Backlisted

The literary podcast presented by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a month by supporting the pod at patreon.com/backlisted

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Summer Reading 2021

Episode Date: September 6, 2021

It’s time for our annual look at what we’ve been reading over the summer break. John, Andy and Nicky discuss David Keenan’s fourth novel Monument Make...

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Fat City by Leonard Gardner

Episode Date: August 5, 2021

Perhaps the greatest boxing novel ever written, Leonard Gardner's Fat City was first published in 1969; it was shortlisted for the National Book Award...

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A Goat's Song by Dermot Healy

Episode Date: June 7, 2021

Joining John and Andy this week are novelist Patrick McCabe (The Butcher Boy, Breakfast on Pluto, Winterwood) and Unbound's editor-at-large Rachael Ke...

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The Evenings by Gerard Reve

Episode Date: May 24, 2021

Joining John and Andy this week are novelist Marie Phillips (Gods Behaving Badly, Oh, I Do Like To Be...) and novelist, screenwriter and poet Joe Dunt...

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Karoo by Steve Tesich

Episode Date: February 1, 2021

Karoo (1998), a posthumously-published cult novel by screenwriter and playwright Steve Tesich is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining Jo...

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The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks

Episode Date: January 18, 2021

Rosemary Tonks is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Our starting point is her fascinating third novel The Bloater (1968) - which is long out...