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204 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 26 ratingsRead 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
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Scottish Books with Annalena McAfee, Rory Stewart and Denise Mina
March 22, 2017 02:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBScottish independence is back in the news at the same time as we're all still struggling to get our heads around what Brexit might look like. With waves of populism and nationalism sweeping across Europe and beyond we speak to three writers with distinct points of view on what Scottishness means to them. We talk about the concept of home with Annalena McAfee, author of Hame; we walk the length of Hadrian's Wall with Rory Stewart, author of The Marches, and discuss the whole notion of borders;...
February Podcast part 2 - Édouard Louis and Ross Raisin
February 10, 2017 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBWe're back with part two of our February podcast and it's wonderful to have two authors to help us take a fresh look at masculinity and sexuality in two very different ways. Édouard Louis has caused a sensation in France with his autobiographical novel and its depiction of poverty, racism and homophobia. Ross Raisin has chosen the world of football as the setting for his tale of individuality and masculinity. Both authors give us the chance to look at love in a different way before Valentine'...
February Podcast part 1 - James Lasdun and John Burnside
February 06, 2017 13:19 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBWe were always going to mention love in our February podcast but worry not, there's no pink hearts or teddy bears here - only great books and authors and a look at the more interesting aspects of love. James Lasdun talks about his new novel The Fall Guy, a book set in the Catskills, filled with obsession and unease from the very first page. John Burnside's latest novel, Ashland & Vine is also set in America and here he tells us more about how the absence of history in American life spurred hi...
Costa Book Awards special
January 31, 2017 10:59 - 19 minutes - 27 MBVintage were thrilled to see Keggie Carew win the Biography category of the Costa Awards for Dadland whilst Alice Oswald scooped the Poetry award for her collection, Falling Awake. To celebrate, whilst we await the judges decision on which book will win the overall prize, you can hear our interview with Keggie about her unorthodox father and captivating recordings of Alice Oswald reading her poetry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Xiaolu Guo on her moving memoir Once Upon a Time in the East
January 28, 2017 07:00 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBXiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains. Aged two, and suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves, they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate grandparents in a fishing village on the East China Sea. It’s a strange beginning. A Wild Swans for a new generation, Once Upon a Time in the East takes Xiaolu from a run-down shack to film school in...
Vintage Classics: The Russians, Anne Brontë and Angela Carter
January 19, 2017 10:20 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBWe're beginning 2017 with a bumper podcast filled with classic goodness. Translator Robert Chandler and author Cathy Rentzenbrink join Alex Clark to discuss the Russian Greats, Will Rycroft chats with Samantha Ellis about the life of Anne Brontë and Edmund Gordon tells us more about the invention of Angela Carter. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewslette...
2017 New fiction: Karl Geary on his debut Montpelier Parade
January 05, 2017 10:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBThe debut novel from Karl Geary introduces us to Sonny and Vera, a young man and an older woman who meet and forge an unconventional relationship in the Dublin of the early 1980s Chance meetings become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. Casting off his lonely life of dreams and quiet violence for this new, intoxicating encounter, he longs to know Vera, even to save her. But what is it that Vera isn’t telling him? Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of...
2017 preview with Jen Campbell
December 26, 2016 02:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBMidnight approaches and we're about to welcome in a new year. The great news is that a new year means new books, oodles of them. Alex Clark and Will Rycroft are joined by Jen Campbell for part two of our bumper podcast. What books are they most looking forward to in the year ahead and have they made any reading resolutions? Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintag...
Christmas with Jeanette Winterson and Ruth Padel
December 19, 2016 02:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBA stocking crammed full of goodness this month with a Books of the Year chat with Jen Campbell; Ruth Padel on her new collection, Tidings, and Jeanette Winterson on why she loves Christmas and some of the stories behind her new book Christmas Days. This is just part one; part two arrives before the new year to tell you all about the books we're looking forward to in 2017. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, se...
Murakami on Music - Vintage Podcast Live at Spiritland
November 15, 2016 10:12 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBTo celebrate the publication of Haruki Murakami’s Absolutely on Music, VINTAGE held an afternoon of music and discussion at Spiritland in King’s Cross. This live edition of the VINTAGE Podcast featured James Rhodes, renowned concert pianist and author; Jeremy Warmsley, one half of the band Summer Camp; Suzanne Dean, Creative Director at VINTAGE and Murakami’s UK cover designer; John Mitchinson, Publisher at Unbound; Liz Foley, Murakami’s UK Publisher along with regular hosts Alex Clark and W...
