Saskia Black

ACOTAR was an absolute slog… ‘Thomas Cromwell’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch on the other hand is quite the read 📖📖📖

Currently slugging my way through ACOTR. I like Feyre, but it feels like a poor knock off of Beauty and the Beast and the same things seem to happen in everyyy chapter. I’ve been assured that it’s the worst one in the series and only makes sense once you’ve read the others, so I shall continue. 📕✨

Ok, IMO Bletchley Park Riddle lacked magic and emotional weight. But it’s a perfect high-interest book for 9-12s. It’s an interactive page-turner and immerses you in war-time Britain… but yes, I didn’t fall in love with the characters or the story and that’s a-okay. WHAT TO READ NEXT…

Finally decided what to read next - gone for the tween thriller, Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinken.

Marriage Portrait is an astounding read. So evocative and absorbing. Only criticism is that Lucre seems far older than a 15 y/o… And now I am not sure what to read next 😱

Pride and Prejudice was a deliciously spiky and exceedingly wholesome read. Should have read it yonks ago. Have moved onto Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell - enjoying it more than I did Hamnet so far. Perhaps it’s the tiger.

Cosy worm whippet 🪱

Hyped to be on the reading panel for The Reading Agency… will be helping select children’s books for their Summer Reading Challenge!✨✨✨📚📚 p.s. my whippet is not on panel, but will be assisting me throughout the process (it’s not clear exactly how yet)

Going to read Pride and Prejudice next…. despite being obsessed with the 1995 tv version (basic I know), I’ve never read it. May the literary lords now forgive me of my sins!

Finished Intermezzo. Ivan was such a wonderful character, also ♥️’d the ending and how it captured the nuances of living with complicated relationships, finding beauty in their tensions. But, gotta say, I still prefer R’s previous book - the letters perfectly punctuated her prose and I missed them.

Why ‘radical listening’ is key to public radio’s future "Building radical listening and field recording into our program offerings announces to the audience that we understand our public service role as custodians of culture and media representation."

In defence of ‘radical listening’ - an especially timely read in the wake of the cancellation of Short Cuts current.org/2024/11/why-...

A screenshot of Finding Seaglass playing in the BBC Sounds app. The cover art shows an old photograph of a Black man, Hannah’s father, with a curly Afro wearing a black button-up shirt and holding a baby, Hannah, wearing a white and red dress and reaching her arm towards him.

A screenshot of Hamlet Noir playing on BBC Sounds. The cover art shows Kronborg Castle as viewed from the sea; an imposing stone structure with turrets, towers, green roofs and spires. White bold text over the castle reads “Hamlet Noir.”

Fresh off of our big night at last week’s #APAs24, we’d love to remind you that FINDING SEAGLASS and HAMLET NOIR are available again on BBC Sounds. If you haven’t listened to these award-winning productions yet, please do pop on your headphones and let us know what you think 🎧🤍

Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.

Can't wait to listen to this ✨

YAAAAAAS!

Me wrangling whippets in Papercat Bookshop, Herne Hill

Oh hi! I'm a producer for AudioUK's Production Company of the Year, Almost Tangible. We pioneer immersive audio dramas. My favourite creative stage is ideation and development. Outside of audio, I love learning about history (fave era is English Civil War) and I’m passionate about children's books!