Burley Fisher's Isolation Station

Featuring Chloe Aridjis, Lucy Ives and Gareth Evans. Hosted by So Mayer, Sam Fisher and Dan Fuller. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.

In this special episode, recorded at the shop, Jeremy Corbyn and Margaret Busby read from and discuss the newly-published poetry anthology Poetry for the Many, edited by Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey. The late and great Benjamin Zephaniah is also remembered, with readings from his poetry given by Pauline Melville. Music by Antony Hurley.

What happens when we're intimate with ideas? We're joined by powerhouse thinkers Octavia Bright and Rebecca May Johnson to get physical with the big questions of how we write the messy stuff, and what that writing – as political as it is personal – feels like. Chaired by Peter Scalpello. Postcast hosted by So Mayer, Sam Fisher and Dan Fuller. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.

The weekend's headliner! Isobel Waider and M. John Harrison here in discourse upon the left-field in contemporary literature. Listen here new modes being created, imagined, reinforced. Hosted by So Mayer, Sam Fisher and Dan Fuller. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.

Daisy Lafarge, Oluwaseun Olayiwola, K Patrick and Kandace Siobhan Walker read new work in the resonating space of St Peter's nave: your chance to hear the best new lyric, exhilarating and compelling. Hosted by So Mayer, Sam Fisher and Dan Fuller. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.

Rolling on with our Festival Series, as we revisit our short story panel with Alice Ash (Paradise Block), Vanessa Onwuemezi (Dark Neighbourhood) and Gemma Seltzer (Ways of Living), chaired by Chris Power (A Lonely Man). Music by Antony Hurley. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.

Coming in hot upon the topic of 'Embodied Writing' are chair Rebecca Liu (The Guardian, Another Gaze), Alice Hattrick (Ill Feelings), Amber Hussain (Replace Me) and Adam Zmiff (Deep Smith). Another barnstormer for the archives.  Music by Anthony Hurley The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production

Another showcase from BFDay 2021, this time the 'New Fictions, Hybrid Writing' session chaired by Nisha Ramayya, with panelists Mona Arshi (Somebody Loves You, Dear Big Gods) and Juliet Jacques (Trans: A Memoir, Variations). Music by Antony Hurley. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.  

We're back! Re-launching with an archival piece, in which guest host Habib William Kherbek interviews Professor Gerald Horne regarding his books The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century and The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing. The Burley Fisher Podcast is a DPF Production.

In Episode 34 guest host William Kherbek is joined by Professor Steve Keen, to discuss his work 'The New Economics. A manifesto', and the blind spots of the neoclassical orthodoxies that are bringing our society into terminal decline. Burley Fisher's Isolation Station is a DPF Production.

Episode 2 of the Festival Series sees us return to our recordings of BFDay2021, this time for the event of Tice Cin, Gyboyega Odubanjo and Frankie Mirren – chaired by Will Harris. Burley Fisher's Isolation Station is a DPF Production.

This week we showcase a new podcast series behind the team at Burley Fisher Books, celebrating the launch of our very own Antony's Quiet Rooms LP. Radio Lanterne Rising! In this episode Antony covers Nick Drake's stunning Place to Be, and talks a little about his lasting affection for the singer. The lads have a bit of a laugh, and we finish with The End of the Day. Produced by Daniel Fuller The End of the Day written and composed by Antony Hurley Place to Be written and composed by Nick Drake, performed by Antony Hurley.

Kicking off our series of BFDay '21 recordings is a big one! The poetry showcase, featuring readings from Anthony Anaxagorou, Will Harris, Daisy Lafarge, Holly Pester, Nisha Ramayya, Peter Scalpello and Stephanie Sy-Quia, along with bonus piano playing also from Will Harris. Produced by Daniel Fuller.

