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Guardian Short Storie

A podcast by: The Guardian

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

32 Episodes

Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline – books podcast
Published 2019-01-01

Zadie Smith on Giuseppe Pontiggia's Umberto Buti – books podcast
Published 2018-12-31
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo – books podcast
Published 2018-12-26
Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – books podcast
Published 2018-12-25
Penelope Lively on MR James' Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad – books podcast
Published 2018-12-24
Jonathan Safran Foer on Aleksandar Hemon's The Bees, Part 1 – short story podcast
Published 2018-01-09
David Mitchell on The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs – short story podcast
Published 2018-01-05
Stephen Fry on Saki's Sredni Vashtar - short story podcast
Published 2018-01-02
Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – short story podcast
Published 2017-12-29
Penelope Lively on MR James's Oh Whistle and I'll Come to you, my lad - short story podcast
Published 2017-12-26
James Salter reads Break it Down by Lydia Davis
Published 2013-05-23
Will Self reads 'On Exactitude in Science' by Jorge Luis Borges
Published 2013-01-04
Nathan Englander reads 'The Story of My Dovecote' by Isaac Babel
Published 2013-01-03
Sebastian Barry reads 'Eveline' by James Joyce
Published 2013-01-02
Anita Desai reads The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore
Published 2013-01-01
Jon McGregor reads 'Notes from the House Spirits' by Lucy Wood
Published 2012-12-31
Yiyun Li reads 'Three People' by William Trevor
Published 2012-12-30
AS Byatt reads 'At Hiruharama' by Penelope Fitzgerald
Published 2012-12-29
Hanif Kureishi reads 'A Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka
Published 2012-12-28
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads 'No Sweetness Here' by Ama Ata Aidoo
Published 2012-12-27

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

32 Episodes

Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline – books podcast

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

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo – books podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

James Salter reads Break it Down by Lydia Davis

Will Self reads 'On Exactitude in Science' by Jorge Luis Borges

Nathan Englander reads 'The Story of My Dovecote' by Isaac Babel

Sebastian Barry reads 'Eveline' by James Joyce

Anita Desai reads The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore

Jon McGregor reads 'Notes from the House Spirits' by Lucy Wood

Yiyun Li reads 'Three People' by William Trevor

AS Byatt reads 'At Hiruharama' by Penelope Fitzgerald

Hanif Kureishi reads 'A Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads 'No Sweetness Here' by Ama Ata Aidoo