Antoine Leiris and Cathy Rentzenbrink in conversation
November 13, 2016 02:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBOne night last winter, Antoine Leiris was at home looking after his son while his wife, Hélène, was at a concert with friends. Suddenly he started receiving text messages asking if he was ok. Turning on the TV, Antoine watched the terrorist attacks in Paris unfolding around him and tried to call Hélène. She didn’t answer. That night Hélène was killed, along with 88 other people, at the Bataclan Theatre. Three days later, Antoine wrote an open letter to his wife’s killers on Facebook. He refu...
Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan on Transformations
October 19, 2016 11:35 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBTwo authors take their inspiration from Shakespeare and create something entirely new. This month's podcast looks at transformations and allows you the listener to be in at least two places at once. Recorded at the Cheltenham and Manchester Literary Festivals and London's Southbank Centre, we hear from Margaret Atwood about her new novel Hag-Seed whilst she also teaches Alex Clark how to rap. Ian McEwan tells us more about Nutshell and we get to hear readings from both. Plus an interview wit...
Irvine Welsh and Marlon James in conversation
October 19, 2016 09:14 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBWinner of the Man Booker prize in 2015, Marlon James, met with Irvine Welsh at the Hay Festival this year and they both spoke with Alex Clark about their writing lives, violence in fiction, writing as a political act, and what comes next after winning a big prize. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Far & Away by Andrew Solomon - Off The Page
September 26, 2016 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBIn a fascinating interview Andrew Solomon, a journalist and essayist of remarkable perception and prescience, talks about the single conversation that sparked his desire to travel, why he thinks it should be compulsory for people to travel abroad and sample other cultures, and why he also believes you are never too young to see the world. Indulge your wanderlust with this special insight into over twenty years of travelling the globe. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up ...
Man Booker Prize 2016 - David Szalay on All That Man Is
September 13, 2016 11:50 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBTo celebrate its place on the shortlist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize we have an interview with David Szalay about his novel All That Man Is. Is the modern male in crisis and what does this fractured tale across Europe have to tell us about them? Alex Clark interviews a man with an unsparing glance into the inside of men's heads. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/...
Yuval Noah Harari on Homo Deus
September 07, 2016 15:04 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBYuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? In Homo Deus, he examines our future with his trademark blend of science, history, philosophy and every discipline in between. In this month's podcast we chat to research scientist and author of The Knowledge, Prof. Lewis Dartnell abo...
The Gardener and The Carpenter by Alison Gopnik - Off The Page
September 07, 2016 08:58 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBCaring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call ‘parenting’ is a surprisingly new invention. In The Gardener and the Carpenter, the pioneering developmental psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik argues that the familiar twenty-first-century picture of parenting is profoundly wrong – it's not just based on bad science, it's bad for children and their parents too. In this special podcast she explains more about the contradictions at the heart of bein...
Against Elections by David Van Reybrouck - Off The Page
August 18, 2016 11:11 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBFear-mongering populists, distrust in the establishment, personality contests instead of reasoned debate: these are the results of the latest elections. Democracy is in bad health. In his book Against Elections, David Van Reybrouck offers a new diagnosis – and an ancient remedy. In this interview he explains the difference between democracy and elections, why sortition and lottery might offer a way to improve our democracy and why the most important thing is for a population to be informed b...
Flaneuse by Lauren Elkin - Off The Page
July 22, 2016 11:38 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBWhat better way to talk about Flâneuse than to walk the streets of London with author Lauren Elkin. We stroll through Bloomsbury to talk about Virginia Woolf and other female walkers of the city as we discuss the themes behind her fascinating book. 'Flâneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French. Feminine form of flâneur [flanne-euhr], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. That is an imaginary definition.' If the word flâneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards an...
SUMMER READING with Andrew Solomon, Simon Savidge, Emma Cline, Ruth Ware and more
June 30, 2016 14:18 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBAlex Clark and Will Rycroft are joined in the studio by blogger Simon Savidge to discuss what makes the perfect summer read; we go around the world with Emma Cline, Milena Busquets, Yewande Omotoso and Ruth Ware as they explain why location was so important to their latest books; and Andrew Solomon explains why travel is more than just a leisure activity after 25 years traversing the globe. Make sure the first thing you pack this summer is the Vintage Podcast. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books...
