Book Extracts

Paulie's Web - Queenie & The Waterman

Written by: Wendy Robertson MP3 filesize: 6.6 MB Length mm:ss - 7:12

We welcome Wendy back to listenupnorth.com to read from her latest book available on Kindle


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Paulie's Web - Out

Written by: Wendy Robertson MP3 filesize: 9.4 MB Length mm:ss - 10:15

Thanks to the wonderful wordsmith and storyteller Wendy Robertson who is reading from her latest book available on Kindle


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The Orchid House - Chapter 2

Written by: Avril Joy MP3 filesize: 13.55 MB Length mm:ss - 14:48

Sensuous and disturbing, The Orchid House is an exploration of grief, the power of obsession and the consequences of betrayal…


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The Orchid House - Chapter 1

Written by: Avril Joy MP3 filesize: 6 MB Length mm:ss - 6:32

 Sensuous and disturbing, The Orchid House is an exploration of grief, the power of obsession and the consequences of betrayal…


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Police Crime & 999

Written by: John Donoghue MP3 filesize: 18.05 MB Length mm:ss - 19:42

If like me your guilty secret is watching every police reality show on TV (Cops on lawnmowers, anyone?) then you'll love Police Crime and 999; The Story of a Front Line Officer.  Available in paperback & Kindle. 


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Fight to the Finish

Written by: Gordon MacPherson MP3 filesize: 25.87 MB Length mm:ss - 28:15

The work of Gordon MacPherson has been brought together in Fight to the Finish by Northern Voices Community Projects; it is illustrated by family photos with a life history written by daughter Heather.  Extracts from the book have been recorded by listenupnorth.com, read by Heather and her brother Gordon.
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Unquiet Grave

Written by: Stan Beckensall MP3 filesize: 8.85 MB Length mm:ss - 19:19

Set on a wild, empty Northumberland moorland, Unquiet Grave tells of a restless soul who seeks rest.  The story unfolds over many centuries to the present day, told through the people who inhabited this remote landscape. 


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9987

Written by: Nik Jones MP3 filesize: 6.04 MB Length mm:ss - 13:11

The shop is everything to him - always neat and tidy, safe and reliable, the rental DVDs carefully categorised, alphabetised and memorised.  He thinks he knows his customers, until the bloodstains begin to appear - on grubby banknotes, on porn DVDs and on the shop's new carpet.  CONTAINS SEXUAL REFERENCES
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The Legend Of Liz and Joe

Written by: John Murray MP3 filesize: 5.12 MB Length mm:ss - 11:10

Set between 2008 in Joe Gladstone's gourmet guesthouse and an epic tale of political tyranny in 2018.

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Sandie Shaw and the Millionth Marvell Cooker

Written by: Wendy Robertson MP3 filesize: 9.02 MB Length mm:ss - 19:42

It's the summer of 1965; rock and roll music rules the airwaves as innocent student Cassandra reluctantly begins temporary work at the Marvell cooker factory in Grafton. But little does she know that the events which follow will change her life forever.
An enchanting story full of friendship and self discovery, packed with warmth, drama and hope
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