https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-spiracle-podcast--6260076enSociety & CultureCopyright Spiracle Audiobookshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b6591e43bbcb1a3da2a09e01c6d96484.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-spiracle-podcast--6260076Sun, 09 Mar 2025 12:28:09 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksSpiracle Audiobooksfeeds@spreaker.comSpiracle Audiobooks is a curated platform for the UK's best literary audiobooks, with a focus on small and independent publishers. The sound of great writing. 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reads913cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-rebecca-from-night-owl--64448125tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2037782340Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksDiscover the story behind Night Owl Books in East Linton as owner Rebecca Wall shares how she transformed her mum’s antique shop into a thriving independent bookstore. In this interview, we explore the rise of indie bookshops, community-driven events,...1029cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dominic-gribben-inside-hachette-s-audiobook-department--64319352tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2031571128Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksInside the Audiobook Business Epsiode 5 "Audiobooks are for everyone; we're long past the point of people seeing it as [just] an accessibility format" Dominic Gribben is the Co-Director of the Hachette UK audio publishing team, responsible for audio...1226cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/henry-layte-from-the-book-hive--63125715tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1972549947Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksHenry Layte, founder of The Book Hive in Norwich speaks to Antonia Stassi on his background and start in bookselling to opening a successful indie bookshop that's just celebrated its 15th Anniversary.2583cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lloyd-and-erika-on-libreria-bookshop--62815868tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1962017651Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksDiscover the story of Libreria Bookshop in London through an insightful interview with operations manager, Lloyd and bookseller, Erika. Listen to their approach curating unique collections, hosting creative events, and fostering a vibrant cultural...1291cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rosamund-de-la-hey-on-the-mainstreet-trading-company--62641547tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1951040243Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksRosamund de la Hey on The Mainstreet Trading Company by Spiracle Audiobooks1301cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antonia-lloyd-jones-on-translating-polish--62475251tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1940100392Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:21:10 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAntonia Stassi speaks with Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of Polish to English on her approach to translation across diverse genres, from gothic horror to children's literature. LLoyd Jones shares her experience working closely with authors,...1362cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-l-kennedy-discusses-on-bullfighting--62475249tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1940099618Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:19:18 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksDirector of Spiracle, Kate Bland speaks to author AL Kennedy's 1999 book On Bullfighting. Written during a difficult time in her life, Kennedy reflects on the book’s symbolic exploration of life, death, beauty, ugliness, risk, and cultural traditions,...757cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mark-and-francesca-in-conversation-at-hewson-books--62234326tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1928886176Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:37:11 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksDiscover the inspiration behind Mark Bowles' debut book and audiobook, 'All My Precious Madness', in this engaging conversation with Francesca Peacock. Recorded live at Hewson Books in Brentford. 'All My Precious Madness' is Shortlisted for the...2560cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/katherine-fenton-on-narrating-and-producing-audiobooks--62117239tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1924033469Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:42:39 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksInside the Audiobook Business Epsiode 4 Katherine Fenton is professional American Voice Actor and Audiobook Producer based in the UK. She has been working in the industry for over 20 years and has narrated for Air Italy, The Guardian, Betty Crocker,...1236cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michael-lacey-from-deadink-bookshop-on-the-book-scene-in-liverpool--62101952tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1923220361Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:06:52 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAntonia Stassi speaks with Michael Lacey, Manager of Deadink Bookshop in Liverpool, about fostering a book community and running a successful shop , producing an engaging programme of events, and how his experience as an Artist and Gallerist has...1034cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tasja-dorkofikis-on-the-new-linden-editions--62101954tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1923219200Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:04:05 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksPublisher and events curator, Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Spiracle's Antonia Stassi. Tasja reveals her reasons for setting up a new independent publishing house, Linden Editions, started with Nermin Mollaoğlu, and Geraldine D’Amico, which focuses on...844cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gareth-price-lewis-on-audiobook-production--62101953tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1923217268Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:01:16 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksInside the Audiobooks Business episode 3 Gareth Price-Lewis, Founder Director of Chatterbox Audio discusses the process of audiobook production with Spiracle's Kate Bland. He also discusses costs and the prospect of AI.1151cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paul-hilton-reflects-on-narrating-all-my-precious-madness-by-mark-bowles--61336277tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1914585755Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:00:24 