John Calder (1927-2018) was a giant of 20th century literary publishing, and a champion of free speech. Best known for publishing Samuel Beckett's novels and poetry, he brought much of the most innovative European literature of the 20th century to an English-speaking audience, ultimately won a landmark obscenity trial over Hubert Selby Jr's 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and has inspired several generations of exciting writers and publishers.

Joining Juliet to discuss Calder's life and legacy is Alex Kovacs, author of 'The Currency of Paper' (2013), who worked in Calder's bookshop in London in 2008-10.

Alessandro Gallenzi's obituary for John Calder: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/21/john-calder-obituary

Huw Nesbitt's interview with John Calder (2008) - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/nndv5k/john-calder-443-v15n12

SELECTED REFERENCES

HENRI ALLEG, La Question (1958) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Question

Lord Altrincham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grigg,_2nd_Baron_Altrincham

Fernando Arrabal - http://www.arrabal.org/

ANTONIN ARTAUD, Collected Works (vols. I-IV)

Howard Barker

AUBREY BEARDSLEY, Under the Hill - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Hill

SAMUEL BECKETT, The Unnameable (1953) and Waiting for Godot (1953)

William S. Burroughs

Steven Berkoff

Peter Brook

JOHN CALDER, The Philosophy of Samuel Beckett (2001) and The Theology of Samuel Beckett (2012)

JOHN CALDER, Pursuit (2001) - https://almabooks.com/product/pursuit-memoirs-john-calder/

Henri Chopin - https://www.richardsaltoun.com/artists/35-henri-chopin/overview/

COPI, Eva Perón (1970) - https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/music-and-performance/2012/04/parodying-eva-perón

Ashley Dukes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Dukes

Marguerite Duras

JEAN GENET, The Maids (1947)

Allen Ginsberg

John Glassco

The Godot Company - https://actors.mandy.com/uk/company/18184/the-godot-company

Grove Press

OWEN HATHERLEY, A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain (2010)

RAYNER HEPPENSTALL, The Woodshed (1962) and Raymond Roussel: A Critical Guide (1966)

ALGER HISS, In the Court of Public Opinion (1957) - https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1957/5/17/hiss-defends-position-in-public-opinion/

I Shot Andy Warhol (dir. Mary Harron, 1996)

Eugène Ionesco

B. S. Johnson

GEORG KAISER, From Morning to Midnight (1912/16) - https://www.cineaste.com/spring2011/from-morning-to-midnight-web-exclusive/

Anna Kavan

ALEX KOVACS, The Currency of Paper (2013) - https://www.newstatesman.com/books/2013/09/currency-paper-alex-kovacs-how-capitalism-affects-art

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY, The Bathhouse (1930)

HENRY MILLER, Sexus (1949) and Tropic of Cancer (1934)

EDDIE MILNE, No Shining Armour (1976) - https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/isj/1976/no093/rees.htm

Carole Morin

Olympia Press (Maurice Girodias) - https://bookblast.com/blog/spotlight-maurice-girodias-olympia-press-indie-publishers-remembered/

Peter Owen (publisher)

Luigi Pirandello

ANN QUIN, Berg (1964) and (1969) - http://thequietus.com/articles/24056-ann-quin-lara-pawson-stewart-home-juliette-jacques-lee-rourke-isabel-waidner

ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET, Jealousy (1957) - http://conversationalreading.com/alain-robbe-grillet-and-jealousy/

Raymond Roussel

Nathalie Sarraute

Jean-Paul Sartre

HUBERT SELBY JR, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1966) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/01/last-exit-to-brooklyn-hubert-selby-appeal-1968

Yulian Semyonov - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulian_Semyonov

Claude Simon

T. Dan Smith - https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/stories-shocked-tyneside-high-rise-7236347

Roland Topor

Alexander Trocchi

TRISTAN TZARA, Seven Dada Manifestos - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80258.Seven_Dada_Manifestos_and_Lampisteries

Kenneth Tynan - https://www.theguardian.com/arts/critic/feature/0,,567652,00.html

Snoo Wilson

Olwen Wymark

Contemporary publishers: And Other Stories; Dalkey Archive Press; Fitzcarraldo Editions; Galley Beggar; Melville House.