Audiobooks narrated by Michelle Asante

"In the middle of the countryside, a realtor is showing a disgraced professor around an idyllic house. She speaks not only about the home's many wonderful qualities but about its previous owner, the mystifying Helen, whose presence still seems to suffuse every fixture. Through hearing stories of Helen's chosen way of living, the man begins to see that his story is not actually over - rather, he is being offered a chance to buy his way into the simple life, close to the land, that's always been out of reach to him. But as evening fades into black, he will learn that the asking price may be much higher, and stranger, than anticipated. Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: What must we give up in exchange for true happiness?"

Makenna Goodman (Author), Michelle Asante (Narrator)

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Doctor Who: Firefall: 15th Doctor Audio Original

"Michelle Asante reads an exciting new adventure for the Doctor and Belinda. Floating high above 19th Century Earth, the Doctor and Belinda enjoy the legendary Leonids meteor shower of 1833, when the skies teemed with shooting stars. One meteor is bigger and brighter than the others and shows no sign of breaking up in the planetary atmosphere. The travellers follow it to the village of Drummondville and begin the hunt for a fallen star. There’s a strained atmosphere in the sleepy town, where two buildings mysteriously caught fire overnight. Belinda meets young Mary Moss, who’s harbouring something extraordinary – something that must be kept safe from the other villagers. What strange entity has landed, and how might it affect all life on Earth? The Doctor and Belinda try to broker peace between Leo and its human hosts, before things get out of control… Michelle Asante reads Beth Axford’s sensitive tale of outsiders in search of a place to call home. Text © Beth Axford 2025 Cover design by Lee Johnson Cover portraits © BBC Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design: James Murray. Project editor: John Ainsworth Executive producer: Michael Stevens (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Beth Axford (Author), Michelle Asante (Narrator)

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Bernardine Evaristo: A BBC Radio Collection: Including original writing for radio, plus full-cast adaptations of The Emperor’s Babe and Hello Mum

"Full-cast dramatisations and original plays and stories from the award-winning author. Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize 2019 with her novel, Girl, Woman, Other and the one-off Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award in 2025. The author of ten books, her 2013 novel Mr Loverman was adapted into a BBC 1 drama series in 2024, winning two BAFTAS. She has received over 90 awards and honours and is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University of London. Featured here are some of her most innovative works, as well as an illuminating documentary about her life and career. The Emperor’s Babe – Set in AD 211, this drama adaptation of Evaristo’s 2001 verse novel, follows Zuleika, of Nubian heritage, who grows up wild and adventurous in Roman London and has a dangerous affair with the Roman emperor, Septimius Severus Hello Mum – Fourteen-year-old Jerome grows up on a rough housing estate and makes a mistake that has disastrous consequences. Now he needs his mother to understand why - and what the world looks like through his eyes. A powerful tale adapted from Evaristo’s 2010 novella Madam Bitterfly and the Stockwell Diva - Feisty South Londoner, Charmayne, is determined to make it big in Hollywood – no matter what it takes…A wickedly comical take on the hierarchy of colour, told in verse Medea – Mapping the Edge – Three writers: Amanda Dalton, Alison Fell and Evaristo, wrote three versions of the Medea myth featuring characters from Greece, Yemen and Yorkshire, which were integrated into a stunning and unique single drama. Originally staged as a promenade theatre production by Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with WilsonWilson Company. Dalton adapted it for radio On Top of the World – A woman's feelings of alienation and isolation lead her to the frozen landscape of the beautiful Arctic London Choral Celestial Jazz – Bernardine Evaristo reads her own experimental verse short story, inspired by Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, and featuring four very different Black women who navigate the high-octane, adrenaline-charged streets of contemporary London Profile: Bernardine Evaristo –A radio documentary about Bernardine Evaristo and her life Original Text copyright © Bernardine Evaristo 2001 (The Emperor’s Babe), 2003 (Madam Bitterfly and the Stockwell Diva), 2005 (On Top of the World), 2010 (Hello Mum), 2014 (London Choral Celestial Jazz), 2003 (Medea – Mapping the Edge) text copyright © Amanda Dalton, Alison Fell and Bernardine Evaristo Content Warning: contains strong language and deals with themes of racism Written by Bernardine Evaristo The Emperor’s Babe Zuleika – Michelle Asante Felix – Paul Chahidi Alba – Alex Tregear Valeria – Hannah Wood Tranio – Rick Warden Severus – Terence Anderson Hello Mum Jerome – Anthony Welsh Adrian/Boy – Damson Idris Kimisi – Nadine Marshall Delmar – Malachi Kirby Keith – Jude Akuwudike Dexter – Alex Lanipekun with Robert Blythe, Joe Sims Madam Bitterfly and the Stockwell Diva Charmayne – Petra Letang Sonia – Sharon Duncan-Brewster Hortense – Dona Croll Rhona – Stephanie Turner Keisha – Clare Perkins Principal – Martin Hyder Medea – Mapping the Edge Mildred – June Broughton Young Mildred – Tassia Messimeris Jamal – Sushil Chudasama Gerald – Martin Pirongs Nadia – Sara Powell Jason – Danny Seward Maddy – Lexi Strauss Texan – Deka Walmsley Narrator – David Fleeshman On Top of the World Read by Adjoa Andoh London Choral Celestial Jazz Read by Bernardine Evaristo Profile: Bernardine Evaristo © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Bernardine Evaristo (Author), Adjoa Andoh, Anthony Welsh, Bernardine Evaristo, Damson Idris, Full Cast, Joe Sims, Jude Akuwudike, June Broughton, Lexi Strauss, Michelle Asante, Nadine Marshall, Paul Chahidi, Petra Letan, Rick Warden, Sara Powell, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Tassia Messimeris (Narrator)