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksPaul Hilton is an English actor on stage, radio, and TV. He is currently in rehearsals as ‘Joxer Daly’ in JUNO & THE PAYCOCK (Gielgud Theatre, West End).175cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-dady-on-why-he-started-the-indie-press-network--61336278tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1914584198Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:55:26 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWill Dady of Renard Press talks to Spiracle's Antonia Stassi. The conversation begins with Will's background and his start in publishing, what inspired the name 'Renard Press' and opens up to a conversation on the wider independent publishing scene...1038cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anthony-anderson-on-the-audiobook-market--61253199tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1909553945Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:50:41 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAnthony is the managing director of Naxos Audiobooks. Celebrating their 30 year anniversary, he discusses the growth of the audiobook market, from cassettes to MP3s and streaming services, and what the future of audiobooks may look like in another 30...1283cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-historian-marion-detjen-reflects-on-the-life-of-her-great-aunt-helen-wolff--61198540tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1906175960Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:20:34 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksMarion Detjen talks to Spiracle about her great aunt, Helen Wolff - author, translator, publisher and founder of Pantheon Books. Marion describes her fascination with her great aunt as a writer and as one of Germany's 'New Women', a term which refers...1383cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jeremy-mortimer-discusses-casting-an-audiobook--61197481tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1906109987Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:19:51 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksJeremy is a freelance director and producer working mainly for radio and theatre. He has produced and directed over 220 radio plays and features for BBC Radio. Recent productions include dramatisations of James Joyce’s Ulysses and Orwell’s Nineteen...1240cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sophie-lewis-on-the-translation-industry--61186132tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1905537668Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:22:57 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksTranslator Sophie Lewis talks to Spiracle's Antonia Stassi. From her start in translation with French and Portuguese, to reflections on the treatment of translators within the industry and how their roles are evolving and changing.977cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ross-hoey-on-managing-a-new-bookshop--61125303tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1902667816Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:08:09 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAntonia Stassi speaks with Ross Hoey, Manager of Hewson Books in Brentford, about fostering a book community in a new town, the process of building the bookshop from scratch, upcoming events, and his experience with our Audiobook in a Card scheme.466cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nichola-smalley-on-translation--61208058tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1900163970Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:15:56 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksTranslator Nichola Smalley talks to Spiracle's Antonia Stassi. From translating the Swedish short story collection 'Purity' by Andrzej Tichý (published by And Other Stories) and how she fell in love with Scandinavian languages through her friendships...650cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/olivia-darnley-talks-about-background-for-love--60969633tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1892266173Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:49:02 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksOlivia Darnley talks about her experience recording the audiobook of Background for Love, written by Helen Wolff. She also discusses the book itself, its themes, and how refreshing it was to see the world through a young Wolff's eyes.448cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adam-freudenheim-talks-to-antonia-stassi--60969649tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1890127374Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:52:51 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAdam Freudenheim, Director and Publisher of the burgeoning Pushkin Press, talks to Spiracle's Antonia Stassi about Background for Love, a fascinating novella written by publisher Helen Wolff - the co-published audiobook is narrated by Olivia Darnley.1159cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-writer-s-dilemma-polly-barton--60969651tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1713618960Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:41:42 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksThe first instalment of the first season of new podcast series The Writer's Dilemma, in which psychotherapist Susie Orbach sits down for a therapy session with writers. In this episode, Susie hears from Polly Barton. Polly is author of two...759cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/storytellers-stephanie-racine-reflects-on-narrating-days-days-days--60969634tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1632981408Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:22:57 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksStephanie Racine is a similar age to Bibbs, the protagonist in Tone Schunnesson's Days & Days & Days, and is struck by the different lives they lead. Alongside her stage, screen and radio drama work, Stephanie is a Carleton Hobbs winner.418cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-tone-schunnesson--60969650tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1630678935Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:05:13 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksTone Schunnesson, Author of Days&Days&Days, talks to Luca Anderson-Muller about her interests and motivations. https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/days-days-days1507cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/piecing-together-sanatorium--60969641tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1613507343Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:30:53 