Podcast appearances and mentions of alistair gray

Dark Side of the Library Podcast Episode #74: Dark Children's Books Coming Out August 2022 Part 2   Show Notes: (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)   If Your Babysitter is a Bruja, by Ana Siquera (Aug 23) https://amzn.to/3yPT53W   Middle School Bites, by Steven Banks (Aug 30) https://amzn.to/3QeE1DY   The Monster Ball, by John Townsend (Aug 9) https://amzn.to/3HehdQC   The Most Haunted House in America, by Jarrett Dapler (August 2) https://amzn.to/3xkccCI   My Book of Monsters, by Ine de Volder (Aug 9) https://amzn.to/3QjjnCs   No Such Thing, by Ella Bailey (Aug 16) https://amzn.to/3HgAbGb   Ravenfall, by Kalyn Josephson (Aug 30) https://amzn.to/3O4Pjsg   The Secret Explorers and the Haunted Castle, by SJ King (Aug 2) https://amzn.to/3tSWPPo   Stinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales, by R.L. Stine (Aug 30) https://amzn.to/3aScacu   Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires, by Ben Acker (Aug 30) https://amzn.to/3MgXosB   Tales to Keep You Up at Night, by Dan Poblocki (Aug 16) https://amzn.to/3mpNVEN   This Appearing House, by Ally Malinenko (Aug 16) https://amzn.to/3xIb7Vg   Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray, by Lindy Ryan (Aug 16) https://amzn.to/3OAFgeK   Up to No Ghoul, by Cullen Bunn and illus by Cat Ferris (Aug 9) https://amzn.to/3xooD04   World of Weird: A Creepy Compendium of True Stories, by Tom Adams (Author) and Celsus Pictor (Illustrator) (Aug 2)  https://amzn.to/398nqkl   Follow Dark Side of the Library on Facebook and on Instagram! And our Amazon Live Channel! Dark Side of the Library Website

Award-winning novelist, playwright and short story writer Ali Smith is the author of 12 novels, three of which have been nominated for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Her best-selling How To Be Both won the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel of the Year in 2014. Brought up in the Scottish Highlands, she was the youngest of five children in a working class family, studied English at Aberdeen University and began writing fiction whilst studying for a doctorate at Cambridge. Ali Smith tells John Wilson about the influence of cinema on her fiction, particularly the work of French new wave director Jacques Rivette whose disregard for conventional linear narrative in films including Céline and Julie Go Boating made a big impression. She also recalls how, as an aspiring writer, the work of fellow Scottish novelists and poets, including Liz Lochhead, Alistair Gray, James Kelman and Muriel Spark, helped give her the confidence to write her own fiction. Ali Smith also discusses 1960s pop artist Pauline Boty, a contemporary of Peter Blake and David Hockney, who tragically died at the age of 28 in 1966. Boty's life and work - overlooked for three decades after she died - became a central aspect of Ali Smith's 2016 novel Autumn, the first of a quartet of seasonal-themed books written and published over four years. Producer: Edwina Pitman

The US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, turns against Donald Trump in an explosive impeachment testimony, Saudi Arabia marginalises global banks in the final stage of Saudi Aramco’s flotation process and GM sues rival Fiat Chrysler, claiming FCA bribed officials of the UAW union during bargaining talks with GM. Plus, the FT’s Alistair Gray explains why Walmart is thriving once again. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Senior US officials accuse China of backtracking on its pledges in negotiations to end the trade war, Anadarko Petroleum’s board of directors backs Occidental Petroleum’s $55bn bid, and former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng is released under house arrest on $20m bail by a US court over the 1MDB case. Plus, the FT’s Alistair Gray explains the serious accounting problems that have forced Kraft Heinz to restate nearly three years of earnings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Technology ravaged malls across America by allowing customers to shop online. But now, some retailers hope it’s also the answer to luring shoppers back to stores. The FT’s Jennifer Sigl visited America’s oldest toy store to find out how it’s implementing in-store technology, and spoke with US consumer correspondent Alistair Gray.Read Alistair’s latest reporting here.Contributors: Alistair Gray, US consumer correspondent. Producer: Jennifer Sigl.Credits: Gracie Films/20th Century Fox See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

He played a key role in transforming Scottish sport, made a similar impact in Ireland, modernised the English FA and worked with brands such as NCR and Famous Grouse. Intriguingly, he also spent two hours in the company of Roy Keane after Ireland's football captain stormed out of the 2002 World Cup. He's Scotland's best-kept sporting secret and eminently qualified to write his new book, The Game Changer. Interviewed by Fraser Allen of White Light Media at the Waldorf Astoria in Edinburgh.

Two of the big US banks predict a new corporate tax cut will mean higher investment, better pay and cheaper prices for their services. The FT's Ben McLannahan and Alistair Gray discuss what fourth-quarter results from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo suggest for the rest of the sector. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Goldman Sachs has led an impressive performance by US banks in the latest round of quarterly results. Patrick Jenkins, the FT's financial editor, discusses Wall Street's bounce back with Alistair Gray, US financial correspondent. Music by Kevin MacLeod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Deutsche Bank's falling share price, succession planning at HSBC and in the US, Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest tells Alistair Gray why women need their own investment platform. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In an economic climate of low interest rates and choppy capital markets, US banks are struggling to improve their day-to-day operations. The FT's Ben McLannahan and Alistair Gray discuss the forces restricting revenue growth at the big Wall Street banks, and what to expect in the second half of the year. Music by Kevin MacLeod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shares in Lending Club plunged on Monday when the company announced that chairman and chief executive Renaud Laplanche would step down amid allegations of a lapse in business practices. The FT's Ben McLannahan and Alistair Gray discuss the potential ripple effects for the industry. Music by Kevin MacLeod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Days before Citi releases its first quarter earnings, research analyst Brian Kleinhanzl of KBW makes a case for splitting up one of the largest US banks. Presented by Alistair Gray. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claer Barrett and guests discuss growth prospects for investment banks, notably Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, and the drip drip of PPI reclaims in the UK. In the US, Alistair Gray talks to Larry Jacobs of Minesota university about his critique of how the Federal Reserve governs the American economy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what banks think about a possible Brexit and Credit Suisse's unexpected portfolio of high risk assets, and in the US, Sujeet Indap asks Alistair Gray, US financial correspondent, what the squeeze on interest rates means for bank margins. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick Jenkins is joined by Martin Arnold, Sam Fleming, Alistair Gray and Emma Dunkley, as well as James Daley, from the consumer rights body Fairer Finance to discuss cyber crime and the latest hit to JPMorgan in the US, the Bank of England’s new regulatory rules affecting banks, and a warning that payday lenders may be about to be extinguished from the market. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Brooke Masters is joined by US banking editor Tom Braithwaite, James Shotter, Switzerland and Austria correspondent, and insurance correspondent Alistair Gray to talk about the call by US banks for an easing of the Basel III liquidity requirements as the Federal Reserve starts a new round of stress tests. Also discussed are recent developments in the Libor scandal and whether insurance companies should face the same kinds of regulation as giant banks and be designated as global systemically important financial institutions or GSifis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the banking team ask whether strong third-quarter results from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo bode well for other US banks and the implications of the FSA's decision to loosen capital and liquidity rules for lenders. Alistair Gray, insurance correspondent, and Sharlene Goff, retail banking correspondent, also discuss RBS' future after its deal to sell more than 300 branches to Santander collapsed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the banking team discuss the swift appointment of internal candidate Antony Jenkins as the new chief executive of Barclays. Alistair Gray, insurance correspondent joins to talk about RBS floating Direct Line and the team look into the possibility that banking liquidity rules could be softened. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.