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Lili Is Crying - Kate Briggs and Holly Pester discuss Hélène Bessette’s work and legacy.
In this episode we are listening to writer and translator Kate Briggs and poet, writer and scholar Holly Pester discuss Hélène Bessette’s Lili Is Crying, which has bee...
Learning From Animals – Adam Weymouth and Jay Griffiths, in conversation with Libreria's Lloyd Sowerbutts
In this episode we are listening to acclaimed writers Adam Weymouth and Jay Griffiths discuss their new books, Lone Wolf and How Animals Heal Us. which was recorded l...
Spontaneous Acts – Yoko Tawada and Tice Cin, in conversation at Libreria
In this episode we are listening to critically acclaimed writer Yoko Tawada and interdisciplinary artist Tice Cin discuss Yoko’s novel Spontaneous Acts. which was reco...
Entitlement – Rumaan Alam and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversation.
In this episode we are listening to Rumaan Alam and Lloyd Sowerbutts discuss Rumaan’s recent novel Entitlement, which was recorded in October 2024, at Bloomsbury Publi...
Scattered – Aamna Mohdin and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversation
In this episode we welcome Aamna Mohdin to discuss her memoir, Scattered: The Making and Unmaking of a Refugee.Aamna is the Guardian’s first community affairs correspo...
Where We Come From: Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain - Aniefiok Ekpoudom, in conversation with Caleb Azumah Nelson
In this episode we are listening to South London writer and storyteller Aniefiok Ekpoudom and bestselling writer, photographer and filmmaker Caleb Azumah Nelson, as th...
Nikki Giovanni – a reading of three poems, at Libreria
In this episode we are listening to renowned poet, activist and icon Nikki Giovanni, who visited Libreria for an intimate night of readings and discussion with a small...
Nikki Giovanni – intimate readings and conversation, at Libreria
In this episode we are listening to renowned poet, activist and icon Nikki Giovanni, who visited Libreria for an intimate night of readings and discussion with a small...
The Future of Trust - Ros Taylor and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversation
In this episode we are listening to Ros Taylor discuss her book The Future of Trust, recently published by Melville House, as part of their FUTURES series. We touch o...
American Mother – Colum McCann and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversation
In this episode we welcome Colum McCann, the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin, and the Booker Prize-nominated Apeirogon, to discuss his f...
The Upside-Down World – Benjamin Moser and Lauren Elkin, in conversation at Libreria
In this episode we are listening to Benjamin Moser and Lauren Elkin discuss Ben’s recent publication The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, which was ...
Sleepless – Marie Darrieussecq and Brian Dillon in conversation, at Libreria
In this episode we are listening to Marie Darrieussecq and Brian Dillon discuss Marie’s recent publication Sleepless, which was recorded in October 2023, live in the b...
My Weil – Lars Iyer & Jon Day in discussion, at Libreria
In this episode we are listening to Lars Iyer and Jon Day discuss Lars’ recent novel My Weil, which was recorded live in the bookshop in September 2023. My Weil is the...
Poverty, by America – Matthew Desmond, at Libreria
In this episode Libreria welcomes Pulitzer Prize winner, MacArthur Fellow and esteemed sociologist, Matthew Desmond. Matthew is the author of Poverty, by America, and ...
One Small Voice - Santanu Bhattacharya
In this episode the microphone is passed on to Libreria bookseller Buitumelo, who has invited debut author Santanu Bhattacharya, to chat about his recent novel One Sma...
Together: A Manifesto Against the Heartless World - Ece Temelkuran
In this episode Libreria welcomes Turkish writer and political thinker Ece Temelkuran, whose recent publications Together: A Manifesto Against a Heartless World and Ho...
Iconicon - John Grindrod
In this episode Libreria welcomes John Grindrod, author of Concretopia and Outskirts. Together with Iconicon these books form a loose trilogy about how the British hav...
The Selfless Act of Breathing - JJ Bola
In this episode Libreria welcomes established writer and poet JJ Bola ahead of the publication of his new novel, The Selfless Act of Breathing. In this wide-ranging an...
Index, A History of the - Dennis Duncan
In this episode Libreria welcomes writer, translator and lecturer Dennis Duncan. In his new book “Index, A History of the” Dennis enthuses about how the book index cam...
Michael Pollan & Dennis McKenna, in conversation.
In this episode Libreria welcomes two legends in psychedelic research, the award-winning author Michael Pollan and the brilliant ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, as...