Backlisted
Episodes
À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of the show recorded at Shakespeare & Co. in Paris, John and Andy are joined by the bookstore's owner Sylvia Whitman and author A...
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a special Christmas edition (which of course can be listened to at any time of year) John & Andy welcome Jude and James Cook to discuss Ian Fleming...
Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author and illustrator Alice Stevenson and her childhood friend, playwright Elinor Cook join John and Andy to talk about Diana Wynne Jones's novel of ...
Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition recorded earlier this year live at the Durham Book Festival, John and Andy are joined by writers Adele Stripe and Ben Myers to di...
To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and author Jenny Colgan joins John and Andy to discuss R.F. Delderfield's epic of life in an English boarding school between the wars. Craig Br...
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For our annual Halloween episode John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Fiona Wilson and Andrew Male to discuss Shirley Jackson's final novel '...
Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a special live edition of Backlisted, recorded in front of an audience at Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford, John and Andy are joined by Mark Haddon, ...
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite and A Notable Woman, amongst others joins John and Andy to discuss William Goldman's g...
Look At Me by Anita Brookner
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a long awaited episode John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Una McCormack and Lucy Scholes to discuss Anita Brookner's third novel 'Look A...
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John and Andy are joined by poet, radio presenter, playwright and genuine Tyke Ian McMillan to discuss Malcolm Lowry's unique work Under the Volcano. ...
Some Bits To Listen To While We Go On Our Holidays
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Even your favourite podcasts need to take a holiday... but hopefully this collection of off cuts, tall tales, terrible name dropping and the occasiona...
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author William Fiennes joins Andy and John for a bumper edition to talk about 'Desperate Characters', Paula Fox's New York set novel of relationships ...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the podcast that gives new life to old books novelist Joanna Walsh and critic and academic Sarah Churchwell join John & Andy to tal...
Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson
09 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author and critic Alex Preston and Rachael Kerr, Unbound's Editor at large, join John and Andy around the table to discuss Charles Sprawson's ground b...
Father and Son by Edmund Gosse
24 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent, joins John and Andy to discuss Edmund Gosse's account of growing up the son of a widowed Victori...
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Crystal Zevon
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author and editor Richard T. Kelly joins John and Andy in the studio to discuss 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' The Dirty Life And Times of Warren Zevon' b...
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist Niven Govinden joins John and Andy to discuss James Baldwin's 1968 novel 'Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone'. Also discussed: 'The Worl...
The Gift - Vladimir Nabokov
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and critic Catherine Taylor joins John and Andy to discuss Vladimir Nabokov's parting love letter to Russia and it's literature, The Gift. Also...
Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist Rupert Thomson joins John & Andy to talk about the work of French author Patrick Modiano, who's work explores the effect of the German occupa...
The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist and writer Elizabeth Day joins John & Andy to discuss Rosamond Lehmann's 1936 novel of a young woman's affair with a married man. Also featur...
Patrick Hamilton Extra Episode
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from the Slaves Of Solitude episode, here is an extra half hour of conversation about Patrick Hamilton. Please listen the the main episod...
The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Novelists Lissa Evans and Stuart Evers join Andy & John to discuss Patrick Hamilton's 1947 tale of boarding-house life in wartime. Also, this week And...
Lincoln in the Bardo minicast
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A little something extra for you, the lovely Backlisted listeners, and a departure from our usual subject matter - a new(ish) book! After recording t...
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andy & John are joined by literary agent Claire Conville and writer and author Rowan Pelling to discuss James Salter's 1967 novel of lust and imaginat...
The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist, critic & lecturer Jonathan Gibbs (a/k/a @Tiny_Camels) joins John & Andy to discuss The Snow Ball, Brigid Brophy's novel of seduction, aging ...
The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Max Porter, author of 'Grief Is The Thing With Feathers', joins John and Andy to talk about The Horse's Mouth, Joyce Cary's story of the life of the i...
Red Shift by Alan Garner
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Critic and author Erica Wagner and novelist S.F. Said join John and Andy to discuss 'Red Shift', the fifth novel by Alan Garner. Also discussed: 'Brav...
Venetia by Georgette Heyer
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This show sees John and Andy joined by Una McCormack and Cathy Rentzenbrink to discuss Venetia, one of the Regency Romance novels by Georgette Heyer. ...
