender’.
Her name is Charlotte Layton, she is 11 years old and she has brought ‘What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible’ by Ross Welford to the #AudioBookClub table.
Nepotism is alive and well here at #AudioBookClub!
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
https://www.audiobookclub.net/
–
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
Fletch - https://amzn.to/3tzLbIM
Andrew Marr’s ‘A History of Modern Britain’ - https://amzn.to/3EsVvHA
-
On this week’s #AudioBookClub, the third instalment of the most brilliantly conceived, lovingly dramatised, lavishly produced and, in our opinion, bestest audiobook series in the world… EVER!
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
On this episode:
The Sandman: Act III
The biggest audiobook release of the year.
The most extravagant cast.
The most lavish production.
(Frankly, we’re running out of superlatives here)
Lovingly adapted and sculpted in sound by Dirk Maggs - the man we’re not afraid to call ‘The Greatest Audiobook Producer in the World’ - from the original graphic novels written by Neil Gaiman many moons ago.
Title: The Sandman: Act III
By: Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs
Narrators: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, David Harewood, Regé-Jean Page, Wil Wheaton and full cast
Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
Publisher: Audible Originals/DC Comics
Available: https://amzn.to/3iaQmMI
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on 'TheSandman: Act III' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
AudioBookClub.net
#AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram
–
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
Spiracle - https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/
‘Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight’ - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653
Written by Robert Shearman
Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
On this episode:
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2)
Steve and Matthew review and recommend the latest offering from bastillion of British broadcasting and self-proclaimed ‘Godfather of Podcasting’ Alan Partridge
Partridge is, of course, the creation of comedian, actor and Oscar-nominated writer and producer Steve Coogan.
Title: From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2)
Author: Alan Partridge
Narrator: Alan Partridge
Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
Publisher: Audible Originals
Categories: Comedy & Humour
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘From The Oasthouse’’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
https://www.audiobookclub.net/
–
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
The Sandman: Act III - https://amzn.to/3TMtu3J
What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible - https://amzn.to/3E6csZy
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
On this episode:
Steve and Matthew review and recommend the real history of the renaissance castle that was the home to the Third Reich’s most notorious prisoner of war camp
The camp where they imprisoned only the most troublesome Allied military prisoners - many of them serial escapists - all of them enemies of the German State.
Welcome…. to Colditz!
Title: Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle
Author: Ben MacIntyre
Narrator: Ben MacIntyre
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Length: 13 hours and 25 minutes
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram.
@SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom
https://www.audiobookclub.net/
–
Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) - https://amzn.to/3yia0vA
The Sandman: Act III - https://amzn.to/3TMtu3J
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks.
On this episode:
‘The Bullet That Missed’ Book 3 of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series of whodunnits set in idyllic retirement village Coopers Chase.
For people (like Matthew) who have read the first two books in the series, it’s the eagerly awaited return of beloved characters Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim.
For people (like Steve) who are new to the seriesm it’s a chance to follow the adventures of a group of senior citizens who have taken to solving murders. Society may have cast them aside, but they are fully rounded human beings with a wealth of experience.
In our role as one of the world’s very few audiobook review and recommendation podcasts, we feel it is our duty to bring up the issue that nobody else is talking about - to mention the elephant in the room:
Changing a narrator? Three books into an audiobook series?
Is that even legal?
Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘The Bullet That Missed’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram.
–
Coming up on AudioBookClub…
‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’ by Ben MacIntyre - https://amzn.to/3EiofUR
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) - https://amzn.to/3yia0vA
-
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - the audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew leave their comfort zone to discuss possibly the most punk audiobook of all time.
‘NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub’' by NOFX and Jeff Alulis is a collection of autobiographical vignettes from L.A. punk band NOFX.
When we say ‘vignettes’ we mean ‘often disturbing and even disgusting stories’
Steve and Matthew are joined by ‘friend of the show’ Shane Kendall who is responsible for recommending that we listen to this particular audiobook.
