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Read boldly. Think differently. The Vintage Books Podcast is a fortnightly books podcast, released every other Sunday. What are you reading? That’s how great conversations start at Vintage. We publish some of the world’s most thought-provoking, unforgettable, beautifully designed books – from contemporary trail-blazers to our red-spine Vintage Classics. We know the thrill of coming across an undiscovered work of genius, of reading a classic that you’ve always meant to, of finding a book that speaks urgently to us and our times. We’re not just publishers, we’re passionate book lovers. #VintageBooksPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Tune in to hear Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch (Costa Book of the Year 2020), in conversation with editor Jeremy Poynting from Peepal Tree Press.
You can find out more about The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey here: https://bit.ly/33W5Rl3
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Tune into hear Ossian Ward in conversation with Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows. This conversation was recorded in partnership with Penguin Live and Manchester's HOME.
You can find out more about 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows here: https://bit.ly/3Cyazk5
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South African writer Damon Galgut, author of The Promise, speaks to Ted Hodgkinson (Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre) just days before it is announced that The Promise has won the 2021 Booker Prize.
You can find out more about The Promise here: https://bit.ly/306y1rp
Books and authors mentioned:
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf https://bit.ly/3BWMjHX
Howards End by E. M. Forster https://bit.ly/2ZYO22U
This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.
Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with an artist who writes and a writ...
You can find out more about Sugar by Bernice McFadden here: https://bit.ly/3B4Dtbz
This episode contains explicit language.
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This week's episode of the Vintage Books Podcast features an extract from the audiobook of Greek Myths by Charlotte Higgins, illustrated by Chris Ofili.
Content notice: this episode contains mentions of rape and sexual violence.
You can find out more about the book here: https://bit.ly/greekmyths_Cs
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China Room by Sunjeev Sahota is the story of Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, and that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its china room locked and barred. To celebrate its publication and being longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, in this episode, Ted Hodgkinson talks to Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota about China Room, authorship, writing histories, and more.
This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.
Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two authors, Alison Bechdel a...
This week's episode features an extract from the audiobook of GO BIG: How To Fix Our World by Ed Miliband.
You can find out more about GO BIG here – https://bit.ly/2UJFZUS
Tune into the Cheerful Book Club and join Ed Miliband, Geoff Lloyd and friends for a conversation about the biggest ideas in non-fiction books – https://bit.ly/3y4QJM2
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This week's episode features a special extract from the audiobook of Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal, author of the bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes.
You can find out more about Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal here: https://bit.ly/3vdOft0
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How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? We Can Do Better Than This is an anthology in which 35 extraordinary voices share their stories and visions for the future. The editor, Amelia Abraham, talks to two of the contributors, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Naoise Dolan, about the power of queer reading.
You can find out more about the books here:
We Can Do Better Than This: https://bit.ly/3gYSDI1
Life as a Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadh...
Journalist Marverine Cole talks to two of Vintage's new fiction writers, Jo Hamya, author of Three Rooms, and Anna Glendenning, author of An Experiment in Leisure.
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This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.
Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two authors, Salman Rushdie a...
Today's episode features a special audiobook extract from Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.
You can find out more about Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn here: https://bit.ly/2ODyN9U
To listen to a previous episode, 'Symbiosis and Psychedelics ᛫ Edward St Aubyn & Merlin Sheldrake', tune in here or search on your podcast app: https://bit.ly/3fgMiqW
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This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.
Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two Booker Prize shortlisted ...
This episode features a short story from the new collection, First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel. The audiobook is read by Kotaro Watanabe.
You can find out more about the collection here: http://bit.ly/FPS_HM
You can also find our previous episode, 'Translating Murakami ᛫ Ted Goossen' here – https://bit.ly/3eCj2s5
To hear an extract from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, chec...
CN contains mentions of hallucinogenic drugs
You can find out more about Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn here: https://bit.ly/2ODyN9U
You can find out more about Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake here: https://bit.ly/2GNsRa9
To listen to a previous episode in which Merlin discusses 'Entangled Life', search 'Vintage Books Podcast: Discovering the world of fungi ᛫ Merlin Sheldrake' on the podcast platform you're curre...
What will the environmental legacy which we leave for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren look like? In an extract from What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik, one of the world's most influential economists and Director of the London School of Economics explores climate change and the social contract.
You can find out more about What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik here: bit.ly/whatweoweeachother
Arts journalist and author of the Pages & Co. series, Anna James, talks to two of Vintage's new fiction writers, Pip Williams, a writer and researcher who discusses her debut historical fiction novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words, and Megan Nolan, a writer and journalist who is publishing her first novel, Acts of Desperation.
You can find out more about The Dictionary of Lost Words here:
You can find...
In this episode we share a special extract from the audiobook of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
You can find out more about Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. here, now available in paperback, ebook and audiobook:
http://bit.ly/36Pzsea
Wondering where to start reading James Baldwin's works? Check out this reading list:
http://bit.ly/2XFoXFq
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