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 Subscribe to get notifications about future episodes! Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremu...
Feb 27, 2022•20 min
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 Subscribe to get notifications about future episodes! Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by ...
Nov 21, 2021•18 min
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/3kfQ7...
Nov 07, 2021•36 min
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...
Oct 24, 2021•38 min
You can find out more about Sugar by Bernice McFadden here: https://bit.ly/3B4Dtbz This episode contains explicit language. Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 03, 2021•16 min
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_C s Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. S...
Sep 19, 2021•21 min
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/33lucw...
Sep 05, 2021•41 min
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 her...
Aug 15, 2021•42 min
This week's episode features an extract from the audiobook of GO BIG: How To Fix Our World by Ed Miliband. You can find out more about GO BIG here – https://bit.ly/2UJFZUS Tune into the Cheerful Book Club and join Ed Miliband, Geoff Lloyd and friends for a conversation about the biggest ideas in non-fiction books – https://bit.ly/3y4QJM2 Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫...
Jul 25, 2021•33 min
This week's episode features a special extract from the audiobook of Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal, author of the bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes . You can find out more about Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal here: https://bit.ly/3vdOft0 Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Jul 11, 2021•20 min
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? We Can Do Better Than This is an anthology in which 35 extraordinary voices share their stories and visions for the future. The editor, Amelia Abraham, talks to two of the contributors, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Naoise Dolan, about the power of queer reading. You can find out more about the books here: We Can Do Better Than This: https://bit.ly/3gYSDI1 Life as a Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi: https://bit.ly/3w19DRY Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan: https://...
Jun 27, 2021•46 min
Journalist Marverine Cole talks to two of Vintage's new fiction writers, Jo Hamya, author of Three Rooms , and Anna Glendenning, author of An Experiment in Leisure . You can find out more about Three Rooms here: https://bit.ly/3xycFOP You can find out more about An Experiment in Leisure here: https://bit.ly/3vIZPvZ Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hos...
Jun 20, 2021•35 min
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, Salman Rushdie and Katie Kitamura. You can find out more about Katie Kitamura's work h...
May 30, 2021•35 min
Today's episode features a special audiobook extract from Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. You can find out more about Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn here: https://bit.ly/2ODyN9U To listen to a previous episode, 'Symbiosis and Psychedelics ᛫ Edward St Aubyn & Merlin Sheldrake', tune in here or search on your podcast app: https://bit.ly/3fgMiqW Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see excl...
May 16, 2021•22 min
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 Booker Prize shortlisted authors, Ottessa Moshfegh and Rachel Kushner. You can find out more ab...
Apr 18, 2021•36 min
This episode features a short story from the new collection, First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel. The audiobook is read by Kotaro Watanabe. You can find out more about the collection here: http://bit.ly/FPS_HM You can also find our previous episode, 'Translating Murakami ᛫ Ted Goossen' here – https://bit.ly/3eCj2s5 To hear an extract from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, check out our previous episode here – https://bit.ly/3kK8CYZ Follow us on Twitter @vintag...
Apr 04, 2021•38 min
CN contains mentions of hallucinogenic drugs You can find out more about Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn here: https://bit.ly/2ODyN9U You can find out more about Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake here: https://bit.ly/2GNsRa9 To listen to a previous episode in which Merlin discusses 'Entangled Life', search 'Vintage Books Podcast: Discovering the world of fungi ᛫ Merlin Sheldrake' on the podcast platform you're currently using or click here: https://bit.ly/2JKaap5 Follow us on Twitter @vintagebo...
Mar 28, 2021•32 min
What will the environmental legacy which we leave for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren look like? In an extract from What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik, one of the world's most influential economists and Director of the London School of Economics explores climate change and the social contract. You can find out more about What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik here: bit.ly/whatweoweeachother Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all abo...
Mar 07, 2021•16 min
Arts journalist and author of the Pages & Co. series, Anna James, talks to two of Vintage's new fiction writers, Pip Williams, a writer and researcher who discusses her debut historical fiction novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words , and Megan Nolan, a writer and journalist who is publishing her first novel, Acts of Desperation. You can find out more about The Dictionary of Lost Words here: https://bit.ly/3qL2DHn You can find out more about Acts of Desperation here: http://bit.ly/2NG7SJA Follo...
