#AudioBookClub (Steve Phillips)
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| 01 Mar 2022 | The Sandman | 00:51:32 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. On this episode, Steve and Matthew discuss possibly the audiobook with the biggest production budget of all time: “The Sandman” by Neil Gaiman. Based on Gaiman's series of graphic novels from the late 80s early 90s, this audiobook boasts a cast that numbers amongst its members some very expensive actors indeed - James McAvoy, Michael Sheen, Andy Serkis, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Dickinson.... The production is lavish - a series of immersive soundscapes that bring to life an extraordinary eleven hour blockbusting film in the movie theatre of the listener's mind. And what does this genre-defining moment mean for the future of the audiobook as a medium? Matthew and Steve investigate, then invite you to get involved in the conversation. -- “The Sandman” - written by Neil Gaiman Full cast recording featuring: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Taron Egerton, Michael Sheen, Andy Serkis, Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Dramatised and produced by Dirk Maggs Publisher: Audible Originals
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| 25 Sep 2024 | Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang | 00:31:29 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks for discerning punters like you.
On this episode, We are going to review two different audio versions of one original text.
The text under our audio microscope today is “Yellow Face” by Chinese born American hot shot young author R.F. Kuang
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| 03 Feb 2025 | ‘Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense’ by Rory Sutherland | 00:45:55 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: We unleash our inner Don Drapers with the help of avuncular adman Rory Sutherland
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense A: Rory Sutherland N: Rory Sutherland L: 9 hrs and 38 mins P: Penguin Audio
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| 23 Mar 2025 | ‘Careless People’ - by Sarah Wynn-Williams | 00:41:37 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:
The book of the moment!
Shocking revelations from the highest echelons of The Metaverse from Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
A story of where I used to work A: Sarah Wynn-Williams N: Sarah Wynn-Williams R: 13-03-25 L: 13 hrs and 16 mins P: Macmillan
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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:
The New Science of Sleep and Dreams A: Matthew Walker N: John Sackville L: 13 hrs and 31 mins R: 07-12-17 L: English
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| 28 Oct 2024 | ‘Sonny Boy: A Memoir’ by Al Pacino | 00:37:45 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we head to The Bronx of the late 1940s and the sepia-tinted alleyways and rooftops of the tenement buildings where a young Alfredo James Pacino and his ragtag gang of pre-pubescent ruffians ran wild…
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
On this episode…
A: Al Pacino P: Al Pacino L: 12 hrs and 28 mins P: Penguin Audio
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Next week Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré N: Simon Russell Beale L: 10 hrs and 42 mins P: Penguin Audio
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| 27 Jan 2025 | ‘The Masquerades of Spring’ by Ben Aaronovitch | 00:39:05 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: We head to New York in the roaring twenties, where we shall drink hooch in speak-easies with fairies and flappers Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. The Masquerades of Spring A: Ben Aaronovitch N: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith L: 4 hrs and 34 mins P: Orion
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| 11 Nov 2024 | 'This Time Next Year' by David Jason | 00:37:12 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we felt that in these uncertain times, what we needed was a comforting cup of audiobook cocoa.
To this end, we head to rural Buckinghamshire, specifically to Jason Towers, where laird of the manor Sir David Jason will regale us with gentle anecdotes from his eight decades as an actor and British National Treasure..
