Podcast Episodes

China Miéville in conversation with The White Review

China Miéville read from his work, and discussed some of the issues raised by it with Ben Eastham, co-founder and editor of The White Review.

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12 years, 11 months ago

How Should a Novel Be? Sheila Heti with Adam Thirlwell

Sheila Heti was in conversation about writing, life and the future of fiction with the critic and experimental novelist Adam Thirlwell.

Hosted on Aca…

13 years ago

Ben Marcus talks to Christian Lorentzen about his novel The Flame Alphabet, as well as previous works The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women. Topics covered include online fiction magazines, mathematics, creating a religion, why writing cou

Ben Marcus talks to Christian Lorentzen about his novel The Flame Alphabet, as well as previous works The Age of Wire and String and Notable American…

13 years ago

Kaya Genç In Conversation With Maureen Freely - World Literature Series 2012-13

Turkish writer Kaya Genç discussed with Maureen Freely how his writing reflects and interacts with literary traditions, as well as Turkish culture, h…

13 years ago

Drysalter: Poetry, Faith and Doubt - Michael Symmons Roberts in conversation with Jean Sprackland

Michael Symmons Roberts has been described by Jeanette Winterson as ‘a religious poet for a secular age’ and by Les Murray as ‘a poet for the new cha…

13 years ago

James Wood: The Fun Stuff

James Wood visited the Bookshop to talk about his new collection of pieces, The Fun Stuff, and to discuss life, literature, and the role of the criti…

13 years, 1 month ago

Live Translation - Translating Sex with Adriana Hunter and Polly McLean

Translators Adriana Hunter and Polly McLean shared their versions of a specially-commissioned short story by the French writer Emma Becker, with Sara…

13 years, 2 months ago

László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín

Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend the writer László Krasznahorkai.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri…

13 years, 5 months ago

Glyn Maxwell: On Poetry

Glyn Maxwell offers us a guide to reading poetry in seven chapters: ‘White’, ‘Black’, ‘Form’, ‘Pulse’, ‘Chime’, ‘Space’ and ‘Time’. Described by Katy…

13 years, 5 months ago

Live Translation with Eduardo Halfon, Ollie Brock, Thomas Bunstead and Daniel Hahn

Our first Live Translation event of the 2012-13 season explored the work of Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon, named one of the best young Latin Ameri…

13 years, 6 months ago