This week we celebrate the release of ‘Swim & Sun: A Monocle Guide’, plus two new titles, one on food – ‘Slop’ – and the other on travel, ‘Sablos’. Also on the show, we look at ‘El Venezolano’, a local paper for the Venezuelan community in Miami. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Swim & Sun: A Monocle Guide’, ‘Slop’ and ‘Sablos’

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This week we speak with Emily Tobin, the new editor of ‘The World of Interiors’. Plus we pay a visit to NY’s Art Book Fair and preview our new title, ‘France: The Monocle Handbook’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘The World of Interiors’ 500th issue, NY Art Book Fair and ‘France: The Monocle Handbook’

We speak with Mitchell Kaplan, founder of Books & Books, a leading independent bookshop chain based in South Florida. Plus: Tom Ellis, editor in chief of Greece’s ‘Kathimerini English Edition’, and we find out more about South Korean publications ‘Magazine B’ and ‘Magazine F’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Books & Books, ‘Kathimerini English Edition’ and successful South Korean publications

We speak with ‘Wildsam Magazine’ editor in chief Taylor Bruce. Plus: we talk to the founder of Paper Café in Nairobi and visit an exhibition on Japanese music books at Japan House London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Wildsam Magazine’, Paper Café in Nairobi and Japanese music books

We speak with author and journalist Simon Kuper on his new book about Paris, ‘Impossible City – Paris in the Twenty-First Century’. Plus: food titles are invited to a special event at Salone del Mobile, and the return of ‘Saveur’ magazine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Kuper’s new book on Paris, food titles at Salone del Mobile and the return of ‘Saveur’

We speak with ‘Fortune’ executive editor Alex Wood Morton on their editorial expansion in Europe. Plus, Melinda Stevens on her new book with Assouline – ‘Secret Stays: Pioneering Hosts of the New Chic’. And Serge Ricco and Stéphane Darricau on their new book delving into the history of influential German magazine ‘Twen’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Fortune’, ‘Secret Stays’ and ‘Twen (1959-1971)’

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‘Swim & Sun: A Monocle Guide’, ‘Slop’ and ‘Sablos’

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