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S6E12 - British Book Awards 2024 Special
Episode Notes
It's our British Book Awards Special!
We discuss the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year - Audiobook: Non-Fiction.
The shortlist is:

• Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, written and narrated by Alan Partridge

• Making It So, written and narrated by Patrick Stewart

• Spare, written and narrated by Prince Harry

• Strong Female Character, written and Narrated by Fern Brady

• The Diary of a CEO, written and narrated by Steven Bartlett

• Unruly, written and narrated by David Mitchell

The winner will be announced on Monday the 13th of May. You can watch a live stream of the ceremony here (www.thebookseller.com/awards/the-british-book-awards) .
Thanks to the #Nibbies for providing us with ARCs of the shortlisted audiobooks.
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Komentáře

  • @donnagleewilliams1019
    @donnagleewilliams1019 Před měsícem

    Thanks for your detailed and thoughtful analysis! I don’t know if your podcast ever runs interviews but, if you’re interested, I’d be glad to come on and chat with you about some of the writing decisions you noticed.

  • @dougjarvis3824
    @dougjarvis3824 Před 2 lety

    Excellent review

  • @KeyserTheRedBeard
    @KeyserTheRedBeard Před 2 lety

    cool upload audiobookishpod. I smashed the thumbs up on your video. Keep on up the first-rate work.

  • @mynameismyname9335
    @mynameismyname9335 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for pushing the line for the old Demi God story..

  • @fahedrahman9771
    @fahedrahman9771 Před 3 lety

    Great first episode