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Today: #199 in Arts on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 | #82 | #54 | #57 |
About the show
The literary podcast that has been giving new life to old books since 2015. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a month by supporting the pod at patreon.com/backlisted
Latest episodes
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A Passage To India by E.M. Forster - Rerun
October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minJoining us are the novelist, playwright and memoirist Alice Jolly and novelist Patrick McCabe, to discuss the A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. First published in 1924, by the end of that year, A Passage to India had sold 17,000 copies…
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard - Rerun
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minIn light of the death of Annie Dillard, we are revisiting our discussion of her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. First published in 1974, when Dillard was still in her twenties, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek went on to…
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Rerun - Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minRecorded live in Galway in 2021, we were joined by novelist Mary Costello for a special episode recorded live at Galway International Arts Festival in Ireland. The book we're debating is Elizabeth Costello (2003) by South-African born…
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Rerun - The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minReturning to a show we made in 2022. The Ice Palace or Is-slottet by Tarjei Vesaas is a 20th century classic by one of Norway’s greatest modern writers. First published by Gyldendal in 1963, it went on to win the Nordic Council Literary…
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Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot - Rerun
August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minIn light of it's republication by Faber this month, we are replaying this wonderful episode where author Rose Ruane first brought Gaining Ground A.K.A. Abra (1978) by Canadian feminist writer Joan Barfoot to our attention back in 2024.One…
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Summer Reading 2026
July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minJust in time for the summer holidays, the Backlisted team recommend six books we have enjoyed recently: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee; Boulder by Eva Baltasar; Flashlight by Susan Choi; The Palm House by Gwendoline…
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Summer Reading 2023 - Rerun
July 7, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minOver here in the UK, we are well and truly into summer: some of us have World Cup fever, and others... have not. To celebrate the continuing balm, we are rerunning one of our classic summer reading episodes from 2023, where John, Andy and…
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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard - Rerun
June 23, 2026 · 58 minRecorded back in 2018 at Port Elliot festival, Andy and John are joined on stage by writer, actor and comedian Ben Moor, author of More Trees to Climb (Granta) and whose comedy show ‘Book Talk Book Talk Book’ first premiered at that years…