Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Odyssey Series: #4 of Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 26, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A Sunday Times bestseller The next book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey. Sometimes the hardest journey is the way back home . . . Wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, has won Troy for the Greeks – after a decade of brutal, bloody warfare. But now this warrior remembers he is a husband and father – and his gaze turns longingly towards home. Setting sail with a small fleet, Odysseus dreams of soon lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus the ways of a warrior. However, the gods laugh at the foolish hopes of mortals. And, angered by this upstart, Poseidon – God of the ocean realms – curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years. Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any man’s endurance. Yet he is no mere mortal – and the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever closer to home and his ultimate destiny . . . A tale of love and longing, return and redemption, home and hope, Stephen Fry’s Odyssey sees the author and national treasure weave the final threads of the fabulous story begun in the worldwide bestseller, Mythos, into an astonishing and mesmerising tapestry for the ages. 'With his distinctive narration, Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour to these age-old stories, along with a range of voices...' The Guardian 'Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' Times 'Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily Mail © Stephen Fry 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With This Kiss Author: Carrie Hope Fletcher Narrator: Beth Noonan Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: A brand new timeless romance with a sprinkling of magic from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author ‘A complete joy to read, and once I’d started I genuinely couldn’t stop. I was entranced and beguiled from start to finish by this beautiful story. Carrie has single-handedly converted me to magic realism’ Jill Mansell ‘Carrie Hope Fletcher is not afraid to tackle big themes in this ambitious story, and the emotional pay-off cuts deep’ Heat, Book of the Week ‘A spellbinding and enchanting read with a charming cast of characters, With This Kiss is guaranteed to sweep you off your feet…I adored it’ Holly Miller, The Sight of You ‘Spellbindingly romantic – With This Kiss is utterly captivating. A feat of magical and mystical storytelling’ Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop ‘A gorgeous story with plenty of heart’ M. A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood * * * If you knew how your love story ends, would you dare to begin? From the outside, Lorelai is an ordinary young woman with a normal life. She loves reading, she works at the local cinema and she adores living with her best friend. But she carries a painful burden, something she’s kept hidden for years; whenever she kisses someone on the lips, she sees how they are going to die. Lorelai has never known if she’s seeing what was always meant to be, or if her kiss is the thing that decides their destiny. And so, she hasn’t kissed anyone since she was eighteen. Then she meets Grayson. Sweet, clever, funny Grayson. And for the first time in years she yearns for a man’s kiss. But she can’t…or can she? And if she does, should she try to intervene and change what she sees? Spellbinding, magical and utterly original, With This Kiss is one love story you will never forget. * * * Readers are spellbound by With This Kiss ‘A five-star read . . . Fun, enjoyable, funny and sweet with characters I absolutely loved’ NetGalley Reviewer,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book was everything I didn't know I needed’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Beautiful writing [that] captured me from the start. 5 stars’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487859 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women of Troy Author: Pat Barker Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths. Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it. The women of Troy. Helen - poor Helen. All that beauty, all that grace - and she was just a mouldy old bone for feral dogs to fight over. Cassandra, who has learned not to be too attached to her own prophecies. They have only ever been believed when she can get a man to deliver them. Stubborn Amina, with her gaze still fixed on the ruined towers of Troy, determined to avenge the slaughter of her king. Hecuba, howling and clawing her cheeks on the silent shore, as if she could make her cries heard in the gloomy halls of Hades. As if she could wake the dead. And Briseis, carrying her future in her womb: the unborn child of the dead hero Achilles. Once again caught up in the disputes of violent men. Once again faced with the chance to shape history. Masterful and enduringly resonant, ambitious and intimate, The Women of Troy continues Pat Barker's extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest classical myths, following on from the critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls. 'Taut, masterly, wholly absorbing. Still one of the greatest stories ever written. A book that will be read in generations to come' Daily Telegraph on The Silence of the Girls © Pat Barker 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The King of Infinite Space Author: Lyndsay Faye Narrator: Imani Jade Powers, Raj Ghatak, Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical philosopher, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father. Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault). His Broadway theater baron father is dead--but by purpose or accident? The question rips him apart. Unable to face alone his mother's ghastly remarriage to his uncle, Ben turns to his dearest friend, Horatio Patel, whom he hasn't seen since their relationship changed forever from platonic to something...other. Loyal to a fault (truly, a fault), Horatio is on the first flight to NYC when he finds himself next to a sly tailor who portends inevitable disaster. And who seems ominously like an architect of mayhem himself. Meanwhile, Ben's ex-fiancé Lia, sundered her from her loved ones thanks to her addiction recovery and torn from her art, has been drawn into the fold of three florists from New Orleans--seemingly ageless sisters who teach her the language of flowers, and whose magical bouquets hold both curses and cures. For a price. On one explosive night these kinetic forces will collide, and the only possible outcome is death. But in the masterful hands of Lyndsay Faye, the story we all know has abundant surprises in store. Impish, captivating, and achingly romantic, this is Hamlet as you've never seen it before.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shallow Waters: A Novel Author: Anita Kopacz Narrator: Michelle Kopacz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 3, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: In this “captivating” (Harper’s Bazaar) and lyrical debut novel—perfect for fans of The Water Dancer and the Legacy of Orïsha series—the Yoruba deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life as she discovers the power of Black resilience, love, and feminine strength in antebellum America. Shallow Waters imagines Yemaya, an Orïsha—a deity in the religion of Africa’s Yoruba people—cast into mid-1800s America. We meet Yemaya as a young woman, still in the care of her mother and not yet fully aware of the spectacular power she possesses to protect herself and those she holds dear. The journey laid out in Shallow Waters sees Yemaya confront the greatest evils of this era; transcend time and place in search of Obatala, a man who sacrifices his own freedom for the chance at hers; and grow into the powerful woman she was destined to become. We travel alongside Yemaya from her native Africa and on to the “New World,” with vivid pictures of life for those left on the outskirts of power in the nascent Americas. Yemaya realizes the fighter within, travels the Underground Railroad in search of the mysterious stranger Obatala, and crosses paths with icons of our history on the road to freedom. Shallow Waters is a “riveting and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) work of ritual storytelling from promising debut author Anita Kopacz.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Radical Act of Free Magic: A Novel Author: H. G. Parry Narrator: Andrew Kingston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: This genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom in the early modern history tells a sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own. The Concord has been broken, and a war of magic engulfs the world. In France, the brilliant young battle-mage Napoleon Bonaparte has summoned a kraken from the depths, and under his command, the Army of the Dead have all but conquered Europe. Britain fights back, protected by the gulf of the channel and powerful fire-magic, but Wilberforce's own battle to bring about free magic and abolition has met a dead end in the face of an increasingly fearful and repressive government. In Saint Domingue, Fina watches as Toussaint Louverture navigates these opposing forces to liberate the country. But there is another, even darker war being fought beneath the surface: the first vampire war in hundreds of years. The enemy blood magician who orchestrated Robespierre's downfall is using the Revolutionary Wars to bring about a return to dark magic to claim all of Europe. Across the world, only a few know of his existence and the choices they make will shape the new age of magic. Praise for The Shadow Histories: "A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic, Declaration is Jonathan Strange with international politics and vampires. I loved it."―Alix E. Harrow, Hugo Award-winning author "A witty, riveting historical fantasy . . . Parry has a historian's eye for period detail and weaves real figures from history—including Robespierre and Toussaint L'Ouverture—throughout her poetic tale of justice, liberation, and dark magic. This is a knockout." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) The Shadow Histories A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians A Radical Act of Free Magic For more from H. G. Parry, check out The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices Author: Swapna Krishna Narrator: Laya Lewis, Em Grosland, Gisela Chípe, Shanta Parasuraman, Omar Leyva, Dani Martineck, Ali Nasser, Deepti Gupta, Joel Froomkin, Vikas Adam, Soneela Nankani, Anthony Rapp, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings. Featuring stories by: Alexander Chee • Preeti Chhibber • Roshani Chokshi • Sive Doyle • Maria Dahvana Headley • Ausma Zehanat Khan • Daniel M. Lavery • Ken Liu • Sarah MacLean • Silvia Moreno-Garcia • Jessica Plummer • Anthony Rapp • Waubgeshig Rice • Alex Segura • Nisi Shawl • S. Zainab Williams   A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads pick! Here you’ll find the Lady of the Lake reimagined as an albino Ugandan sorceress and the Lady of Shalott as a wealthy, isolated woman in futuristic Mexico City; you'll see Excalibur rediscovered as a baseball bat that grants a washed-up minor leaguer a fresh shot at glory and as a lost ceremonial drum that returns to a young First Nations boy the power and the dignity of his people. There are stories set in Gilded Age Chicago, '80s New York, twenty-first century Singapore, and space; there are lesbian lady knights, Arthur and Merlin reborn in the modern era for a second chance at saving the world and falling in love—even a coffee shop AU.   Brave, bold, and groundbreaking, the stories in Sword Stone Table will bring fresh life to beloved myths and give long-time fans a chance to finally see themselves in their favorite legends. Audiobook Table of Contents: 'The Once and Future Qadi' by Ausma Zehanat Khan, read by Ali Nasser 'Passing Fair and Young' by Roshani Chokshi, read by Soneela Nankani 'How, after Long Fighting, Galehaut WasOvercome by Lancelot Yet Was Not Slainand Made Great Speed to Yield to Friendship;Or, Galehaut, the Knight of the Forfeit' by Daniel M. Lavery, read by Em Grossland 'I Being Young and Foolish' by Nisi Shawl, read by Amani Starnes 'The Bladesmith Queen' by Sarah MacLean, read by Lena Lee 'Do, By All Due Means' by Sive Doyle, read by Jeena Yi 'Mayday' by Maria Dahvana Headley, read by Joel Froomkin 'Heartbeat' by Waubgeshig Rice, read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett 'Jack and Brad and the Magician' by Anthony Rapp, read by the author 'The Quay Stone' by S. Zainab Williams, read by Shanta Parasuraman 'Black Diamond' by Alex Segura, read by Omar Leyva 'Flat White' by Jessica Plummer, read by Laya Lewis 'Once (Them) & Future (Us)' by Preeti Chhibber, read by Deepti Gupta 'A Shadow in Amber' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, read by Gisela Chipe 'White Hempen Sleeves' by Ken Liu, read by Dani Martineck 'Little Green Men' by Alexander Chee, read by Vikas Adam

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half Sick of Shadows Author: Laura Sebastian Narrator: Ell Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: 'Laura Sebastian is the next Madeline Miller. . . . a fierce, fresh, lyrical tale that will enthrall until the last page.'--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress A Popsugar Best Summer Read of 2021 A Bibliolifestyle Most Anticipated Summer 2021 Sci-fi and Fantasy Book 'Magical, haunting, unique--I haven't been so excited about an Arthur book since I read The Once and Future King .'--Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author The Lady of Shalott reclaims her story in this bold feminist reimagining of the Arthurian myth from the New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess. Everyone knows the legend. Of Arthur, destined to be a king. Of the beautiful Guinevere, who will betray him with his most loyal knight, Lancelot. Of the bitter sorceress, Morgana, who will turn against them all. But Elaine alone carries the burden of knowing what is to come--for Elaine of Shalott is cursed to see the future. On the mystical isle of Avalon, Elaine runs free and learns of the ancient prophecies surrounding her and her friends--countless possibilities, almost all of them tragic. When their future comes to claim them, Elaine, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Morgana accompany Arthur to take his throne in stifling Camelot, where magic is outlawed, the rules of society chain them, and enemies are everywhere. Yet the most dangerous threats may come from within their own circle. As visions are fulfilled and an inevitable fate closes in, Elaine must decide how far she will go to change destiny--and what she is willing to sacrifice along the way.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters of Sparta: A Novel Author: Claire Heywood Narrator: Mira Dovreni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 22, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships—but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra. As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. With their high birth and unrivaled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. But such privilege comes at a cost. While still only girls, the sisters are separated and married to foreign kings of their father's choosing— Helen remains in Sparta to be betrothed to Menelaos, and Klytemnestra is sent alone to an unfamiliar land to become the wife of the powerful Agamemnon. Yet even as Queens, each is only expected to do two things: birth an heir and embody the meek, demure nature that is expected of women. But when the weight of their husbands' neglect, cruelty, and ambition becomes too heavy to bear, Helen and Klytemnestra must push against the constraints of their society to carve new lives for themselves, and in doing so, make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years. Daughters of Sparta is a vivid and illuminating reimagining of the Siege of Troy, told through the perspectives of two women whose voices have been ignored for far too long.