Three Men in a Boat

About this episode

Frank reads passages from 'Three Men In A Boat' to help Nadia engage with the book.

Nadia's busy scribbling - so busy she hasn't even had chance to read the book she was set as part of the Island's National Year of Reading challenge, 'Three Men In A Boat'. Frank decides it might help her engage if he becomes her own personal audiobook and so reads two of his favourite passages for her, and your, delight. It is a thing of pure joy. Frank also summons the spirit of Emily Drabble from Booktrust with her fabulous recommendations to stop him getting too lonely.

People in this episode

Host: Nadia Shireen

Guest: Frank Cottrell Boyce

Topics covered

• audiobook
• reading challenge
• literature
• book recommendations
• joy of reading

Keywords

• Three Men In A Boat
• audiobook
• reading
• Frank Cottrell Boyce
• Nadia Shireen
• Emily Drabble
• Booktrust
• literature
• book recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Booktrust

Books & works: Three Men In A Boat

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