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Episodes
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is an extract from the novel 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame. It's read by Mary Crotty, who works for The Reader.
The Wind in the Willows at Bookshop.org
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is an extract from the poem 'The Desire of Life' by Abu Al-Qassim Al-Shabbi, translated from the Arabic by Ali Al-Jamri. It's read by Megan Walder, who works for The Reader.
This poem is taken from the anthology Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book.
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is an extract from the novel Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. It's read by Julie McAdam, who works for The Reader.
Charlotte's Web at Bookshop.org
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is the poem 'Schoolboys in Winter' by John Clare. It's read by Ginny Hopton, who works for The Reader.
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is an extract from the story 'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote. It's read by Grace Frame, who works for The Reader.
A Christmas Memory at Bookshop.org
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is the poem 'Before the Ice is in the Pools' by Emily Dickinson. It's read by Lisa Brown, who works for The Reader.
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is an extract from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It's read by Margaret Wagstaff, who leads a Shared Reading group in London.
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is the poem 'Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day' by John Donne. It's read by Kristin Hutchinson, who works for The Reader.
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is an extract from 'What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older' by Charles Dickens. It's read by Jen Jarman, who works for The Reader.
Dickens at Christmas at Bookshop.org
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with you a seasonal poem or a short extract from a novel or story, read by one of our staff or volunteer Reader Leaders.
Today's reading is the poem 'Snowdrops' by Louise Glück. It's read by Angela Macmillan, the editor of The Reader anthologies A Little, Aloud, A Little, Aloud for Children and A Little, Aloud with Love.
A Little, Aloud at Bookshop.org
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Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson