In this episode, find out why the wildly entertaining LGBTQ romantic fantasy Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark should be on your hit list. We follow this with a review of the deeply moving play Diary of a Hounslow Girl by Ambreen Razia. Two Audible editors are back to convince you to love their new favourites: Period Power by Maisie Hill and the Audible Original podcast Putin: Prisoner of Power by Misha Glenny. We round off with a quick word about French cuisine with Jay Rayner before we turn...

In this episode, find out what we really thought of Danny Ben-Moshe tracking down his long lost siblings in the Audible Original podcast My Lost Family. We’ll also let you know if a poem a day from Allie Esiri can help you on your way. The recommendations do not stop there - listen to Audible editors describe why they can’t get enough of James Acaster’s Perfect Sound Whatever and Jill Santopolo’s heart-rending romance novel The Light We Lost. We’ll also hear a clip from author and creator of...

In this episode, expect our honest opinions on our latest listens - On Fire by Naomi Klein and a cheery remix of a classic: an audio drama of Emma by Jane Austen. Two Audible editors return to the podcast to recommend their new favourite listens Gotta Get Theroux This by Louis Theroux and Gary Owen’s one-woman play Iphigenia in Splott. We also hear some rib-tickling back and forth from comedy duo Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer.   Here’s the full list of reviews/recommendations: Underland by...

This is the last episode of series 1! Keep an eye/ear out for series 2 which starts on Tuesday 9th Feb 2021. In this episode find out why In Search of Black History, a podcast by Bonnie Greer, should be on your list, and we follow this with a review of the deeply tragic novel Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. Two Audible editors are back to tell you all about HAG - a multi-author short story anthology based on UK and Ireland folk stories, and a devastating immigration fiction novel, American...

Welcome to Episode 1 of You Heard it Here First! Each episode will have seven or eight audio recommendations – so there should be a bit of something for everyone. Our four in depth reviews this time are Mike Gayle’s family drama Half a World Away, epic West African inspired fantasy Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, and for non-fiction fans, Love Factually by Laura Mucha and My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams. The latter two there are recommended by Audible editors, and the...

This time, we’re reviewing Rahaman Ali’s touching new biography My Brother Muhammad Ali, before getting elbows deep into Corrupt Bodies by Peter Everett. Then hear two Audible editors describe why they absolutely love the creepy novel Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky the heavy-eyed bestseller Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. We round off with some surprising history from the insightful author Jeffrey Boakye before we turn the mic around to you.   Here’s the full list of...

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