Guardian Short Storie

Dec 31 2018 32 ep. 29 mins 8.3k

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Presented by the Guardian's Claire Armitstead and Lisa Allardice, each programme features an interview with a leading author and a reading of the author's favourite short story by another writer

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Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline – books podcast

Dec 31 2018 19 mins

Forty years after he first discovered it, Sebastian Barry explains why he loves James Joyce’s short story Eveline, then reads it for you, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

Zadie Smith on Giuseppe Pontiggia's Umberto Buti – books podcast

Dec 30 2018 25 mins

Zadie Smith shares why she loves this almost ‘anti-Italian’ story from Giuseppe Pontiggia, then reads the story, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo – books podcast

Dec 25 2018 46 mins

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares why she admires the ‘old-fashioned social realism’ of the Ghanaian writer’s No Sweetness Here, then reads the story, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – books podcast

Dec 24 2018 33 mins

Neil Gaiman introduces Rudyard Kipling’s The Gardener, a melancholy tale from 1925, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists. Afterwards, the story is read by actor Marion Bailey

Penelope Lively on MR James' Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad – books podcast

Dec 24 2018 50 mins

You’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story, selected by Penelope Lively and read by Simon Callow as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists

Jonathan Safran Foer on Aleksandar Hemon's The Bees, Part 1 – short story podcast

Jan 09 2018 46 mins

Jonathan Safran Foer explains why he loves this tale about the Bosnian author’s father, which is then read by Chris Moran

David Mitchell on The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs – short story podcast

Jan 05 2018 30 mins

Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell introduces one of the great, early 20th century horror stories: WW Jacobs’s spine-tingling The Monkey’s Paw

Stephen Fry on Saki's Sredni Vashtar - short story podcast

Jan 02 2018 16 mins

A small boy’s rebellion takes a sinister turn in Saki’s classic tale – a story loved by Stephen Fry, who explains why

Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – short story podcast

Dec 29 2017 32 mins

In this instalment of our seasonal short story special, we have Neil Gaiman share why he loves Kipling’s melancholy story, which is then read by actor Marion Bailey

Penelope Lively on MR James's Oh Whistle and I'll Come to you, my lad - short story podcast

Dec 26 2017 50 mins

You’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story, selected by Penelope Lively read by Simon Callow