Atomic Habits by James Clear
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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: and Find us on , , or All episodes featuring reviews and full interviews available at #
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Guests: Dirk Maggs, Ben MacIntyre, Ben Aaronovitch and more
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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: , 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 Bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Colditz, The Siege and Operation Mincemeat, , New York Times Best Selling author and widely...
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The 2024 #AudioBookClub Imaginary Awards Gala
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This episode of : comes from The 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 and # #AudioBookClub on , or
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'Unruly' - by David Mitchell
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On this episode of : 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 Please get involved in the conversation and # #AudioBookClub on , or
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Elton John
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On this episode of : 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...
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'In Too Deep' by Andrew Child and Lee Child
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On this episode of , 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 and # #AudioBookClub on , or
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'The True Story of The Coward Brothers' by Elvis Costello
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On this episode of , 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 Please get involved in the conversation and #...
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‘Janey’ by Janey Godley
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On this episode of , 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 and # #AudioBookClub on , or
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'This Time Next Year' by David Jason
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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...
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'Karla's Choice' by Nick Harkaway
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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. On this episode… A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré N: Simon Russell Beale L: 10 hrs and 42 mins P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation Next week A Life of Positive Thinking By: David Jason Narrated by: David Jason Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins Unabridged...
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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.
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Coming up on #AudioBookClub…
INTERVIEW: Ben Macintyre, author of ‘Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle’, ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and ‘S.A.S. Rogue Heroes’