When Lizzie’s daughter, Meg, is given a life-saving heart transplant, Lizzie feels hugely grateful to the nameless donor. Then, she receives a letter from the donor’s mother, Karen, asking to meet, and it seems like the least she can do.
Projects
Where There’s a Will by Emily Chappell
Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent
The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing by Guy Robertson
Can ageing really be a positive experience? Yes. You can make a difference to your own ageing process.
The Lydmouth Series by Andrew Taylor
The Lydmouth Series from the best selling crime writer, Andrew Taylor.
The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide by Jen Gale
Easy, do-able, down to earth ideas and suggestions for everyone to help save the planet.
Hell Is Round The Corner by Tricky
This unique, no-holds barred autobiography is not only a portrait of an incredible artist – it is also a gripping slice of social history packed with extraordinary anecdotes and voices from the margins of society.
The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine
A captivating story of a crumbling estate in the wilds of Scotland, its century-old secret and an enduring mystery…
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan
The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness.
The Wonders by Dr John Woolf
A radical new history of the Victorian age: meet the forgotten and extraordinary freak performers whose talents and disabilities helped define an era.
This is This Country by Kerry and Kurtan Mucklow
The award-winning BBC comedy This Country documents the day-to-day lives of young cousins Kerry and Lee ‘Kurtan’ Mucklowe who live in a small village in the Cotswolds.
The Hezbollah Hiking Club by Dom Joly
Dom Joly has been at Chatterbox recording his new book The Hezbollah Hiking Club for Little Brown. Dom was born in Beirut and lived there …
The Priory of the Orange Tree
By Samantha Shannon Narrated by Liyah Summers It has been a pleasure having Liyah Summers at Chatterbox narrating The Priory of the Orange Tree by …
Queen: Behind Closed Doors – A talk by Peter Hince
In October, Peter Hince came to the Chippenham studios to record the introduction and author’s note for his brilliant book, Queen Unseen,narrated by the wonderful …
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Narrated by Drew Dillon An absolute pleasure to work with Drew Dillon this week recording James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young …
The Woman in the Dark
The gripping new thriller by Vanessa Savage Narrated by Siriol Jenkins I have this dream. In it, I’m in the house and it’s dark and I …
Invisible Ghosts by Robyn Schneider
Narrated by Gail Shalan Robyn Schneider’s moving and entertaining novel Invisible Ghosts is now available at audible. It was narrated by the wonderful @grshalan and is a …
Quicksand Tales by Keggie Carew
Narrated by the wonderful Jilly Bond Ever been talked into buying a camel? Or become a burglar by mistake? Or accidentally drugged a friend on …
Queen Unseen: My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century by Peter Hince
Queen Unseen: My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century By Peter Hince Narrated by Rupert Holliday-Evans With an Introduction and Post-script …
The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan
Narrated by Drew Dillon NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 Angry, stirring and …
Fishnet by Kirstin Innes
Narrated by Rebecca Hamilton WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE 2015 “Innes strikes sparks by rubbing a clandestine world (here, prostitution in Scotland) …
Fen by Daisy Johnson
Narrated by Fiona Boylan FROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING UNDER WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2017 “Johnson’s heady broth …
In Between the Sheets, Black Dogs and First Love, Last Rites
We have recently recorded two collections of Ian McEwan’s short stories – In Between the Sheets and First Love, Last Rites – and the fantastic novel Black Dogs. In Between …
PIG: Tales from an Organic Farm by Helen Browning
Narrated by Helen Browning ‘Anyone who has any interest in what we eat, how we produce it or how we should manage the landscape for …
The Almanac by Lia Leendertz
Narrated by Lia Leendertz THE ORIGINAL & BESTSELLING ALMANAC ‘I love this gem of a book’ – Cerys Matthews ‘…it already feels like an annual necessity’ …
XX by Angela Chadwick
XX by Angela Chadwick Narrated by Zara Ramm ‘One of the feminist novels of 2018’ Stylist ‘A pacy dystopian thriller’ Red Magazine ‘Topical, probing and quietly intense …
