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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 this episode Libreria welcomes two legends in psychedelic research, the award-winning author Michael Pollan and the brilliant ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, as...
Sevastopol - Emilio Fraia & Zoe Perry
In this episode Libreria welcomes Brazilian writer and editor Emilio Fraia and translator Zoe Perry. Emilio has been selected by Granta magazine as one of the best...
Ahead of the Curve - Franco Stevens talks to Libreria
Libreria is privileged to be joined by Franco Stevens, founder of Curve magazine, which was created to offer greater visibility of the queer and lesbian community. We...
The Rag and Bone Shop: How We Make Memories and Memories Make Us - Veronica O'Keane
Libreria is joined by Veronica O’Keane, Professor of Psychiatry and practicing Consultant Psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin. Her book The Rag and Bone Shop distil...
Collective - a discussion with the director Alexander Nanau, Roger and James Deakins, and Libreria
Collective, the double Oscar-nominated documentary by Alexander Nanau follows a team of investigative journalists whose tireless work uncovers a shocking fraud, reveal...
White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind - Koa Beck
Koa Beck, former editor-in-chief of Jezebel, is joined by Katrine Marçal to discuss how capitalism’s focus on the individual is inhibiting feminism’s progress towards ...
New Passengers - Tine Høeg
Lloyd Sowerbutts is joined by Danish prize-winning author Tine Høeg and translator Misha Hoekstra, to discuss Tine's free verse novel "New Passengers", published by Lo...
You Know You Want This - Kristen Roupenian
Kristen Roupenian came to prominence with the publication of her story ‘Cat Person’ in the New Yorker magazine back in 2017. Having caused quite a storm it is describe...
Apeirogon - Colum McCann
Today’s guest won major plaudits for his 2009 novel Let The Great World Spin winning the National Book Award in the US. He’s also been nominated for an Oscar and was a...
Weather - Jenny Offill
Today’s guest is a leading light in the vanguard of experimental fiction - announcing her credentials with her 2014 novel Dept. of Speculation, this year Jenny Offill ...
Future Fossils
Covering anthropology, literature, art, history and our propensity to use science to dominate space and place David Farrier describes some of the binding ideas behind ...
Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany
Paddy Butler interviews cultural critic Uwe Schütte (down the line in Berlin), on his layered little book, Kraftwerk, Future Music from Germany. They discussed the con...
David Lynch & Hans Ulrich Obrist - The Pursuit of Artistic Authenticity
Superstar curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and the enigmatic auteur, David Lynch discuss painting, unrealised projects and the uncompromising pursuit of artistic endeavour.
Determining Art in Science – Conrad Shawcross
We go off site for this episode to enter the world of sculptor Conrad Shawcross – At his studio of wonders the artist walked us through the evolution of his ideas.