Sinopsis
Twice a week or so, the London Review Bookshop becomes a miniature auditorium in which authors talk about and read from their work, meet their readers and engage in lively debate about the burning topics of the day. Fortunately, for those of you who weren't able to make it to one of our talks, were able to make it but couldn't get a ticket, or did in fact make it but weren't paying attention and want to listen again, we make a recording of everything that happens. So now you can hear Alan Bennett, Hilary Mantel, Iain Sinclair, Jarvis Cocker, Jenny Diski, Patti Smith (yes, she sings) and many, many more, wherever, and whenever you like.
Episodios
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Ian Nairn: Words in Place. With Gillian Darley, David McKie and Owen Hatherley
19/11/2013 Duración: 01h20minGillian Darley and David McKie’s study of Nairn - Ian Nairn: Words in Place – published by Five Leaves, reintroduces to a new generation an architectural critic whose work has influenced writers and critics such as J.G. Ballard, Will Self, Iain Sinclair and Jonathan Meades, who once described Nairn as ‘a great poet of the metropolis’. Gillian Darley and David McKie discussed Ian Nairn’s life and work, and Owen Hatherley, author of A New Kind of Bleak and A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain chaired this discussion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jacek Dehnel in conversation with Antonia Lloyd-Jones
15/11/2013 Duración: 01h13minPolish poet, novelist, painter and translator Jacek Dehnel appeared at the shop in conversation with his translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones.Antonia Lloyd-Jones is a full-time translator of Polish literature and this evening was the occasion of her being presented with the Found in Translation Award for the second time (given by the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute London and the Polish Cultural Institute New York). Jacek talked with Antonia about how his writing reflects and interacts with literary and art historical tradition, as well as Polish culture, history and politics. This event was supported by the Polish Cultural Institute London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Great War: Joe Sacco in conversation with David Boyd Haycock
28/10/2013 Duración: 58minWith Safe Area Gorazde, Palestine, and Footnotes in Gaza, graphic novelist Joe Sacco introduced to his chosen genre a politically charged seriousness that changed it for ever. In his latest work he turns to the past with a harrowing depiction of war in the trenches. To mark the publication of The Great War (Jonathan Cape), Joe Sacco appeared at the shop with David Boyd Haycock, whose group biography of five First World War artists A Crisis of Brilliance was published in 2009. Their conversation provided a compelling exploration of art, journalism and violence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Simon Critchley: The Hamlet Doctrine
21/10/2013 Duración: 01h04minPhilosopher Simon Critchley took on Shakespeare's Hamlet, and our abiding preoccupation with it, via a series of classic interpretations, notably those of Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Hegel, Freud, Lacan and Nietzsche. The discussion was chaired by Dr Shahidha Bari of Queen Mary, University of London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Anne Carson: Red Doc>
28/09/2013 Duración: 33minIn a rare UK performance Canadian poet Anne Carson read from her recent verse novel Red Doc>, a sequel to her 1998 Autobiography of Red. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Concerning Frank Kermode
19/09/2013 Duración: 01h11minThe inaugural discussion of a new series to commemorate Frank Kermode's highly influential work saw Jacqueline Rose and Michael Wood, among others, ranging freely and informally across his contributions to criticism in numerous fields, from apocalyptic theory to contemporary fiction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Multiples: Adam Thirlwell with Tash Aw, A.S. Byatt, Joe Dunthorne, Adam Foulds, Ma Jian and Francesco Pacifico
11/09/2013 Duración: 01h22minWhat would happen if a story were successively translated by a series of novelists, each one working only from the version immediately prior to their own – the aim being to preserve that story’s style? Adam Thirlwell's Multiples set out to explore this idea. To celebrate its UK publication, several writers from the anthology - Tash Aw, A.S. Byatt, Joe Dunthorne, Adam Foulds, Ma Jian and Francesco Pacifico - joined Adam Thirlwell at the Bookshop to talk about the project. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Rachel Kushner: The Flamethrowers
22/08/2013 Duración: 01h11min"Kushner isn’t only a novelist. She is also a regular contributor of sharp criticism to such free-thinking American publications as Artforum, and however good her stories and sparkling her prose, she has other aims in her novel too. Its subject is inequality – economic, social, sexual – but the art world, with its attendant performances, is always there to complicate it." Naomi Fry (LRB 18 July 2013) Rachel Kushner came to the bookshop to talk about her new book, 'The Flamethrowers'. Set in the art world of the 1970s, the novel explores themes of gender, terrorism and authenticity. She spoke in conversation with Nina Power, senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton University and the author of 'One-Dimensional Woman'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Joshua Cohen and Brian Dillon: ATTENTION!
