The Temptation of Pogo

. To mark National Short Story Day, here is a recording of The Temptation of Pogo by Guy Ware. A festive story, it’s a playful satire which follows the fortunes of Pogo, an imaginary friend who is manifested in the brain of his current client as a little fat boy in a sailor suit, an [...]

Better Than Thinking

Michael Nath reads from his novel La Rochelle. Mark goes out shooting in the Devon countryside with Frank Whitby and the regulars from the Henry IVth, an activity he declares to be ‘eminently better than thinking’. (10:15)

Margaret Atwood – Our Cat Enters Heaven

Margaret Atwood reads her story ‘Our Cat Enters Heaven’ at the 11th International Conference on the Short Story in English which took place in Atwood’s home town of Toronto.

Rainbows Seen From the Air… By Sarah Butler

Sarah Butler reading her short story ‘Rainbows Seen From The Air Are Complete Circles’. Originally published in Wonderwall

Significant to Bradley

Michael Nath was at Route HQ recently discussing the final draft of his novel La Rochelle. We took the opportunity to record Michael reading his delightful short story ‘Significant to Bradley’, the piece of writing that first alerted us to his talents and which we subsequently published in the book Wonderwall. Below is the recording, [...]

Listen – There is a Saviour

When we were reading for Bonne Route (Route 19) Wayne Price’s story ‘There is a Saviour’ was one of those that got a universal large thumbs up by all the readers in the process. We were delighted with it. Likewise, when Wayne made the trip down from Aberdeen to Leeds to read at the launch. Wayne has now recorded the story for our website…