Two Sisters by Åsne Seierstad
Read by Gunnar Cauthery The riveting true story of two sisters’ journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home. …
Happiness for Humans by P.Z Reizen
Happiness for Humans by P.Z Reizen Read by Gavin Osborne Happiness for Humans is a joyful, romantic and very funny story, perfect for readers who loved The Rosie Project and Eleanor …
A Brief History of The British Army
A Brief History of the British Army by Jock Haswell and John Lewis-Strompel Read by Ric Jerrom The story of the British Army has many …
The Art of Baby Making by Gerad Kite
The Art of Baby Making: The Holistic Approach to Fertility Read by Mark Meadows From the bestselling author of Everything You Need You Have Nature …
Kill Me Again by Rachel Abbott
Kill Me Again by Rachel Abbott Read by Lisa Coleman When your life is a lie, who can you trust? When Maggie Taylor accepts a …
The Comet Seekers
The Comet Seekers by Helen Segewick Read by the wonderful Michelle Fox Róisín and François first meet in the snowy white expanse of Antarctica. And …
The Dead Dog Day (The Cora Baxter Mysteries)
The Dead Dog Day (The Cora Baxter Mysteries) Read by Zara Ramm When your Monday morning begins with a dead dog and ends with a …
The Great St Mary’s Day Out
The Great St Mary’s Day Out (The Chronicles of St Mary’s) by Jodi Taylor Read by Zara Ramm Everyone deserves to get away for a …
It’s All in Your Head
It’s All in Your Head: Stories From the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness by Suzanne O’Sullivan Read by Maggie Ollerenshaw WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE …
The Blackbird Singularity
The Blackbird Singularity- by Matt Wilven Read by Mike Rogers Wilven does a masterful job of keeping his readers as off-balance as his protagonist… an …
Looking For Andrew McCarthy
Looking for Andrew McCarthy- Jenny Colgan Read by Lucy Price-Lewis The third novel by the Sunday times bestselling author of Amanda’s Wedding ‘I’m wearing a …
Where Have All the Boys Gone?
Where Have All the Boys Gone? By Jenny Colgan Read by Helen McAlpine Where have all the men gone? Faced with 25, 000 more women …
Mata Hari’s Last Dance- Michelle Moran
Mata Hari’s Last Dance- Michelle Moran Read by Zara Ramm From the international bestselling author of “Rebel Queen” and “Nefertiti “comes a captivating novel about …
The Invisible Mile
The Invisible Mile by David Coventry Read by Mark Meadows Based on a true story The Invisible Mile tells the poignant story of five Australian …
Age of Discovery by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna
Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards in Our New Renaissance By Ian Golding and Chris Kutarna Read by Mark Meadows The present is …
The Body on The Doorstep
The Body on The Doorstep by A.J Mackenzie Read by Ric Jerrom The year is 1796. It is midnight on Romney Marsh, in the darkness …
Climbing Days by Dan Richards
Climbing Days by Dan Richards Read by Malcolm Hamilton In Climbing Days, Dan Richards is on the trail of his great-great-aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a prominent …
Hold Still- Tim Adler
Hold Still by Tim Adler Read by Katie Moore ‘I photographed the moment of my husband’s death…’ So begins HOLD STILL, a nerve-twisting thriller from …
Escape to Perdition by James Silvester
Escape to Perdition- James Silvester Read by Cameron Stewart Prague 2015. Herbert Biely, aged hero of the Prague Spring, stands on the brink of an …
Bicycles and Blackberries
Bicycles and Blackberries- Sheila Newberry Read by Katy Sobey When war comes to London, the bright and irrepressible Georgia Smith is torn from her tight-knit …
The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of Tyrant Dinosaurs
The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of Tyrant Dinosaurs by David Hone Read by Gavin Osborn Adored by children and adults alike, Tyrannosaurus is the most …
Rebel Sisters by Marita Conlon-McKenna
Rebel Sisters- Marita Conlon- McKenna Read by Nicola Taggart Published for the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Rebel Sisters is the Number One Irish …
Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew
Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew by Susan Fletcher Read by Zara Ramm Provence, May 1889. The hospital of Saint-Paul-de Mausole is …
South by Frank Owen
South- Frank Owen Read by Jeff Harding The USA has been ravaged by Civil War. It’s thirty years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the …
Glass Houses by Jackie Buxton
Glass Houses by Jackie Buxon Read by Lisa Coleman ‘When she sent that text, all our lives changed for ever…’ 51 year old Tori Williams’ …