-
On this episode of #AudioBookClub Steve and Matt consume 'Fibber in the Heat' by Miles Jupp - an autobiographical memoir of the actor/comedian/author's attempt to blag his way into becoming a cricket journalist.
In ‘Notes from the Margin’, we’ll be asking ‘How new does an audiobook have to be to be considered worthy of recommendation by #AudioBookClub?’.
--
Fibber in the Heat
Following England in India - A Blagger's Tale
By: Miles Jupp
Narrated by: Miles Jupp
Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 10-05-2012
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
-
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - the audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew discuss ‘The Twist of a Knife' - the fourth in Anthony Horowitz’s Horowitz and Hawthorne whodunnits
The Twist of a Knife
Written by Anthony Horowitz
‘Performed’ (not read) by Rory Kinnear
Published by Penguin Audio - 2022
Clocks in at 8 hours and 31 minutes
-
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - an interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew discuss ‘Touch the Top of the World’ an autobiography from Erik Weihenmayer who was the first blind person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
This gives Steve a chance to ask Matthew about his day job at Vision Australia Radio.
In their new ‘Notes from the Margin’ section - the bit that’s about audiobooks in general - Steve and Matthew continue their conversation about giving audiobooks as gifts and ask “Is it better to give or to receive?”
--
Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See
By: Erik Weihenmayer
Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
COMING UP:
4th September 2022 - Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp
11th September 2022 - NOFX: ‘The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories’ by NOFX, Jello Biafra, et al.
-
On this episode of #AudioBookClub - no longer the world's only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew speak to journalist and author Geoff White about his new audiobook 'The Lazarus Heist'.
The book is based on the BBC's award winning podcast series of the same name and, in both formats, Geoff tells the story of the Lazarus Group - an elite group of North Korean government-backed hackers.
This is the first time we've encountered an audiobook based on a podcast series, so we ask ourselves and Geoff what the difference between the two formats is, both for him as an author/journalist/presenter and for us as listeners.
We also touch upon the differences between working for the BBC and for a publishing company like Penguin; and Geoff reminds us that while we haven't necessarily seen many visible signs of any cyber fallout from the war in Ukraine, there is a lot of defensive effort being undertaken in places like GCHQ and Fort Meade.
--
Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known!
In the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/the-sandman
On our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub
Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub
On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/
Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast.
On this episode we’ll be reviewing ‘A Book of Secrets; Finding Solace in a Stubborn World’ the latest in a series of anti-self-help books from TV mentalist Derren Brown.
On an equally philosophical but entirely different level, we’ll also be looking into the process of buying someone an audiobook as a present.
Not as tangible for either party as the gift of an old-fashioned three dimensional ‘atoms and molecules’ book, but is it satisfying - both to give and to receive.
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast.
On this very special episode of #AudioBookClub, Steve and Matthew speak to the man they're not afraid to call 'The Greatest Audiobook Producer In The World"
His name is Dirk Maggs and he's the man fully responsible for the conversion of Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' from the original graphic novels into the genre-redefining audiobook series we know and love.
Dirk was incredibly generous with his time and gave us insights into all the stages of the production process: writing; casting; 'pushing actors about in a studio' and (Steve's favourite part) making the squishy sound effects.
Please show your appreciation for Dirk's genius in the comments below.
--
“The Sandman: Act 2” - based on the DC Comics series written by Neil Gaiman. Dramatised and produced by Dirk Maggs Full cast recording featuring: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Joe Pasquale, Kat Dennings, Brian Cox, Joanna Lumley...
Publisher: Audible Originals
AUS: https://amzn.to/3y52vXy
CAN: https://amzn.to/3EFpaMq
UK: https://amzn.to/3GotakY
US: https://amzn.to/3rUnPy1
--
Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known!
