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Together we explore the work of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, specifically her ghost stories, tales of horror and accounts of psychological terror: Something in Disguise (1969), Odd Girl Out (1972), Mr Wrong (1975), Falling(1999), and We Are For the Dark (1951), the volume of strange stories she co-authored with previous Backlisted subject, Robert Aickman.Īlso this week, Andy is gripped by Heike Gessler's Seasonal Associate ( Semiotext(e)), the novelist's account of working in Amazon's warehouse in Leipzig, while John enjoys being unsettled by Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1980-1940, edited by Melissa Edmundson, the first in a series of 'Weird' anthologies published by Handheld Press. Treacle Walker - a film by David & Alan Garner with music by John Dipperįor this year's Hallowe'en special John and Andy are joined by Backlisted's old fiends And rew Male and Laura Varnam, following previous guest appearances on episodes dedicated to Beowulf (2020) and Daphne du Maurier's The Breaking Point (2019). All proceeds from the event went to support The Blackden Trust, the Garner’s educational charity based in The Old Medicine House, a Grade II timber framed building that Alan and Griselda Garner saved from destruction and which is also the setting of Treacle Walker.Īlan Garner - Treacle Walker Treacle Walker (audio book read by Robert Powell) The Stone Book Quartet Boneland Thursbitch Strandloper Red Shift Where Shall We Run To? The Voice That ThundersĮric Wagner - First Light: A Celebration of Alan Garner Chief Engineer: The Man who Built Brooklyn Bridge
The music is by John Dipper, taken from a short film by David Heke premiered at the live event. The podcast also features readings from the novel from the (excellent) 4thEstate audio book featuring Alan’s schoolfriend, the actor Robert Powell and audio clips from an interview about the novel that Alan recorded with his daughter, Elizabeth G arner. The panel discussion features Erica Wagner, writer and critic and editor of First Light, an anthology of pieces about Alan Garner’s work Dr Melanie Giles, archaeologist and the author of Bog Bodies, the definitive account of the phenomenon which plays a significant role in the book’s story and Profes sor Bo b Cywinski, physicist, whose conversations with Alan Garner about time, landscape and local legend provided the inspiration for the novel. This is a Backlisted special, recorded at the Bodleian Library in Oxford to celebrate the publication of Treacle Walker the new novel by Alan Garner (Fourth Estate). ’Song from Under the Floorboards’ - Magazineĭostoevsky and the Russian Soul: new BBC Radio 4 documentary with Rowan WilliamsīBC documentary from 1975 presented by Malcolm Muggeridge Vladimir Nabokov - Lectures on Russian Literatureįilm trailer for The Brothers Karamazov (1958) starring William Shatnerĭoctor Rowan Williams on Dostoevsky and Christianity Rowan Williams - Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction Nikolai Chernyshevsky - What is To Be Done?įranz Kafka - Metamorphosis & Other Stories (trs. Gwendoline Riley - My Phantoms My Phantoms (audiobook read by Helen McAlpine ) First Loveįenanda Melchor - Hurricane Season (trs. Jane Kentish)Īlex Christofi - Dostoevsky in Love Let Us Be True What Doesn't Kill You: Fifteen Stories of Survival Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky) The Gambler (tr. Constance Garnett) Crime & Punishment (trs. We concentrate on his pioneering novella Notes From Under the Floorboards AKA Notes From Underground(1864) and consider its impact and continuing relevance to modern life.Īlso in this episode John enjoys Dark Neighbourhood(Fitzcarraldo), the debut collection of stories by Vanessa Onwuemezi and, having let it settled for a few months, Andy unveils his favourite novel of the year, Gwendoline Riley's My Phantoms (Granta).įyodor Dostoyevsky - Notes from Underground (trs. To mark the occasion we are joined by authors Alex Christofi ( Dostoevsky in Love) and Arifa Akbar ( Consumed: A Sister's Story) for a discussion of one of Russia's greatest writers Fyodor Dostoevsky, who was born in Moscow on November 11 1821, 200 years ago this month. Welcome to the 150th episode of Backlisted!
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