Tortoise Tales: Recent Episodes
Maira Wilkie
Selected Shorts for Seclusion: low energy listens read by friends
Tortoise Tales is a reading podcast in which people we know select a piece of writing they want to share and make a home recording of it. It can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry etc. or even something of their own creation...
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Ursula redefining human origin through the carrier bag, chosen and read by Lina x
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Unshakeable words beautifully read by Genevieve.
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Tuck in tight for some deliciously dark words concerning the three Baudelaire orphans, from the sixth book of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', by Lemony Snicket. Selected and read by Meta Cohen x
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In this episode we listen to Francesca Wallis reading the first part of the introduction to 'Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the power of the wild woman/Myths and stories of the wild woman archetype' by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Thank you dear Chessie x
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Here is the rest of Part 1 of 'The Alchemist', read by Frances Owlbairn
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Considering the nature of this book, how very unsurprising that on the morning of the day it was submitted, I had unknowingly picked it up to read for the first time. Here is the enchanting first part of a full reading, by Frances Owlbairn. Translated from the portuguese by Alan R. Clarke, artwork by Mœbius. The rest will follow x
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Here for you today and for eternity, from Tegan Lamb, is an excerpt of 'The Tiny Utopia' - 'A minimum effort maximum effect GARDEN BOOK' by Frances Kelly and Pauline Clements x
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In this episode, dear Mara reads an imagined conversation between John Cage and Erik Satie (composers), first published in 1958, followed by a short track by Mara herself. You can find more made by Mara Schwerdtfeger at https://maramaramara.bandcamp.com/
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Hello! Our next reading is a tender little listen by Shaun Tan from his 'Tales from Outer Suburbia', shared by the wonderful Mia Peters.
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Hello and welcome tortoises! Here we have the fantastical Jerry Ray to launch the first episode of Tortoise Tales, with a reading of the first seven chapters of 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (original translation from the French by Katherine Woods). Get tucked in and hot chocolate ready...happy listening x
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