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Angela Carter BBC Radio Drama Collection Author: Angela Carter Narrator: James Anthony Rose, Susannah Clapp, Roisin Conaty, Lewis Fiander, Ariyon Bakare, Jessica Raine, Full Cast, Fiona Shaw, Anton Lesser, Andrew Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: June 17, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Angela Carter was one of the most important writers of the 20th Century. A pioneer of British magical realism, her work was described by Salman Rushdie as 'without rival and without equal'. Her radical, inventive novels influenced countless writers, while her dark, sensual short fiction turned traditional fables inside out, giving women the power over their desires and fates. Susannah Clapp, Angela Carter's literary executor and friend, introduces the productions and offers fascinating insights into Angela Carter's life and work. This landmark collection includes five new dramatisation of stories from her iconic collection of fairytales retold, The Bloody Chamber. Alongside the title story are 'The Erl-King', 'Wolf-Alice', 'The Tiger's Bride' and 'The Company of Wolves', with casts including Sophie Cookson, Ariyon Bakare, Lily Lesser, Hannah Genesius and Adjoa Andoh. A sixth tale from The Bloody Chamber, 'Puss in Boots', is adapted by Carter herself and stars Andrew Sachs as Puss. Also included is an adaptation of Carter's award-winning Nights at the Circus, starring Roisin Conaty as Cockney trapeze artist Sophie Fevvers, and the world premiere of her unproduced screenplay The Christchurch Murder. Based on the real-life story of two New Zealand schoolgirls who killed for love, it was an inspiration for the Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures, and stars Fiona Shaw, Nancy Carroll and James Wilby. Accompanying these are three thrilling radio plays: the Gothic Vampirella (starring Jessica Raine and Anton Lesser); the hallucinatory drama-documentary Come Unto These Yellow Sands (featuring James Anthony Rose as patricidal painter Richard Dadd); and an exploration of the life of Ronald Firbank, A Self-Made Man (with Lewis Fiander as Firbank). Finally, Liza Ross reads the short story 'Lizzie's Tiger', originally commissioned for radio, in which the four-year-old Lizzie Borden has an extraordinary encounter at the circus. A bonus documentary, Third Ear: Angela Carter, comprises Paul Bailey's lively interview with the author, recorded shortly before her death in 1992. In it, she discusses her novel Wise Children, and examines the impact of Britishness, politics, and the oral tradition on her subversive writing. Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Bloody Chamber 3 The Erl-King 4 Wolf-Alice 5 The Tiger's Bride 6 The Company of Wolves 7 The Christchurch Murder 8-9 Nights at the Circus (in two parts) 10 Vampirella 11 Come Unto These Yellow Sands 12 Puss in Boots 13 A Self-Made Man 14 Lizzie's Tiger 15 Third Ear: An Interview with Angela Carter Credits Linking material by Susannah Clapp was produced by Caroline Raphael at Dora Productions. The Bloody Chamber stories, The Christchurch Murder, Vampirella and Come Unto These Yellow Sands were produced by Fiona McAlpine at Allegra Productions. All other programmes produced by the BBC. © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whispers in the Sand Author: Barbara Erskine Narrator: Katy Federman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 6, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Past and present collide on a richly mysterious Nile cruise… From the bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes this atmospheric and gripping page-turner. Recently divorced Anna Fox decides to cheer herself up by retracing a journey her great grandmother Louisa made in the mid-nineteenth century – a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan. Anna carries with her two of Louisa’s possessions: an ancient Egyptian scent bottle and an illustrated diary of the original cruise that has lain unread for over a hundred years. As she follows in Louisa’s footsteps, Anna discovers in the diary a wonderful Victorian love story – and the chilling secret of the little glass bottle. Meanwhile two men from the tour party develop an unfriendly rivalry for her attention, while showing a disturbing interest in Louisa’s mementoes. Most frightening of all, Anna finds herself the victim of a spectral presence that grows in strength and threat as the dramatic stories from three different eras intertwine in a terrifying climax.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz: Penguin Modern Classics Author: Russell Hoban Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 29, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'I have gone to look for a lion.' In a world where lions have become extinct, the map-maker Jachin-Boaz nevertheless abandons his wife and son to find one, leaving just this note. But his decision has unexpected consequences. He will be pursued by his son, Boaz-Jachin, and by something else: a tawny-skinned, amber-eyed beast from another place and time, a bringer of life and death. 'Magic at work ... Funny as well as beautiful' Irish Times 'Hoban is unclassifiable, thank goodness. His narrative is so minutely and compellingly realistic that after a time you cease to notice that he has stood reality on its head' Sunday Times 'A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's' New Statesman © Russell Hoban 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Medusa Frequency: Penguin Modern Classics Author: Russell Hoban Narrator: Callum Coates Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 29, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. It all begins the night a leaflet comes through the door of unsuccessful novelist Herman Orff, promising a magical cure for writer's block. The strange treatment plunges him into a hallucinatory London dreamworld populated by figures mythical and real: a severed talking head, Vermeer's girl with a pearl earring, his lost love Luise and, beneath it all, the Kraken awaiting. As Herman will discover, creating art is a tough business. 