From Anne Donovan's collection of short stories, Hieroglyphics. A beautiful collection - charming, witty and touching - these stories give voice to a variety of different characters: from the little girl who wants to look 'subtle' for her father's funeral, a child who has an email pen pal on Jupiter and an old lady who becomes a star through 'zimmerobics'.

Often writing in a vibrant Glaswegian vernacular, Donovan deftly gives her characters authenticity with a searing power, aided and abetted by tender subtlety.

All That Glisters, by Anne Donovan

From Anne Donovan's short story collection, Hieroglyphics. A beautiful collection - charming, witty and touching - these stories give voice to a variety of different characters: from the little girl who wants to look 'subtle' for her father's funeral, a child who has an email pen pal on Jupiter and an old lady who becomes a star through 'zimmerobics'.

Often writing in a vibrant Glaswegian vernacular, Donovan deftly gives her characters authenticity with a searing power, aided and abetted by tender subtlety.

Away In A Manger, by Anne Donovan

Dear Santa, by Anne Donovan

Edinburgh, 1853.
In a city where reputation is everything, it doesn’t take much to destroy a man.

When Cora Carlton, socialite and wife of a free-spending entrepreneur, dies suddenly on New Year’s Eve, the knives are out for her physician, the esteemed Dr James Young Simpson.

Determined to separate medical fact from malicious rumour, Simpson’s protégé Dr Will Raven and aspiring medical practitioner Sarah Fisher traverse the heights of society and the depths of the underworld to uncover a grisly truth.

In this digital exclusive short story, wander through the dark alleys of Victorian Edinburgh with Raven and Fisher, and listen on for a sneak preview of Ambrose Parry’s new novel Voices of the Dead.

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A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro read by Roe Kendall

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro read by Dominic West

The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber read by Josh Cohen

This is a clip from Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, read by the author. 


Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.

A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.

Reasons To Stay Alive

Listen to John Hurt reading an extract from Mohamedou Ould Slahi's moving diary about his incarceration in Guantánamo Bay. In this episode, Slahi talks about the good and the bad. 

John Hurt reads from Guantánamo Diary

Listen to Benedict Cumberbatch read from Mohamedou Ould Slahi's moving diary about his incarceration in Guantánamo Bay. In this episode, Slahi is waiting to receive a letter from his family.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads from Guantánamo Diary

Steven Toast's top acting tips from the audio of his new book TOAST ON TOAST, performed by Matt Berry as Steven Toast. 

In Toast on Toast - part memoir, part 'how to act' manual - Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA, and from 'It's a Right Royal Knockout' to the Colony Club.

Along the way, he reveals the secrets of his success. He discloses how to brush up on and expand your technical and vocal skills, how to nail a professional voiceover, and how to deal with difficult work experience staff in a recording studio. He also reveals the dangers of typecasting, describes the often ruthless struggle for 'top billing', and shares many awesome nuggets of advice.

The end result is a book that will inspire and educate anyone who wants to tread the floorboards. It will also inform (and entertain) anybody who simply wants to discover what a jobbing actor's life is actually like.  

http://www.canongate.tv/toast-on-toast-45.html

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Toast Tips! Steven Toast on Toast On Toast - Audio Clip

Now available as a hardback, ebook and audiobook:

In Toast on Toast - part memoir, part 'how to act' manual - Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA, and from 'It's a Right Royal Knockout' to the Colony Club.

Along the way, he reveals the secrets of his success. He discloses how to brush up on and expand your technical and vocal skills, how to nail a professional voiceover, and how to deal with difficult work experience staff in a recording studio. He also reveals the dangers of typecasting, describes the often ruthless struggle for 'top billing', and shares many awesome nuggets of advice.

The end result is a book that will inspire and educate anyone who wants to tread the floorboards. It will also inform (and entertain) anybody who simply wants to discover what a jobbing actor's life is actually like.

www.canongate.tv/toast-on-toast-hardback.html

www.canongate.tv/toast-on-toast-45.html

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Hello Steven, this is Clem Fandango, can you hear me? - Toast on Toast the book OUT NOW

Steven Toast's book of cautionary tales and candid advice TOAST ON TOAST is now available as a hardback, ebook and audiobook:

In Toast on Toast - part memoir, part 'how to act' manual - Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA, and from 'It's a Right Royal Knockout' to the Colony Club.

Along the way, he reveals the secrets of his success. He discloses how to brush up on and expand your technical and vocal skills, how to nail a professional voiceover, and how to deal with difficult work experience staff in a recording studio. He also reveals the dangers of typecasting, describes the often ruthless struggle for 'top billing', and shares many awesome nuggets of advice.

The end result is a book that will inspire and educate anyone who wants to tread the floorboards. It will also inform (and entertain) anybody who simply wants to discover what a jobbing actor's life is actually like.

www.canongate.tv/toast-on-toast-hardback.html

www.canongate.tv/toast-on-toast-45.html

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ARE WE ROLLING - Steven Toast gets his new audiobook Toast on Toast rolling

This is a clip from Canongate's unabridged audiobook of George Orwell's masterpiece, the definitive dystopian novel and one of the most influential works of the twentieth century. Read by Andrew Wincott. 

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . . .
  
1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party's power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party's department for propaganda, Winston Smith's job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he writes the words 'DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER', his personal rebellion begins . . .

http://www.canongate.tv/nineteen-eighty-four-cd-103.html

George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four - Audiobook Clip - read by Andrew Wincott

Award-winning BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond delves into the surprising psychology of money to show us that our relationship with the stuff is more complex than we might think. Exploring the latest research in psychology, neuroscience and behavioural economics, she also reveals some simple and effective tricks that will help you think, use and save money better - from how being grumpy can stop you getting ripped off to why you should opt for the more expensive pain relief and why you should never offer to pay your friends for favours. 

An eye-opening and entertaining investigation into the power money holds over us, Mind Over Money by will change the way you view the cash in your wallet and the figures in your bank account forever.

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BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE

You are about to read 
THE TRUE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMAS

If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. 
(Because this book is FULL of impossible things.)
Are you still reading?
Good.

Then let us begin...

A Boy Called Christmas

Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking. One day she walks out of her office, acquires a gaudy new outfit, adopts a girlier tone of voice, and heads to the airport to fly south. On the plane she takes a seat between two men. One is delighted with her company, the other is deeply perturbed. So begins an unnerving journey into the darker recesses of human nature.
The reader is Dame Judi Dench.

The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark, read by Dame Judi Dench

A short extract from the audiobook of number 1 bestseller, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Read by Carey Mulligan.

For more information about the book, visit https://canongate.co.uk/books/2471-the-midnight-library/

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