Jun 2011

South by Gillian Philip

Gillian Philip reading South. Part of an engaging and varied series of podcasts of leading authors reading their remarkable new stories, poems or essays on the theme of ‘Elsewhere’. Commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival and supported by the Scottish Government’s E ... Show More

17m 34s

Jun 2011

The Art of Elsewhere by Ali Smith

Ali Smith reading The Art of Elsewhere. Part of an engaging and varied series of podcasts of leading authors reading their remarkable new stories, poems or essays on the theme of ‘Elsewhere’. Commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival and supported by the Scottish Gove ... Show More

7m 36s

Jun 2011

Chicago by Alan Radcliffe

Alan Radcliffe reading Chicago. Part of an engaging and varied series of podcasts of leading authors reading their remarkable new stories, poems or essays on the theme of ‘Elsewhere’. Commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival and supported by the Scottish Government’s ... Show More

20m 56s

Dec 2024

Edinburgh

How was Edinburgh transformed from an ancient defensive site on top of a volcanic crag into a major centre of power, faith, commerce, and learning? In this second of our two festive bonus episodes, travel writer and history buff Paul Bloomfield is joined by historian Rosemary Gor ... Show More

38m 47s

Oct 2025

740 Mel Brooks and Other Eminent Jews (with David Denby) | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (#13 GBOAT)

In this episode, Jacke talks to author David Denby about his new book, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer, a group biography (loosely inspired by Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians) that describes how four larger-than-life figures upended the restrained culture of ... Show More

1h 3m

Mar 2025

Peter Capaldi's new album, the great Ossian myth, Brian Friel's short stories

Peter Capaldi talks about his latest album – Sweet Illusions – a nod to the thriving 80s music scene in Glasgow where Peter made his musical debut fronting The Dreamboys. Through the Shortbread Tin is a new National Theatre of Scotland production about the supposed third century ... Show More

42m 9s

Apr 2025

Ep. 1021, The Wife of the Kenite, by Agatha Christie

A political agitator gets a biblical reception in the veldt of So ... Show More

20m 1s

Oct 2019

Susan Sontag: “The Arts Give Humans Dignity”

Writers Off the Page is a biweekly podcast series produced by Toronto Public Library that presents the best of 40 years from the archives of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (formerly known as IFOA: International Festival of Authors). Between 10-20 minutes long, epis ... Show More

19m 5s

Jun 2025

A.O. Scott on the Joy of Close Reading Poetry

On this week's episode, A.O. Scott joins host Gilbert Cruz to talk about the value of close reading poetry. And New York Times Book Review poetry editor Greg Cowles recommends four recently published collections worth reading.Books mentioned in this episode* "New ... Show More

33m 55s

Mar 2025

Spring Preview: A Few Books We're Excited For

Every season brings its share of books to look forward to, and this spring is no different. Host Gilbert Cruz is joined by Book Review editor Joumana Khatib to talk about a dozen or so titles that sound interesting in the months ahead.Books discussed on this episode:</p ... Show More

31m 48s

Oct 2024

Merve Emre on Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the writer, critic, and author, Merve Emre. Currently the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University – and the Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism – ... Show More

49m 21s

Oct 2025

The Sunday Special: The Books We Read in School

This week, the Book Review podcast presents an episode of The Sunday Special from early September.Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz talks with fellow word lover Sadie Stein and the author Louis Sachar (“Wayside School” series, “Holes”) about the books that they all read w ... Show More

39m 1s

Dec 2016

001 - South African art

Welcome to the very first Membercast from the British Museum... The Membercast is a monthly series that lets you enjoy snippets from the exclusive Members' lectures here at the Museum. It's presented by comedian, podcaster and BM super-fan Iszi Lawrence. In our ... Show More

37m 1s

Be Here Now by Miguel Syjuco