This is an episode I've been planning to do for a long time. It's about a fellow English teacher and a colleague of mine from Speak up London language school Kieren Hughes and the book Battery Life he co-wrote with his friend Nick White. Battery Life is a collection of short stories that take place in London. So if you would like to embark upon a kaleidoscopic journey into 21st Century London through the eyes of dozens of unique characters, give this episode a listen. In the second part of the episode I read out a selected story from the book called the King Commute. I'm definitely not the best audiobook narrator, but I gave it my best :) Here's where you can buy Kieren and Nick's book: https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Life-Nick-White/dp/1726233146. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners. Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com - my website Teacher Zdenek - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - my FB dedicated to Learning English with board games
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