Episodes

  • Writing and editing a Book of the Year: Monique Roffey and Jeremy Poynting
    Feb 27 2022

    Tune in to hear Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch (Costa Book of the Year 2020), in conversation with editor Jeremy Poynting from Peepal Tree Press.


    You can find out more about The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey here: https://bit.ly/33W5Rl3


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    20 mins
  • Art under tyranny: Ai Weiwei
    Nov 21 2021

    Tune into hear Ossian Ward in conversation with Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows. This conversation was recorded in partnership with Penguin Live and Manchester's HOME.

    You can find out more about 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows here: https://bit.ly/3Cyazk5


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    18 mins
  • 2021 Booker Prize Winner: Damon Galgut
    Nov 7 2021

    South African writer Damon Galgut, author of The Promise, speaks to Ted Hodgkinson (Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre) just days before it is announced that The Promise has won the 2021 Booker Prize.


    You can find out more about The Promise here: https://bit.ly/306y1rp


    Books and authors mentioned:

    Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf https://bit.ly/3BWMjHX

    Howards End by E. M. Forster https://bit.ly/2ZYO22U

    William Faulkner https://bit.ly/3bOdCK7

    Patrick White https://bit.ly/3kfQ7OF


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    36 mins
  • Delving into the art world. Julian Barnes and Celia Paul: Cape in Conversation
    Oct 24 2021

    This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.


    Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with an artist who writes and a writer whose subject is often art, Celia Paul and Julian Barnes.


    You can find out about Celia Paul’s work here: https://bit.ly/2XEZAqF


    And about Julian Barnes’s work here: https://bit.ly/3B8PADQ


    Julian recommends They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell


    Celia Paul recommends The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald


    Bookseller article on the history of Jonathan Cape: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9w


    Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuI


    This was the final episode of Cape in Conversation; do go back and listen to the other episodes in the Vintage Books Podcast feed if you missed them.


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    38 mins
  • Small towns, long memories: Bernice McFadden
    Oct 3 2021

    You can find out more about Sugar by Bernice McFadden here: https://bit.ly/3B4Dtbz


    This episode contains explicit language.


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    16 mins
  • Feminist Greek myths? Charlotte Higgins
    Sep 19 2021

    This week's episode of the Vintage Books Podcast features an extract from the audiobook of Greek Myths by Charlotte Higgins, illustrated by Chris Ofili.


    Content notice: this episode contains mentions of rape and sexual violence.


    You can find out more about the book here: https://bit.ly/greekmyths_Cs


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    21 mins
  • Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota: Authorship and Writing Histories
    Sep 5 2021

    China Room by Sunjeev Sahota is the story of Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, and that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its china room locked and barred. To celebrate its publication and being longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, in this episode, Ted Hodgkinson talks to Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota about China Room, authorship, writing histories, and more.


    You can find out more about China Room by Sunjeev Sahota here: https://bit.ly/33lucwP


    You can find out more about Kamila Shamsie's books here: https://bit.ly/3DQbDBF


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    41 mins
  • Alison Bechdel and Anne Enright: Cape in Conversation
    Aug 15 2021

    This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.

     

    Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two authors, Alison Bechdel and Anne Enright.

     

    You can find out more about Alison Bechdel's work here: https://bit.ly/37IDGUV

     

    And about Anne Enright's here: http://bit.ly/3bXotQM

     

    You can find out more about the history of Jonathan Cape here: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9w

     

    Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuI

     

    Shahidha will be back for Cape in Conversation on the Vintage Books podcast in six weeks, where she’ll be talking to two more writers, Celia Paul and Julian Barnes.


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    42 mins