23/07/2013 Duración: 54minAuthor Joshua Cohen came to the shop celebrate the publication of Attention! a (short) history' (Notting Hill). He was joined by writer and critic Brian Dillon for a dicussion of the cultural history of the concept of attention: an evening of conversation which ranged across centuries and subjects, from Saint Augustine to amphetamines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Edith Grossman In Conversation With Daniel Hahn - World Literature Series 2012-13
24/05/2013 Duración: 01h22minDistinguished critic and translator Edith Grossman was in conversation with Daniel Hahn of the British Centre for Literary Translation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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China Miéville in conversation with The White Review
15/05/2013 Duración: 01h13minChina Miéville read from his work, and discussed some of the issues raised by it with Ben Eastham, co-founder and editor of The White Review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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How Should a Novel Be? Sheila Heti with Adam Thirlwell
30/04/2013 Duración: 58minSheila Heti was in conversation about writing, life and the future of fiction with the critic and experimental novelist Adam Thirlwell. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ben Marcus talks to Christian Lorentzen about his novel The Flame Alphabet, as well as previous works The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women. Topics covered include online fiction magazines, mathematics, creating a religion, why writing cou
23/04/2013 Duración: 54minBen Marcus talks to Christian Lorentzen about his novel The Flame Alphabet, as well as previous works The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women. Topics covered include online fiction magazines, mathematics, creating a religion, why writing courses are unfairly criticised, the influence of Borges, encyclopaedias as a source of literary delight and ‘Reader’s Cream’, a lotion Marcus is developing to improve reader sensitivity. Marcus’s latest book is Leaving the Sea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Kaya Genç In Conversation With Maureen Freely - World Literature Series 2012-13
19/04/2013 Duración: 01h28minTurkish writer Kaya Genç discussed with Maureen Freely how his writing reflects and interacts with literary traditions, as well as Turkish culture, history and politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Drysalter: Poetry, Faith and Doubt - Michael Symmons Roberts in conversation with Jean Sprackland
18/04/2013 Duración: 28minMichael Symmons Roberts has been described by Jeanette Winterson as ‘a religious poet for a secular age’ and by Les Murray as ‘a poet for the new chastened, unenforcing age of faith that has just dawned.’ His latest collection Drysalter (Jonathan Cape) is a series of 150 poems each of 15 lines and takes its name from the ancient trade in powders, chemicals, salts and dyes, while drawing formal inspiration from the Book of Psalms. Michael will be at the shop to read from his work, and to discuss his poetry and its inspirations with fellow poet and essayist Jean Sprackland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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James Wood: The Fun Stuff
19/03/2013 Duración: 01h04minJames Wood visited the Bookshop to talk about his new collection of pieces, The Fun Stuff, and to discuss life, literature, and the role of the critic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Live Translation - Translating Sex with Adriana Hunter and Polly McLean
08/03/2013 Duración: 01h33minTranslators Adriana Hunter and Polly McLean shared their versions of a specially-commissioned short story by the French writer Emma Becker, with Sarah Ardizzone in the chair and Emma Becker herself on the panel. The event explored the particular challenges of translating erotic fiction, discussing the decisions the translators made about voice and vocabulary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín
05/12/2012 Duración: 01h33minOur first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend the writer László Krasznahorkai. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Glyn Maxwell: On Poetry
22/11/2012 Duración: 01h01minGlyn Maxwell offers us a guide to reading poetry in seven chapters: ‘White’, ‘Black’, ‘Form’, ‘Pulse’, ‘Chime’, ‘Space’ and ‘Time’. Described by Katy Evans-Bush in Poetry Review as being ‘as highly charged as a stick of poetry dynamite’, On Poetry sold out its first printing in less than a week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Live Translation with Eduardo Halfon, Ollie Brock, Thomas Bunstead and Daniel Hahn
26/10/2012 Duración: 01h18minOur first Live Translation event of the 2012-13 season explored the work of Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon, named one of the best young Latin American writers by the Hay Festival of Bogotá. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.