Guardian Short Storie
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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
Episodes
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Dec 26, 2012 • 41min
Nadine Gordimer reads 'The Centaur' by José Saramago
José Saramago tackles the conflict between mind and body in ‘The Centaur’, says Nadine Gordimer
Dec 25, 2012 • 40min
Simon Callow reads 'The Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens celebrated Christmas throughout his writing life. His autobiographical story ‘A Christmas Tree’ is ‘almost Proustian’, says Simon Callow
Dec 24, 2012 • 29min
Ruth Rendell reads 'Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook' by MR James
Ruth Rendell doesn’t believe in ghosts, of course, but MR James’s stories, like ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’, frighten her nonetheless
Dec 23, 2012 • 17min
Richard Ford reads 'The Student's Wife' by Raymond Carver
Despite their restraint, Raymond Carver’s ‘early-period’ stories, such as The Student’s Wife, are full to the brim, says Richard Ford
Dec 21, 2012 • 26min
Zadie Smith reads 'Umberto Buti' by Giuseppe Pontiggia
Zadie Smith launches our winter series of short stories with an almost ‘anti-Italian’ story from Giuseppe Pontiggia, ‘Umberto Buti’
Dec 22, 2010 • 24min
Helen Simpson reads 'The Kitchen Child' by Angela Carter
In the last of our 12 tales for Christmas, Helen Simpson reads Angela Carter’s ‘triumphant comedy’, ‘The Kitchen Child’ For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and Helen Dunmore reading Frank O’Connor, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread
Dec 21, 2010 • 11min
Short story podcast: Ali Smith reads A Conversation With My Father by Grace Paley
Ali Smith reads a ‘breathtaking, breathgiving’ look at an argument between an elderly father and his writer daughterIn the original version of this podcast, Ali Smith’s reading was cut short. The version below has been corrected with the full-length reading
Dec 19, 2010 • 41min
Short story podcast: Tessa Hadley reads 'The Jungle' by Elizabeth Bowen
Tessa Hadley reads a story from one of her ‘writing family’, Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘The Jungle’
Dec 15, 2010 • 24min
Margaret Drabble reads 'The Doll's House' by Katherine Mansfield
Margaret Drabble reads Katherine Mansfield’s ‘memorable, painful’ The Doll’s House – the first adult short story she ever read For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread
Dec 14, 2010 • 33min
Colm Tóibín reads Music at Annahullian by Eugene McCabe
Colm Tóibín delights in the hidden landscapes and hidden lives revealed in Eugene McCabe’s Music at Annahullian For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread