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWe speak to Abi Palmer, author and reader of Sanatorium, about how the book (and subsequent edition audiobook) came to be. She describes the 'piecing together' of the text as 'forensic', after the original research was done as video collection rather...446cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/olja-knezevic-the-first-female-writer-rising-our-of-macho-montenegro--60969642tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1526989036Wed, 31 May 2023 16:32:42 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWe spoke to Olja Knežević, author of Catherine the Great and the Small, about being the first woman writer to be translated into English, the influence of war on Balkan literature and culture, and the characters in the novel. Catherine the Great and...1186cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-studio-angelo-paragoso--60969637tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1510985416Wed, 10 May 2023 11:02:20 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAngelo Paragoso, reader of Venom by Saneh Sangsuk (translated by Mui Poopoksakul), reflects on growing up bilingual, and the simlarities and differences between Thai and Philippine pronunciation.168cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mui-poopoksakul-on-translating-venom--60969657tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1507276333Fri, 05 May 2023 15:33:58 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksMui Poopoksakul, translator of Thai to English, talks with producer Kate Bland about translating Saneh Sangsuk's work, in particular Venom. The relationship between author, translator and reader in this case is strong, with Mui able to discuss the...917cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-studio-jack-holden-on-gay-london-and-love-leda--60969667tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1489745491Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:24:05 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksJack Holden and producer Kate Bland reflect in the studio after finishing recording Love, Leda.633cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sam-fisher-peninsula-press--60969676tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1483939249Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:23:57 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWe speak to Sam Fisher, bookseller, writer, and publisher at Peninsula Press, bringing Love, Leda to listeners with Spiracle this month. His bookshop Burley Fisher is a champion of independent presses. He speaks about walking the line between...1654cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/translator-diane-whitty-a-word-is-an-experience--60969654tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1462622413Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:25:13 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksKate Bland speaks to Diane Whitty, the translator of Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Centre of the World from the Portugese by Eliane Brum. Banzeiro Òkòtó is itself a transformative journey – the pull, whirlwind, eddy in the water – with an elusive...1205cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/activism-and-writing-toby-litt-speaks-to-eliane-brum--60969656tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1458754558Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:22:59 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksToby Litt interviews Eliane Brum, author of Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Centre of the World, an edition audiobook now available from Spiracle. It is a book transporting and transforming in equal parts. Eliane is an award-winning Brazilian...2827cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-studio-the-birthday-party--60969672tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1441664635Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:52:59 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksAfter the incredible three and a half days of recording The Birthday Party, Lydia Leonard and audiobook producer Kate Bland sit together in the studio and discuss the book, set over the course of one thrilling day.417cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/translating-a-thriller-in-slow-motion--60969777tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1441659535Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:40:46 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksThe Birthday Party has been described as 'a thriller in slow motion', with short moments stretched over many pages. Lydia Leonard, reader of The Birthday Party, interviews Daniel Levin Becker, translator from French of the text by Laurent Mauvignier....1683cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raad-rawi-reading-the-english-channeling-the-arabic--60969661tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1397226139Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:44:11 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksRaad Rawi, reader of The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (translated by Russell Harris), talks about conjuring the setting of The Mariner from his own experience, voicing the sea, and how different the languages of Arabic and English are. He reflects on the...873cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/margaret-obank-banipal-books-bringing-the-arab-world-closer--60969665tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1397207998Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:09:16 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksBanipal promotes and celebrates publication of contemporary Arab authors in original English or in English translation, and encourages, in the UK and beyond, readership of Arab writers and poets for both the particularity and the universality of their...1163cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-each-language-i-m-a-different-john-sam--60969666tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1375873582Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:18:04 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksJohn Sam Jones speaks to the repression of his Welsh language, how despite it being a 'more ponderous language', he could never describe being gay in Welsh due to it's historical use in only the church or at home. Some languages are better for talking...903cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/actor-william-hope-talks-to-author-joseph-fasano--60969638tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1374883384Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:54:16 