'Sparkles with classical allusions and a wisecracking humour ... it is pure joy' Daily Telegraph 'One of his most accessibly entertaining books' The Times 'Short, smart and fizzy, the novel seeks out the roots of creativity with none of the solemnity that phrase implies' New Statesman © Russell Hoban 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489442 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rama the Steadfast: An Early Form of the Ramayana Author: Valmiki Narrator: Sid Sagar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 25, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Sid Sagar. This definitive recording includes an introduction by John Brockington and Mary Brockington. Warrior-prince Rama is about to be crowned Young King, when he hears the devastating news that his father, King of Ayodhya, has been tricked into banishing him to the forest. His devoted wife Sita insists on accompanying him in exile, but the evil ten-headed lord Ravana has fallen deeply in love with the beautiful princess and steals her away. Aided by Hanuman, mighty captain of the monkeys, Rama sets out across the world to find her and destroy Ravana in a deadly battle. Rama the Steadfast was composed in the oral tradition in about the fifth century BC and has been retold over the generations ever since. With its fantastical characters ranging from monsters to apes, a very human hero and its profound moral purpose, it is one of the greatest of all Indian tales. (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: African Myths of Origin Author: Stephen Belcher Narrator: Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 25, 2021 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Ben Onwukwe. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Stephen Belcher. Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to dramatic stories of communities forced to flee monstrous crocodiles, all the narratives found here concern origins - whether of the universe, peoples or families. Together, they create a kaleidoscopic picture of the rich and varied oral traditions that have shaped the culture and society of successive generations of Africans for thousands of years, throughout the long struggle to survive and explore this massive and environmentally diverse continent. © Stephen Belcher 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Monkey King: Journey to the West Author: Wu Cheng’en Narrator: Kevin Shen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 11, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Kevin Shen, and was translated by Julia Lovell. One of the world's greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a sparkling new translation. A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High-spirited and omni-talented, he can transform himself into whatever he chooses and turn each of his body's 84,000 hairs into an army of clones. But his penchant for mischief repeatedly gets him into trouble, and when he raids Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins him beneath a mountain. Five hundred years later, Monkey King is finally given a chance to redeem himself: he must protect the pious monk Tripitaka on his journey in search of precious Buddhist sutras that will bring enlightenment to the Chinese empire. Joined by two other fallen immortals - Pigsy, a rice-loving flying pig, and Sandy, a depressive river-sand monster - Monkey King does battle with Red Boy, Princess Jade-Face, the Monstress Dowager, and all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards and femmes fatales; navigates the perils of Fire-Cloud Cave, the River of Flowing Sand and the Water-Crystal Palace; and is serially captured, lacquered, sautéed, steamed and liquefied - but always hatches an ingenious plan to get himself and his fellow pilgrims out of their latest jam. Comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Don Quixote, Monkey King is at once a gripping adventure, a comic satire and a spring of spiritual insight. With this new translation by the award-winning Julia Lovell, the irrepressible rogue hero of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature has the potential to vault, with his signature cloud-somersault, into the hearts of a whole new generation of readers. © Julia Lovell 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time Author: Demelza Carlton Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold: Enchantress Zuleika fled the wicked King Thorn's court to travel the world, helping those who need her magic most. A search for her merchant father's lost ships leads her to an enchanted island, where Prince Vardan is afflicted by the most powerful curse Zuleika has ever encountered. She's determined to try to reverse the spell. Can the enchanting beauty and the beastly prince break the spell? Dance: Cinderella Retold: When the Emperor's army comes recruiting, Mai sees it as the perfect escape from her stepmother and a lifetime of drudgery. Armed with her mother's armor and a pair of magic shoes, Mai marches off to war, only to find herself sharing a tent with the General's arrogant nephew, Prince Yi. Fly: Goose Girl Retold: Princess Ava was sent to a neighboring kingdom as a lady-in-waiting to her sister, their future queen. Until a runaway horse, a case of amnesia, and a cold-hearted king conspire to bring her to the prince's attention. One thing is certain: the prince must marry one of the princesses, or there will be war. Who will win the battle for the prince's heart? Contains mature themes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/491072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sleeper and the Spindle: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Author: Neil Gaiman Narrator: Gwendoline Christie, Ralph