Words with JAM
Welcome to the Words with Jam podcast. In the coming weeks we hope to be bringing you an exciting mixture of stories, articles and interviews – some from editions of the online writers' magazine, Words with Jam, and some that are recorded specially for our podcast subscribers. So you now will be able to enjoy WWJ on your bike, in the car, in the gym...
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- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2013
Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat
Back in July 2012, we broadcast a podcast of Liza Perrat’s debut historical novel, Spirit of Lost Angels. Here, the author reads an extract from the second book in L’Auberge des Anges, series: Wolfsa…
00:07:46 |
Tue 05 Nov 2013
Disappearing Acts by Max Orkis
Disappearing Acts is a short story by Max Orkis.
Something strange is happening to Maria. She's behaving quite out of character.
Max Orkis is a screenwriter, teacher, father and one of the origin…
00:27:43 |
Tue 18 Jun 2013
Ziptux's Incredible Cricket Adventure
A Christmas stocking filler for you: the opening chapters of Ziptux's Incredible Cricket Adventures, a children's novel by Brijesh Luthra, read by the author.
Ziptux is a cricket-crazy 9-year old boy…
00:23:12 |
Wed 12 Dec 2012
An Interview with David Mitchell
In this short podcast, Words with Jam interviews the author David Mitchell, best known for his novel, Cloud Atlas. In this extract from October's interview, he discusses the film adaptation of the bo…
00:04:36 |
Thu 20 Sep 2012
Imagine, by Libby O'Loghlin
Imagine, read by the author, Libby O'Loghlin.
Everyone remembers what they were doing when the news broke: when Kennedy was shot, when Princess Diana died, when the first plane crashed into the Wor…
00:21:35 |
Mon 20 Aug 2012
Spirit of Lost Angels by Liza Perrat
Our latest podcast is an extract from the novel, Spirit of Lost Angels by Liza Perrat, read by the author.
Spirit of Lost Angels traces the journey of a bone angel talisman passed down through genera…
00:06:31 |
Tue 17 Jul 2012
Phoenix Bright Eagle, by Alexandra Yudovich
This month’s podcast is the opening chapters of Phoenix Bright Eagle, a dark and complex retelling of a classic Russian fairytale by Alexandra Yudovich, read by the author.
Yudovich knew and loved t…
00:27:00 |
Thu 12 Apr 2012
Restless Apple Jackson, by Lee Williams
On the Isle of Wight in the 19th century, a parson finds himself inconvenienced when one of his flock declines to stay dead.A short story, read by the author.Lee Williams is a writer from the Isle of…
00:12:38 |
Wed 22 Feb 2012
22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
This is our first anniversary. Yay! We've been going for a whole year. And our anniversary podcast is really something special: Amanda Hodgkinson reading the opening chapter of her book, 22 Britan…
00:16:15 |
Sun 22 Jan 2012
Diary of a Small Fish, by Pete Morin
Our first podcast of 2012 is the opening of Pete Morin's fabulous legal thriller, Diary of a Small Fish, read by the author.
When Paul Forte is indicted by a federal grand jury, everyone suspects pr…
00:13:19 |
Wed 04 Jan 2012
Santa Never Made It, by Liza Perrat
Christmas Day, 1974.
Australians woke to the news that tropical cyclone Tracy had devastated the town of Darwin in Northern Territory. 71 people had been killed and over 70% of Darwin's buildings d…
00:11:50 |
Fri 16 Dec 2011
Kimi's Secret, by John Hudspith
Our first YA podcast is the opening of Kimi's Secret by John Hudspith, read by JJ Marsh.
Wanna hear something really scary?
When death comes knocking on your door there is really only one place to hi…
00:08:52 |
Fri 02 Dec 2011
Writing to Live Again
“As one writer put it, the rapt attention of an audience is like a mirror in front of her,reassuring her that, after all the horror and degradation, she is still, powerfully and triumphantly, alive.”…
00:09:06 |
Thu 03 Nov 2011
Dark Heart, by Darren J Guest
This month we bring you the opening of Darren J Guest's intelligent, complex horror novel, Dark Heart, read by Daniel Barzotti.
On Leo's sixteenth birthday. something bad happened. Something so traum…
00:11:33 |
Thu 20 Oct 2011
Our Little Secret, by Barbara Scott-Emmett
Our Little Secret, by Barbara Scott-Emmett was first published in her book 'Drowning'. It is read here by the author.
The day the Sandersons went home is so much more than just the last day of summ…
00:15:06 |
Tue 02 Aug 2011
Tales of Unrequited Love, by Anna Hobson.
Our latest podcast is a selection of poems from the collection, Tales of Unrequited Love, by Anna Hobson, performed by the author.
Anna tells us, "They are inspired by dark humanity; by the shifting…
00:13:50 |
Thu 14 Jul 2011
Altered by JW Hicks
In the June Edition of Words with Jam, JW Hicks won second and third prizes in our Opening Page Competition.
Of 'Altered', which won second prize, the judge, Andrew Crofts, wrote: 'Wonderful, col…
00:11:15 |
Mon 27 Jun 2011
Immune, by Mig Living
We've got something different for you this time.
First, a short story, 'Immune', written by Mig Living.
Secondly, a piece of music inspired by the story. The title is 'I Walked with a Zombie', by Sch…
00:17:17 |
Wed 08 Jun 2011
Aubergine, by Helen Smith
Aubergine by Helen Smith. A short story told by the author.
Something very strange is happening to Claire. Could it be connected to her age? Or the fact that she's a woman? Or is she experiencing m…
00:08:07 |
Tue 10 May 2011
The Beast Next Door
This month, we are proud to bring you The Beast Next Door by Susan Howe, read by Daniel Barzotti.
Gerald knows what was happening to his neighbour, but is he the best person to help her?
The Beas…
00:21:17 |
Thu 21 Apr 2011
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