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London Review Bookshop Podcast

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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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Deep Into the Sixties (Bloomsbury), the latest instalment in David Kynaston’s ‘Tales of a New Jerusalem’ series, covers the short but intense period between Churchill’s death and England’s footballing triumph at the World Cup. As a social historian, ... more

Patricia Lockwood’s literary career began with poetry, and her second poetry collection (the first to make it to the UK) Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals, published in 2014, left her many fans desperate for more of her surreal, subversive, zany,... more

Jeremy Lee’s smoked eel sandwich became a London sensation when it was introduced at Soho’s Quo Vadis, where Lee is chef proprietor and, amongst other things, led Jay Rayner to call him ‘a rare phenomena in the London food world; a chap everyone agre... more

In On Difficulty (Faber), her latest book of non-poetry, poet and essayist Lavinia Greenlaw explores the fascination, terror and opportunity of wrestling with the opaque, the obscure, the complex and the indeterminate. Is poetry really difficult, and... more

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Recent Guests

Patricia Lockwood
Poet, novelist, memoirist and essayist, author of Agate Head / Stone Soup
Episode: Patricia Lockwood & Raymond Antrobus: Agate Head / Stone Soup
Raymond Antrobus
Poet and author of The Quiet Ear
Episode: Patricia Lockwood & Raymond Antrobus: Agate Head / Stone Soup
Jeremy Lee
Chef proprietor of Quo Vadis and author of Kitchening
Quo Vadis
Episode: Jeremy Lee & Bee Wilson: Kitchening
Bee Wilson
Food writer and author of The Heart-Shaped Tin
Episode: Jeremy Lee & Bee Wilson: Kitchening
Mark Wallinger
Artist
Episode: Lavinia Greenlaw & Mark Wallinger: On Difficulty (and Poetry)
Lavinia Greenlaw
Poet and essayist, author of On Difficulty
Episode: Lavinia Greenlaw & Mark Wallinger: On Difficulty (and Poetry)
Claudia Rankine
Poet and writer whose work includes Citizen, Just Us and Triage
Episode: Claudia Rankine & Victoria Adukwei Bulley: Triage
Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Poet and author of the debut collection Quiet, winner of the Rathbones Folio Poetry Prize
Episode: Claudia Rankine & Victoria Adukwei Bulley: Triage
Amy Larocca
Journalist and author of How to Be Well; formerly fashion director at New York Magazine
New York Magazine; Bedford Square Publishers (publisher of How to Be Well)
Episode: Amy Larocca and Gaby Wood: ‘How to Be Well’

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 413 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 States7 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 States10 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 writer-focused discussions help some listeners feel connected to a wider literary community and inspire their own writing practice.
Several listeners criticize uneven audio, including background noise and distracting sounds from live recordings.
Listeners praise the conversations as intelligent, enriching and full of insight, with many finding the content worth revisiting.
Some reviewers find the hosting uneven, describing certain presenters as nervous or underprepared.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Patricia Lockwood & Raymond Antrobus: Agate Head / Stone Soup
Q: How do children and childhood factor in your work?
Lockwood says she remains connected to the wonder and play of childhood, including the feeling of encountering words and ideas for the first time. She sees that playful perspective as a way to write and to develop strategies against anger and power.
Patricia Lockwood & Raymond Antrobus: Agate Head / Stone Soup
Q: What are Plath's Rules?
Lockwood says the rules were to write straight through from beginning to end, avoid polishing too much, and tell others about the work so they could encourage one another.
Jeremy Lee & Bee Wilson: Kitchening
Q: I would love to know how you get inspired for a new recipe. Sort of where does the process start?
Lee says inspiration comes from all of these sources: memories, seasonal changes, weather, reading, handwritten notes and the ingredients available at markets.
Jeremy Lee & Bee Wilson: Kitchening
Q: Do you almost feel as if you're relating to the ingredients in some way?
Lee says the ingredients and produce form a central part of the book, and that he grew up around parents who cared deeply about food and good ingredients.
Lavinia Greenlaw & Mark Wallinger: On Difficulty (and Poetry)
Q: How do you deal with moments where you have an intensely personal and subtle subjective experience, and you think it's really good circumstances for a good poem, but you find that it might just be too subtle and too personal to actually get there and to get to a point where it will land?
Greenlaw suggests recording the experience and writing from a concrete detail within the memory, rather than explaining the event or its feelings directly. A vivid object can give readers a way into the scene and convey what lies beneath it.

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Recorded literary events bring authors, poets, critics, artists and scholars together to discuss books and the ideas behind them. Conversations range across fiction, poetry, history, politics, art, food and culture, often combining close readings, live excerpts and personal accounts of how a work was made. Authors commonly appear alongside an interviewer or fellow writer, creating room for detailed discussion of craft as well as the social and historical questions their work raises.

The live-event format gives discussions an open, audience-facing quality, while the emphasis on substantial books and thoughtful exchange makes this a strong fit for readers, writers and anyone interested in literature's connections to public life. Guests inclu... more

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