Dec 25, 2021

Festive Greetings, You are cordially invited to join us for a sleigh ride back into the past courtesy of the Christmas episode of our second season. It’s our version of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Fir Tree, which was originally published in 1844 in New Fairy Tales, Volume One, Collection Two (or to give...

Oct 31, 2021

Halloween is here – that wonderful time of year when trick-or-treaters in colourful costumes roam the streets… along with other less wholesome things. In honour of the occasion, the third episode of our second season is a horror story by Robert W. Chambers. It’s called In the Court of the Dragon and was originally...

Aug 3, 2021

Sword and sorcery fans should enjoy this second episode of our second season, Gods of the North (also known as The Frost Giant’s Daughter and other similar titles). It’s a tale of savage warriors and mystical beings by Robert E. Howard, a true pioneer of the genre, in whose fertile imagination the iconic character...

Jul 1, 2021

Greetings listeners. After a long hiatus, Back of the Bookshelf has returned for its second season with more classic fiction from yesteryear. If you thrill at the clatter of carriage wheels on the road, yearn for astounding adventures in space, then you won't be disappointed (we hope).

Kicking things off is a special...