Feb 21, 2021•29 min
In this episode we share a special extract from the audiobook of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. You can find out more about Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. here, now available in paperback, ebook and audiobook: http://bit.ly/36Pzsea Wondering where to start reading James Baldwin's works? Check out this reading list: http://bit.ly/2XFoXFq Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our ne...
Feb 07, 2021•18 min
In this episode, Alexandra Heminsley, journalist and author of Some Body to Love, discusses parenthood, bodies, and writing with author Emma Jane Unsworth. You can find out more about Some Body to Love by Alexandra Heminsley here: http://bit.ly/39ZQUgG Find out more about Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth here: http://bit.ly/3iIJaDY Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is ...
Jan 24, 2021•27 min
In this episode we share a special episode from the audiobook of The Truths We Hold by US Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris. You can find out more about The Truths We Hold here, now available in paperback, ebook and audiobook: http://bit.ly/2JbWGC2 Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Jan 10, 2021•33 min
Can fairy tales be feminist? We have published a new Vintage Classics Series, 'A Fairy Tale Revolution', featuring four stories remixed and reimagined by the incredible writers, Malorie Blackman (Blueblood), Kamala Shamsie (Duckling), Rebecca Solnit (Cinderella Liberator), and Jeanette Winterson (Hansel and Greta). The four beautiful books are illustrated by Laura Barrett. You can find out more about the four books here at the Penguin Shop: http://bit.ly/3mtWHPS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Dec 20, 2020•23 min
We wanted to mark the Vintage Books Podcast's 10th anniversary with something special. Join us for a unique Christmas episode created by Black Ballad , featuring Head of Editorial at Black Ballad, Jendella Benson, in conversation with award-winning author Diana Evans. The topic of conversation is 'Home', and the discussion touches on Black Lives Matter, Black British identity today, and Diana's career as a writer. Black Ballad is an award-winning, UK based lifestyle platform that seeks to tell t...
Dec 06, 2020•41 min
Nurses have never been more important. In this episode, author Christie Watson is in conversation with Marverine Cole, discussing her nursing career of twenty years, motherhood, coping with life during a pandemic, and her new book. The Courage to Care is about inspirational nurses, and the bravery of patients and families, from the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness. In The Courage to Care Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' work. We benefit from nurses' expertis...
Nov 22, 2020•30 min
In this episode we are celebrating Haruki Murakami, a writer who has been delighting readers with his unique blend of the surreal and the familiar for over 40 years. To mark the publication of new audio editions of Murakami's beloved works, here is a special extract from Norwegian Wood , a novel published in 1987, which turned him into a literary phenomenon and which continues to delight readers new and old. To find out more about the new audio editions of Murakami's works, you can search for th...
Nov 08, 2020•23 min
As part of our celebrations for Black History Month we are celebrating and spotlighting the stories from the book, Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant. Here's a special extract from the book which draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Find out more about Homecoming here: http://bit.ly/Homecoming_CG Listen to the Vintage Books ...
Oct 25, 2020•29 min
Biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life, joins us on the Vintage Books Podcast to tell us more about the amazing world of fungi. We are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Vintage Books Podcast! Thank you so much for supporting us on this journey. Get in touch to share your favourite episode from the podcast! You can find us @vintagebooks on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook You can find out more about Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake here: http://bit.ly/EntangledLife...
Oct 11, 2020•22 min
Looking for your next Autumn read? Here's a special extract from There There by Tommy Orange! Find out more about the book here: http://bit.ly/ThereThereTO ᛫ Listen to the Vintage Books Podcast episode when we chatted to author Tommy Orange here: http://bit.ly/TommyOrangeVBP or search for 'How do you rewrite the story of a people? ᛫ Tommy Orange ᛫ Vintage Books Podcast' ᛫ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see ex...
Sep 20, 2020•38 min
We speak to Mohsin Zaidi all about his memoir, A Dutiful Boy ᛫ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant ᛫ Read the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1084998/mohsin-zaidi.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 23, 2020•23 min
