A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley
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A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley

by Sally Bayley, Andrew Smith

Acclaimed writer Sally Bayley lives on a narrowboat, surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature, sustained by reading and writing. In this series, she invites us into her life, showing us how books can have the power to change our lives. Sally has recently been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, but this is not a misery memoir podcast; she shows us how literature and connection to nature can console and give courage and insight even in the most difficult times. This podcast series is produced by BAFTA and Emmy Award winning producer Andrew Smith

93 episodes
EN language
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1
Poppies in October Revisited
23:37 Mar 22, 2026
2
Worm in the Bud: A Fable
52:06 Feb 22, 2026
3
Sweeping and Editing
21:52 Jan 24, 2026
4
On Living in Hundred Acre Wood
20:30 Jan 2, 2026
5
River Ruminations
15:22 Nov 30, 2025
6
The Choreography of Writing
23:06 Nov 16, 2025
7
Arrivals
21:46 Oct 4, 2025
8
9
Mrs Parsons
15:21 Sep 13, 2025
10
11
The Other Side of the Fire
23:36 Jul 18, 2025
12
The 27th Kingdom
23:15 Jul 3, 2025
13
The Green Lady
15:21 Jun 14, 2025
14
Being Handy
28:56 Jun 1, 2025
15
Katherine Mansfield
28:44 May 19, 2025
16
A Fragment of May
11:00 May 2, 2025
17
Mrs Dalloway
23:48 Apr 27, 2025
18
Sightlines
30:38 Apr 4, 2025
19
Rhapsody
29:01 Mar 11, 2025
20
The Painter
21:27 Feb 1, 2025
21
Blithe
28:44 Jan 12, 2025
22
On Rhythm
25:16 Dec 11, 2024
23
Orphan Power
21:34 Nov 23, 2024
24
Playing in the Sun
16:14 Nov 15, 2024
25
Calpurnia's Dream
19:28 Oct 29, 2024
26
On Walking
17:32 Oct 19, 2024
27
A European Postcard
16:02 Oct 8, 2024
28
Poppies in October
12:07 Sep 17, 2024
29
The Painted Veil
22:24 Sep 9, 2024
30
Sadler's Birthday
35:11 Aug 20, 2024
31
The Gleaners
28:08 Aug 9, 2024
32
Bleak House
40:57 Jul 3, 2024
33
The Weatherhouse
27:09 Jun 18, 2024
34
35
Mary Crow
19:45 May 11, 2024
36
Cloud Patterns
17:59 May 2, 2024
37
A Glastonbury Romance
17:04 Apr 22, 2024
38
39
Pond Man
21:31 Mar 25, 2024
40
The Dog of Tears
22:25 Mar 12, 2024
41
42
Blindness
26:24 Feb 24, 2024
43
The Face in the Mirror
23:15 Feb 16, 2024
44
Writing and Holding
25:43 Feb 8, 2024
45
Insomnia
24:24 Jan 31, 2024
46
The White Rabbit
24:45 Jan 17, 2024
47
New Year’s Night
23:30 Jan 3, 2024
48
In the Bleak Midwinter
17:21 Dec 20, 2023
49
A Difficult Balance With Pain
18:00 Dec 13, 2023
50
What are Days For?
25:03 Nov 29, 2023
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