60 acast.com About Last Mic https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast en Yvonne Battle-Felton spoken word, storytelling, true stories, reading, memoir, writing Yvonne Battle-Felton True Story Podcast A podcast inspired by Telling it Like it's Lived, a monthly true story open mic night where readers share 3-5 minute true stories. Each podcast episode features 1-3 true stories shared by Yvonne Battle-Felton, invited authors, and the wider community. Each story loosely explores the month's true story open mic themes or is inspired by the open mic.



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]]> false Yvonne Battle-Felton info+65bf4a06c41aec001735155a@mg-eu.acast.com 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1707034994764-3c8e6f4b4c7a063855fa0afeb91f2cf8.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast About Last Mic Downfall by Yvonne Battle-Felton Downfall by Yvonne Battle-Felton Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT 3:27 6ababbf858bacc11cbdf73d6 false https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast/episodes/downfall-by-yvonne-battle-felton 6ababbf858bacc11cbdf73d6 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a downfall-by-yvonne-battle-felton Why I did it full 1 6 This is a short story before bedtime for adults. It's not so much a who done it, but an I done it. Downfall is the fictional story about a character pushed to the edge, and the character who pushes her over it.


It's part of a series of night-time audio read by me. I'm Yvonne. Writer, audio lover, and narrator.


About the author

Yvonne Battle-Felton is an award-winning author, academic, editor, podcaster, host, creative producer, and writer. Her debut, Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Not the Booker, and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Winner of The Shirley Jackson Award, Curdle Creek is her second novel. Former Commissioning Editor (literary fiction) at John Murray, Yvonne was a finalist in the Hurston Wright Foundation Legacy Zora Award for Fiction for Curdle Creek, a winner of the RSL Scriptorium Award, and is the Academic Director of Creative Writing at Cambridge University. She has six creative nonfiction titles in the Ladybird Series (children).

Yvonne is presenter of the Write Your Novel with Yvonne Battle-Felton series and podcast, Bookable Space. She aims to live a literary life and bring people together over stories.

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It's part of a series of night-time audio read by me. I'm Yvonne. Writer, audio lover, and narrator.


About the author

Yvonne Battle-Felton is an award-winning author, academic, editor, podcaster, host, creative producer, and writer. Her debut, Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Not the Booker, and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Winner of The Shirley Jackson Award, Curdle Creek is her second novel. Former Commissioning Editor (literary fiction) at John Murray, Yvonne was a finalist in the Hurston Wright Foundation Legacy Zora Award for Fiction for Curdle Creek, a winner of the RSL Scriptorium Award, and is the Academic Director of Creative Writing at Cambridge University. She has six creative nonfiction titles in the Ladybird Series (children).

Yvonne is presenter of the Write Your Novel with Yvonne Battle-Felton series and podcast, Bookable Space. She aims to live a literary life and bring people together over stories.

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]]> Live Reading from Summer Book Launch 2026 Live Reading from Summer Book Launch 2026 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:51:32 GMT 4:43 6ab0c5bfeec8edc6b4b1e277 false https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast/episodes/live-reading-from-summer-book-launch-2026 6ab0c5bfeec8edc6b4b1e277 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a live-reading-from-summer-book-launch-2026 The Shire from Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton full 1 5 This is a recording from a live event celebrating books launched in Summer, 2026. In this episode of About Last Mic, Yvonne Battle-Felton reads from the US edition of Curdle Creek. In this extract, Osira finds herself a long way from home. Curdle Creek is a rural town with a population policy of one in, one out. Now that Osira is in England she is surprised to find that life outside of Curdle Creek is not so different as life inside her rural, ordinance-loving town. She is also surprised by who she has to become to survive it.


Inspired by Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, Curdle Creek is the winner of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Award (novel).


Yvonne Battle-Felton is an author, academic, and podcaster. Her debut, Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Not the Booker, and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Winner of The Shirley Jackson Award, Curdle Creek is her second novel. Yvonne was a finalist in the Hurston Wright Foundation Legacy Zora Award for Fiction, has been awarded the RSL Scriptorium Award, and lives in West Yorkshire, England. She aims to create a literary community bringing readers and writers together over wordsThis is a recording from a live event celebrating books launched in 2026. In this episode, I'm reading from the US edition of Curdle Creek. It's a section of the book that I don't often get to read from. In the book, Osira finds herself a long way from home. She's surprised by what she finds and by who she is when she's away from Curdle Creek.


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]]> This is a recording from a live event celebrating books launched in Summer, 2026. In this episode of About Last Mic, Yvonne Battle-Felton reads from the US edition of Curdle Creek. In this extract, Osira finds herself a long way from home. Curdle Creek is a rural town with a population policy of one in, one out. Now that Osira is in England she is surprised to find that life outside of Curdle Creek is not so different as life inside her rural, ordinance-loving town. She is also surprised by who she has to become to survive it.


Inspired by Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, Curdle Creek is the winner of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Award (novel).


Yvonne Battle-Felton is an author, academic, and podcaster. Her debut, Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Not the Booker, and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Winner of The Shirley Jackson Award, Curdle Creek is her second novel. Yvonne was a finalist in the Hurston Wright Foundation Legacy Zora Award for Fiction, has been awarded the RSL Scriptorium Award, and lives in West Yorkshire, England. She aims to create a literary community bringing readers and writers together over wordsThis is a recording from a live event celebrating books launched in 2026. In this episode, I'm reading from the US edition of Curdle Creek. It's a section of the book that I don't often get to read from. In the book, Osira finds herself a long way from home. She's surprised by what she finds and by who she is when she's away from Curdle Creek.


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]]> Hula Hoops and Other Nostalgia Hula Hoops and Other Nostalgia Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:00:00 GMT 4:23 689255663a582a36b3c8cc4d false https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast/episodes/hula-hoops-and-other-nostalgia 689255663a582a36b3c8cc4d 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a hula-hoops-and-other-nostalgia full 1 4

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]]> Like Riding a Bike Like Riding a Bike Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:00:00 GMT 3:58 6892537a34f09da0e54464e2 false https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast/episodes/like-riding-a-bike 6892537a34f09da0e54464e2 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a like-riding-a-bike by Yvonne Battle-Felton full 1 3

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]]> Accommodating Accommodating Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:00:00 GMT 7:42 6892431c6c91d3cb63520608 false https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast/episodes/accommodating 6892431c6c91d3cb63520608 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a accommodating by Yvonne Battle-Felton full 1 2

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]]> About Last Mic About Last Mic Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:00:00 GMT 6:35 6892402f3a582a36b3c37fc2 false https://shows.acast.com/telling-it-like-its-lived-true-story-podcast/episodes/about-last-mic 6892402f3a582a36b3c37fc2 65bf4a06c41aec001735155a about-last-mic by Yvonne Battle-Felton full 1 1

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