Selected Shorts for Seclusion: low energy listens read by friends Tortoise Tales is a reading podcast in which people we know select a piece of writing they want to share and make a home recording of it. It can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry etc. or even something of their own creation... Made on Awabakal Land DISCLAIMER: Dear copyright cops, this is not a money-making project. It is a way to help maintain community solidarity and support during a time of physical isolation. If you have a copyright issue with some of the content then it will be taken down.

Latest episodes of the podcast Tortoise Tales

• 'The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction' by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran (Part 1)
• 'The Ersatz Elevator' by Lemony Snicket (Chapter 1)
• 'Women Who Run With The Wolves' by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Intro. Part 1)
• 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho (Part 1.2)
• 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho (Part 1.1)
• 'The Tiny Utopia' by Frances Kelly and Pauline Clements (excerpt)
• 'Silence: Lectures and Writings' by John Cage (excerpt)
• Undertow, from 'Tales from Outer Suburbia'
• 'The Little Prince', Chp 1 - 7