The Guardian Books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast is our weekly look at the world of books, presented by Claire Armitstead, Richard Lea and Sian Cain. In-depth interviews with authors from all over the world, discussions and investigations make this the perfect companion for readers and writers alike

https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/books

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 38m. Bisher sind 315 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 8 hours 46 minutes

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Lampedusa by Anders Lustgarten - audio drama


In an audio play specially commissioned for the Guardian by Soho Theatre, a fisherman confronts the tide of refugees sweeping across the Mediterranean


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 June 11, 2015  1h3m
 
 

Colm Tóibín on the women in his fiction – books podcast


We catch up with the novelist Colm Tóibín at the Charleston festival, and explore why women are so often at the centre of his work


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 June 5, 2015  38m
 
 

Life and death questions with Caitlin Doughty and Anuradha Roy – books podcast


We confront the most difficult subjects with the novelist Anuradha Roy and mortician Caitlin Doughty


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 May 29, 2015  39m
 
 

Extract: Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh


Raj Ghatak reads the first chapter of Amitav Ghosh's latest novel, Flood of Fire• Interview: Amitav Ghosh


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 May 23, 2015  1h12m
 
 

Books that talk to each other


We explore the connections between Patrick Gale’s novel A Place Called Winter and a memoir from Barbara Taylor, The Last Asylum


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 May 15, 2015  32m
 
 

Libraries: the inside story – books podcast


From the depths of the British Library to the top of Manchester’s great domed Central Library, we explore the inner workings of our most precious treasure houses of knowledge


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 May 1, 2015  58m
 
 

Nature writing with Sarah Hall and John Lewis-Stempel – books podcast


We follow the call of the wild with Thwaites Wainwright prizewinner John Lewis-Stempel and novelist Sarah Hall


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 April 24, 2015  39m
 
 

African stories with Jemma Wayne and Lara Pawson - books podcast


The troubled histories of Rwanda and Angola feature in two debuts in contention for the Baileys and Orwell prizes


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 April 10, 2015  33m
 
 

Will Self and John Gray on freedom and determinism – books podcast


The philosopher John Gray discusses his latest book, The Soul of the Marionette, with the novelist Will Self


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 April 3, 2015  39m
 
 

Mythical figures with Amit Chaudhuri and Katrine Marçal – books podcast


We go in search of heroes with Amit Chaudhuri’s reworking of the Odyssey and Katrine Marçal’s deconstruction of economic myth


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 March 13, 2015  39m