Backlisted Podcast
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Giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
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Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
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Many congratulations to David #Szalay, winner of the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com You can hear Zadie Smith, Colm Tóibín and @harriettsg.bsky.social discuss his prize-winning novel, Flesh, on A Good Read @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas #Booker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín
Two authors join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Many congratulations to David #Szalay, winner of the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com You can hear Zadie Smith, Colm Tóibín and @harriettsg.bsky.social discuss his prize-winning novel, Flesh, on A Good Read @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas #Booker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
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On this occasion, I don’t care if I sound like a dick. One lesson learned from RC: don’t let the bastards grind you down.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On this occasion, I don’t care if I sound like a dick. One lesson learned from RC: don’t let the bastards grind you down.
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It felt almost transgressive to make this show, something I found both interesting and exciting. “This is happening without your permission.” Whose? The author’s? The listeners’? TLS subscribers’? Huge thanks to @unamccormack.bsky.social and Nicky for engaging with it so wholebrainedly. LISTEN NOW!
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
It felt almost transgressive to make this show, something I found both interesting and exciting. “This is happening without your permission.” Whose? The author’s? The listeners’? TLS subscribers’? Huge thanks to @unamccormack.bsky.social and Nicky for engaging with it so wholebrainedly. LISTEN NOW!
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I really loved making this episode and I am an Outline sceptic. Reading, researching, thinking, reconsidering and (especially) talking about Rachel Cusk, her work and the success of these novels, was educational, therapeutic and very enjoyable. Whether or not I changed my mind is largely irrelevant.
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I really loved making this episode and I am an Outline sceptic. Reading, researching, thinking, reconsidering and (especially) talking about Rachel Cusk, her work and the success of these novels, was educational, therapeutic and very enjoyable. Whether or not I changed my mind is largely irrelevant.
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
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And here I am on Locklisted back in March, discussing Flesh, this event with David Szalay, and sharing my favourite bit ie. the passage where they visit the Munich BMW museum, the funniest thing I have read in a long time. www.patreon.com/posts/lockli...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
And here I am on Locklisted back in March, discussing Flesh, this event with David Szalay, and sharing my favourite bit ie. the passage where they visit the Munich BMW museum, the funniest thing I have read in a long time. www.patreon.com/posts/lockli...
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Still got it. Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker Prize, most conspicuous of the prizes, for his truly excellent novel Flesh.
Thanks to all who came to the event with David Szalay at @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social last night. It was brilliant, so was he and I wish we’d recorded it. Ah well. You can still read Flesh before it wins the prizes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Still got it. Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker Prize, most conspicuous of the prizes, for his truly excellent novel Flesh.
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A labour of love that I finished researching and writing months before a certain biography was published. I then got an email from the biographer's agent warning me about the potential pursuit of 'proprietory rights'. This is therefore a novel that includes a seven page list of sources.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A labour of love that I finished researching and writing months before a certain biography was published. I then got an email from the biographer's agent warning me about the potential pursuit of 'proprietory rights'. This is therefore a novel that includes a seven page list of sources.
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GOALS
Very amused to see our podcast described as 'borderline unlistenable'. I promise we'll try harder in future. Personally, I won't rest until it's unequivocally unlistenable.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
GOALS
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Rereading Nancy Mitford's The Blessing, and re-listening to the excellent vintage Backlisted podcast edition with Mitford biographer Laura Thompson, which discusses the book:
Fond of this episode as it's the first one I ever heard, back in the day 😊
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Fond of this episode as it's the first one I ever heard, back in the day 😊
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Rereading Nancy Mitford's The Blessing, and re-listening to the excellent vintage Backlisted podcast edition with Mitford biographer Laura Thompson, which discusses the book:
Fond of this episode as it's the first one I ever heard, back in the day 😊
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/4-n...
Fond of this episode as it's the first one I ever heard, back in the day 😊
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/4-n...
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The Catcher in the Rye.
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Catcher in the Rye.
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Well, I can't put this book down — thanks to @backlisted.bsky.social for the recommendation.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well, I can't put this book down — thanks to @backlisted.bsky.social for the recommendation.
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The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Since the re-launch laste week we've raised 10% of our target, so there's still a way to go. Pllease support this unique literary award barbellionprize.org Thank you!
The Barbellion Prize | A prize recognising literary representation of chronically disabled lives.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Since the re-launch laste week we've raised 10% of our target, so there's still a way to go. Pllease support this unique literary award barbellionprize.org Thank you!
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
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Relistened to this to hear Backlisted discuss Sylvia Townsend Warner's WW2 stories and wow, what a trip. By turns brilliant (Andy describes Celia Dale as a cross btw Barbara Pym & Entertaining Mr. Sloan), heartwarming (Nicky's 1st time reading aloud) & a little sad (lockdown). Were we ever so young?
118. Backlisted - Summer Reading 2020 — Backlisted
This is the summer reading episode of Backlisted showcasing the books Andy , John & Nicky have been reading during lockdown. This episode features both newly recorded material and excerpts fr...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Relistened to this to hear Backlisted discuss Sylvia Townsend Warner's WW2 stories and wow, what a trip. By turns brilliant (Andy describes Celia Dale as a cross btw Barbara Pym & Entertaining Mr. Sloan), heartwarming (Nicky's 1st time reading aloud) & a little sad (lockdown). Were we ever so young?
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Writing about being a fan of an artist who does not want someone like me as a fan, and at what point, therefore, my insistence on being their fan represents, for them, the downside of fame. Good morning.
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Writing about being a fan of an artist who does not want someone like me as a fan, and at what point, therefore, my insistence on being their fan represents, for them, the downside of fame. Good morning.
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Finished this a few days ago - as featured on @backlisted.bsky.social - and I can’t shake the ending. Recommended.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finished this a few days ago - as featured on @backlisted.bsky.social - and I can’t shake the ending. Recommended.
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A handful of tickets left tonight to experience "A Warning to the Curious" in Felistowe. Suffolk coastal horror on the Suffolk coast.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A handful of tickets left tonight to experience "A Warning to the Curious" in Felistowe. Suffolk coastal horror on the Suffolk coast.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-...
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Inventory readers! @backlisted.bsky.social listeners! If you’re in London tomorrow, @claypipemusic.bsky.social has a stall at Jonny Trunk’s Groovy Record Fayre at the Mildmay Club, Newington Green, N16. Lawrence will be there too, selling a box of records. Lots more indie labels and dealers too.
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Inventory readers! @backlisted.bsky.social listeners! If you’re in London tomorrow, @claypipemusic.bsky.social has a stall at Jonny Trunk’s Groovy Record Fayre at the Mildmay Club, Newington Green, N16. Lawrence will be there too, selling a box of records. Lots more indie labels and dealers too.
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As I'm still having whatsapp conversations about whether Ringo was a Bronte, this episode is clearly worth a listen.
Hallowe'en special up now. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with guests Andrew Male and Laura Varnam in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. 🌬️🎃🧟 @andrewmale.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
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November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As I'm still having whatsapp conversations about whether Ringo was a Bronte, this episode is clearly worth a listen.
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Absolute Treat of a Listen- tea time delight from @backlisted.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Absolute Treat of a Listen- tea time delight from @backlisted.bsky.social
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I like this picture.
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I like this picture.
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