The Guardian Books podcast

By The Guardian

The Guardian Books podcast is our weekly look at the world of books, presented by Claire Armitstead, Richard Lea and Sian Cain. In-depth interviews with authors from all over the world, discussions an... more

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The podcast currently has 666 episodes available.

The Guardian Books podcast episodes:

December 04, 2018 Crime and passion with Sara Paretsky and André Aciman – books podcast
This week, it’s Claire’s birthday so she’s meeting with two of her favourite authors: crime author Paretsky and Call Me By Your Name writer Aciman
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45min
November 27, 2018 The art of biography, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ken Krimstein – books podcast
New Yorker cartoonist Krimstein discusses his pictorial life of Hannah Arendt and we head to the British Library with MacCulloch to learn about Thomas Cromwell
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47min
November 20, 2018 Myth-making with Sarah Perry and Maria Dahvana Headley – books podcast
We talk to The Essex Serpent author Perry about the spine-tingling Melmoth and take Beowulf into the 21st century with Headley’s The Mere Wife
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49min
November 13, 2018 Robin Robertson and Andrew McMillan on sex, war and truth in poetry – books podcast
On this week’s show, Robertson talks about his narrative poem The Long Take and McMillan explores adolescent rites of passage in Playtime
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50min
November 06, 2018 How does our DNA shape who we are? Robert Plomin and Ivy Pochoda – books podcast
Behavioural geneticist Plomin picks apart the idea of nature versus nurture in Blueprint, and novelist Ivy Pochoda explains her latest novel, Wonder Valley
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1h 3min
October 30, 2018 Political writing from Terrance Hayes to the Anglo-Saxons – books podcast
As the midterm elections loom, we welcome a poet whose verse is carved from this divided moment and search for the deep roots of political writing
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46min
October 23, 2018 Feminist fairytales with Jessie Burton and Kiran Millwood Hargrave – books podcast
We travel to a faraway land, where brave writers fight deadly stereotypes and discover inspiring new ways to tell old stories
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36min
October 17, 2018 Anna Burns's Booker prize win and poet Kate Tempest – books podcast
Milkman delivers the 2018 Man Booker prize, while we listen in as a poet discusses the lyric art with her editor
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46min
October 09, 2018 What is it like being Ravenmaster at the Tower of London? – books podcast
We step back in time for a stroll around the Tower of London with Chris Skaife, who looks after the landmark’s ravens; and we sit down with philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah to discuss identity
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1h 1min
October 02, 2018 Around the world with Simon Reeve and Neil MacGregor – books podcast
The BBC presenter talks about the travels in his memoir Step By Step, and the celebrated curator reflects on the beliefs explored in Living With the Gods
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1h

FAQs about The Guardian Books podcast:

How many episodes does The Guardian Books podcast have?

The podcast currently has 666 episodes available.