Ooh this is a special one. Today So is joined by Tice Cin to talk about her novel Keeping the House. They talk the great cabbages of Tottenham and diaspora solidarity. Also debuting is Tice's track "Now is the Time". ALSO! Hype BF-Day news from Dan and So, and the usual banter. - Tice Cin (@ticecin) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tottenham. You can find some of her work below: https://www.thepitldn.com/pitnews/merfuhktlanblk47bd47xvkabokuut https://ticecin.bandcamp.com/ https://www.mixcloud.com/tice-cin/stream/ https://threadsradio.com/introducing-domo-gorille/

Celebrating our Indie Fiction pick for June, So welcomes shop favourite Juliet Jacques to the show to talk about her debut collection "Variations", featuring a scarily accurate impression of Margaret Thatcher. Also some more info on BFDay + antiquarian news!

Today So and Sam are joined by Serpent's Tail's Hannah Westland to talk about being the OG indie press, who shares some exciting news viz. Esi Edugyan, along with celebrations for Independent Bookshop Week. Also the usual banter and nonsense from Dan et. al.    

With apologies, Dan and Sam present Ida Marie Hede's 'Adorable' the indie fiction pick for May. Marie and Sam talk poetic bacteria, while on the margins Dan talks about his night walks and the Lanterne Records kickstarter steams ahead..

 Today Dan is joined by Richard Barnett to discuss his new poetic work Wherever We Are When We Come to the End (Valley Press), a stirring piece about Wittgenstein's time on the frontlines. Meanwhile Sam announces BFDay - the Burley Fisher literary bonanza!

Dan and Ant are joined by Richard Dawson, the troubador by whom they're both a bit mesmerised. Also, Ant shares some very exciting news pertaining to albums, labels and new things all.

Today Sam is joined by Isobel Wohl to discuss her new book, Cold New Climate - Burley Fisher's Indie Fiction subscription for April 2021. Dan and Sam tease coming episodes, and other banal commentary about their everyday lives.

In another celebration of our indie fiction subscription, So is joined by Sara Jaffe, author of Dryland (Cipher Press) to discuss her literary influences. With outrageous deep cuts and odd literary byways. Also, celebrations regarding the BF Team's crowning as Bookshop of the Year (Regional: London ;-D) and plans for re-opening!

Today Sam is joined by Olivia Sudjic, author of Sympathy, Exposure and Asylum Road. In a suspiciously titled new segment for the show. Hear about Olivia's favourite authors and how they informed her practice. Also, cool grandma anecdotes and our patented bookseller banter.

Today Ant and Dan are joined by Andy Sharp to celebrate his almanac of the occult, the English Heretic Collection. They talk the Black Plaque process, the double meaning of histories and the stories that the National Trust doesn't want you to know. Also, Indie + Poetry Subscriptions!

A special one today. Our very own So Mayer celebrates the launch of their phenomenal pocket essay A Nazi Word for a Nazi Thing, an essay on Queer Erasure and a wholesale destruction of the wretched, fascist concept of Entartete. Today's pod is a pomo mashup, featuring red-hot recordings from launch night, coupled with thoughts and reflections to fill in the gaps of films which were broadcast during the live event. Featuring readings and performances from Isabel Waidner, So Mayer, Juliet Jacques, Ray Filar, Campbell X, Tim Smith and Keith Jarrett.Also featuring Dan Fuller's trademark rubbish.A jubilant and riotous end to the year.

Today guest host Will Kherbek and Ant are joined by Vincent Bevins, author of the timely and essential Jakarta Method. In the Jakarta Method the former Washington Post journalist sketches a Cold War history of U.S. antagonism against democratic governments of the Third World, and the terrible human cost of the CIA's anti-Communist paranoia. Also, Sam and Dan chat some rubbish at the beginning and end.

Today Ant and Dan are joined by the punk polymath Dr. Habib William Kherbek to talk everything from his terrifying theory of 'Technofeudalism', writing Britain authentically as an immmigrant, to his remix-novel of Don Quixote, New Adventures. Strap in for a wild ride, for your brain will be throbbing when this one is done.Bonus Content: An Exciting Announcement about the future of Burley Fisher itself!

