Books and Reading: Podcasts
What better on a long journey, walk or stint on the treadmill than to catch up with informed opinion on the latest in books and reading? The advent of the podcast has revitalised our listening skills – the spoken word is cool again.
Here are some of our favourites. Subscribing is easy (particularly if you use iTunes, which has most of these available) but setting up a feed is also straightforward. It’s hard to go past ABC Radio National’s advice on getting started if you are new to this.
Some podcasts on books, reading and the spoken word
- BBC Radio Book Reviews
- Book Lust with Nancy Pearl
- The Book Show (ABC Radio National)
- Books and Authors (ABCÂ Fora TV)
- Edinburgh International Book Festival podcast archive
- Garrison Keilor’s The Writer’s Almanac
- The Guardian Books Podcast
- Horn Book Podcast
- Mornings with Margaret Throsby (authors often interviewed) (ABC Radio National)
- The Moth
- NY Times Book Review
- New Yorker Fiction
- The Penguin Podcast
- World Book Club
If there are others you would like to suggest, your comments are welcome.
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