#AudioBookClub

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :    The book of the moment!   Shocking revelations from the highest echelons of The Metaverse from Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams    Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Careless People A story of where I used to work A: Sarah Wynn-Williams N: Sarah Wynn-Williams R: 13-03-25 L: 13 hrs...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :    We head to a parallel universe, forty years in the future, where Sherlock Holmes roams the gas-lit streets of a post-apocalyptic, future London…   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton and Anthony Horowitz...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :    The most modern of historians!   YouTube and TikTok sensation Jenny Draper joins Steve and Matthew to talk about her first audiobook 'Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits'   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Mavericks Life Stories and Lessons...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :  William Henry Gates III. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, 'Source Code', a memoir from the world's first tech billionaire, Bill Gates  Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom # AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook , instagram , Blue...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :  The aliens are coming!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, rather than reviewing a single title, Matthew and Steve take a dive into the world of Big Finish - the loving family of audio craftspeople most famous for lovingly keeping Doctor Who alive. They produce high quality...

On this episode of  #AudioBookClub :  The television interview that marked the beginning of the end for Margaret Thatcher Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Matthew's mid-life crisis continues Steve reveals how he was traumatised by Brian Walden as a small child Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? Searching for the Trut...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :  We unleash our inner Don Drapers with the help of avuncular adman Rory Sutherland    Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Alchemy The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense A: Rory Sutherland N: Rory Sutherland L: 9 hrs and 38 mins P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conv...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :  We head to New York in the roaring twenties, where we shall drink hooch in speak-easies with fairies and flappers Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. The Masquerades of Spring A: Ben Aaronovitch N: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith L: 4 hrs and 34 mins P: Orion Please get involved in the conversatio...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub :  A minke whale, a kung-fu chicken and the rabbit equivalent of Jason Statham, Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. My Animals, and Other Animals A memoir of sorts A: Bill Bailey N: Bill Bailey L: 5 hrs and 03 mins P: Querkus Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @Whin...

Just simply an audiobook that Matt and Steve think you'll want to read. Humbling, heart wrenching and humorous, 'Shattered' is raw in how Hanif Kureishi expresses the detailed physical and mental challenges of suddenly becoming tetraplegic.  Have a listen and let us know your thougts and reactions below. Join the show Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast th...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:   THE SMELL OF DEATH!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this week's episode we are casting an ear over the first new novel in eight years from the author of The Da Vinci Code   The Secret of Secrets Robert Langdon Book 6 A: Dan Brown N: Paul Michael L: 22 hrs and 50 mins R: 09...

New Year, New You? We review James Clear's bestseller 'Atomic Habits' to start off 2025's audiobook treats.  Have you followed his steps? We've started (hopefully not in an annual-gym-subscription-but-only-go-for-three-weeks kind of way). Join the show! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. What are you listening to ri...

Hear interviews with some of the best in the literary and audio world as we give you the highlights of some of our favourite luminaries: Dirk Maggs , described as "the Steven Spielberg of Audio" and producer of Audible's The Sandman series and BBC Radio 4's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (among many more) Author of the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling Peter Grant/Rivers of Londo...

This episode of #AudioBookClub : comes from The #AudioBookClub Theatre of the Mind on London's glittering Park Lane, where The 2024 #AudioBookClub Imaginary Awards Gala is about to kick off. For financial and logistical reasons, both the Gala AND the awards are entirely imaginary, but hopefully that won't stop hosts Steve Phillips and Matt Layton and you, gentle listener, from enjoying this wonder...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub : A thousand years of history in just twenty eight minutes! Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode: We peruse British comedy icon David Mitchell's history of the kings and queens of England.   Unruly A History of England's Kings and Queens A: David Mitchell N: David Mitchell L:...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub : We urge you not to buy Elton John's new audiobook 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' We like to keep things positive here at #AudioBookClub, but in this case we'll make an exception. We had no choice but to tear it a new one, 'Phoned-in. Tone deaf. The worst piece of audio that Elton John has ever been vaguely associated with.' You can put that on the posters. HOWEVER...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub , Have you ever woken up and not know where you are or how on earth you got there? Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… In too Deep Jack Reacher, Book 29 By: Lee Child, Andrew Child Narrated by: Jeff Harding Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins Release date: 22-10-24 Publisher: Penguin...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub , a high-concept audiobook written by and starring Elvis Costello, with an all-star cast including Harry Shearer and a musical pedigree that can be traced back to a stone cold 70s classic…. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… The True Story of The Coward Brothers A: Elvis C...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub , we pay tribute to award-winning comedian, playwright and author Janey Godley. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… Janey The Woman That Won't Shut Up By: Janey Godley Narrated by: Janey Godley Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 09-05-24 Please get involved in the conv...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we felt that in these uncertain times, what we needed was a comforting cup of audiobook cocoa.   To this end, we head to rural Buckinghamshire, specifically to Jason Towers, where laird of the manor Sir David Jason will regale us with gentle anecdotes from his eight decades as an actor and British National Treasure.. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #Aud...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a brand new novel featuring John le Carré's superspy George Smiley, written by his son Nick Harkaway, read by Sir Simon Russell-Beale.   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this episode…   ' Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré N: Simon Russell Beale L...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we head to The Bronx of the late 1940s and the sepia-tinted alleyways and rooftops of the tenement buildings where a young Alfredo James Pacino and his ragtag gang of pre-pubescent ruffians ran wild…   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this episode…   'Sonny Boy: A Memoir' A: Al Pac...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub, some life affirming advice from British Comedy National Treasure Miranda Hart   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this episode…   I Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You W: Miranda Hart N: Miranda Hart L: 10 hrs and 9 mins Release date: 10-10-24 P: Penguin Audio Please get involved...

On this episode of #AudioBookClub, in perhaps the biggest week for new releases in the publishing calendar, we retreat to 2011 to curl  up in a corner with Steve's favourite 'comfort audiobook' of all time.   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this episode…   Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography W: Walter Isaacson N: D...

To coincide with the release of 'The Siege', Matt had a conversation with Ben MacIntyre covering his work with particular focus on Colditz and previewing his latest work on the events in London back in 1981. This episode is paired up with our review of 'The Siege' that shold also be showing up on your feed.    Get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom AudioBookClub.net  Au...