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
On this episode…
A Life of Positive Thinking A: David Jason P: David Jason L: 8 hrs and 40 mins R: 10-10-24 Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Next week
Janey The Woman That Won't Shut Up By: Janey Godley Narrated by: Janey Godley Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 09-05-24
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| 01 Oct 2024 | We Solve Murders by Richard Osman | 00:43:04 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… We Solve Murders A: Richard Osman P: Nicola Walker L: 10 hrs and 33 mins Release date: 12-09-24 P: Penguin Audio On this week’s #AudioBookClub we celebrate the release of Richard Osman’s fourth novel. His first three novels were set primarily in a retirement village in the Kent countryside “where the Waitrose delivery vans clink with wine and repeat prescriptions every time they pass over the cattle grid” Novel number four is set on a slightly larger stage…
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| 05 Mar 2023 | Penguin Random House Audio | 00:40:37 | |||||||||
On this episode of AudioBookClub… Matthew and Steve fail to recommend ‘The Light We Carry” by Michelle Obama. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode: Steve and Matthew welcome Helena Sheffield, Senior Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House Audio onto their pod. Unfortunately, things didn’t quite go according go to plan. Matthew couldn’t quite find it in his heart to recommend that you, gentle listener, spend an Audible credit on 9 hours and 59 minutes of your life on Michelle Obama’s new self-help book and, instead, started playing clips from Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Coincidentally, that also happens to be the audiobook that Helena bought for her father as a Christmas present last year. Helena gives us some fantastic insight into how the audiobook business works - from casting to marketing via the long, hard slog in the recording studio - and gives us a fistful of excellent listening recommendations. Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram Coming up on #AudioBookClub… INTERVIEW: Ben Macintyre, author of ‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’, ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and ‘S.A.S. Rogue Heroes’
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| 26 Nov 2022 | 'Fletch' - by Gregory Mcdonald | 00:38:24 | |||||||||
On this episode of AudioBookClub, we recommend the audiobook equivalent of that tatty, yellowing, old paperback book that you find in someone else’s holiday home. So slap on your sunscreen, recline by the pool and join us as we get stuck into ‘Fletch' Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. On this episode of #AudioBookClub Steve and Matthew get wrapped up in an historical artefact: Fletch - the 1974 novel that was made into a film in the 1980s starring Chevy Chase. (Which is currently available for free if you’ve got an Audible subscription. Have a squiz at the Audible Plus section) -- Title: Fletch Written by: Gregory Mcdonald Narrated by: Dan John Miller Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins Publisher: Blackstone Audio Available: https://amzn.to/3B9fxWT -- Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on 'Fibber in the Heat' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram -- Coming up on #AudioBookClub… ‘A History of Modern Britain’ - by Andrew Marr - https://amzn.to/3V94bKl Spiracle - https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/ | |||||||||||
| 01 Feb 2022 | "The Sentinel" Jack Reacher 25 by Lee Child | 00:25:39 | |||||||||
WARNING: This episode of #AudioBookClub contains graphic scenes of extreme violence. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. Meeting us out the back by the bins for a fight on this episode is “The Sentinel”, book 25 of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known in the comments below or on the #AudioBookClub forums: If you fancy your chances, you can watch the video https://youtu.be/LNv1LaKjJk8 -- “The Sentinel” - Jack Reacher Book 25 Written by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Narrated by Jeff Harding
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[The links above are Amazon affiliate links. If you happen to sign up for Audible or renew your subscription after clicking on one of them, #AudioBookClub may or may not be awarded a bounty of some sort. Thank you for your support!] -- Next time on #AudioBookClub: “A Promised Land” Volume 1 of Barack Obama’s Presidential Memoirs Written by Barack Obama Read by Barack Obama Theme tune by Barack Obama Discuss on the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/a-promised-land-by-barack-obama The Easy Way to Stop Smoking Written by Allen Carr Read by Duncan Wells Discuss on the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/the-easy-way-to-stop-smoking-by-allen-carr | |||||||||||
| 07 Sep 2022 | 'The Twist of a Knife' - by Anthony Horowitz | 00:27:18 | |||||||||
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - the audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew discuss ‘The Twist of a Knife' - the fourth in Anthony Horowitz’s Horowitz and Hawthorne whodunnits
The Twist of a Knife Written by Anthony Horowitz ‘Performed’ (not read) by Rory Kinnear Published by Penguin Audio - 2022 Clocks in at 8 hours and 31 minutes | |||||||||||
| 14 Oct 2024 | Bonus: Ben MacIntyre Interview | 00:33:31 | |||||||||
To coincide with the release of 'The Siege', Matt had a conversation with Ben MacIntyre covering his work with particular focus on Colditz and previewing his latest work on the events in London back in 1981. This episode is paired up with our review of 'The Siege' that shold also be showing up on your feed.