Ineson, Penelope Wilton, Full Cast, Neil Gaiman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: January 28, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: A brand new BBC Radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's award-winning fairytale, merging Snow White and Sleeping Beauty to enchanting effect In a mountain kingdom far away, a young queen prepares for her wedding, believing her future is sealed. But when three dwarves bring news of a sleeping sickness sweeping across her realm, she knows she cannot stand by and do nothing. As a girl, she survived her own long, magical sleep, so she must try to turn back this new plague and save her people. Abandoning her bridal finery, she dons her armour instead, and rides out to a castle at the very heart of the sleeping lands. There, she finds a beautiful princess, sound asleep, and a very old woman, forever awake. With no handsome prince in sight, the queen wakes the princess in the traditional way - but things are not as they seem, and it will take more than a kiss to ensure everyone lives happily ever after... Penelope Wilton, Gwendoline Christie, Ralph Ineson and Neil Gaiman himself are among the star cast in this captivating fable of love, loss, hope and destiny. This release is an extended cut of the story broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and features an exclusive introduction from Neil Gaiman. Credits Written by Neil Gaiman Adapted by Katie Hims Directed and produced by Allegra McIlroy Recorded remotely by Sharon Hughes and John Benton Sound design by Sharon Hughes A BBC Audio North Production Cast The Narrator/The Old Woman - Dame Penelope Wilton The Queen - Gwendoline Christie The Home Secretary - Neil Gaiman The First Dwarf - Ralph Ineson The Second Dwarf - Stefan Adegbola The Third Dwarf/The Prince/The Tinker/The Woodcutter - Ian Dunnett Jnr The Pot Girl/The Young Girl/The Mother - Cecilia Appiah The Maid/The Other Woman/The Stepmother - Emma Handy The Father/The Inn Keeper/The Bandit - Roger Ringrose The Child - Milton Dighton First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2020

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/490214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La vida que perdimos Author: Consolación González Rico Narrator: Jorge González Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 14, 2020 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Una novela de una sensibilidad especial, en la que el recuerdo y la ficción se dan cita para recrear una vida tan cruda como emocionante. Narra los recuerdos de Ricardo, un artista español afincado en Francia, donde tuvo que refugiarse a raíz de la guerra civil. Ricardo le relata su vida entera a Madeleine, una joven que viene a diario a visitarlo. A través de su relato viajamos a la España que fue, a los recuerdos de una juventud cristalizada en el tiempo, y a una vida desgarradora marcada por el arte. - Consolación González Rico nace en Torrecilla de la Jara, un pueblo de Toledo del que no olvida, perfilándose en el horizonte, la geografía de los Montes Oretanos que conforman la idiosincrasia de sus gentes. Ni la escuela de paredes encaladas, donde descubrió la magia de la palabra escrita en un libro de hojas amarillentas gastadas por el tiempo. Letras y docencia se han repartido gran parte de sus horas: clases de Lengua y Literatura, coordinación del programa provincial de Educación de Personas Adultas en la Delegación de Educación de Toledo, y un extenso elenco de novelas en las que vuelca sus reflexiones sobre la condición humana. Con la novela Esclavos de un motivo (Premium Editorial), quedó clasificada entre los diez finalistas del L Premio Planeta. Desde entonces, su autora ha obtenido numerosos reconocimientos literarios en este género, como el X Premio de Narrativa Alfonso VIII de la Diputación Provincial de Cuenca en 2008, el X Premio de Novela Casino de Lorca en 2009, o el II Certamen Literario de Novela Corta López Torrijos en 2010, entre otros. Además sus obras han sido finalistas de prestigiosos premios como el Azorín, el Juan Pablo Forner, Ciudad de Badajoz, Felipe Trigo, Encina de Plata o Casino de Mieres. En 2018 publica su nueva novela La vida que perdimos (Premium Editorial), que relata acontecimientos posteriores a su exitosa obra Una mujer de la Oretana (EDAF).

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/490674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: B. J. Harrison Reads The Return of Tarzan Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Narrator: B.J.Harrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Following the events of the first novel, Tarzan is grieving his beloved Jane, who is about to marry someone else. But he soon finds that there is more love to be had as he sets off to visit France, where he, besides causing some serious problems with Russian blackmailers, encounters several alluring women. But is Tarzan really done with Africa? And Jane? 'The Return of Tarzan' (1913) is the second in a series of twenty-four books about Tarzan, which author Edgar Rice Burroughs worked on until the 1940s. It's been adapted to film numerous times, most famously by Disney in 1999, a version to which Phil Collins composed the well-known soundtrack. In 2016, Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie played opposite each other in The Legend of Tarzan. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American writer known for his fantasy, science fiction and adventure books. He started writing after reading stories in pulp-fiction magazines, thinking he could come up with something much better. And so, 'Tarzan of the Apes' was born.