The Guardian Books Podcast
Subscribe free to our books podcasts and get interviews with leading authors, readings, plus a full recording of our monthly book club. Latest addition: daily podcast from the Guardian Hay festival 2009
Tags: [add tags]
14 Episodes of this Podcast:
Michael Peel on Nigeria, storytelling with Taffy Thomas, and David Vann on Legend of a Suicide
Published: 2009-11-06 10:51:09Tall tales from the UK's very first storytelling laureate Taffy Thomas; David Vann on his first novel, which is winning huge acclaim after being rejected by every major US publisher, and Guardian first book award nominee Michael Peel on corruption in NigeriaClaire ArmitsteadSarah CrownScott Cawley
...MORE
Charlie Higson reads from The Enemy, Samantha Harvey on her first novel and Jackie Kay on city writing
Published: 2009-10-30 12:04:13Charlie Higson reads from his children's horror book, The Enemy, and explains why kids need to be scared; Guardian first book award shortlisted author Samantha Harvey talks about why she chose Alzheimer's as the subject for her first novel; and Jackie Kay discusses literature and the cityClaire ArmitsteadSarah CrownMichelle PauliScott Cawley
...MORE
Remaking Sendak's Wild Things, 10 years of McSweeney's and Madeleine Bunting
Published: 2009-10-23 12:57:58Is a picture worth a thousand words? We discuss Dave Eggers's The Wild Things, a reimagining of Maurice Sendak's classic picture book, plus 10 years of McSweeney's Quarterly and Madeleine Bunting on a corner of YorkshireClaire ArmitsteadSarah CrownXan BrooksMadeleine BuntingNicholas Clee
...MORE
Robert Harris on Cicero, Hitchhiker's revisited and the art of the book editor
Published: 2009-10-16 11:55:15Robert Harris talks to Claire Armitstead about Lustrum, the second novel in his Cicero trilogy - and explains why he dedicated the book to Peter Mandelson. Plus, our studio panel discusses Eoin Colfer's revisiting of Douglas Adams's Hitchiker's series, and the art of the book editorClaire ArmitsteadScott CawleySarah CrownDamien G Walter
...MORE
Michael Palin on his diaries; our critics discuss a week of literary prizes
Published: 2009-10-09 10:44:32Michael Palin talks about Halfway to Hollywood, his diaries from the years between the end of Monty Python and going Around the World in 80 Days; Robert McCrum and Claire Armitstead provide a round-up of this week's (many) book awards, and Julia Eccleshare talks to younger critics about the Guardian children's fiction prizeClaire ArmitsteadRobert McCrumJulia EccleshareScott Cawley
...MORE
Guardian critics on the 2009 Booker prize winner, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
Published: 2009-10-06 17:10:42Hilary Mantel's reimagined life of Henry VIII's fixer, Thomas Cromwell, has won the 2009 Man Booker prize for fiction. The Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead, discusses the novel with John Crace and Sarah CrownClaire ArmitsteadSarah CrownJohn Crace
...MORE
Adam Foulds on The Quickening Maze
Published: 2009-10-02 11:05:33The Man Booker-nominated writer Adam Foulds talks to Claire Armitstead about the challenges of writing about madness, the contemporary relevance of historical fiction, and how writing poetry has made him a better novelistClaire ArmitsteadScott Cawley
...MORE
Books to change the climate
Published: 2009-09-25 10:35:27Who are the authors confronting the challenges of climate change? John Vidal, Felicity Lawrence, Sarah Crown and Claire Armitstead discuss the best books on global warming from politics to poetry, and from fiction to philosophyClaire ArmitsteadSarah CrownJohn VidalFelicity Lawrence
...MORE
Daniyal Mueenuddin reads A Spoiled Man
Published: 2009-09-25 04:22:39An old man arrives at the gates of the Harouni's holiday home in A Spoiled Man. Daniyal Mueenuddin reads the final story from his collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
...MORE
Don Paterson on Rain
Published: 2009-09-17 09:12:58Don Paterson discusses his passion for rain-drenched movies, the science of language – and being a poet you just can't trustClaire Armitstead
...MORE
Copyright info: guardian.co.uk © 2009 2009
All syndicated content presented here is property of the original publisher
Now Playing: Michael Peel on Nigeria, storytelling with Taffy Thomas, and David Vann on Legend of a Suicide
This Feed Exists in These User(s) Folders
