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Exploring curious stories about the people and technology behind what we read - with Anna Faherty and Judith Watts. For book nerds, readers and anyone interested in publishing or book history.

© 2026 Anna Faherty & Judith Watts
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  • Victor Gollancz and the Left Book Club
    13 Aug 2026

    In which Anna and Judith travel back to the dark and worrying world of 1930s' London. Expect purpose-driven publishing, bold marketing and a rousing rebel song.

    Will a horrified publisher, desperate to prevent an impending war, find a way to get vital information to the masses?

    CONNECT WITH ANNA & JUDITH
    Find more information and images at the Bookshapers website.
    Follow Bookshapers on Instagram.

    CREDITS
    Recorded by Anna Faherty and Judith Watts. Edited and produced by Anna Faherty.
    Incidental music:
    Whirlwinds of Danger by Randall Swingler and Varshav Vyankar from Lansbury's Labour Weekly recordings in 1926 (available at Bishopsgate Library) and The Internationale by Pierre de Geyter, performed in 1934 by Aage Nielsens Orkester (available at the Internet Archive).

    Sound effects: The sound of the typewriter from tams_kp on freeounds.org
    Theme music: Folk guitar music track from Dvideoguy on freesound.org | Typewriter sound effect from tams_kp on freeounds.org | Print shop sound effect from ecfike on freesound.org

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    45 dk.
  • Modern Magic
    20 Feb 2025

    In which Anna and Judith travel back to a world of secrets in Victorian London. Expect multiplatform publishing, debates about access to knowledge, a found-poem performance and a marvellous trick.

    When Angelo Lewis writes a book about his boyhood love, some readers are so outraged they wish him dead...

    CONNECT WITH ANNA & JUDITH
    Find more information and images at the Bookshapers website.
    Follow Bookshapers on Instagram.

    USEFUL LINKS
    Explore a copy of 'Modern Magic' at the Internet Archive.

    CREDITS
    Recorded by Anna Faherty and Judith Watts. Edited and produced by Anna Faherty. Thanks also to Marco Tarantino of University of the Arts London for support with recording.
    Incidental music:
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice, composed by Paul Dukas in 1897 and performed by the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in 1929. Available at the Internet Archive.
    Sound effects: The sound of the typewriter from tams_kp on freeounds.org
    Theme music: Folk guitar music track from Dvideoguy on freesound.org | Typewriter sound effect from tams_kp on freeounds.org | Print shop sound effect from ecfike on freesound.org

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    42 dk.
  • Botanica Blackwellia
    15 Sep 2023

    In which Anna and Judith travel back to the degenerate world of Eighteenth-century London. Expect user-focused content and design, a performance in rhyming verse and a dash of gin.

    When Elizabeth Blackwell's husband ends up in a debtor's prison, she thinks writing and illustrating her own book will save the day, but it's a mammoth task.

    CONNECT WITH ANNA & JUDITH
    Find more information and images at the Bookshapers website.
    Follow Bookshapers on Instagram.
    Follow Bookshapers on Twitter.

    USEFUL LINKS
    See Elizabeth's letter of introduction to Hans Sloane at the British Library.
    'A Curious Herbal as Material Witness' at the Linnean Society.
    'Will the Real Elizabeth Blackwell Please Stand Up?' at NYBG.

    CREDITS
    Recorded by Anna Faherty and Judith Watts. Edited and produced by Anna Faherty.
    Incidental music:
    Concerti Grosso, Opus 3 No 2 in B-flat major composed by George Frideric Handel in 1734 and performed by The London Baroque Orchestra. Available at Wikimedia Commons.
    Sound effects: The sound of the typewriter from tams_kp on freeounds.org
    Theme music: Folk guitar music track from Dvideoguy on freesound.org | Typewriter sound effect from tams_kp on freeounds.org | Print shop sound effect from ecfike on freesound.org

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    44 dk.
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