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Write Your Damn Novel (formerly How to Win NaNo) is a no-nonsense guide to writing a novel in 30 days. Like it or not November comes every year, but don't you worry — your hosts are here for you! Kristina Horner and Liz Leo are 'writing-50k-words-in-a-month' experts (and lifelong writing friends) with a passion for helping people write their damn novel. Join them each week as they share their personal tips, tricks and other things they've learned over almost two decades of consecutive NaNoWriMo wins.

Would you risk it all on a new planet, for the chance to meet your perfect mate?Embark on the Journey of a Lifetime in Under Violet Suns – A New Audiobook Podcast!In Season 1 Heart Fire, Rose Mackie takes listeners on an epic journey to Colony Twenty-Nine, where two worlds collide on the edge of explored space. Follow Denara Pasal, a skilled healer with a tumultuous past, as she risks everything to build a new life on an untamed planet. Heart Fire is a story of love and survival—it's about forging connections, bridging cultures, and discovering unexpected love and friendship in the most ...

Are the All for the Game books good or bad? Join Oona and Nate as they traverse the works of Nora Sakavic chapter by chapter in an attempt to dissect character motivations and debate worldbuilding realism. • Follow us on Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube @thefoxholecast. Find all our social media and more at thefoxholecast.carrd.co.

Over 60 years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore. Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape - and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.

Language is the key to understanding and unlocking our complicated world. It is also the key to the human heart. East and West, North and South, regardless of race, sex, gender, colour, religion, ethnicity, nationality or any other category, we are all made of stories. Stories bring us together, but untold stories keep us apart. In losing our voice something in us dies. Words have the power to change minds, move hearts. They can help and heal, but just as easily, they can hurt and destroy. Deep within, we all know that words are magic, but we rarely, if ever, stop to think about ...

Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude", an imaginary crime that defies definition.

Follow the heartwarming and inspiring journey of "Daddy-Long-Legs." This podcast narrates Jean Webster’s beloved tale of an orphan girl and her mysterious benefactor, capturing the charm and spirit of the original story. Ideal for fans of classic literature, coming-of-age stories, and uplifting narratives.

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in the Château d’If. After years of imprisonment, he learns of a hidden treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Escaping, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and embarks on a quest for revenge against those who wronged him. His enemies include Fernand, who betrayed him for love; Danglars, who framed him for financial gain; Villefort, who orchestrated his conviction; and Caderousse, a greedy neighbor. While enacting his elaborate revenge, ...

Audiobook of the great novella by John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, an American classic taught in many schools but also a frequent target of censoring, read by professional narrator and actress Anna Butterworth

The Tao Te Ching is basically everybody's handy guide to Taoism. These eighty-one short chapters cover the ways of the "Way" and lay out all the main ideas of one of the world's most old-school philosophies.The main attraction in the TTC is the Tao itself, which is the great flow of everything—like everything. The Tao is the mysterious, unnamable process through which everything in the Universe happens. Throughout the book, the great Tao is held up as an example of how we all should try to live our lives.View our entire collection of podcasts at www.solgood.orgAll Librivox recordings are in ...

Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

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Tolkien and the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe. This biography reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life.

On this podcast we talk about all things Wings of Fire - book reviews, character analyses, and much more!

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Brought to you by Penguin. The first collection of Booker Prize-winning writer Anne Enright's non-fiction writing about culture, literature and her own life For thirty years Anne Enright has been paying attention: casting her lucid and distinctive gaze across the world, literature and her own...

What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?