Audio Book Club Podcast
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.
Episodes
The Christmas Truce — part two — A Just William story
One 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16/12/22•15m 59s
The Christmas Truce — part one — A Just William story
One 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16/12/22•15m 42s
The Duke and I: Part 1
Listen 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? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
01/06/21•6h 14m
The Duke and I: Part 2
Listen 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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
31/05/21•5h 55m
Hamish and the Never People by Danny Wallace
Award-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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05/03/21•5h 23m
Part 1: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
This 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? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04/03/21•3h 27m
Part 2: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
This 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? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04/03/21•3h 40m
Part 1: A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
This 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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03/03/21•4h 28m
Part 2: A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
This 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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03/03/21•4h 16m
Dragon Mountain by Katie and Kevin Tsang
From 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03/03/21•5h 17m
Pizazz by Sophy Henn
From the creator of Bad Nana, this is a superhero story unlike any other - about a child hero who just wants to be normal (but that’s going to be very, very difficult in her super family). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
01/03/21•1h 13m
Part 2 of Liquid Gold by Roger Morgan-Grenville, from Mail+ Audio Book Club
Enjoy Part Two of the Daily Mail's extract from this beguiling account of two middle-aged men's hilarious and touching attempts to make their own honey after a random meeting in the pub, during which they discover that taking care of a hive of grumpy insects might just be the perfect antidote to a mid-life crisis. Mail+ Audio Book Club offers free audiobooks, extracts and radio plays from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to listen to anywhere via your favourite podcast apps or via the Mail + website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
01/07/20•10m 5s
Liquid Gold by Roger Morgan-Grenville, from Mail+ Audio Book Club
Enjoy the Daily Mail's extract from this beguiling account of two middle-aged men's hilarious and touching attempts to make their own honey after a random meeting in the pub, during which they discover that taking care of a hive of grumpy insects might just be the perfect antidote to a mid-life crisis. Mail+ Audio Book Club offers free audiobooks, extracts and radio plays from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to listen to anywhere via your favourite podcast apps or via the Mail + website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
24/06/20•10m 38s
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg (Part Two) by P.G. Wodehouse from Mail+ Audio Book Club
The flighty Bertie Wooster and his loyal, unshakeable butler Jeeves are one of Britain's best-loved comic creations of author P.G. Wodehouse, and this week you can enjoy audiobook stories from the classic Carry On Jeeves, read by Craig Williams. Mail+ Audio Book Club offers free audiobooks, extracts and radio plays from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to listen to anywhere via your favourite podcast apps or via the Mail + website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
06/05/20•21m 14s
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg (Part One) by P.G. Wodehouse from Mail+ Audio Book Club
The flighty Bertie Wooster and his loyal, unshakeable butler Jeeves are one of Britain's best-loved comic creations of author P.G. Wodehouse, and this week you can enjoy audiobook stories from the classic Carry On Jeeves, read by Craig Williams. Mail+ Audio Book Club offers free audiobooks, extracts and radio plays from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to listen to anywhere via your favourite podcast apps or via the Mail + website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
06/05/20•21m 34s
Part Two: Happy Old Me by Hunter Davies from Mail+ Audio Book Club extract
Enjoy the second free audio extract of Hunter Davies's charming, funny and moving memoir as he sets out on a quest for love after the death of his wife (and along the way learns where the salad dressing is kept, and how to operate a microwave). 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19/03/20•17m 28s
Happy Old Me by Hunter Davies from Mail+ Audio Book Club
Enjoy this free audio extract of Hunter Davies’s charming, funny and moving memoir as he sets out on a quest for love after the death of his wife (and along the way is turned down by Jilly Cooper who seemed more interested in her dogs!) 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. Come back for Part Two next week…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11/03/20•18m 56s