Get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom AudioBookShow on Instagram Audiobook details: The Siege - The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama A: Ben Macintyre N: Ben Macintyre L: 14 hrs and 27 mins R: 12-09-24 P: Penguin Audio | |||||||||||
| 29 Aug 2022 | 'Touch the Top of the World' - by Erik Weihenmayer | 00:43:53 | |||||||||
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - an interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew discuss ‘Touch the Top of the World’ an autobiography from Erik Weihenmayer who was the first blind person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. This gives Steve a chance to ask Matthew about his day job at Vision Australia Radio. In their new ‘Notes from the Margin’ section - the bit that’s about audiobooks in general - Steve and Matthew continue their conversation about giving audiobooks as gifts and ask “Is it better to give or to receive?” -- Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See By: Erik Weihenmayer Narrated by: Nick Sullivan Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
COMING UP: 4th September 2022 - Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp 11th September 2022 - NOFX: ‘The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories’ by NOFX, Jello Biafra, et al. | |||||||||||
| 01 Mar 2021 | This Is Going To Hurt | 00:37:50 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips presents the first full-length episode of #AudioBookClub - the world's only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. In this episode Steve talks to regular contributors Cheryl Monkhouse and Matthew Layton about "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor." by former junior doctor/now comedian and writer Adam Kay. Get involved in the conversation on the #AudioBookClub forum or on facebook, instagram or twitter Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton introduce #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. They invite you to take part by listening to and expressing your views on the audiobook of Adam Kay’s “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” Watch the video... ...or listen to the podcast on Google, Spotify or Apple Podcasts... ...then get involved in the conversation: In the #AudioBookClub forums - On our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/ Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
-- “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” Written and narrated by Adam Kay
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[The links above are Amazon affiliate links. If you happen to sign up for Audible or renew your subscription after clicking on one of them, #AudioBookClub may or may not be awarded a bounty of some sort. Thank you for your support!] -- If you want to take part in next month's show, we'll be listening to Hollywood heart-throb Rob Lowe's "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" which you can get hold of on Audible - https://amzn.to/2OwydpG
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| 09 Sep 2024 | The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer | 00:35:50 | |||||||||
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub, Steve and Matthew head to Brighton on the UK’s pebbly south coast to talk about a giant fiberglass avocado Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks for discerning punters like you. On this episode, the second in a fruity series of novels from British comedy legend Bob Mortimer…
The Hotel Avocado A: Bob Mortimer N: Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Paul Whitehouse, Julie Maisey L: 9 hrs and 20 mins Release date: 29-08-24 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
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| 24 Oct 2022 | 'Colditz' - by Ben MacIntyre | 00:46:10 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. On this episode: Steve and Matthew review and recommend the real history of the renaissance castle that was the home to the Third Reich’s most notorious prisoner of war camp The camp where they imprisoned only the most troublesome Allied military prisoners - many of them serial escapists - all of them enemies of the German State. Welcome…. to Colditz! Title: Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle Author: Ben MacIntyre Narrator: Ben MacIntyre Publisher: Penguin Audio Length: 13 hours and 25 minutes Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom https://www.audiobookclub.net/ – Coming up on #AudioBookClub… From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) - https://amzn.to/3yia0vA The Sandman: Act III - https://amzn.to/3TMtu3J | |||||||||||
| 18 Nov 2024 | ‘Janey’ by Janey Godley | 00:57:39 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we pay tribute to award-winning comedian, playwright and author Janey Godley. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… The Woman That Won't Shut Up By: Janey Godley Narrated by: Janey Godley Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 09-05-24 Please get involved in the conversation | |||||||||||
| 07 Dec 2024 | Elton John | 00:40:28 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: We urge you not to buy Elton John’s new audiobook ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ We like to keep things positive here at #AudioBookClub, but in this case we’ll make an exception. We had no choice but to tear it a new one, ‘Phoned-in. Tone deaf. The worst piece of audio that Elton John has ever been vaguely associated with.’ You can put that on the posters. HOWEVER… Sir Elton’s autobiography from five years ago, narrated by Taron Egerton and Elton himself is a masterpiece. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… Elton John Official Autobiography A: Elton John P: Elton John, Taron Egerton L: 12 hrs and 29 mins R: 15-10-19 P: Macmillan Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X
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| 20 Jan 2025 | 'My Animals and Other Animals' by Bill Bailey | 00:33:31 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: A minke whale, a kung-fu chicken and the rabbit equivalent of Jason Statham, Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. A memoir of sorts A: Bill Bailey N: Bill Bailey L: 5 hrs and 03 mins P: Querkus Please get involved in the conversation | |||||||||||
