Guardian Short Storie

Guardian Short Storie

32 episodes

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

Podcasts

Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline books podcast

Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 3 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 10 seconds

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Zadie Smith on Giuseppe Pontiggia's Umberto Buti books podcast

Published: Dec. 31, 2018, 3 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 50 seconds

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo books podcast

Published: Dec. 26, 2018, 3 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 4 seconds

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Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener books podcast

Published: Dec. 25, 2018, 3 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, noon
Duration: 50 minutes 58 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 9, 2018, noon
Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 5, 2018, 4:34 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 54 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 2, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 29, 2017, 8 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 57 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 26, 2017, 8 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 51 seconds

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James Salter reads Break it Down by Lydia Davis

Published: May 23, 2013, 8:58 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 4, 2013, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 3, 2013, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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Sebastian Barry reads 'Eveline' by James Joyce

Published: Jan. 2, 2013, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 1 second

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Anita Desai reads The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore

Published: Jan. 1, 2013, 10:27 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 18 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 31, 2012, 8:50 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 46 seconds

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Yiyun Li reads 'Three People' by William Trevor

Published: Dec. 30, 2012, 7:17 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 29 seconds

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AS Byatt reads 'At Hiruharama' by Penelope Fitzgerald

Published: Dec. 29, 2012, 9:15 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds

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Hanif Kureishi reads 'A Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

Published: Dec. 28, 2012, 8:50 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 27, 2012, 9:38 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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Nadine Gordimer reads 'The Centaur' by Jose Saramago

Published: Dec. 26, 2012, 8:33 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 43 seconds

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Simon Callow reads 'The Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens

Published: Dec. 25, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 39 seconds

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Ruth Rendell reads 'Canon Alberics Scrapbook' by MR James

Published: Dec. 24, 2012, 8:19 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Richard Ford reads 'The Student's Wife' by Raymond Carver

Published: Dec. 23, 2012, 8:01 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds

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Zadie Smith reads 'Umberto Buti' by Giuseppe Pontiggia

Published: Dec. 21, 2012, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 50 seconds

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Helen Simpson reads 'The Kitchen Child' by Angela Carter

Published: Dec. 22, 2010, 6 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds

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Short story podcast: Ali Smith reads A Conversation With My Father by Grace Paley

Published: Dec. 21, 2010, 6 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds

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Short story podcast: Tessa Hadley reads 'The Jungle' by Elizabeth Bowen

Published: Dec. 19, 2010, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Margaret Drabble reads 'The Doll's House' by Katherine Mansfield

Published: Dec. 15, 2010, 6 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds

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Colm Toibin reads Music at Annahullian by Eugene McCabe

Published: Dec. 14, 2010, 6 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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Short story podcast: Philip Pullman reads 'The Beauties' by Anton Chekhov

Published: Dec. 8, 2010, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 42 seconds

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Short stories podcast: Coming soon

Published: Nov. 26, 2010, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 51 seconds

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