Ursula K. Le Guin’s blog has been turned into a podcast

For those who will never tire of the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, a treat is on the way. The famous late author’s blog, which she launched in 2010 at the age of 81, is reissued in podcast form, In your free time. Le Guin’s blog ran until 2017 and a book collecting a selection of these articles was published that year. But the podcast will include everything: essays, poems and “even those that are mostly pictures of cats,” according to the announcement. The first episode will be released on April 8 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other platforms.

Excerpt from Le Guin’s official Instagram account, managed by his estate:

We always wanted to hear a version of the blog that included every post, even the ones that are mostly cat photos. So for the next two years and change, we’ll be releasing an episode every Wednesday. Each episode features a different reader of Ursula’s text, and each reader adds their own thoughts: on their relationship with Ursula and her work, or on the specific topic of the message, or whatever strikes their fancy.

You can listen to a trailer here before the first episode drops this week. Post zero, “A Note at the Beginning,” will be read by David Mitchell.