| 21 Oct 2024 | 'I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You' by Miranda Hart | 00:33:20 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, some life affirming advice from British Comedy National Treasure Miranda Hart
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
On this episode…
I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You W: Miranda Hart N: Miranda Hart L: 10 hrs and 9 mins Release date: 10-10-24 P: Penguin Audio
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| 06 Nov 2022 | 'From the Oasthouse' - by Alan Partridge | 00:30:47 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. On this episode: From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) Steve and Matthew review and recommend the latest offering from bastillion of British broadcasting and self-proclaimed ‘Godfather of Podcasting’ Alan Partridge Partridge is, of course, the creation of comedian, actor and Oscar-nominated writer and producer Steve Coogan. Title: From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) Author: Alan Partridge Narrator: Alan Partridge Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins Publisher: Audible Originals Categories: Comedy & Humour Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘From The Oasthouse’’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom https://www.audiobookclub.net/ – Coming up on #AudioBookClub… The Sandman: Act III - https://amzn.to/3TMtu3J What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible - https://amzn.to/3E6csZy | |||||||||||
| 23 Jun 2024 | 'Mad Woman'' + 'Green Wing: Resuscitated' | 00:33:32 | |||||||||
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - the audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew fail to listen to each other’s recommendations
t: Green Wing: Resuscitated - https://amzn.eu/d/f6eUNNU a: Victoria Pile, James Henry, Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling, Robert Harley, c: Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Pippa Haywood, Mark Heap, Michelle Gomez, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Karl Theobald p: Audible Originals l: 4h 17m
t: Mad Woman - https://amzn.eu/d/2UtJYiG a: Bryony Gordon n: Bryony Gordon p: Headline Publishing l: 6h 51m
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
Two recommendations for you this week:
Matthew has brought along Bryony Gordon’s mental health memoir ‘Mad Woman’ while Steve serves up the audio revival of a cult comedy TV show show ‘Green Wing:
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Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
t: On His Majesty’s Secret Service’ - https://amzn.eu/d/09v7gI2s a: Charlie Higson n: Charlie Higson p: Ian Fleming Publications L: 4h 25 m
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| 16 Mar 2025 | 'The Red Circle’ - by Anthony Horowitz and Sarah J Naughton | 00:42:31 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:
We head to a parallel universe, forty years in the future, where Sherlock Holmes roams the gas-lit streets of a post-apocalyptic, future London…
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton and Anthony Horowitz N: Alfred Enoch R: 13-01-25 L: 9 hrs and 17 mins P: Storytel Original
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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:
Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous A: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous N: Gillian Anderson R: 05-09-24 L: 12 hrs P: Bloomsbury Publishing
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| 30 Dec 2024 | Guests: Dirk Maggs, Ben MacIntyre, Ben Aaronovitch and more | 00:47:43 | |||||||||
Hear interviews with some of the best in the literary and audio world as we give you the highlights of some of our favourite luminaries: Dirk Maggs, described as “the Steven Spielberg of Audio” and producer of Audible's The Sandman series and BBC Radio 4's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (among many more) Author of the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling Peter Grant/Rivers of London urban fantasy series. and Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch Bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Colditz, The Siege and Operation Mincemeat, Ben MacIntyre Ben Folds, New York Times Best Selling author and widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation Multi-award winning Investigative journalist and Lazarus Heist co-creator Geoff White
Join the show! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to right now? Get involved in the conversation: @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky or X All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #AudioBookClub.net
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| 11 Mar 2025 | ‘Mavericks’ with Jenny Draper | 00:36:10 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:
The most modern of historians!
YouTube and TikTok sensation Jenny Draper joins Steve and Matthew to talk about her first audiobook ‘Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits’
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits A: Jenny Draper P: Jenny Draper R: 11-02-25 L: 8 hrs and 21 mins P: Watkins Publishing
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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:
Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz P: Alfred Enoch R: 13-01-25 L: 9 hrs and 17 mins P: Storytel Original
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| 02 Mar 2025 | 'Source Code' - by Bill Gates | 00:46:29 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: William Henry Gates III. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, ‘Source Code’, a memoir from the world’s first tech billionaire, Bill Gates Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X
