All Things Alice podcast will explore the cultural phenomenon of Alice in Wonderland. Frank Beddor, the author of the Looking Glass Wars Trilogy, is your host through a Wonderverse of interviews from all types of creators as they chronicle the dark yet empowering reality of Lewis Carroll's fantasies and answer the question - what is it about Alice? more

If you've read and loved Alice in Wonderland, you wouldn't want to miss reading about her further adventures, the strange and fantastical creatures she meets and the delightful style and word-play that made the first book so appealing. Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll is thematically much more structured and cleverly constructed as compared to the earlier Alice book but still retains its childhood elements of wonder, curiosity and imagination. Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym of Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a gifted mathematics professor at Oxford during the late 19th century. He suffered from lifelong shyness, a debilitating stammer and several physical deformities including partial deafness. Awkward and uncomfortable with adults, he bloomed in the company of children and had a special insight into their world. He portrays Alice as a well-mannered child, brought up in a privileged background. Based on a real little girl whose father was also at Oxford during the time Dodgson was there, Alice and her sisters formed the inspiration for these books which went on to be ranked among the best loved in children's literature. Through the Looking-Glass takes Alice through the mirror hanging on her nursery wall into a realm beyond. Here she finds a mirror image of her own world, but with everything reversed. Books with printing that can only be read when held up to a mirror, animated chess-pieces, memorable characters from nursery-rhymes like Humpty Dumpty, The Lion and the Unicorn, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and a host of strange creatures with even stranger names like the Jabberwock and the Bandersnatch. The Red Queen, the White Queen and the White Knight are other characters who populate the looking-glass world. Poems like Jabberwocky explore the limits of language, while the Walrus and the Carpenter are simply hilarious. Chess forms the framework of the plot, the mirror-world is made up of squares which Alice moves through sequentially in pawn-like moves, symbolizing the dominance of fate in our lives. Funny poems and delightful turns of phrase that Lewis Carroll is justly famous for, continue to sparkle in this book too. The dream-like quality is retained in Through the Looking-Glass, with abrupt changes in location and characters. In the years that followed their publication, Lewis Carroll's books have been intensely studied by literary critics, psychologists, mathematicians and chess enthusiasts. Yet despite all the analysis and study, Through the Looking-Glass remains a charming and innocent portrayal of childhood imagination and creativity. more

My name is Brad Shaw. I'm a voice actor, presenter and entrepreneur. At the beginning of the first lockdown, I was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma and was told that I would have to face a year of immunotherapy infusions.I decided that I'd engage with the voiceover community and create a project that we could all get involved with. The Wonderland Challenge was born.I split Alice in Wonderland up into 159 one minute chunks and offered it out to my colleagues. The idea was that you record a minute and donate something to the NHS. I was overwhelmed with the response. I started to get enquiries from celebrities such as Dame Harriet Walter and Michael Palin amongst others. I collected the clips and started to piece it all together. To find out more about the project, follow this link.I will be releasing the book as a podcast, chapter by chapter until it is complete. EnjoyPS I have been in remission for 2 years now. more

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the classic fantasy nonsense tale by Lewis Carroll is a real trip - a lot of fun for adults and children alike! Listening to this audiobook of the complete story you will meet Alice and the crazy group of characters she gets to know in 'Wonderland'. Read by professional narrator and actress Anna Butterworth. more

A bi-monthly podcast of dramatic reading and explorations of fictional books from the past.Publishes on the 8th and 24th of every month. more

Tune in to our Alice in Wonderland podcast for lighthearted commentary and analysis of the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Learn all about the author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson AKA Lewis Carroll, and the REAL Alice, Alice Liddell. We'll also discuss Alice in Wonderland movies, TV shows and theater, and Alice's influence on literature, fashion and popular culture. Pour a cup of tea, help yourself to the bread-and-butter and leave your logic at the door. We're all mad here. more

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, to be followed by Alice Through the Looking Glass. Beautifully read by Natasha of Storynory. A free audio book. Unabridged. more