The Stranger Times
A podcast featuring short stories and news from the world of The Stranger Times - a newspaper based in Manchester reporting the weird and wonderful from around the world. Based on the novel The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell - out Jan 14th 2021.
Episodes
An historic joint episode with The Bunnycast podcast where Caimh brings you up to speed on what is going on and then we have the first of a series of interviews featuring him with the brilliant Marc Burrows attempting to get a word in edgeways and ask the questions.
There's also a story about a dog and a sprinkler - nobody knows why.
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It's the non-Christmas Christmas special of The Strange Times podcast with a brand new story read by the wonderful Janice Connolly. Enjoy!
*Brand New Story Alert*
Caimh is back with some updates, including a sort of 'live reaction' section of the podcast with a man looking at stuff that is on-sale in his own shop! More importantly, the superb Phil Mealey is here to read a brand new Stranger Times Short Story.
In this 'special' episode narrator Brendan McDonald and author Caimh have a chat while also drinking. The results are a rambling shambles that you may love or hate - both are valid responses.
BRAND NEW STORY ALERT! That's right, the wonderful returning narrator Ruth Cockburn narrates a brand new Stranger Times story called Smile Like You Mean It, and Caimh gives a quick update on all the news about the impending launch of Ring The Bells, as well as explaining the closest thing he's seen to actual magic in real life. Spoiler: It involves a man putting on glasses like a comedic Superman.
I'm not sure if the last ep or this ep counts as the start of season 5, but we can all agree it's definitely started now. Also - news on events in THREE countries plus Brendan McDonald reading an exclusive preview of Ring The Bells.
Roll up, roll up. roll up - the Stranger Times is back with two releases - Tales From The Stranger Times, a collection of the short stories all narrated by the wonderful Brendan McDonald, and Ring The Bells - book 5 in the series. Catch up on all the news and then hear Brendan performing a Stranger Times banger!
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This week's episode sees the return of the the magnificent Ruth E Cockburn reading a new Stranger Times short story, Paint by Numbers, Caimh gives you an insight into his hobbies and an update on Diller's reading abilities.
This week’s episode sees Brendan McDonald’s caressing your ears with a cheeky preview of Relight My Fire (Chapter 2). Caimh’s also out in the wild this week signing books and doing events. Find out where you can pick up signed books or meet him/listen to his chatting nonsense.
The legend that is Mark Stay is here to narrate a brand new Stranger Times story written by Caimh called A Good Book.
Caimh does his trademark rambling about God know's what before the episode is mercifully saved by the ever effervescent Brendan McDonald reading the Prologue of Relight My Fire.
Finishing the year off in style, we've got the unsurpassable Brendan McDonald, narrator of The Stranger Times audiobooks, reading a brand new short story featuring a well-loved character from one of the previous books. Relight My Fire out Jan 25th - Preorder now and a merry Christmas to one and all!
Join Caimh as he reveals exciting details about events (including the correct dates), gets very excited about meeting one of his heroes and then the incredible Jason Manford reads the podcast's most popular story ever.
Ahead of the upcoming brand new Stranger Times Christmas special, we're going to be visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past. Also, the ghost of foggy brain as Caimh gets the dates of events wrong - see the Waterstones website for correct dates!
In this ep, Caimh reads a brand new short story that he read LIVE on the first annual Stranger times Spooktacular. As if that wasn't enough, he also reveals the exciting goodies available to you if you preorder Relight My Fire, Stranger Times book 4 in hardback. And for the first time, info on events happening next year - plus, we edit out his diatribe about firework misuse so you don't have to hear it.
Join Caimh for some exciting news, an update on big events coming up and a slice of Stranger Times gold .
Caimh drops a surprise ep, like one of them Beyonce Knowles albums - only this has no singles but it does have a deal, an update and a slice of pure Stranger Times GOLD!
Re-live the highlights, the lowlights and the big fights of the online launch event for Love Will Tear Us apart as Caimh, author Mark Stay and narrator extraordinaire Brendan McDonald talk mostly nonsense. You should hear the crap we cut out! Also, there's a fun quiz which you can not now win as it was an on-the-night sort of thing. You had to be there!
This week's episode of The Stranger Times is the last to be broadcast from Caimh's writing shed as it's move day! Caimh reminisces about book launch week and laments on the woes of moving.
The uber multi-talented Charlie Baker narrates the short story The Beautiful Game.
In this episode, Caimh talks about being a consultant on a film and launch week rituals.
The brilliant Brendan McDonnell takes it home in the last preview where we get reacquainted with Stanley Roker, the worst of the worst of tabloid journalists.
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