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London Review Bookshop Podcast

London Review Bookshop
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Listen to the latest literary events recorded at the London Review Bookshop, covering fiction, poetry, politics, music and much more. Find out about our upcoming events here More from the Bookshop: Discover our author of the month, book of the week and more: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/bkshppod⁠⁠ From the LRB: Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subsbkshppod⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.m... more

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Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth has been a shop favourite ever since we discovered Long Live the Post Horn, a powerful tale about loneliness and the struggle between capitalism and humanity told through the microcosm of the Norwegian postal service.

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In his latest novel Your Life Without Me (Canongate) journalist and novelist James Meek investigates the unpredictable links between personal trauma, family dysfunction and political violence. A retired schoolmaster is invited by the police to meet a... more

Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer a mental disorder. One in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These numbers represent a huge and recent expansion in mental health labelling, but reveal nothing of the ... more

Anouchka Grose, a psychotherapist specialising in climate anxiety, became disillusioned with the apparent futility of activism as it is normally conceived, resolved to look inwards, seeking a way to revolutionise the self in response to polycrisis. T... more

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Recent Guests

Amber Husain
Author of Tell Me How You Eat
Author, Tell Me How You Eat
Episode: Amber Husain & Emily LaBarge: Tell Me How You Eat
Sheena Patel
Writer and assistant director for film/TV
Author of I'm a Fan
Episode: Vittles 2: Lauren J Joseph, Sheena Patel, & Odhran O’Donoghue
Lauren J. Joseph
Author of At Certain Points We Touch
Author, Vittles contributor
Episode: Vittles 2: Lauren J Joseph, Sheena Patel, & Odhran O’Donoghue
Rebecca Perry
Author of May We Feed the King
Granta (publisher)
Episode: Rebecca Perry & K Patrick: May We Feed the King
K Patrick
Poet and novelist
Episode: Rebecca Perry & K Patrick: May We Feed the King
Chantal Joffe
Painter and co-creator of the book Painting, Writing, Texting
Artist, Co-creator of Painting, Writing, Texting
Episode: Chantal Joffe & Olivia Laing: Painting Writing Texting
Patrick Cockburn
War correspondent and author introduced as a contributor specialized in Middle East coverage
LRB (London Review of Books)
Episode: Aftershock: Patrick Cockburn, Laleh Khalili & Tom Stevenson
Frances Morris
writer and curator
Episode: Juliet Mitchell & Frances Morris: Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Marie-Laure Bernadac
Biographer of Louise Bourgeois; former head of contemporary art at the Louvre
Louvre Museum / Yale University Press (biography project)
Episode: Marie-Laure Bernadac & Lauren Elkin: Knife-Woman

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 405 ratings
  • Who are these people? Bad !

    On your recent podcast the journalist and novelist Rachel Conno talks like a junior high school student. For a literary podcast yours is often embarrassingly Bad!

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    Beatnik Strategy
    United States3 months ago
  • Please get a professional host

    This podcast could be good but the women hosts haven’t a clue to how insipid tand nervous they sound. Loved the interview with Sheila Fitzpatrick

    Apple Podcasts
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    Beatnik Strategy
    United States5 months ago
  • Just Lovely

    Arthur Dent should have been worried about the London Review and its bookshop rather than the Guardian but the Review had not started when the Hitchhiker first appeared on the planet. It is a towel.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    RobCrowe
    United Statesa year ago
  • Excellent

    7/10 for the conversations. 5/10 for the sound quality.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Delphobus.
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Intelligent and interesting

    Thank you Adam Schatz for speaking so eloquently about Franz Fanon’ i learnt so much

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    stilllearningtoo
    United Kingdom2 years ago

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The show consistently delivers rich, thoughtful literary conversations with notable guests.
Sound quality and production can be hit-or-miss in live formats, but content remains strong.
Guests are often high-caliber, with deep dives into biographies, translation, and historical context.

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#122
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Talking Points

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Rebecca Perry & K Patrick: May We Feed the King
Q: Is there any religious sorts of reference that gives anything away? How did you pull this off basically? It's amazing.
I kept religion and time broadly non-specific to avoid anchoring the world too firmly; I wanted it to feel European but not tied to any exact tradition or date, so readers from different backgrounds can imagine their own version of the setting.
Rebecca Perry & K Patrick: May We Feed the King
Q: Yeah, I was wondering if you could speak to that a little bit, like why, if to you that was a conscious choice in the writing, or if it was something that you noticed you were doing as you were writing.
I definitely knew from the start I wasn't interested in picking a place, a country, a year, or a monarch; I wanted to keep the setting open so readers could populate it themselves and focus on visuals and atmosphere rather than fixed geography or time.
Amber Husain & Emily LaBarge: Tell Me How You Eat
Q: Can you elaborate on the book's stance toward neoliberal narratives about individual responsibility for eating?
The book critiques the idea that individual dietary responsibility alone can fix systemic issues, arguing instead for understanding the social, political, and economic contexts that shape eating, and for collective action and emancipation through shared nourishment.
Amber Husain & Emily LaBarge: Tell Me How You Eat
Q: How did your personal experiences with eating disorders influence the book's approach to food and politics?
The experiences provided a real case study that catalyzed a broader argument: food is not just about personal health but about how societies organize care, value, and access, and these experiences helped shape a framework that considers spirit, solidarity, and political dimensions.
Juliet Mitchell & Frances Morris: Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Q: What motivated you to pursue a clinical training and how did that relate to the book's ideas?
She details a shift from purely academic work to clinical practice, describing how exposure to patients and the demand from institutes pushed her to integrate psychoanalytic technique with feminist theory, ultimately broadening her professional scope beyond writing to clinical analysis.

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A literary-focused discussion series that centers on in-depth conversations with writers, translators, critics, and historians. Episodes typically feature long-form dialogues around books, biographies, translation processes, and literary history, often accompanied by readings, audience Q&As, and reflections on the craft of writing and editing. A notable strength is the caliber of guests, spanning poets, novelists, and scholars, who bring historical, cultural, and interdisciplinary perspectives to literature and its wider context. Live event dynamics, archival insights, and the interplay between text and image (including biographical and translation work) frequently surface, making it valuable for listeners who want thoughtful, richly contex... more

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7. Patrick Cockburn
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