Today's episode is 100% bibliophilia, as Sam and So celebrate the re-opening of the bookstore and return of all our book-loving customers, and talk to the author of the year's bookiest book, Eley Williams, whose debut novel The Liar's Dictionary is a riot of linguistic invention AND Sherlock Holmes queer fanfic Easter eggs. Prepare for verbal bartitsu!

In this episode So is joined by Katy Derbyshire to talk about the integral role of translators in mediating between international literature and the Anglophone world, the perils of book-buying during lockdown in Berlin. What's more, Katy shares some off-kilter recommendations from the buzzing contemporary German scene and discusses her role in creating the Warick Prize for Women in Translation. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

On today's podcast, we get emotional about Burley Fisher re-opening, and So talks solidarity, workers' rights, friendship, filmmaking, the power of self-expression and why poetry is sexy with contributors to Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry.SWARM: https://www.swarmcollective.org/Scot-PEP? http://www.scot-pep.org.uk/homeSex Worker Open University: https://www.nswp.org/members/europe/sex-worker-open-universityUNAIDS & NSWP Covid-19 statement: https://www.nswp.org/page/covid-19DAZED 100 NETTI HURLEY: https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/48859/1/netti-hurley-filmmaker-biography-dazed-100-2020-profile

In today's episode Dan and Ant are back in contact with friends from the Indian subcontinent. Today they are joined with Naveen from Seagull Books, a Kolkata-based publisher which specialises in translated fiction. They talk the ethos and history of Seagull, along with their unique approach to trans-national publishing. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

On today's episode we're off to Oz to talk about the importance of fantasy – as a genre, and as a way of imagining otherwise – with Melbournian writer, editor and activist Alison Croggon, whose new children's book The Threads of Magic has just been published in the UK, if you're after pacy escapism with a socialist feminist twist (who isn't)! To talk about what art can do – and so why and how it should be funded – we're also joined by UK-based arts and culture consultant (aka wizard) Rebekah Polding. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

On today’s episode the team are joined by the musician Sam Amidon. In a wide ranging conversation Sam recounts his musical journey from Vermont to New York City set against the backdrop of folk revivals through the generations. Sam delves into the collaborators and improvisers that coruscate through his music and reflects on the storytelling of his songwriting fuelled by his deep interest in books and reading.Support Sam Amidon at www.patreon.com/samamidon and listen to all the music mentioned here: https://sptfy.com/4Xgj~s -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today So is joined by Jessie Kindig, editor at Verso US. They talk about whether cats are anarchists, imagining a robust community-oriented book world, and how leftist publishers are addressing the current crisis, including Verso's forthcoming ebook by Dean Spade on mutual aid. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today Dan is joined by Siim-Kosmos Sinamäe, a producer on the literary computer game Disco Elysium. Together they walk the line between literature and non-traditional media, exploring how a small development team from Talinn, Estonia used their writing chops to create one of the finest video games of the last decade. With backroad meanders into Russian Constructivism, Dungeons and Dragons and the Estonian avant-garde, together they probe at the borderlines of literature in the new millennium. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today Dan and Ant are joined by Maria Cuervo, editor of Hellebore, the magazine of Folk Horror and all things Weird Albion. Ant and Dan are led on a psychedelic journey through the origins of Folk Horror in Gothic Literature, the Mythic practices which inspire contemporary art and the aesthetics of the Folk Horror Revival.  -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley 

Today Dan and Antony are joined by Mandira Sen from Stree-Samya Books, a Kolkata-based publisher that specialises in Indian Social Studies and Dalit Literature. In a wide-ranging conversation that covers the plight of women, the legacy of colonialism and the realities of the modern caste system, kick back for a few hours to enjoy an eye-opening and warm conversation that will give you a sneak peek into parrallel spheres of literature; and maybe give yourself a few choice editions for the shopping list. -Produced by Dan FullerCo-Produced & Music by Antony Hurley

