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Backlisted
Backlisted

The literary podcast presented by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a... more

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Episodes

Moby-Dick; or the Whale by Herman Melville

Join the Backlisted crew as we navigate the swells and surges of Moby-Dick; or the Whale by Herman Melville. That's... more

25 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Voices of the Old Sea by Norman Lewis

We are joined by the poet Katrina Porteous and the writer and editor Patrick Galbraith to discuss Norman Lewis’s account... more

10 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven

Rupert Everett joins us to discuss David Niven's memoir The Moon’s a Balloon. This show represents the fulfilment of a long cherished... more

26 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Grinny & You Remember Me! by Nicholas Fisk

Sam Leith, author of The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading, returns to Backlisted to discuss two novels by Nicholas... more

13 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Round the Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

Happy Hallowe'en 2024! Join John, Andy and Nicky, plus guests Andrew Male and Dr Laura Varnam - AKA the Backlisted... more

31 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Nico: Songs They Never Play On the Radio by James Young

Author Will Hodgkinson and actress and director Caroline Catz join Andy and John to discuss James Young's Nico: Songs They Never... more

21 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

This episode features a live recording made at Foyles in London, where John was joined on stage by Una McCormack,... more

07 Oct 2024 · 58 minutes
Her First American by Lore Segal

This episode explores the third novel by the nonagenarian American writer Lore Segal which was originally published in 1985 by Knopf... more

23 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Season 3 Prequel

The waiting is nearly over! Ahead of Backlisted Season 3 - and our tenth anniversary year - John, Andy and... more

16 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice - Rerun

A classic episode from 2018 with a new introduction. This week John and Andy are joined by actor and director Sam... more

09 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Absolute Beginners - Rerun

Slang lexicographer extraordinaire Jonathon Green joins John and Andy in this episode originally recorded in 2016 to discuss Absolute Beginners,... more

26 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Summer Reading 2024

Despite the team's somewhat complex relationship with the idea of ‘summer’, this episode is full of seasonal recommendations. Andy previews Intermezzo,... more

12 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Endless Night by Agatha Christie

At long last, it's our Agatha Christie show! We are joined by Caroline Crampton, writer and host of the Shedunnit... more

29 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr

Children's writer Rachael King and novelist Richard Blandford join John and Andy for a discussion of Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, the... more

16 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot

Author Rose Ruane (This Is Yesterday, Birding) picks Gaining Ground AKA Abra (1978) by Canadian feminist writer Joan Barfoot. One day, seemingly on a whim,... more

26 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Dr Martin Shaw and Dr Laura Varnam... more

17 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams

The work of Douglas Adams - comic genius, futurologist and erstwhile hitchhiker - is the subject of this episode of... more

03 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

Novelist Alex Michaelides (The Silent Patient, The Fury) joins Andy and John to discuss Ford Madox Ford's classic novel The Good Soldier (1915),... more

28 May 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark

John Grindrod, author of Concretopia, joins John Mitchinson and Andy Miller to discuss Memento Mori, the third novel by Muriel... more

28 May 2024 · 1 hour,
Locklisted - Book Recommendation Special

This episode is a free sample of our subscriber only show, Locklisted, because the next episode of Backlisted has been... more

13 May 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett

For this episode we are joined by the writer, Noreen Masud, author of the acclaimed memoir, A Flat Place (currently shortlisted for... more

22 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
The Children of Men by P.D. James

Novelist Andrew Hunter Murray and biographer Laura Thompson join us to discuss The Children of Men (1992), a dystopian thriller by the... more

08 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
All My Pretty Ones by Anne Sexton

Award-winning poet Emily Berry joins us to consider the work and troubled life of Anne Sexton. We focus on her... more

26 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Coffee Table Books

This fully illustrated, lavishly produced episode of Backlisted represents the last word in coffee table books. Join John, Andy and... more

12 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
A Life in Movies by Michael Powell