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Doctor Who: Spectral Scream: 15th Doctor Novel

"Michelle Asante reads this brand new adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda. 'A piercing shriek ruptured the silence. The agonised howl of a creature in deep, shattering pain. That haunting, spectral scream.' When a psychic shriek for help nearly overwhelms the TARDIS, the Doctor and Belinda track the source to a distant planet. There they find a sentient, telepathic bioship named Adama and ragged colonists descended from the original crew. Adama is dying, and their spectral screams are growing strong enough to kill anyone in the vicinity. When Adama crashed 100 years ago, it was with a great treasure on board, stolen from the ruthless Gangnax Imperium – technology that could either unite worlds or destroy them. If they are to save the bioship, the Doctor and Belinda must survive suspicious colonists, greedy bounty hunters and military forces determined to reclaim what’s theirs – before Adama’s final death throes destroy them all. Michelle Asante reads Hannah Fergesen's original novel featuring the Doctor, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa, and Belinda Chandra, as played on TV by Varada Sethu. ? 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Roocroft. Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens"

Hannah Fergesen (Author), Michelle Asante (Narrator)

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The Rest of You

"An emotionally wrenching novel, set in today’s London and 90s Ghana, exploring generational trauma and what it means to be Black British, surviving between the gaps of knowledge around familial migrant journeys. On the cusp of thirty, Ghanaian Londoner Whitney Appiah was born with a special gift. The massage therapist can physically sense where her clients' trauma lies and heal them. But Whitney has no idea that she too is suffering. Tragic events from her youth have left a terrible, unseen mark. When a dangerous encounter with the man she's dating triggers a wave of fragmented recollections, Whitney embarks on a journey to reclaim her memories and the truth that is buried deep in her early years growing up in Kumasi. Spanning three decades, told through the viewpoints of Whitney, her aunts, Gloria and Aretha, and their house help, Maame Serwaa, The Rest of You explores what happens when we try to resolve the mysteries of our past."

Maame Blue (Author), Michelle Asante, Yasmin Mwanza (Narrator)

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On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind: The Woman on the Golden Hind

"April 1579: When two ships meet off the Pacific coast of New Spain, an enslaved woman seizes the chance to escape. But Maria has unwittingly joined Francis Drake’s circumnavigation voyage and he’s about to set sail on a secret detour to find the fabled Anian Straits in the far north. Sailing into danger, fog and ice on the Golden Hind, a lone woman among eighty men, Maria will be tested to the very limits of her endurance. It will take all her wits to survive – and courage to cut the ties that bind her to Drake to pursue her own journey. How far will Maria go to be truly free? Inspired by a true story, this is the tale of one woman’s uncharted voyage of survival."

Nikki Marmery (Author), Michelle Asante (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Michelle Asante

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