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| 22 Nov 2022 | 'What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible' - with Charlotte Layton | 00:37:52 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. On this episode: We have a guest ‘recommender’. Her name is Charlotte Layton, she is 11 years old and she has brought ‘What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible’ by Ross Welford to the #AudioBookClub table. Nepotism is alive and well here at #AudioBookClub! Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom https://www.audiobookclub.net/ – Coming up on #AudioBookClub… Fletch - https://amzn.to/3tzLbIM Andrew Marr’s ‘A History of Modern Britain’ - https://amzn.to/3EsVvHA | |||||||||||
| 13 Jan 2025 | Shattered by Hanif Kureishi | 00:28:24 | |||||||||
Just simply an audiobook that Matt and Steve think you’ll want to read. Humbling, heart wrenching and humorous, ‘Shattered’ is raw in how Hanif Kureishi expresses the detailed physical and mental challenges of suddenly becoming tetraplegic. Have a listen and let us know your thougts and reactions below. Join the show Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to right now? Come on the show and tell us! Get involved in the conversation: @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky or X All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #AudioBookClub.net | |||||||||||
| 27 Nov 2022 | ''A History of Modern Britain' - by Andrew Marr | 00:50:16 | |||||||||
On this episode of AudioBookClub, Matthew hasn’t done his homework and fails to review ‘A History of Modern Britain’ by Andrew Marr. Quite spectacularly! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. Fortunately, the BBC - an institution very close to both Steve’s and Matthew’s hearts - has just launched the amazon BBC Sounds app to a global audience. Steve and Matthew ramble on passionately about the fantastic amount, quality and variety of premium audio content from the greatest broadcasting organisation there has ever been, that is now available to you, FOR FREE, wherever you live! Title: A History of Modern Britain Written by: Andrew Marr Narrated by: David Timson Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio Available: https://amzn.to/3B9fxWT
Further reading - https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/11/12/bbc-sounds-app-now-available-for-listeners-around-the-globe/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listening-outside-the-uk/international Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on 'A History of Modern Britain’' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram – Coming up on #AudioBookClub… Spiracle - https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/ ‘Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight’ - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653 Written by Robert Shearman Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653 | |||||||||||
| 14 Sep 2022 | 'Fibber in the Heat' - by Miles Jupp | 00:32:05 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub Steve and Matt consume 'Fibber in the Heat' by Miles Jupp - an autobiographical memoir of the actor/comedian/author's attempt to blag his way into becoming a cricket journalist. In ‘Notes from the Margin’, we’ll be asking ‘How new does an audiobook have to be to be considered worthy of recommendation by #AudioBookClub?’. -- Fibber in the Heat Following England in India - A Blagger's Tale By: Miles Jupp Narrated by: Miles Jupp Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins Release date: 10-05-2012 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks | |||||||||||
| 29 Nov 2022 | Spiracle | 00:48:33 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we book ourselves into the independent audiobook platform that’s like a day-spa for your brain… Prefer your audiobooks sustainably sourced, hand reared and mind-nourishing? Then Spiracle is the place for you. https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/ Sophie Haxworth, Spiracle’s Editorial Manager, explains to Steve and Matthew (in the simplest terms she possibly can) how she fell in love with audiobooks as a child, how she ended up working at Spiracle and how and why the whole platform works. She also gives you and the boys some audiobook recommendations that are a cut above the tat they usually have on here. ‘Insignificance’ - by James Clammer Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on Spiracle' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review.
– Coming up on #AudioBookClub… ‘Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight’ - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653 Written by Robert Shearman Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653 As recommended by Stuart Hardy of Stubagful-fame ‘The Last Train: Detective Hiroshi’ - Volume 1’ - by Michael Pronko - https://amzn.to/3ASuKew As recommended by Victor Dima of The Audiobook Blog | |||||||||||
| 04 Nov 2024 | 'Karla's Choice' by Nick Harkaway | 00:38:49 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a brand new novel featuring John le Carré’s superspy George Smiley, written by his son Nick Harkaway, read by Sir Simon Russell-Beale.
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
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‘Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré N: Simon Russell Beale L: 10 hrs and 42 mins P: Penguin Audio
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A Life of Positive Thinking By: David Jason Narrated by: David Jason Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 10-10-24 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Audio
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| 01 Feb 2021 | Prologue | 00:08:16 | |||||||||
#AudioBookClub is a brand new interactive audiobook review podcast - possibly the only one in the world. The show proper launches in March on Zone 1 Radio, on DAB Digital Radio in London, and around the world through your favourite podcast provider. In "Episode Zero" Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton ask for your assistance. The first book to get the full #AudioBookClub check-up will be Adam Kay's "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor" Please let us know what you think of the audiobook - both the content and the performance - using #AudioBookClub on Twitter or Instagram or on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AudioBookClub2019
