The Literary CatCast

The Literary CatCast is dedicated to the preservation of vintage books and writings with cats as main characters, bringing their awareness into the modern form of a podcast.

A Kitten in Paradise 06/10/2021

A Kitten in Paradise A drunken thief feeds a starving, stray kitten from a vessel of stolen milk. This kindness later creates a dramatic event at the gates of Heaven. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/19433321

A Cat May Look At A King 04/15/2021

A Cat May Look At A King A royal court cat who blindly worships and trusts a King adopts a new perspective when the King kicks him, an action that changes the King and the Kingdom for the better, forever. Written by the late Jan Struther in the 1920s or early 1930s. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/18742262

The Cat Who Came for Christmas 12/24/2020

The Cat Who Came for Christmas Cleveland Amory rescues a starving, hurt, stray white cat from a New York City alley on a snowy Christmas Eve night in 1977. This cat became known as his much loved cat, Polar Bear, featured in three of his best selling novels. In this episode Phebe reads chapter one, The Rescue from The Cat Who Came for Christmas. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/17322224

The Paradise of Cats 11/05/2020

The Paradise of Cats The Paradise of Cats, written in 1864, by Emile Zola is the story of a fat, comfortable cat who longs to leave his luxurious life, and run wild on Paris rooftops. Told in the cat's own words, the cat soon discovers that life on the street is not as free and beautiful as expected. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/16701506

The Fat Cat 06/17/2020

The Fat Cat The Fat Cat, written in 1959 by the collaborative author group named, Q. Patrick, is categorized as suspense. It's a vintage short story that word plays on the childhood rhyme, The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, but this is not a child's story. It follows a cat, who follows a soldier through a treacherous jungle during WWII. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/14863556

The Cats of Ulthar 02/06/2020

The Cats of Ulthar The Cats of Ulthar, written in 1920 by H. P. Lovecraft, tells the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be. A young traveller boy named Menes reacts to the murder of his kitten with a meditation that gives way to prayer. Meditation and Prayer so strong it reshapes the clouds in the sky, and changes the cats, the people, and the town of Ulthar forever. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/13049783

Tobermory 01/14/2020

Tobermory Tobermory is a cat that has been taught the art of human speech. He demonstrates his new talent at a formal tea party at a summer house in England. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/12740537

Cat and Mouse's Christmas Poem 12/24/2019

Cat and Mouse's Christmas Poem Phebe Phillips reads her classic, charming Holiday poem about an unlikely friendship between a Cat and Mouse on Christmas Eve. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/12526901

Love Is a Special Way of Feeling 12/18/2019

Love Is a Special Way of Feeling Love Is a Special Way of Feeling, by Joan Anglund has a one-line mention of a cat, so Phebe deemed it acceptable for the podcast. Give yourself a nine minute escape with this 1960’s book of joy. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/12458978

The Boy Who Drew Cats 08/02/2019

The Boy Who Drew Cats Phebe Phillips brings to life the 15th century Japanese legend, The Boy Who Drew Cats. This legend has been retold by many different authors. Phebe uses Margaret Hodges adaptation as her narration guideline. She pulls you into the story to learn that what sometimes is perceived as a person's greatest flaw, can actually become their greatest good fortune. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/10747229

The Galloping Cat 06/04/2019

The Galloping Cat Phebe Phillips discusses and reads the poem, The Galloping Cat by the late British poet, Stevie Smith (1902-1971). This poem is an excerpt from the book, All the Poems by Stevie Smith, edited by Will May. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/10050362

Mr. Cat, and The Black Velvet Hair Bow 03/20/2019

Mr. Cat, and The Black Velvet Hair Bow Ep 005- Mr. Cat, and The Black Velvet Hair Bow features the vintage book, Mr. Cat (1960) by George Freedley. It's a sweet, true story of his much-loved kitty, Mr. Cat. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/9077441

The Literary CatCast Introduction Trailer 03/04/2019

The Literary CatCast Introduction Trailer Are you a cat lover, a book reader, and possibly a hot tea drinker? /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/8872490

The First Ship's Cat 01/10/2019

The First Ship's Cat In this episode Phebe chats about the history of cats on ships, even as far back as the Egyptians, and Vikings. Did you know black cats were lucky? A tea kettle whistles her listeners into a legend about Noah’s Ark, and how the cat first appeared. The reading is taken from The First Ship’s Cat, from Myth and Legend of Ancient Israel, on page 49 inside the book The Well-Read Cat by Browntrout Publishers in San Francisco. A link to the book, and photo of the featured cat on our website. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/8212790

Cat and Mouse's Christmas Poem 12/18/2018

Cat and Mouse's Christmas Poem Phebe Phillips reads her classic, charming Holiday poem, Cat and Mouse's Christmas, about a friendship between a cat, and a mouse. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/7966685

From the Book, Charles: About the Naming of Cats 09/28/2018

From the Book, Charles: About the Naming of Cats A humorous discussion that names given to individual cats shed interesting light on their human owners. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/7104920

Cleveland Amory's, The Letters 09/28/2018

Cleveland Amory's, The Letters Phebe Phillips shares with you a few letter about cats. After Cleveland Amory wrote his first book, The Cat Who Came for Christmas, about the stray he rescued, later naming Polar Bear, he received a lot of letters from cat owners. Two of his favorite letters were about a cat named Jose—taken from Amory's Cat-Smartness file, and a cat named Arthur, taken from his Siamese file. /episode/index/show/theliterarycatcast/id/7104680

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