Written and Read

About Written and Read

Short stories and poetry, read aloud by the author. Host: Nels Challinor Theme Music by DAIN Cover Art by Natalie Vukic

Publisher

Nels Challinor

Category

arts · fiction · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Oct 2021

Latest episode

27 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 52 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Jan 2026

   "A Girl Called Tomorrow"

   "A Girl Called Tomorrow," originally published in reference mollusk in January of 2026. "With the new name, she would be heartless, strong, angry, beautiful, young forever, temperamental, effortlessly cool. With the new name, she would be anything she wanted."

2. 

   23 Dec 2025

   The Round-Up: Top Five Books for 2025

   Discussion with Dale Hall and Charlie Hope-D'Anieri about the best books we read in 2024.

3. 

   9 Dec 2025

   "Lolita" and "Pink Pigeon" by Alex Carolan

   Two original pieces of flash fiction by Alex Carolan - "Lolita" and "Pink Pigeon" - originally published in Pom Pom Lit and Pinch, respectively.

Inside a recent episode

"Robinson's Wake" by Dale Hall

Published 9 Jul 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Initially, it was an asylum for orphaned girls of servicemen who died during the Crimean War, and is said to be haunted still by the ghost of one such orphan. In the First World War, it became the Southwestern General Hospital, where a temporary railway line brought thousands of wounded soldiers for treatment. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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