In this episode Dan is joined by Owen from Weird Walk, who guides him through his psychedelic rambling philosophy by way of medieval graffiti, folk music and lost historic wonders found in the strangest of places. Meanwhile, Sam catches up with Peter from Books Peckham, to see how the 'zine magnate of Rye Lane is navigating the lockdown. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today we're joined by writer and organiser Lola Olufemi, who talks to So about her new book Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power, part of Pluto's Outspoken Series. So and Lola get into why critical feminism is a conversation and a form of nourishment, how radical groups are organising during lockdown (and what you can do), and how the current crisis shows up our urgent need for intersectional thinking and action. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today we begin our series from literary figures from around the globe, as Athenian poet and translator Theo Chiotis leaps headlong into the Greek discourses of crisis. Ranging from the bodily aspects of crisis, punitive lockdown fines and the legacy of authorotarian rule in Mediterrenean states, Theo leads So and Dan deep into the Athenian literary reality. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today we are joined by Matt Green who discusses the Black Death and the parrallels with the Covid-19 epidemic. We hear the ramblings of freelance preachers, tales of abandoned villages and stirrings of the birth of fashion. With lively sojourns into conspiracy and economic turmoil, join Matt as he weaves a vivid tapestry of the characters and events that have marked historical pandemics, and maybe get a little bit of hope along the journey. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

The latest episode of the Isolation Station is a bookseller bonanza. We transform ourselves into armchair flaneurs as we visit other independent booksellers around London to ask how they're dealing with the crisis, what they're reading and what they're eating. It's important work we're doing.If you would like to get in touch with any of the bookshops we speak with the details are below:Pickled Pepper Books: info@pickledpepperbooks.co.ukPages of Hackney: info@pagesofhackney.co.ukLondon Review Bookshop: bookshop@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk Review Bookshop Peckham: review@btconnect.comVillage Books Dulwich: dulwich@village-books.co.uk  -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

Today in the Isolation Station, Sam is joined by Ruth Gilligan, who discusses her new novel The Butchers: a blood-soaked, folkloric tale set during the '96 BSE crisis in Ireland. Sam and Ruth cover the clash of modernity and tradition, the timeliness of the novel and yet more toilet paper books.Also included is another exclusive extract of Dan’s plague journal.The Butchers was published by Atlantic Books. To order, email podcast@burleyfisherbooks.com -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

In this episode our resident poet So Mayer speaks to Will Harris and Nisha Ramayya about the how current situation is making our acquaintance with our subconscious uncomfortably close, guiding us through the past, future and the isolation dreamworld. They also settle, once and for all, the question on all of our lips: what even is language?Will's debut collection, Rendang, was published by Granta in February 2020. Nisha's collection, States of the Body Produced by Love was published by Ignota in September 2019. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley 

Today the team at Isolation Station are joined by poet, writer and filmmaker Caleb Femi to discuss his debut collection, Poor, published by Penguin Books in July. With Anthony Hurley, he talks about growing up in South London, the aethetics of urban living and the intersection of estate living with art. Dan also gives us an exclusive reading of his plague journal.To pre-order Poor, please visit our website or email us at podcast@burleyfisherbooks.com. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley 

Today Preti Taneja joins us on the Isolation Station to talk about her Desmond Elliott award-winning novel We That are Young, what Shakespeare really did in quarantine, and the need for compassion, connection and creativity. Plus we introduce a new feature you can play along with at home, and announce our next guest. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley

In this inaugural episode we talk to Emma Glass about how tired we are, and her new book REST AND BE THANKFUL: a book of fiction built out of real dreams. Intrigued? You should be. Please do get in touch at podcast@burleyfisherbooks.com if you would like to order REST AND BE THANKFUL, DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT, or any of the Shirley Jackson books mentioned in the pod. -Produced by Dan FullerMusic by Antony Hurley