Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs on public radio nationwide. Over 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear some of their favourite tales read aloud by distinguished actors. Full of funny, fantastical, and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word, this set will have a particular resonance with those who favour books. Among the stories are Ray Bradbury's "Exchange," read by Rochelle Oliver; Walter R. Brooks' "Ed Has His Mind Improved," read by Tony Roberts; Italo Calvino's "The Adventure of a Reader," translated by William Weaver and read by John Shea; Molly Giles' "The Writers' Model," read by Blair Brown; Adam Haslett's "Notes to My Biographer," read by Isaiah Sheffer; Audrey Niffenegger's "The Night Bookmobile," read by Christina Pickles; and Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens," read by Leonard Nimoy. Approximate running time: 180 minutes.