Noon & 8pm & 4am

PLAYS/DRAMA

ABR are proud to present Radio Drama Revival, Crazy Dog Audio Theatre‘s “The Salmon of Blackpool.”

This ranks as one of producer Fred Greenhalgh’s top five dramas of all time, so it gets a little special treatment. Johnny Gallagher is a world famous movie star from Cork, Ireland, but a cranky despot of a man and not taking well to life with a debilitating, fatal disorder. Richie has been hired by some big movie producers to make a ‘feel good’ biopic, but what is there to ‘feel good’ about in the life of this dark figure?

 1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION… TRIBUTE TO DAVID FOSTER WALLACE PART 2

David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was one of the most acclaimed and influential American writers of his generation. A gifted novelist, essayist and humorist, he is best known for his 1996 opus, the novel Infinite Jest. Courtesy of the Lannan Foundation this recording celebrates his life and work with writers David Lipsky, Rick Moody, and Joanna Scott who read some of their favourite selections from Wallace’s writings including Pale King, published posthumously. Michael Silverblatt, host of the radio interview program, Bookworm introduces and moderates the proceedings.

2pm & 10pm & 6am

POETS & POETRY

Frank X Walker is the author of five collections of poetry including Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York (2003), which won the Lillian Smith Book Award; Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride (2010); and his most recent collection, Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers (2013). He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and the editor of Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture. A recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship, Walker is the 2013-2014 poet laureate of Kentucky and an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky.  He reads a range of poems and takes questions from the audience assembled at the Lannan Foundation.

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with Robert Hackett 

Here at Audiobook Radio we are keen to provide a range of voices – very literally as well as in terms of opinions and views of the world. This strand created by Alternative Radio does just that. We will hear from some of the most informed minds and greatest social activists of our time whose take on justice and power does not chime with those that hold the power and don’t provide justice for all so we rarely get to hear from them in mainstream media. Different opinions always help inform our own and we are always eager to hear from listeners about this or any other strand. Contact us on the tab at www.audiobookradio.net.

Today’s talk is given by Robert Hackett, a professor for more than three decades in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is co-author of Journalism and Climate Crisis and an activist in the community-based struggle against the Trans Mountain pipeline.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

The Damon Runyan Theatre

New York has given rise to many authors who record and memorialise its streets and people.  Damon Runyon is one such author who brings the New York story and its cast of characters to vibrant life.  His tongue-in-cheek tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, gangsters and dolls appeal to our sense of what we think we know.  Their colorful monikers; ‘Big Jule,’ ‘Harry the Horse Thief,’ ‘Good Time Charlie,’ or ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ immediately give life to his sparkling words. And life is bigger, exuberant; better.

The veteran Radio actor John Brown voices the recurring ‘Broadway’ character so central to every episode which today are Tobias the Terrible and      Little Miss Marker

5pm & 1am & 9am

THE PODCAST HOUR – THE JO SHOW

Audiobookradio is delighted to launch a new strand, namely the Podcast Hour.  Our first podcast is the Jo Show presented by silky voiced Jo Sands and features a wide range of creatives with plenty to say….she calls it soul sipping maybe because her guests do some soul searching as Jo always gets to the parts that other interviewers don’t reach as you are about to find out.  Today her guest is multi-hyphenated creative, Meg Messmer who chats about upcoming co-production, Intersection, a series which takes a closer look into the social experiences of gentrification.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE 

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. We take you back in time as producer William Keighley unveils Miracle on 34th Street starring MAUREEN O’HARA, JOHN PAYNE & EDMUND GWEN.

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES – LOVECRAFT & BRADDON

This comes to you courtesy of Deadtree Publishing who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft.  Do check their website https://www.deadtreepublishing.com for further information.  This hour opens with The Picture In The House by H P Lovecraft, the master of horror followed by The Face in the Glass by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, a mistress of horror to be reckoned with.  Both stories might unsettle…you have been warned!