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Audio Book Club Podcast
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Mail+Audio Book club offers free audio versions of the book extracts in the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to listen to anywhere via your favourite podcast apps or via the Mail + website. Tune in for your weekly instalments of the latest books, and join the book club that reads to you.
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Episodes
The Christmas Truce — part two — A Just William story
15m · PublishedOne hundred years ago, William Brown — better known as Just William — made his debut in Richmal Crompton’s first short story in 1922. In the decades that followed he has entertained generations of children and their parents.
Mischievous schoolboy William has always been a much-loved icon in children’s stories but the actor and director, Martin Jarvis, can be credited with a resurgence of interest in the schoolboy and his gang of Outlaws, through his award-winning broadcasts and audio recordings.
To celebrate the genius of Crompton and the Just William stories, Jarvis has recorded a special Christmas reading of ‘The Christmas Truce’ for The Mail+. Listen to the second part here.
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The Christmas Truce — part one — A Just William story
15m · PublishedOne hundred years ago, William Brown — better known as Just William — made his debut in Richmal Crompton’s first short story in 1922. In the decades that followed he has entertained generations of children and their parents.
Mischievous schoolboy William has always been a much-loved icon in children’s stories but the actor and director, Martin Jarvis, can be credited with a resurgence of interest in the schoolboy and his gang of Outlaws, through his award-winning broadcasts and audio recordings.
To celebrate the genius of Crompton and the Just William stories, Jarvis has recorded a special Christmas reading of ‘The Christmas Truce’ for Mail Plus. Listen to the first part here and read along in the Mail On Sunday.
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Season 1, part 1: The Duke and I
6h 14m · PublishedListen to the full and unabridged historical romance behind the hit Netflix series, the tale of Daphne Bridgerton’s romantic adventures in the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London. Daphne plots with the Duke of Hastings to create a fake relationship and fool everyone around them - but will their cunning plan come unstuck?
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Season 1, part 2: The Duke and I
5h 55m · PublishedListen to the full and unabridged historical romance behind the hit Netflix series, the tale of Daphne Bridgerton’s romantic adventures in the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London. Daphne plots with the Duke of Hastings to create a fake relationship and fool everyone around them - but will their cunning plan come unstuck?
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Hamish and the Never People by Danny Wallace
5h 23m · PublishedAward-winning presenter and author Danny Wallace’s creation Hamish Ellerby returns in another cosmic adventure, complete with a shadowy figure, some clanking metal oddballs and an enormous tower. Can Hamish save the day again?
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Part 1: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
3h 27m · PublishedThis wonderfully inventive book is set in the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald, ruled by an evil Ice Queen who imprisons her enemies in Winterfang Palace. Can Eska, a girls ho breaks free from a cursed music box, find the magical song with the power to break the Ice Queen’s grip?
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Part 2: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
3h 40m · PublishedThis wonderfully inventive book is set in the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald, ruled by an evil Ice Queen who imprisons her enemies in Winterfang Palace. Can Eska, a girls ho breaks free from a cursed music box, find the magical song with the power to break the Ice Queen’s grip?
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Part 1: A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
4h 28m · PublishedThis magical tale sees three sisters on a mysterious island imprisoned by a curse - but they own three magical objects: a carpet bag, a nest of dolls and an ornate mirror. Can they use their inheritance to defeat the curse which has trapped their family for generations?
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Part 2: A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
4h 16m · PublishedThis magical tale sees three sisters on a mysterious island imprisoned by a curse - but they own three magical objects: a carpet bag, a nest of dolls and an ornate mirror. Can they use their inheritance to defeat the curse which has trapped their family for generations?
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Dragon Mountain by Katie and Kevin Tsang
5h 17m · PublishedFrom the creators of the Sam Wu series, Dragon Mountain has a group of children on an epic dragon quest. When 12-year-old Billy Chan is sent to a summer camp in the middle of China, he meets meets fellow campers Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei, and encounters four huge, fire-breathing beasts.
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Audio Book Club Podcast has 18 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 42:08:37. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on July 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 24th, 2024 19:43.