What Sleepbound Is

A short introduction to Sleepbound: bedtime audiobooks for grown-ups, read slowly enough to fall asleep to. The full catalogue is at https://sleepbound.net, and part one is free on a selection of our series. Join on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Dr. Clara Lennox has spent eight years cataloguing the spectres of the British Isles. Tonight, she steps off a ferry onto the Isle of Arra with a mummified manuscript, an academic rival she's been avoiding, and a ginger cat who has hated this expedition since Oban. The islanders don't speak of the Grey Walkers. One just did. Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Beverages, History, Light Peril, Travel, Weather. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Alex

The Princess Bride – Part 1 Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we meet Buttercup — not yet the most beautiful woman in the world, not yet in love, just a girl on a horse named Horse, with a farm boy who answers every command with three quiet words. This is where it all begins: the hills of Florin, the farm, a boy in a hovel who reads by candlelight. Part 1 opens gently — a comic history of beauty, a girl who couldn't care less, and a phrase repeated so often it begins to mean something else. A threshold reading, perfect for settling in. This is a slow, wry fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just golden farmland, a patient boy, and three words that carry the whole story. Thanks for being here with us tonight. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love a story that knows exactly what it is — a fairy tale told with warmth and a wink You want something slow enough to actually let go Old kingdoms, dry wit, and a boy who says "As you wish" is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the quiet of the Florin farmlands do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food and sweets, Animals, Illness, Romance, Mild violence.

Hansel and Gretel A Sleepbound Bedtime Retelling Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight we step back to the edge of the great forest — Hansel with the wooden wren in his pocket, Gretel watching for the white bird among the bean-rows, and their father humming a slow going-down tune into the dark after them. The hunger hasn't come yet. The good years are still going by, quiet as a stream. This is a slow, fairy-tale reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No urgency. Just the woodcutter's fire, the sound of cold water over mossy stone, and two children who know the wood the way other children know the rooms of a house. We've taken the old story and breathed more room into it — room for summer afternoons by the spring, for a little birch-bark boat, for the warmth of a remembered voice. It's a bedtime telling: unhurried, close, and made for the hour when the world shrinks to the small gold reach of the firelight. Settle in. There's no rush to what comes next. Thanks for making space for stories like this one. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This story is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love fairy tales told slowly, with room to breathe You want something gentle enough to actually let go Cottages at the forest's edge and firelit evenings are your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the going-down tune do the rest. Includes mentions of: Food, Loss, Animals, Fire, Weather, Forest, Children.

Clouds of Witness – Part 1 By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, Lord Peter Wimsey is lying in a silk bathrobe at the Hôtel Meurice — café au lait barely set down, a Corsican holiday behind him — when Bunter folds The Times to the headline: Duke of Denver Arrested on Murder Charge. A fine place to begin. This is Sayers's second Wimsey novel, and Part 1 opens in 1920s England — shooting-lodges, a body found outside the conservatory at Riddlesdale Lodge, and a ducal family in the dock. Wimsey's dry wit arrives from the first page; so does Bunter, already repacking the bags. This is a slow, 1920s detective reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just a Paris hotel, a folded newspaper, and terrible news with the coffee. Thanks for listening with us tonight. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love golden-age detective fiction — or the Wimsey novels in particular You want something slow enough to actually let go 1920s England, aristocratic houses, and very dry wit is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the autumn morning at the Hôtel Meurice do the rest. Includes mentions of: Murder, Court inquest, Illness, Travel.

The Honey Year – Part 1 By Iola Marsh Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts "She was the sort of woman whose cooking carried." Tonight, Effie is standing in the emptied school kitchen with a ring of brass keys warm in her palm — rosemary still caught in the limewash, the tap still dripping behind her. A letter from Athens, two keys on a piece of folded twine, and somewhere on the island of Anemos: a cottage that has been waiting. Part 1 travels from London to Anemos — a solicitor's letter, Mrs Whitlock's counsel over seed cake on Lamb's Conduit Street, and at last the cottage itself: fig tree, beeswax, pale green morning light through the open shutters. A slow, tender opening to a quiet, character-led story. This is a slow, island-set English reading for sleep — soft spoken, no music. No drama. Just brass keys, a cleared kitchen, and the first morning in a cottage on Anemos. Thanks for being here with us. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex Your copy The Honey Year is also a book you can buy on Amazon: find it here. Members get a copy on Patreon. 💤 This audiobook is for you if You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence You love quiet, character-led stories set on sun-warmed Greek islands You want something slow enough to actually let go Early-twentieth-century English fiction with an unhurried mystery at its heart is your kind of bedtime 🌙 Best experienced Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm. Let the smell of orange peel and beeswax in a cottage on Anemos do the rest. Includes mentions of: Bereavement, Travel, Food and Drink, Baking, Tea, Animals, History.

Whose Body? — The Complete Audiobook By Dorothy L. Sayers Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Hello, dear supporters — thank you so much for being here. Tonight's reading is a real treat: the complete, unabridged audiobook of Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers, all thirteen chapters in one long, cosy listen. This is the mystery that introduced the world to the wonderfully witty Lord Peter Wimsey — a nobleman with a monocle, a quick mind, and an irresistible fondness for puzzles. When a naked stranger turns up in a Battersea bathtub, and a prominent financier vanishes from his London townhouse on the very same night, Peter can't help but get involved. What follows is a deliciously clever tale of imposture, deduction, and a villain hiding in plain sight — all unfolding at a pace perfectly suited to a quiet evening under the covers. We hope it carries you gently off to sleep. Settle in, get comfortable, and let tonight's mystery do the rest. Thank you, truly, for making this possible. 🤍 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sleepbound 🌙 More audiobooks: https://sleepbound.net/ 💛 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SleepBound

Downton Abbey: The Young Countess – Episode 1 By Hugo Ashcombe Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Welcome, dear listeners — and a warm welcome to those settling in with Sleepbound for the very first time tonight.We begin something new this evening: an original fan fiction audiobook set in the world of Downton Abbey, following seventeen-year-old Violet Pembury through her second London Season. Clever and quietly aware of every penny her family doesn't have, Violet surveys the marriage market at Lady Whitmore's glittering ball — until a quiet viscount with steady brown eyes and working hands catches her attention rather more than she'd planned.This is an original fan fiction work — not affiliated with the official Downton Abbey franchise — written and produced with deep affection for that world.As a Patreon supporter, the complete audiobook is yours to download and keep. Thank you, truly, for being here. Beauty, wit, blood — and no money. The mathematics of the Season were brutal, and Violet had learned them early. Follow the channel and leave a like if you're enjoying the story — it makes a real difference. If you love the world of Downton, our sister channel Sleepbound Nights carries an original sequel series set after the show — well worth a listen. Next episode, Violet finds herself seated beside Lord Downton at supper, and the conversation takes a turn neither of them quite anticipated.Sleep well tonight. Includes mentions of: Beverages, Gaslit settings, Romance, Financial pressures, Period social customs.

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, we begin The House at 3:47 — a five-night story. Margot Chen has just inherited a sprawling old house on Bellweather Lane. On her first night inside, walking its silent rooms, she starts to sense that the house doesn't quite exist in one moment at a time. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian

Tonight's reading is free — and part one is free on a selection of our series, always. Over 500 more, and every new one first, are on Sleepbound Premium.→ patreon.com/c/SleepBoundOur other two shows, if tonight's isn't quite what you were after:→ Sleepbound Nights — original cosy bedtime stories for grown-ups: Apple Podcasts→ Sleepbound Soundscapes — ambient sleep music, no narration: Apple Podcasts Tonight, a Halloween special — the full story of Sleepy Hollow. We follow Ichabod Crane, the angular schoolmaster with an eye for Katrina Van Tassel and an ear for ghost stories, through a Dutch valley where the mist sits low and the Horseman rides after dark. Includes mentions of: History, Romance, Food, Animals, Light Peril. Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams. — Ian