A State of Denmark by Derek Raymond
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a bid to get our fear and creeping dread about the state of the world in early for 2017, author Travis Elborough (A Walk in The Park, The Bus We Lo...
A Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John and Andy are joined by Laura Cumming, the art critic for The Observer and author of 'The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez', and Hilary Mur...
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Costa First Book nominee for My Name Is Leon, Kit de Waal joins John & Andy to discuss So Long, See You Tomorrow, the final novel by author and New Yo...
Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle culture editor Robert Bound joins John and Andy to discuss JG Ballard's Spanish set thriller Cocaine Nights. Also, The Ballard-Bond connection...
Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a special Halloween edition, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Andrew Male to discuss Cold Hand In Mine, a book of 'strange stories' by...
The Holiday by Stevie Smith
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at the Durham Book Festival 2016, John and Andy are joined by Sally Bayley (author, The Private Life Of The Diary) to discuss Stevie Smi...
The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell
24 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist, editor and critic Erica Wagner joins the Backlisted team to discuss one of her favourite books - The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell. Revol...
Summer Reading Special - What We Read On Our Holidays
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of the podcast Andy, John, Mathew and Matt discuss amongst other things which festivals work, why books win prizes, and why chang...
Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Slang lexicographer extraordinaire Jonathon Green joins John and Andy in this episode to discuss Absolute Beginners, the classic novel of London teena...
The Crack Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition recorded at Port Eliot Festival, the Backlisted team welcome comedy writer Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Thick Of I...
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author and poet Saleena Godden joins John Mitchinson, Andy Miller and Mathew Clayton to discuss Hubert Selby Jr's legendary transgressive novel of dea...
Maiden Voyage by Denton Welch
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Richard King, author of 'How Soon Is Now' and 'Original Rockers', visits Backlisted to talk about Maiden Voyage, an extraordinarily vivid memoir by De...
Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist by Jill Tweedie
27 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and journalist Alex Clark joins John Mitchinson and Andy Miller in a stormy (and then hammery) podcast to discuss 'Letters from a Fainthearted ...
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
13 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author Lloyd Shepherd joins the Backlisted crew in their small but functional vessel to discuss what some regard as the first ever spy novel 'The Ridd...
The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, academic and contributing editor of Bookanista Lucy Scholes joins Andy, John and Mathew on the pod to talk 'The Vet's Daughter', the extraordi...
Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls by Terry Jones and Michael Palin
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, the creators of the Grown Up Ladybird series of picture books, join Andy Miller and Mathew Clayton to discuss Bert Fegg...
Darkness Falls from the Air by Nigel Balchin
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist, broadcaster and former editrice of The Erotic Review Rowan Pelling joins John, Andy and Mathew on the show to explain her love of Nigel Ba...
All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook
17 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joins John, Andy & Mathew to discuss 'All the Devils Are Here', the astounding trave...
The High Window by Raymond Chandler
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Raymond Chandler's 'The High Window', his third book featuring world weary detective Philip Marlowe, is introduced to Backlisted by Mojo magazine's An...
The Information by Martin Amis
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kill Your Friends author John Niven joins John, Andy & Mathew in the pod to discuss The information by Martin Amis, on the way answering the question ...
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
06 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sylvia Townsend Warner's debut novel 'Lolly Willowes' is the main book under discussion in this episode. It's nominated by journalist, author & playwr...
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author and playwright Alice Jolly joins the Backlisted crew to discuss The Great Fire by Australian author Shirley Hazzard. Also, AA Gill and Spike Mi...
Passing by Nella Larsen
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 6 of the Backlisted Podcast we're joined by Sarah Churchwell, professorial fellow in American literature and chair of public understanding ...
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Emmy award winning writer and broadcaster David Quantick (Veep, The Thick of It, TV Burp) joins John and Andy in the Unbound offices to discuss his fa...
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John, Andy and Mathew Clayton discuss Nancy Mitford's novel 'The Blessing' with Nancy's biographer Laura Thompson. Plus, what it feels like to finish ...
It Had To Be You by David Nobbs
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Miller and John Mitchinson, a/k/a/ Leavis & Butthead, return with another episode of the podcast which gives new life to old books. In this episo...
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by author Linda Grant and Unbound's Mathew Clayton to discuss 'Good Morning, Midnight' by 'Wide Sargasso Se...
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of a new podcast about books, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Unbound's Mathew Clayton dis...