-- If you have an Audible subscription and you haven't heard Adam's book, you can get hold of it here: https://amzn.to/2SWHBse If you're not an Audible member yet, you can download "This is Going to Hurt..." for free as part of your free trial here: https://amzn.to/2GK9rS6 [FULL DISCLOSURE: If by some remote chance you or anybody else purchases the audiobook or signs up for a subscription through these Amazon Associate links, #AudioBookClub will receive a small commission. This may eventually add up to enough moolah to help pay for our podcasting account or maybe even some biscuits] | |||||||||||
| 22 Dec 2024 | The 2024 #AudioBookClub Imaginary Awards Gala | 00:41:05 | |||||||||
This episode of #AudioBookClub: comes from The #AudioBookClub Theatre of the Mind on London’s glittering Park Lane, where The 2024 #AudioBookClub Imaginary Awards Gala is about to kick off. For financial and logistical reasons, both the Gala AND the awards are entirely imaginary, but hopefully that won’t stop hosts Steve Phillips and Matt Layton and you, gentle listener, from enjoying this wonderful star studded soiree Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Please get involved in the conversation | |||||||||||
| 01 Jun 2021 | Rivers of London with Ben Aaronovitch | 00:29:30 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips presents #AudioBookClub - the world's only interactive audiobook review podcast. In this episode, Steve and regular contributor Matthew Layton talk to the man behind the best-selling "Rivers of London" series of fantasy novels. Get involved in the conversation. Tweet or insta us using #AudioBookClub or find us on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub You can download the book itself from Audible here - https://amzn.to/2pgIeyV | |||||||||||
| 28 Sep 2022 | 'The Hepatitis Bathtub' - by NOFX | 00:50:30 | |||||||||
On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - the audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew leave their comfort zone to discuss possibly the most punk audiobook of all time. ‘NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub’' by NOFX and Jeff Alulis is a collection of autobiographical vignettes from L.A. punk band NOFX. When we say ‘vignettes’ we mean ‘often disturbing and even disgusting stories’ Steve and Matthew are joined by ‘friend of the show’ Shane Kendall who is responsible for recommending that we listen to this particular audiobook. | |||||||||||
| 19 Dec 2024 | 'Unruly' - by David Mitchell | 00:28:05 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: A thousand years of history in just twenty eight minutes! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode: We peruse British comedy icon David Mitchell’s history of the kings and queens of England.
A History of England's Kings and Queens A: David Mitchell N: David Mitchell L: 11 hrs and 39 mins R: 28-09-23 P: Penguin AudioUnruly
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| 16 Feb 2025 | 'V UK: Visitation' - from Big Finish | 00:58:51 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: The aliens are coming! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, rather than reviewing a single title, Matthew and Steve take a dive into the world of Big Finish - the loving family of audio craftspeople most famous for lovingly keeping Doctor Who alive. They produce high quality dramas that are the audio equivalent of a fine malt whisky - a highquality refined product best consumed by people who really appreciate the good stuff. We shall be listening to and recommending their reimagining of 80s sci-fi classic V… …and their ‘free-to-air’ back catalogue, now available in podcast form… Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X
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| 29 Aug 2024 | Alternative Histories | 00:38:52 | |||||||||
“Oh My God! They shot Churchill…” On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub, Steve and Matthew ask, “What would have happened if the Nazis had won World War II?” Penguin Modern Classics a: Len Deighton n: James Lailey l: 12 hrs and 25 mins p: Penguin Audio
a: Philip K. Dick n: Jeff Cummings l: 9 hrs and 58 mins p: Brilliance Audio Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode, two books that visit alternative histories where The Axis won the Second World War. Mixed results! And the boys cast an eye over the Sunday Times Top 100 Books of the Last 50 Years from an audiobook perspective. Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram | |||||||||||
| 05 Oct 2022 | ‘The Bullet That Missed’ - by Richard Osman | 00:37:05 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. On this episode: ‘The Bullet That Missed’ Book 3 of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series of whodunnits set in idyllic retirement village Coopers Chase. For people (like Matthew) who have read the first two books in the series, it’s the eagerly awaited return of beloved characters Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim. For people (like Steve) who are new to the seriesm it’s a chance to follow the adventures of a group of senior citizens who have taken to solving murders. Society may have cast them aside, but they are fully rounded human beings with a wealth of experience. In our role as one of the world’s very few audiobook review and recommendation podcasts, we feel it is our duty to bring up the issue that nobody else is talking about - to mention the elephant in the room: Changing a narrator? Three books into an audiobook series? Is that even legal? Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ‘The Bullet That Missed’ or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review by using #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram. – Coming up on AudioBookClub… ‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’ by Ben MacIntyre - https://amzn.to/3EiofUR From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) - https://amzn.to/3yia0vA | |||||||||||
