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Beloved by bibliophiles for nearly seventy years, The Book Collector is a quarterly journal and digital archive filled with erudite articles, beautiful illustrations, reviews, news, auction results an... more
FAQs about The Book Collector Podcast:How many episodes does The Book Collector Podcast have?The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.
May 10, 2024Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini, by Victoria DaileyThis article, 'Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini', written by Victoria Dailey, was a popular inclusion in our Winter 2023 PMM special issue and is read by Kate Fleming. The podcast includes the full recipe for John Carter's Dry Martini read by James Fleming....more23minPlay
October 26, 2023Visualising Dracula, by Simon CookeWritten for our Summer 2021 issue, Visualising Dracula takes a look at the various illustrative interpretations of the iconic villain. It was written by Simon Cooke, and is read by Sarah Bennett...more19minPlay
September 15, 2023Bond Behind the Iron Curtain - Audiobook Teaser“One of the best things I have ever read on Bond” - The Guardian, 6/10/2021. Bond Behind the Iron Curtain, written and read by James Fleming. Ian Fleming's nephew explores previously unseen material translated from the languages of Russian and its communist satellites, detailing their attack on capitalism and the character and morals of the Western hero, 007. An astonishing story....more10minPlay
July 26, 2023Shadowing Bond, by Philip GoodenThis article was published in The Book Collector's Summer 2023 issue. Written and read by Philip Gooden, it takes a look at some great works of Spy Fiction, the authors, characters and storylines that followed in the footsteps of Ian Fleming and James Bond....more32minPlay
June 21, 2023Anthony Trollope and the Man from Wall Street, by John Saumarez SmithWritten by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector's Autumn 2009 issue. Read by James Fleming.Visit www.thebookcollector.co.uk for more information about our quarterly journals and how to subscribe....more15minPlay
May 17, 2023Tools of Execution, by John Saumarez SmithThe first article written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector, from our Spring 2008 issue, looking at the library sales of some great collectors....more14minPlay
May 03, 2023The Destruction of the Country House Library, by John Saumarez SmithThe latest in the JSS series from The Book Collector, this time read by James Fleming. John recalls the destruction of two country house libraries - Dropmore and Hampden in 1939 - in this article from The Book Collector's Spring 2009 issue....more21minPlay
April 12, 2023Is this Mr Gulbenkian? by John Saumarez SmithPart of our 'JSS' series as Neil Pearson reads 'Is This Mr Gulbenkian?' from the Winter 2015 Issue, and a special copy of 'Poor Poems and Rotten Rhymes' by A. P. Herbert....more13minPlay
March 29, 2023Heywood Hill's Birthdays, by John Saumarez SmithPart of our 'JSS' series of articles written by The Book Collector by John Saumarez Smith. This article appeared in our Autumn 2011 Issue, and looks back at the shop's 50th and 60th anniversaries in the year it celebrated it's 75th. He includes an account of the creation of the special catalogue created in 1996, dedicated entirely to books written by Haywood Hill customers.It is read by Neil Pearson...more17minPlay
March 07, 2023100 Seconds to Midnight - The Origin of a Catalogue on Climate Change by Emma WalsheWhen global temperatures soared to a record high in 2021, the Doomsday Clock ticked to 100 seconds to midnight, the closest the Earth has been to total destruction in the 75 years since the clock started ticking. This inspired the title of Peter Harrington's catalogue on Climate Change, created by Emma Walshe, who wrote this article for The Book Collector's Autumn Issue in 2022.It is read by Sarah Bennett...more16minPlay
FAQs about The Book Collector Podcast:How many episodes does The Book Collector Podcast have?The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.