The Girl Who Beat ISIS - Off The Page
June 30, 2016 08:09 - 23 minutes - 22 MBIn August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mountains of northern Iraq — and what happened next was unimaginable. Her village was an ISIS target. ISIS jihadists murdered the men and boys, including her father and brother, before taking Farida and the other women prisoner. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured: the beatings, the rapes, the markets where ISIS sold ...
June Podcast - Sport with Raphael Honigstein, Danny Kelly, Richard Askwith, and Anders Ericsson
June 09, 2016 10:42 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBA summer of sport beckons and we have a podcast to compete. Raphael Honigstein and Danny Kelly talk football ahead of Euro 2016; how did Germany effect Das Reboot, what's the future for the sport amid all the corruption and who do you want to draw in the office sweepstake? Richard Askwith tells us what made the Czech runner Emil Zatopek so special. Anders Ericsson, the man behind the 10,000 hours rule explains why practice makes perfect and talent is a myth. And finally in tribute to Muhamma...
May Podcast: MEN with Rose Tremain, Rebecca Asher, Juno Dawson and David Szalay
May 20, 2016 14:38 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBIs there a crisis in masculinity? What does male friendship look like? Do gender norms harm both sexes and what can we do to challenge them? A wide-ranging and provocative discussion with Rebecca Asher and Juno Dawson (including a cameo appearance from Prince the dog) is accompanied by interviews with David Szalay and Rose Tremain as we look at how novels and non-fiction are examining the modern male. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear ...
The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon - Off The Page
April 25, 2016 12:49 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBMark Haddon reads from and talks about his debut story collection, The Pier Falls. Why has it taken him so long to want to write in the short form and what were the stories that helped him to change his mind? https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109789/the-pier-falls/ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Mark Haddon - The Pier Falls A Spectator Book ...
April Podcast: Greece with Yanis Varoufakis, Owen Jones, Alex Andreou and Caroline Alexander
April 14, 2016 10:58 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWe're taking you to Greece in this month's podcast and also on another journey through time. Yanis Varoufakis talks with Owen Jones about his life as an activist, his arrests on the picket line and his own father's struggles with oppresive rule that led to imprisonment in a concentration camp. Alex Andreou, winner of the inaugural Jane Grigson Trust Award, brings food and memory into the studio as we talk about childhood favourites, what real Greek food is and how caring for his mother has br...
Alex Andreou, The Magic Bayleaf - Off The Page
April 14, 2016 10:43 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBAlex Andreou, winner of the inaugural Jane Grigson Trust Award, chats to Alex Clark and Will Rycroft about the food of his childhood, his mother's struggle with dementia and the culture of Greece that informs everything from the current financial crisis to the food on our plates. A truly immersive podcast that reveals the hidden art of real Greek food. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extract...
Juliet Nicolson, A House Full Of Daughters - Off The Page
March 23, 2016 21:42 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn this special podcast Alex Clark is given a unique tour of Sissinghurst Castle by Juliet Nicholson, whose new book, A House Full of Daughters, details her childhood growing up there as the grand-daughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1099352/a-house-full-of-daughters/ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewslett...
March Podcast: Anthony Quinn, Sarah Bakewell and Juliet Nicolson
March 23, 2016 21:35 - 51 minutes - 47 MB1930's Paris, post-war London and the '60s in Sissinghurst; we've slipped the shackles of the studio for this month's podcast and gone on location for a special featuring apricot cocktails, top London trivia and a unique insight into one of the most famous gardens in the Garden of England. Will Rycroft talks to Sarah Bakewell about Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and modern existentialism whilst sipping apricot cocktails at Le Beaujolais. Alex Clark walks through London with Anthony Qui...
February Podcast: LOVE with Louis de Bernières, Lucy Kalanithi and Anna Jean Hughes
February 10, 2016 10:05 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBNo flowers, no chocolates, but all the right words. This is what we talk about when we talk about love - on the Vintage podcast. This month Alex Clark and Will Rycroft talk to Anna Jean Hughes from digital publisher The Pigeonhole about the many different types of love and which books played an important role in shaping their perception of love and lust. Louis de Bernières comes in to talk about his latest collection of poetry and how love has influenced both that and his current fiction. An...
Podcast Special: Julian Barnes and Suzanne Dean
January 22, 2016 10:32 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBAuthor Julian Barnes and Vintage Creative Director Suzanne Dean have been working together for 20 years. To mark the publication of their latest collaboration, the new novel The Noise of Time, Alex Clark spoke to them both in the Vintage Podcast studio about how a book design comes together, what makes a cover iconic and why neither will let the other retire. See some of the covers in this feature article: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/in-conversation/interviews/2016/jan/26/julian-barne...