| 20 Aug 2022 | 'The Lazarus Heist' - with Geoff White | 00:42:13 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub - no longer the world's only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew speak to journalist and author Geoff White about his new audiobook 'The Lazarus Heist'. The book is based on the BBC's award winning podcast series of the same name and, in both formats, Geoff tells the story of the Lazarus Group - an elite group of North Korean government-backed hackers. This is the first time we've encountered an audiobook based on a podcast series, so we ask ourselves and Geoff what the difference between the two formats is, both for him as an author/journalist/presenter and for us as listeners. We also touch upon the differences between working for the BBC and for a publishing company like Penguin; and Geoff reminds us that while we haven't necessarily seen many visible signs of any cyber fallout from the war in Ukraine, there is a lot of defensive effort being undertaken in places like GCHQ and Fort Meade. -- Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known! In the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum/discuss-audiobooks/the-sandman On our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/ Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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| 14 Oct 2024 | The Siege by Ben MacIntyre | 00:38:01 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This episode sees Matt and Steve go back to 1980, dredging up their memories as sub-10 year olds of the Iranian Embassy siege in London. Ben MacIntryre is back with another epic movie-like recounting of the story from those who were there, taking us from the domestic to the global, with lots of snooker thrown in. What would you like to see him tackle next? Plus - your comfort audiobook suggestions please! Get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom AudioBookShow on Instagram Audiobook details: The Siege - The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama A: Ben Macintyre N: Ben Macintyre L: 14 hrs and 27 mins R: 12-09-24 P: Penguin Audio
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| 01 Apr 2021 | Stories I Only Tell My Friends | 00:45:56 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips presents #AudioBookClub - the world's only interactive audiobook review podcast. In this episode Steve talks to regular contributors Cheryl Monkhouse and Matthew Layton about "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" by actual Hollywood heart-throb Rob Lowe. Get involved in the conversation. Tweet or insta us using #AudioBookClub or find us on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AudioBookClub2019 You can download the book itself from Audible - https://amzn.to/2OwydpG | |||||||||||
| 01 May 2021 | A Dream About Lightning Bugs with Ben Folds | 00:43:37 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips presents #AudioBookClub - the world's only interactive audiobook review podcast. In this episode, Steve sends regular contributors Cheryl Monkhouse and Matthew Layton to interview piano-thumping, indie-pop/rock legend Ben Folds in the salubrious surroundings of The Intercontinental Hotel in Adelaide, South Australia. Get involved in the conversation. Tweet or insta us using #AudioBookClub or find us on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AudioBookClub2019 You can download the book itself from Audible - https://amzn.to/2zSu9K7 | |||||||||||
| 26 Feb 2023 | 'The Last Train' - with Professor Michael Pronko (and Victor Dima!) | 00:57:40 | |||||||||
On this episode of AudioBookClub… Murder on the Tokyo transit system! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present £AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode: Steve and Matthew cast an ear over ‘The Last Train’, the first book in Michael Pronko’s Tokyo-based ‘Detective Hiroshi’ series. Title: The Last Train: Detective Hiroshi, Volume 1 This week Matthew and Steve welcome two guests to the pod to help them with this task. The first is the author himself Michael Pronko who also just happens to be Professor of American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University.in Tokyo. The second guest joins us from Oslo. He is the proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of https://theaudiobookblog.com/. His name is Victor Dima. Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on ’The Last Train' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Coming up on #AudioBookClub… ‘A Promised Land’ - by Barack Obama - https://amzn.to/3Yi8jbP - as recommended by Helena Sheffield, Senior Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House Audiobooks ‘The Desert Star’ - by Michael Connelly - https://amzn.to/3ZjXkiM - as recommended by Victor Dima of https://theaudiobookblog.com/ -
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| 01 Apr 2022 | Audible Plus | 00:34:47 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - which they claim is the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. On this episode... Matthew and Steve have a rummage around Audible's new 'all-you-can-read' service Audible Plus. Is it the transformative experience for the audiobook subscription model that we've all been waiting for, or just a receptacle for audio off-cuts? We also look forward to the impending State Visit of the man we're not afraid to call 'The Greatest Audiobook Producer of All Time': Dirk Maggs. He's the production maestro responsible for the original 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series and Audible's production of Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' and he'll be joining Matthew and Steve on the next episode of #AudioBookClub on 1st December. -- Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known! In the #AudioBookClub forums - https://www.audiobookclub.net/forum On our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/ Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom | |||||||||||
| 16 Nov 2022 | 'The Sandman: Act III' - by @neilhimself and @DirkMaggs | 00:49:25 | |||||||||