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksSome books only make themselves known to the narrator during the recording. This was the case for William Hope, reading Joseph Fasano's The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing (Spiracle Edition for November) as discussed in conversation together.1067cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-is-a-crime-novel-not-a-crime-novel--60969783tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1361574946Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:48:38 +0000Spiracle Audiobooks'It's not a crime novel, it's a novel about a crime' – Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of October's guest edition, His Bloody Project, talks to Leigh Wilson, publisher at Spiracle.1190cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pioneering-publisher-of-books-in-translation--60969652tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1343681314Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:39:30 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWe spoke to Stefan Tobler, publisher at And Other Stories, about being the first independent publisher to drive works in translation to an English-speaking readership. And Other Stories is co-publisher of Spiracle Edition for September, 'Ti Amo' by...1394cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-the-page-on-illustration-simon-russell--60969669tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1335498022Thu, 01 Sep 2022 09:52:36 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksFor Murmurations, we spoke to Simon Russell, illustrator of the Spiracle edition audiobook of Ti Amo, about his process of making art, empathy, and the 'dance' of creating a final illustration.888cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-conversation-with-ananda-devi--60969671tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1335491428Thu, 01 Sep 2022 09:32:55 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksFor Murmurations, Spiracle's Leigh Wilson talks to the author of Eve Out of Her Ruins, a guest edition for September. Ananda shines a light on how her background in anthropology feeds into her work, into a book with such insight into the way that...1442cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jacques-testard-fitzcarraldo-editions--60969674tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1325713726Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:40:23 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksIn the beginning was the word, not the number. Founder of Fitzcarraldo Editions, Jacques Testard, reflects on the efforts of this family-owned literary publisher: to remain focused on the writing rather than the commerce, while making the business...1391cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-session-susie-orbach-on-psychotherapy--60969636tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1325713519Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:39:57 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWith Playthings as the August edition, Alex Pheby's gripping, fictional take on the 19th-century German judge Daniel Paul Schreber's experience of psychosis, we talk to Susie Orbach. With Orbach, we open out from the Schreber case to ask about the...1297cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-feeling-of-belonging-and-not-belonging--60969655tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1322115121Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:49:41 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksChipo Kureya, reader of Spiracle edition, These Bones Will Rise Again by Panashe Chigumadzi, reflects on her experience of reading the book. Where is home, Chipo asks, when you have lived your whole life in the diasporic limbo? "What Panashe has...91cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-conversation-with-panashe-chigumadzi--60969640tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1322114953Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:49:13 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksFor the Spiracle Podcast, Curator Leigh Wilson talks with Panashe Chigumadzi, author of the Spiracle edition for June, These Bones Will Rise Again. They talk about issues of colonialism, language and national and personal identity in Chigumadzi's...1660cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/writing-toward-the-unknowable-leigh-wilson-in-conversation-with-benjamin-labatut--60969675tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1322114434Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:48:12 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksOur curator speaks to the celebrated author of When We Cease to Understand the World in a discussion which spans the book’s restless genre hybridity, the tensions between truth and fiction, myth and science, and the electrifying endeavour of...1498cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adam-freudenheim-pushkin-press--60969780tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1322113525Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:45:45 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWe spoke with Adam Freudenheim, Publisher and Managing Director of Pushkin Press, about the ups and downs of running an independent press and how he found Benjamin Labatut’s When We Cease to Understand the World, now available as an audiobook on Spiracle.1278cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meike-ziervogel-talks-to-leigh-wilson--60969786tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1308662899Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:22:34 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksMeike Ziervogel, founder of Peirene Press, remembers Birgit Vanderbeke with Leigh WIlson for the Spiracle Podcast. Meike has recently moved from Peirene to co-found Alsama: education centres, sports hubs and social enterprises in refugee camps in...1253cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/searching-the-vocal-archive-kristin-atherton--60969658tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301270848Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:41:29 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksKristin Atherton is an actress across stage, screen and audiobooks. After her brilliant reading of You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke, a Spiracle edition for June, we spoke to Kristin about how she finds a voice for her characters.128cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-dedication-you-would-have-missed-me--60969662tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301270290Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:40:34 