"2025 Walter Scott Prize Longlist" Playlist

The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen & Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“I loved The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden. It is 1961 in a quiet backwater village in the Netherlands. If you observed the quiet and orderly life of Isabel as she lives out her days polishing her dead mother's silver in the family home in Overijssel, you might never know of the suffering and destruction of the war that ended only 16 years... Read more

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A Sign of Her Own

By: Sarah Marsh
Narrated by: Fannie Marion
Length: 14 hours 16 minutes

A mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that follows a deaf former student of Alexander Graham Bell as she learns to reclaim her own authentic voice.

Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech.... Read more

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Glorious Exploits

A Novel

By: Ferdia Lennon
Narrated by: Ferdia Lennon
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

“What a quirky gem of a book that I listened to on audio. I just couldn’t figure out how Lennon was going to pull off this story but he did and I was captivated. Read more

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A Novel

By: Carys Davies
Narrated by: Russ Bain
Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

“Beautiful book of heartwarming friendship which develops in the most unlikely of circumstances. Read more

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The Heart in Winter

A Novel

By: Kevin Barry
Narrated by: Kevin Barry
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

“A love story? A Western adventure story? An Irish alcoholic and dope fiend and a just-married woman fall in love and go on the run in the early 1890's Montana. Soon, bounty hunters are on their trail. Funny, witty and romantic, this is a propulsive story wonderfully narrated by the author himself. Read more

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