This episode of Backlisted is devoted to A Life in Movies (1986), the first volume of memoirs of the filmmaker Michael Powell... more

27 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Scouse Mouse by George Melly

This episode was recorded in the great city of Liverpool and celebrates the life and work of a great Liverpudlian:... more

13 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Love On The Dole by Walter Greenwood

We are joined by the writer Andrew Hankinson to discuss Walter Greenwood’s classic novel of Northern working-class life. First published... more

30 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

For this first episode of 2024 we are joined by the chair of Virago Press, Lennie Goodings to discuss a... more

16 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

For this year’s Backlisted Christmas Special we are joined by the poet and novelist Clare Pollard and our producer Nicky... more

25 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Briggflatts by Basil Bunting

Today’s episode focusses on a single long poem – Briggflatts by the Northumbrian poet Basil Bunting. It was recorded live... more

12 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Trustee From The Toolroom by Nevil Shute

For our 200th episode, we are joined by Richard Osman: television presenter, longtime Backlisted listener, and one of the bestselling... more

28 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Plays, Books and Stories: Samuel Beckett

In this episode, we feature the life and work of Samuel Beckett, one of the most important and influential voices... more

14 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary by M.R. James

Pour yourself a glass of sherry and light a candle, as we dedicate this year's Halloween special to Ghost Stories... more

31 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
What Have We Been Reading? - October 2023

This is a new books special episode to fill the gap before we release the Hallowe’en episode next weekend and... more

23 Oct 2023 · 56 minutes
The True History of the First Mrs Meredith by Diane Johnson

Episode #197 is dedicated to our late friend Carmen Callil, the founder of Virago, an author in her own right... more

09 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Esther Waters by George Moore

In this episode we discuss the controversial and ground-breaking novel, Esther Waters by the Irish novelist George Moore.  We are joined by Tom... more

25 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Galapágos by Kurt Vonnegut

In this episode we are delighted to welcome 2023 Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s eleventh novel, Galapágos.... more

12 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
A Kestrel For a Knave by Barry Hines (from Green Man Festival)

Author and illustrator Rose Blake and writer and musician Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne) joined Andy and John at the Greenman... more

28 Aug 2023 · 56 minutes
Summer Reading Special

This week, to mix things up a little, it’s our annual round-up of books, old and new, you might enjoy... more

14 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

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31 Jul 2023 · 1 hour,
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble

Novelist Linda Grant and critic and editor Lucy Scholes return to Backlisted for a discussion of Margaret Drabble's third novel The... more

17 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope

We are joined on this episode by authors Jennifer Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) and Nell Stevens (Briefly,... more

03 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet

We are joined by the crime novelist Mark Billingham to discuss his favourite book, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.... more

19 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy

For this episode we are joined by the critic and former literary editor of the Independent on Sunday, Suzi Feay... more

29 May 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Graham Greene

The whole of the next hour and a bit is dedicated to the work of Graham Greene – a writer... more

15 May 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Rerun: All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joined John, Andy and former host Mathew way back in... more

01 May 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
American Books Special

Welcome to the fourth Backlisted Special. While Andy and Nicky are both ‘gathering’ for the new season which will resume... more

17 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell - rerun

John introduces a rerun of an episode from November 2016, where Costa First Book nominee for My Name Is Leon,... more

03 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Archive Books Special

Welcome to the third Backlisted Special. John and Nicky are joined by literary agents Becky Brown and Norah Perkins returning... more

21 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys - rerun

This is the third in our re-released episodes – and only the second one we ever recorded. Has Jean Rhys’s... more

07 Mar 2023 · 58 minutes
Science Fiction Special

Welcome to our second Backlisted special of 2023. Today we’re joined by the best-selling writer Una McCormack, returning for a record-breaking... more

21 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Fungus The Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs - Revisited

In memory of Raymond Briggs we are replaying the episode where John and Andy were joined by author-illustrator Nadia Shireen... more

07 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Backlisted Special - The books of our childhood