Use the hashtag #AudioBookClub
On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/
Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips and https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
[The Audible links above are Amazon affiliate links. If you happen to sign up for Audible or renew your subscription after clicking on one of them, #AudioBookClub may or may not be awarded a bounty of some sort. Thank you for your support!]
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - which they claim is the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast.
On this episode... Matthew and Steve have a rummage around Audible's new 'all-you-can-read' service Audible Plus.
Is it the transformative experience for the audiobook subscription model that we've all been waiting for, or just a receptacle for audio off-cuts?
We also look forward to the impending State Visit of the man we're not afraid to call 'The Greatest Audiobook Producer of All Time': Dirk Maggs.
He's the production maestro responsible for the original 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series and Audible's production of Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' and he'll be joining Matthew and Steve on the next episode of #AudioBookClub on 1st December.
--
Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known!
In the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum
On our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub
Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub
On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/
Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast.
On this episode, Steve and Matthew discuss possibly the audiobook with the biggest production budget of all time: “The Sandman” by Neil Gaiman.
Based on Gaiman's series of graphic novels from the late 80s early 90s, this audiobook boasts a cast that numbers amongst its members some very expensive actors indeed - James McAvoy, Michael Sheen, Andy Serkis, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Dickinson....
The production is lavish - a series of immersive soundscapes that bring to life an extraordinary eleven hour blockbusting film in the movie theatre of the listener's mind.
And what does this genre-defining moment mean for the future of the audiobook as a medium?
Matthew and Steve investigate, then invite you to get involved in the conversation.
--
“The Sandman” - written by Neil Gaiman
Full cast recording featuring: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Taron Egerton, Michael Sheen, Andy Serkis, Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth,
Dramatised and produced by Dirk Maggs
Publisher: Audible Originals
AUS: https://amzn.to/3ylBH3MCAN: https://amzn.to/3gEwFJM
UK: https://amzn.to/3DpIMUu
US: https://amzn.to/3znBezq
--Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known!
In the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/the-sandmanOn our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub
Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub
On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/
Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
[The links above are Amazon affiliate links. If you happen to sign up for Audible or renew your subscription after clicking on one of them, #AudioBookClub may or may not be awarded a bounty of some sort. Thank you for your support!]
-
WARNING: This episode of #AudioBookClub contains graphic scenes of extreme violence.
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast.
Meeting us out the back by the bins for a fight on this episode is “The Sentinel”, book 25 of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series.
Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known in the comments below or on the #AudioBookClub forums:
https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/the-sentinel-jack-reacher-book-25-by-lee-child-and-andrew-child
If you fancy your chances, you can watch the video
https://youtu.be/LNv1LaKjJk8
--
“The Sentinel” - Jack Reacher Book 25
Written by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Narrated by Jeff Harding
AUS: https://amzn.to/3rJPxeH
CAN: https://amzn.to/3j6UD0F
UK: https://amzn.to/3fk1a6V
US: https://amzn.to/3fgoK4u
Get involved in the conversation in the comments on the #AudioBookClub forum….
[The links above are Amazon affiliate links. If you happen to sign up for Audible or renew your subscription after clicking on one of them, #AudioBookClub may or may not be awarded a bounty of some sort. Thank you for your support!]
--
Next time on #AudioBookClub:
“A Promised Land” Volume 1 of Barack Obama’s Presidential Memoirs
Written by Barack Obama
Read by Barack Obama
Theme tune by Barack Obama
AUS: https://amzn.to/3AaUTCv
CAN: https://amzn.to/3lyw0ge
UK: https://amzn.to/3xsQhWC
US: https://amzn.to/3lt1x33
Discuss on the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/a-promised-land-by-barack-obama
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Written by Allen Carr
Read by Duncan Wells
AUS: https://amzn.to/3fwkyxL
CAN: https://amzn.to/3Ch0nxn
UK: https://amzn.to/3ioIgOr
US: https://amzn.to/2VohHjA
Discuss on the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/the-easy-way-to-stop-smoking-by-allen-carr
- Visa fler