January Podcast: DJ Taylor, Sarah Howe, Julian Barnes and 2016 preview
January 14, 2016 16:46 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBEveryone's a critic in this month's podcast. Alex Clark and Will Rycroft get tips from London's booksellers on the hot titles to look out for this year as well as mentioning a few themselves including the new novel from Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time. Sarah Howe gives fascinating insight into her poetry collection, A Loop of Jade, fresh from winning the TS Eliot Prize. And D J Taylor discusses the literary landscape from Grub Street to Bloggers with plenty of opinion along the way. Downloa...
Christmas Podcast: 2015 Review with Anne Enright, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie & Andrew McMillan
December 10, 2015 15:28 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBThe Vintage Podcast is ringing the changes; new music, new format - same great authors and books. Join Alex Clark and Will Rycroft as they look back at 2015 and discuss big books, little books and everything in between. What were their favourites, their podcast highlights and what do they have planned for the future? We'd love to know what you think so do please leave a comment and don't forget to follow us so you're the first to catch our next podcast in the new year. Follow us on twitter:...
Podcast: Hogarth Shakespeare with Jeanette Winterson and Howard Jacobson
September 24, 2015 17:06 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBTo celebrate the launch of the Hogarth Shakespeare project, in which today's best-loved authors create new novels based on the plays of Shakespeare, we have a podcast special with Jeanette Winterson and Howard Jacobson in conversation with Alex Clark. What drew them to the project, what made them choose the play they did, and what were the challenges of adapting the Bard? Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time is published on October 1st Howard Jacobson's Shylock Is My Name will be published i...
Podcast: Wilderness Festival Special
August 26, 2015 10:05 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBAugust skys may have turned to rain but this month's podcast takes you back to a glorious summer weekend and the Vintage Live event at the Wilderness Festival. Alex Clark hosts authors Nicci Cloke, Anna Whitwham, Samantha Harvey, Evie Wyld, Samantha Ellis, Kirsty Logan, Andrew McMillan and Deborah Moggach to discuss getting published, what fiction is for and adapting work for the big screen. Sit back, relax, and imagine yourself in the comforting warmth of our marquee in Oxfordshire. Follo...
Podcast: The Spirits Special with Richard Godwin and Sipsmith
July 13, 2015 16:32 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn a special podcast we visit the Sipsmith distillery with Richard Godwin, author of The Spirits, to discover first of all how gin is made, before heading back to the studio and mixing it with a few simple ingredients to create classic cocktails. Can we get through the whole programme without slurring our words? http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0224101188/richard-godwin/the-spirits/ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our n...
Podcast: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 150th Anniversary Special
July 01, 2015 15:28 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis month in 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring John Tenniel's classic illustrations, was published for the very first time (the edition was quickly withdrawn when Tenniel complained about the printing of his illustrations and an improved edition was published in November). To celebrate, Alex Clark talks with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst about The Story of Alice and with Creative Director Suzanne Dean about design, fashion and the icon that is Alice. Follow us on twitter: twitter...
Podcast: Page to Screen
June 11, 2015 13:27 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBThis month we have stars in our eyes as Alex Clark talks to Deborah Moggach and Sadie Jones about seeing their work adapted for the screen and to Harriet Horobin-Worley about working together with Studio Canal on a new enhanced ebook of Graham Greene's The Third Man. Find out more about Deborah Moggach here: http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/authors/3404/deborah-moggach/ Find out more about Sadie Jones here:http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/authors/7644/sadie-jones/ Find out more about The Third M...
Podcast: Fiction special
May 20, 2015 08:32 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMay was a bumper month for fiction so this month's podcast focuses on three brilliant novels. Alex Clark talks to Kirsty Logan about her magical debut novel The Gracekeepers, to Vesna Goldsworthy about her Gatsby-inspired novel Gorsky and to Irish Laureate Anne Enright about her latest novel, The Green Road. You can also hear an amazing speech from Anne Enright by following this link: https://soundcloud.com/vintagebookspodcast/anne-enright-on-ireland-writing-and-reading Find out more about ....
