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BBC Sounds On last week’s episode of #AudioBookClub… Our guest Tom Phillips, author of ‘A Brief History of the End of the Fucking World’ suggested an audiobook for us to review and recommend. And he did so incredibly eloquently.. A: Susanna Clarke N: Chiwetel Ejiofor R: 15-09-20 L: 6 hrs and 58 mins P: Bloomsbury Unfortunately both Steve or Matthew failed to do their homework. However, on this episode of … In a week when the BBC are facing a bit of an online storm as listeners complain about the fact that ads have appearing on the BBC...
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'A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World’ - WITH Tom Phillips
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On this episode of : “The end of the world is nigh!” (And always has been). Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this week’s pod, Steve and Matthew speak to Tom Phillips the author of ‘A Brief of the End of the F*cking World’ This is a book about the end of the world - and our relationship with our impending doom Brief Histories Series A: Tom Phillips N: Tom Phillips R: 27-02-25 L: 12 hrs and 39 mins P: Wildfire Please get involved in the conversation ...
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'Why We Sleep’ - by Matthew Walker
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'Why We Sleep’ - by Matthew Walker On this episode of : Sleep Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. The New Science of Sleep and Dreams A: Matthew Walker N: John Sackville R: 07-12-17 L: 13 hrs and 31 mins P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation and # #AudioBookClub on , , or On the next episode of #AudioBookClub: A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World Brief Histories Series A: Tom Phillips N: Tom Phillips R: 27-02-25 L: 12 hrs...
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Audiobook Clubber: Why you should listen to 'James' by Percival Everett
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On this episode of : For one week, we're trying something new - Audiobook Clubber - where you come on and evangelise about an audiobook you love and recommend why we should all 'ear read' it. Our first Audiobook Clubber, Claire, joins Steve to discuss the brilliant 'James' by Percival Everett from the world of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. 'James' A: Percival Everett N: Dominic Hoffman Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins Publisher: Release date: 11-04-24 Read more of Claire's reviews at Want to come on the pod and recommend an audiobook? Get in touch below! ...
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‘Careless People’ - by Sarah Wynn-Williams
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On this episode of : 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 Please get involved in the conversation and # #AudioBookClub on , , or On the next episode of #AudioBookClub: The New Science of Sleep and...
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'The Red Circle’ - by Anthony Horowitz and Sarah J Naughton
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On this episode of : 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, 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 Please get involved in the conversation and # #AudioBookClub on , , or On the next episode of #AudioBookClub: Sexual...
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‘Mavericks’ with Jenny Draper
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On this episode of : 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 Please get involved in the conversation and #...
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'Source Code' - by Bill Gates
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On this episode of : 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 and # #AudioBookClub on , , Bluesky or
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'V UK: Visitation' - from Big Finish
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On this episode of : 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...
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‘Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?’ - by Rob Burley
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On this episode of : 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 Searching for the Truth on Political TV A: Rob Burley N: Rob Burley L: 13 hrs and 8 mins P: HarperCollins Please get involved in the conversation and # #AudioBookClub on , , Bluesky or
info_outlineHear 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
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