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksWhen Kristin Atherton read You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke, translated by Jamie Bulloch, it struck a chord very close to home. Here she dedicates her audiobook narration to her mother and her German family, whose own experiences are...319cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-translation-jamie-bulloch--60969639tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301269942Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:39:37 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksJamie Bulloch is a historian and has worked as a professional translator from German since 2001. His works include books by Paulus Hochgatterer and Alissa Walser. He is the translator of Spiracle edition for June,You Would Have Missed Me. We spoke to...959cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/printing-galley-beggar-and-ducks-newburyport-part-three--60969664tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301268652Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:36:36 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksGalley Beggar's Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison talk to Leigh Wilson about the other side of publishing, the matter of printing. Here they recall the challenge of Lucy Ellman's Ducks, Newburyport, a thousand pages.. in a sentence. Reading this epic...422cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/galley-beggar-the-early-days-part-two--60969787tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301268079Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:35:21 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksEloise Millar and Sam Jordison founded Galley Beggar 10 years ago. Here they describe some of the nitty gritty details of what it took for them to get going and stay on track. Not surprisingly, it's a tale of desire, grit and passion.477cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sam-jordison-and-eloise-millar-10-years-of-galley-beggar-part-one--60969643tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301267326Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:33:28 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksThe publisher of James Clammer's Insignificance is Galley Beggar, based in Norwich and run by Sam Jordison and Eloise Millar. Here they give Spiracle Curator Leigh Wilson fascinating insights to running their small, independent press.976cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-as-a-plumber-ryan-powers-from-the-pimlico-group--60969646tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301266792Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:31:16 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksIn Insignificance, a Spiracle edition for May, James Clammer writes about his protagonist's work as a plumber in a way rarely seen before in literature. Expanding on the world of the audiobook for Spiracle murmurations, Ryan Powers from The Pimlico...578cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rich-davies-from-parthian-books--60969778tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301266024Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:28:44 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksBased in Cardigan, Wales, Parthian Books is an independent publisher. Founded in 1993 by Rich Davies and Gillian Griffiths it is editorially-led, publishing a range of contemporary fiction, poetry, non fiction and drama. Parthian's motto is "A...305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-introduction-to-parthian-books-and-publishing-in-wales-by-jon-gower--60969663tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1301265181Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:26:18 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksThe writer Jon Gower introduces the publishing work of Parthian Books. Jon is a Hay Festival International Fellow and a former BBC arts and media correspondent who has been making documentary programs for television and radio for 30 years. He is the...675cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-spiracle-podcast-i-eric-ngalle--60969784tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1259342818Thu, 19 May 2022 07:15:17 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksThe Spiracle Podcast: I, Eric Ngalle by Spiracle Audiobooks1059cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-spiracle-podcast-insignificance--60969648tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1259342824Mon, 16 May 2022 10:56:11 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksThe Spiracle Podcast: Insignificance by Spiracle Audiobooks900cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/young-midwives-on-childbirth-in-the-squire-part-2--60969785tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1258487768Fri, 13 May 2022 13:23:57 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksYoung Midwives on Childbirth in The Squire (Part 2) by Spiracle Audiobooks423cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/young-midwives-on-childbirth-in-the-squire-part-1--60969788tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1258487806Fri, 13 May 2022 13:23:39 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksYoung Midwives on Childbirth in The Squire (Part 1) by Spiracle Audiobooks1016cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/publisher-francesca-beauman-persephone-books--60969779tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1258488001Fri, 13 May 2022 13:22:24 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksPublisher: Francesca Beauman, Persephone Books by Spiracle Audiobooks971cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/publisher-rosalind-porter-notting-hill-editions--60969782tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1258487845Fri, 13 May 2022 13:21:35 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksPublisher: Rosalind Porter, Notting Hill Editions by Spiracle Audiobooks806cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spiracle-podcast-how-shostakovich-changed-my-mind--60969781tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1258487866Tue, 03 May 2022 11:10:10 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksLeigh Wilson, Curator, and Charlotte Fairbairn, Collection Editor, discuss Stephen Johnson's book for the Spiracle Podcast.1180cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spiracle-podcast-the-squire--60969789tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1258487890Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:18:10 +0000Spiracle AudiobooksLeigh Wilson, Spiracle's Curator talks to Charlotte Fairbairn, Collection Editor, about The Squire for the Spiracle Podcast.1316cleanfull