Welcome to our first Backlisted special of 2023. Today we’re joined by the award-winning novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, an... more

24 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins - rerun

In memory of the great Carmen Callil, we are replaying the first of her two appearances on Backlisted. Joining Andy... more

10 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Merry Christmas Everyone! This year’s Backlisted Christmas special celebrates Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, a classic of children’s literature and... more

25 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Awakening is an American classic, first published in 1899. The novel’s focus is the inner life of Edna Pontellier,... more

13 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

The Ice Palace or Is-slottet by Tarjei Vesaas is a 20th century classic by one of Norway’s greatest modern writers.... more

29 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan

There can be few writers more deserving of Backlisted’s attention than the Irish writer, Maeve Brennan. An adopted New Yorker,... more

15 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
The Altar of the Dead and Other Tales by Henry James

This Hallowe’en episode of Backlisted focusses on the collection of ‘uncanny’ stories by Henry James, first gathered together under the... more

31 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy

Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by the Irish travel writer Dervla Murphy was first published in 1965... more

18 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

Roadside Picnic, first published in 1972, is the best-known work of Russia’s most famous modern science fiction writers, Arkady &... more

04 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South is Elizabeth Gaskell’s fourth novel and considered by many to be her best. It tells the story... more

20 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Authors Jay Griffiths and Geoff Dyer are our guests for a discussion of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Annie Dillard was... more

06 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt

The second novel by by literary wunderkind, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods is probably the most challenging book we’ve yet featured... more

02 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

It's sixty-five years since John Wyndham published The Midwich Cuckoos, the fourth in his hugely successful series of science fiction... more

19 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux

Forty years ago the writer Paul Theroux hoisted his knapsack on his back and set off on a journey on... more

05 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake

Novelist Joanne Harris (Chocolat, A Narrow Door) is our guest for a celebration of Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and... more

21 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

Tessa Hadley (Free Love, Late in the Day) joins us for a discussion of The Death of the Heart (1938),... more

23 May 2022 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

Our guest is Stephen Fry, writer, actor and polymath, who last week joined John and Andy in person to discuss... more

09 May 2022 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

Publisher Marigold Atkey and journalist Emily Rhodes join us for a discussion of Lessico famigliare, Natalia Ginzburg's novelistic memoir or... more

25 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Escape to an Autumn Pavement and Jamaica by Andrew Salkey

Our guests are both new to Backlisted: the legendary publisher, editor, writer Margaret Busby and the award-winning poet, Raymond Antrobus.... more

11 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Our guests are both Backlisted old hands: Professor Sarah Churchwell, Professor in American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of... more

28 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs

We are joined by author-illustrator Nadia Shireen and writer Andrew Male for a smellybration of Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) by... more

14 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
South Riding by Winifred Holtby

Our guests are Tanya Kirk, Lead Curator of Printed Heritage Collections 1601-1900 at The British Library, and Backlisted's old friend... more

28 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Winter Reading II: Short Stories

This episode of Backlisted features Andy, John and Nicky chatting about short stories and the perennial appeal of the form... more

21 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

Authors Harriet Evans (The Beloved Girls) and Francesca Wade (Square Haunting) join us to celebrate Dorothy L. Sayers's 'novel not... more

07 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made a Hat by Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim's biographer David Benedict and writer and musician Jason Hazeley join us for a special episode devoted to Finishing... more

24 Jan 2022 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
Winter Reading 2022

Happy New Year! We begin 2022 with a stack of books to see us through the winter: poetry, history, fiction... more

10 Jan 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

Merry Xmas everybody! Our friends Katherine Rundell and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, two wonderful guest authors, join us to celebrate the life... more

25 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
Deadwood by Pete Dexter

Authors Shawn Levy (A Year in the Life of Death, Rat Pack Confidential) and Erica Wagner (Chief Engineer, Gravity) join... more

13 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
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This episode of Backlisted features Andy, John and Nicky chatting about short stories and the perennial appeal of the form to both... more