On this week’s #AudioBookClub, the third instalment of the most brilliantly conceived, lovingly dramatised, lavishly produced and, in our opinion, bestest audiobook series in the world… EVER! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - a podcast that recommends and reviews audiobooks. On this episode: The Sandman: Act III The biggest audiobook release of the year. The most extravagant cast. The most lavish production. (Frankly, we’re running out of superlatives here) Lovingly adapted and sculpted in sound by Dirk Maggs - the man we’re not afraid to call ‘The Greatest Audiobook Producer in the World’ - from the original graphic novels written by Neil Gaiman many moons ago. Title: The Sandman: Act III By: Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs Narrators: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, David Harewood, Regé-Jean Page, Wil Wheaton and full cast Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins Publisher: Audible Originals/DC Comics Available: https://amzn.to/3iaQmMI Please get involved in the conversation - either with your opinions on 'TheSandman: Act III' or if you want to recommend an audiobook for us to review. @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram – Coming up on #AudioBookClub… Spiracle - https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/ ‘Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight’ - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653 Written by Robert Shearman Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-chimes-of-midnight-653 | |||||||||||
| 01 Dec 2024 | 'In Too Deep' by Andrew Child and Lee Child | 00:39:49 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, Have you ever woken up and not know where you are or how on earth you got there? Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… Jack Reacher, Book 29 By: Lee Child, Andrew Child Narrated by: Jeff Harding Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins Release date: 22-10-24 Publisher: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation | |||||||||||
| 01 May 2022 | #AudioBookClub :: The Sandman: Act II - with Dirk Maggs | 01:03:03 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. On this very special episode of #AudioBookClub, Steve and Matthew speak to the man they're not afraid to call 'The Greatest Audiobook Producer In The World" His name is Dirk Maggs and he's the man fully responsible for the conversion of Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' from the original graphic novels into the genre-redefining audiobook series we know and love. Dirk was incredibly generous with his time and gave us insights into all the stages of the production process: writing; casting; 'pushing actors about in a studio' and (Steve's favourite part) making the squishy sound effects. Please show your appreciation for Dirk's genius in the comments below.
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“The Sandman: Act 2” - based on the DC Comics series written by Neil Gaiman. Dramatised and produced by Dirk Maggs Full cast recording featuring: Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Joe Pasquale, Kat Dennings, Brian Cox, Joanna Lumley... Publisher: Audible Originals -- Get involved in the conversation. Make your views known! Use the hashtag #AudioBookClub On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/ Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips and https://twitter.com/whingeingpom
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| 25 Nov 2024 | 'The True Story of The Coward Brothers' by Elvis Costello | 00:39:48 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a high-concept audiobook written by and starring Elvis Costello, with an all-star cast including Harry Shearer and a musical pedigree that can be traced back to a stone cold 70s classic…. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… The True Story of The Coward Brothers A: Elvis Costello N: T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Rhea Seehorn, Edward Hibbert, Stephen Root, Kathreen Khavari L: 1 hr and 43 mins R: 21-11-24 P: Audible Originals
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| 06 Jan 2025 | Atomic Habits by James Clear | 00:29:17 | |||||||||
New Year, New You? We review James Clear’s bestseller ‘Atomic Habits’ to start off 2025’s audiobook treats. Have you followed his steps? We’ve started (hopefully not in an annual-gym-subscription-but-only-go-for-three-weeks kind of way). Join the show! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to right now? Come on the show and tell us! Get involved in the conversation: @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky or X All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #AudioBookClub.net | |||||||||||
| 17 Oct 2024 | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson | 00:47:39 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub, in perhaps the biggest week for new releases in the publishing calendar, we retreat to 2011 to curl up in a corner with Steve’s favourite ‘comfort audiobook’ of all time.
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.
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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography W: Walter Isaacson N: Dylan Baker, Walter Isaacson (introduction) L: 25 hrs and 3 mins Release date: 24-10-11 P: Little, Brown Audio
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| 15 Aug 2022 | 'A Book of Secrets' by Derren Brown | 01:03:01 | |||||||||
Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. On this episode we’ll be reviewing ‘A Book of Secrets; Finding Solace in a Stubborn World’ the latest in a series of anti-self-help books from TV mentalist Derren Brown. On an equally philosophical but entirely different level, we’ll also be looking into the process of buying someone an audiobook as a present. Not as tangible for either party as the gift of an old-fashioned three dimensional ‘atoms and molecules’ book, but is it satisfying - both to give and to receive. | |||||||||||
| 09 Feb 2025 | ‘Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?’ - by Rob Burley | 00:35:19 | |||||||||
On this episode of #AudioBookClub: The television interview that marked the beginning of the end for Margaret Thatcher Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Matthew’s mid-life crisis continues Steve reveals how he was traumatised by Brian Walden as a small child Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? Searching for the Truth on Political TV A: Rob Burley N: Rob Burley L: 13 hrs and 8 mins P: HarperCollins
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