The Writing Retreat: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Writing Retreat runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gail Shalan (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 5,079 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gail Shalan
Gail Shalan narrates 105 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 937 hours in all.
- The Business Trip
- Of Monsters and Mainframes
- Pestilence [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Four Horsemen 1
- Cross My Heart
- Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
1,364 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Writing Retreat is an audiobook by Julia Bartz: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gail Shalan, released February 21, 2023, on the Psychological and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gail Shalan
- Released
- February 21, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Contemporary Women, Unmissable Debut Authors
- ISBN
- 9781797151762
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Writing Retreat as an audiobook?
The Writing Retreat runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Writing Retreat free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Writing Retreat?
The Writing Retreat is narrated by Gail Shalan.
Is The Writing Retreat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.