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Guardian Short Storie

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

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Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline – books podcast

Sebastian Barry on James Joyce's Eveline – books podcast

Forty years after he first discovered it, Sebastian Barry explains why he loves James Joyce’s short story Eveline, then ... Read more

1 Jan 2019

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

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

Zadie Smith shares why she loves this almost ‘anti-Italian’ story from Giuseppe Pontiggia, then reads the story, as part... Read more

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

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

Neil Gaiman introduces Rudyard Kipling’s The Gardener, a melancholy tale from 1925, as part of our seasonal series of sh... Read more

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

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

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