Christmas Carol and The Winterman available at www.listeningshelf.co.uk/shop

Disc Code soschristmas will give you 20% off!!

Other Stories and Audiobooks mentioned in this Episode

• The Snowman by Raymond Briggs / Updated by Micheal Morpurgo and Narrated by Richard Armitage
• Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R Tolkein / Audiobook narrated by Derek Jacobi
• A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leicht

Michael Morpurgo Interview about writing The Snowman :

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/children/2018/nov/michael-morpurgo-on-retelling-the-snowman-interview.html

Wine and Words is a Book Club with Wine and a Wine Club with Books you can join the facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/478630993279181

Christmas Wine Recommendations from Sarah

Litmus Pinot Noir, England

Halfpenny Sparkling Red, England

Slingby's Rhubarb Gin Christmas Cocktail;

50ml Rhubarb Gin

50ml Kings Ginger (plus one drop for the rim)

100ml Fresh Squeezed Lime

1 egg white

Crushed Gingerbread

mix a drop of Kings Ginger with the Gingerbread Crumbs on a plate, dip the rim of your glass into it

Chuck all the the other ingredients in a shaker over ice, strain into a cold Martini Glass .. Yumm

Best Mulled Wine Cheat - Use Selsley's Gourmet Mulling Syrup

Merry Christmas

Our first live show from The Kenilworth Arts Festival 2021.

Sarah and Ian were joined by the Writer, Director and cast of The Petticoat Council.

The play Petticoat Council tells the true story of the first female majority council. In this episode we talk to the writer about her decision to tell this familial story, how the telling of the story has impacted on the village where it took place, and how the story could be used to empower audiences. You also get to hear a live performance from the play.

If that wasn't enough, everyone gets their own theme tune live from our brilliant musician Alicia Gardener-Trejo https://www.agardenertrejomusic.com/

Everything is really really live on this one!

You can still catch performances of Petticoat Council here:

5th & 6th October 2021

https://wearenonsuch.com/portfolio/petticoatcouncil/

8th & 9th October 2021

https://www.thecorecorby.com/whats-on/petticoat-council/

28th October 2021

https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/shows/873626098

From what we have been listening to this week

The American Life - https://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Saturn Returns - https://saturnreturnswithcaggie.libsyn.com/

The Wrath of Josie Steggles - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-wrath-of-josie-steggles/id1573216154

Agatha Christies Short Stories Audiobook Narrated by Hugh Fraser

Pact by Tony Pitts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048nsmv

Introduction to English Wine - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/introduction-to-english-wine-by-wine-list/id1447348289

Sarah chats to Samuel Langley-Swain about his work as an author and publisher of inclusive books for children and their adults.

Founder of Owlet Press, Sam's world changed in 2014 when he became a Dad. Having never thought of writing books, he was dramatically inspired by his children and the new universe he’d entered into. His book What Wesley Wore has now been translated all over the world.

"I self-published my first book in September 2017 and sold over 7,000 copies in the first 12 weeks. As I toured the book it became important to me to be able to create positive change for children through stories, working with new authors who have the same beliefs as I do."

Find out more about Samuel and his books at https://www.owletpress.com/

What have we been listening to https://www.folkonfoot.com/

Ian particularly recommends the episodes with Johnny Flynn, Robert McFarlane and the one with Cosmo Sheldrake.