Podcast: Irvine Welsh Special
May 01, 2015 10:37 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBThe latest podcast from Vintage is an Irvine Welsh special. Alex Clark interviews the man himself about his latest novel, A Decent Ride, which sees the return of hustler cabbie 'Juice' Terry Lawson. It's as wild and raucous a ride as you'd expect from Irvine and you can also hear an extract from the audio book read by Tam Dean Burn. Apologies for the quality of the audio this month. A 'technical hitch' will not recur next month! Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our...
Podcast: MATHS with Cedric Vallani, Tom McCarthy & Rob Eastaway
March 31, 2015 12:40 - 34 minutes - 78.7 MBPut down your pens and pick up your protractor, this month Alex Clark delves inside the world of maths with Cedric Villani, Tom McCarthy and Rob Eastaway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast: LOVE with Nicci Cloke, Philippa Rice and Clancy Martin.
February 12, 2015 14:18 - 32 minutes - 73.7 MBIn this love themed podcast, Alex Clark explores why lying might be the key to a successful love life; we’ll be telling love stories in reverse; and we’ll probably get a little bit soppy – we just can’t help ourselves. With Vintage authors: Philippa Rice, Clancy Martin and Nicci Cloke. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Podcast: Get Writing!
January 29, 2015 13:24 - 32 minutes - 75.5 MBWant to start writing in 2015? Alex Clark speaks to the winners and judges of some of Vintage's writing competitions including the Bodley Head and Financial Times Essay Prize, Harvill Secker Young Translator’s Prize, and the Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Novel Short Story Prize to inspire you to pick up your pen this year. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagen...
Podcast: PRIZES with Richard Flanagan, Helen MacDonald, Anna Krien, Colin Barrett, Liz Berry
December 11, 2014 10:41 - 1 hour - 151 MBAlex Clark celebrates a vintage year for literary prizes, interviewing the winning authors of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, Guardian First Book Award, Forward Prize for Poetry and William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Podcast: Here Come the Boys!
November 11, 2014 10:56 - 26 minutes - 61 MBAdam Thirlwell, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Yuval Noah Harari join Alex Clark for a men's special in celebration of International Men's Day. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast: London Design Week
September 16, 2014 13:02 - 37 minutesJoin Alex Clark in a special Vintage Design Podcast as she talks to renowned designers Pascal Anson and Dominic Wilcox, whose books Ordinary Made Extraordinary and Variations on Normal are published by Square Peg this autumn, and Vintage’s own in-house book designers Stephen Parker and Matt Broughton from the CMYK team. See here for a gallery of innovations from Pascal and Dominic: http://on.fb.me/Zpni6l Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to he...
Podcast: Ian McEwan & Martin Amis in Conversation
September 02, 2014 11:18 - 32 minutes - 75.3 MBIan McEwan and Martin Amis are two old friends - who also happen to be literary superstars. Listen to them discuss their thought-provoking new books, The Children Act and The Zone of Interest, look back over their distinguished careers and consider the current state and the future prospects of the novel. The podcast is presented by journalist Alex Clark. Contains strong language. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new rele...
Podcast: Man Booker Prize Special
August 26, 2014 14:33 - 1 hour - 138 MBAlex Clark talks to five Man Booker 2014 shortlisted authors from across Penguin Random House in this special episode featuring past winner Howard Jacobson, Ali Smith, Richard Flanagan, Neel Mukherjee and Joshua Ferris. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast: WW1 Centenary with Sebastian Faulks, Emily Mayhew & Brian Turner
August 19, 2014 08:58 - 35 minutes - 81.2 MBA special World War One literature podcast to mark the centenary of when Britain entered the Great War. Alex Clark is joined by Sebastian Faulks, Emily Mayhew and Brian Turner. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast: CYCLING with Tim Moore, Max Leonard & Ellis Bacon
June 30, 2014 11:24 - 33 minutes - 75.7 MBIt's a bumper year for British cycling as the Tour de France hits our shores. In a cycling special, Alex Clark talks to Tim Moore about slogging around the routes of cycling’s greatest races; Max Leonard discusses the Lanterne Rouge; and Ellis Bacon of The Cycling Anthology gives us a taster of the latest volume. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter...
Podcast: CHINA with Xiaolu Guo, Evan Osnos & Jung Chang
June 20, 2014 09:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBTo mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest this June, Alex Clark talks to Xiaulo Guo, one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, about her new book I Am China. The New Yorker China correspondent Evan Osnos sends us his dispatch taken from Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, and Wild Swans author Jung Chang talks about the most important woman in Chinese history, Empress Dowager Cixi. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign...