Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents
Cathi Colas here and I am back with a new addition! High Horse Press. Love classic books, but wish they felt a little more... alive? Then listen to Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents on Wednesdays!
Our Narrators breathe fresh energy into timeless stories. From haunting mysteries to heartwarming tales, Audiobooks published through High Horse Press: A New Take on Old Classics is your cozy companion for rediscovering the books you’ve heard about but never got around to—or the ones you already adore. Easy listening, great storytelling, and zero reading required. Just press play.
Episodes
389 episodes
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 6 of A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Sara is constantly watching the huge family near the school. Eight rich and happy kids. Oh to dream. Sara makes up stories about them. One day the boy gives her sixpence. That was embarrassing. She tries to give it back but he won’t take it. So...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 7 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Mary hears that quiet crying sound again, and she decides to go find it, even though it's late at night and she really shouldn’t be wandering the halls. She finds a big room with a low fire and expensive furniture. There is a boy ly...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 5 of A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Sara pretty much becomes another little drudge at Miss Minchin's school, helping the kids with their lessons, running errands, and doing all sorts of other stuff. Lavinia is delighted! Has no one heard of child labor laws?! Lottie a...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 6 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Mary takes Dickon Sowerby into the locked garden where he shows Mary which ones are brown and living, instead of dead. Mary tells Dickon what she used to be like in India. Dickon is good with it and tells Mary that she can count him as a ...
THE DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS PRESENT: An Interview with Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Frances and I sat down on Friday for a discussion on her life, her work, her marriages, her kids, and more. Like, Charlotte Perkins-GIlman (what is it with the hyphens), Frances had a lot to say and we discussed some really intimate...
THE DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS PRESENT: An Interview with Frances Hodgson-Burnett
The DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS are back with a new episode!On Friday, I sat down with Frances Hodgson Burnett—author of "The Secret Garden" and "A Little Princess".She may have been gone since 1924, but tomorrow she’s back on the po...
THE DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS PRESENT: An Interview with Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Dead Author Interviews return, I'm sitting down with Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden.We're talking spoiled children, mysterious gardens, questionable parenting, the healing power of fresh air—a...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 5 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Guided by her friend, the robin and a gust of wind, Mary finds the hidden key and the long-lost door to the secret garden. Inside the quiet, wintry space, she spots tiny green shoots poking through the soil and spends the entire day...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 4 of A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Terrible news from the diamond mines. Captain Crewe is dead. That means tough times ahead for Sara. Miss Minchin shows her true colors. Sara is the new Cinderella. No more dolls and fancy parties. She is moved to the attic next to B...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 4 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Mary decides that she wants to visit Martha's cottage someday, to meet her mother and her brother Dickon.Even so, Mary is sure that Dickon won't like her—after all, no one does.Mary’s friend, the robin leads her to a hole in the g...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 3 of A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
As she's getting out of the carriage one day, she sees a little dingy figure standing on the stairs, watching her. Her name is Becky and she is a servant of the house. Sara tries to befriend her, and Lavinia snottily points out that it's unseem...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 3 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Mary has been spending lots of time outdoors and is finally losing her yellow pallor and getting some color in her cheeks, Martha tells Mary why Mr. Craven closed off the garden. Mary starts to explore the house and finds a room fil...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 2 of A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Ermengarde St. John is a very weird girl and has a decidedly weird name. She's not super smart, poor thing, and is blown away by Sara's ability to learn French.Miss Minchin isn't very nice to Ermengarde, and because of this, Sara feels t...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 2 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
It's all rainy and gloomy—not exactly the most cheerful start to Mary's new life in Yorkshire. As they drive in a horse-drawn carriage, they pass a large, barren patch of ground, no trees, no birds, no nothin’. It’s the moor. Mary takes o...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 1 of A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson-Burnett Narrated by Melissa Tradewell
Seven-year-old Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in London with her doting father, Captain Crewe. Raised in India, Sara is wealthy and imaginative. Miss Minchin fawns over Sara, primarily because of the famil...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 1 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
This season we’ve got two titles from Frances Hodgson-Burnett. On Wednesdays, THE SECRET GARDEN and on Fridays, A LITTLE PRINCESS.Today we meet Mary Lennox, described as “sickly, yellow-skinned and exceedingly disagreeable child.” And sh...
THE DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS PRESENT: An Interview with Charlotte Perkins-Gilman
Welcome to The Dead Author Interviews—the only show where our guests are really hard to schedule, even harder to cancel, and have been dead long enough to stop worrying about bad reviews.For those of you that know who Charlotte Pe...
Coming on Friday! DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS Present Charlotte Perkins-Gilman
On Wednesday, I interviewed Charlotte Perkins Gilman.She passed away in 1935, so scheduling was a little challenging.But, I found out that there's now a signup sheet circulating in the afterlife for authors who want to appear on t...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents the Final Episode of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
Today is the final episode of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson. The angry pirates reach the treasure site only to find the excavation hole empty except for a single coin. Believing Long John Silver tricked them, the mutinee...
Brand New!! DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS! Only on Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press
Starting next week, I'm launching "Dead Author Interviews"—a new feature on the podcast where I "interview" the authors behind the Public Domain Classics we love.Our very first guest? Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, author of "Herland" and "T...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 16 of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
The pirates push forward on their expedition and are terrified when they discover a skeleton acting as a macabre compass. As they continue to the treasure they hear a horrifying, disembodied voice singing “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest”.&...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 15 of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
The remaining pirates, angry and frustrated over their lack of success, hold a secret council and present Long John Silver with a "Black Spot". Silver calmly outmaneuvers his men by reminding them that they still have the treasure map.
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 14 of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim Hawkins successfully kills Israel Hands in self-defense, frees the Hispaniola, and steers her away from the pirates.He then hikes back to the stockade at night. Thinking it belongs to his friends, he sneaks in quietly to go to sleep....
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 13 of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
Climbing aboard the Hispaniola, Jim is surprised to see no one on deck, until he catches sight of Israel Hands. After giving Hands the brandy he begged for, he tells Hands he is taking over the ship.The ship grounds on the beach...
Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 12 of HERLAND by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman
This is it, folks. The end of the Herland journey. This concluding chapter deals with the aftermath of Terry’s trial and the final decisions each character must make about their place in Herland.I want to thank Melissa Kingsbury for the ...