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07-11-2016, 09:37
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The Apple Orchard - coming to a radio near you...
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lKgy2-nCDy4/WCBGYhZqFKI/AAAAAAAADpk/VSIiy_gtHLwmGWJAUynVpHD4XFgAlz4LwCLcB/s400/353722022.jpeg (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lKgy2-nCDy4/WCBGYhZqFKI/AAAAAAAADpk/VSIiy_gtHLwmGWJAUynVpHD4XFgAlz4LwCLcB/s1600/353722022.jpeg)
I'm enormously proud, and more than a little nervous, that this morning BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting the first episode of the serialisation of my new book, The Apple Orchard. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Orchard-Story-English-Fruit/dp/1846148839/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=33HEZX3H242N5AR28DAG)
My last narrative book, Shakespeare's Local (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-Local-Pete-Brown/dp/1447236807/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=), was also Book of the Week, so I guess lightning can strike twice. It's an enormous honour to be chosen. Shakespeare's Local was read out by Tony 'Baldrick' Robinson, who made my words sound about 100 times funnier and more interesting than they read on the page. To follow that up, the producers decided they would like The Apple Orchard to be read by... me.
I can talk on radio just fine, but reading out something scripted is an entirely different skill, one I learned quickly in a studio in Glasgow three weeks ago. You can hear the results at 9.45am each day this week, Monday to Thursday.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pFK9r-ch25w/WCBGUGK8zyI/AAAAAAAADpg/UqYVHfLC1q0TFiWaz7pdYmcAPN92zpcMACLcB/s400/BOTW.jpg (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b081ld2t)
There are many different strands to The Apple Orchard. Most people who know me keep referring to it as my 'cider book', and I have to stop myself referring to it in that way still. There's a lot of cider drunk in the book, and cider production is addressed in detail towards the end, but it's mainly about the cycle of the apple year, the history and nature of apple cultivation, and the symbolism and significance of this fruit in our lives, what it tells us about systems of belief and how we make sense of the world.
That's an awful lot to fit into four fifteen minute broadcasts, so the abridger at Radio 4 had to choose one thread to follow. He chose to focus on the cycle of the apple year and what needs to be done in the orchard at various times. So this week, you can hear about the origins of the apple and how it came to England, how I learn to prune and graft apple trees, and the joy of apple harvest. I think of it as a 'remix' of the book, with different elements shuffled around to create something new, simpler and leaner.
This seemingly ordinary fruit is in fact one of the most potent symbols in our lives. It was a life-changing joy to unravel its story.
If you're not near a radio at 9.45am, you can catch up on iPlayer by following the link in the screen grab above. The Apple Orchard will be available for about 30 days.
I've been asked a lot if all this means I don't write about beer any more. I can assure you that I do. I'm doing the final edits to my new beer book this week, which will be available spring 2017. After I've finished that, I'll be blogging all the stuff about beer I didn't have time to address while I was working on these books. I'm also writing regularly for the Morning Advertiser, Original Gravity and Ferment magazines.
More... (http://petebrown.blogspot.com/2016/11/book-of-week.html)
The Apple Orchard - coming to a radio near you...
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lKgy2-nCDy4/WCBGYhZqFKI/AAAAAAAADpk/VSIiy_gtHLwmGWJAUynVpHD4XFgAlz4LwCLcB/s400/353722022.jpeg (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lKgy2-nCDy4/WCBGYhZqFKI/AAAAAAAADpk/VSIiy_gtHLwmGWJAUynVpHD4XFgAlz4LwCLcB/s1600/353722022.jpeg)
I'm enormously proud, and more than a little nervous, that this morning BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting the first episode of the serialisation of my new book, The Apple Orchard. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Orchard-Story-English-Fruit/dp/1846148839/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=33HEZX3H242N5AR28DAG)
My last narrative book, Shakespeare's Local (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-Local-Pete-Brown/dp/1447236807/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=), was also Book of the Week, so I guess lightning can strike twice. It's an enormous honour to be chosen. Shakespeare's Local was read out by Tony 'Baldrick' Robinson, who made my words sound about 100 times funnier and more interesting than they read on the page. To follow that up, the producers decided they would like The Apple Orchard to be read by... me.
I can talk on radio just fine, but reading out something scripted is an entirely different skill, one I learned quickly in a studio in Glasgow three weeks ago. You can hear the results at 9.45am each day this week, Monday to Thursday.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pFK9r-ch25w/WCBGUGK8zyI/AAAAAAAADpg/UqYVHfLC1q0TFiWaz7pdYmcAPN92zpcMACLcB/s400/BOTW.jpg (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b081ld2t)
There are many different strands to The Apple Orchard. Most people who know me keep referring to it as my 'cider book', and I have to stop myself referring to it in that way still. There's a lot of cider drunk in the book, and cider production is addressed in detail towards the end, but it's mainly about the cycle of the apple year, the history and nature of apple cultivation, and the symbolism and significance of this fruit in our lives, what it tells us about systems of belief and how we make sense of the world.
That's an awful lot to fit into four fifteen minute broadcasts, so the abridger at Radio 4 had to choose one thread to follow. He chose to focus on the cycle of the apple year and what needs to be done in the orchard at various times. So this week, you can hear about the origins of the apple and how it came to England, how I learn to prune and graft apple trees, and the joy of apple harvest. I think of it as a 'remix' of the book, with different elements shuffled around to create something new, simpler and leaner.
This seemingly ordinary fruit is in fact one of the most potent symbols in our lives. It was a life-changing joy to unravel its story.
If you're not near a radio at 9.45am, you can catch up on iPlayer by following the link in the screen grab above. The Apple Orchard will be available for about 30 days.
I've been asked a lot if all this means I don't write about beer any more. I can assure you that I do. I'm doing the final edits to my new beer book this week, which will be available spring 2017. After I've finished that, I'll be blogging all the stuff about beer I didn't have time to address while I was working on these books. I'm also writing regularly for the Morning Advertiser, Original Gravity and Ferment magazines.
More... (http://petebrown.blogspot.com/2016/11/book-of-week.html)