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John Greening speaks with Caroline Sanderson about discovering that poetry was his calling, and discusses his wide-ranging career in verse, editing and literary criticism.
Paddington director Paul King returns with Wonka starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role. He talks with Samira about exploring the backstory of Willy Wonka and Roald Dahl's surprising vision for fiction's greatest confectioner.Front Row rounds up the best non-fiction books of 2023 with Caroline Sanderson - non-fiction books editor for The Bookseller and chair of judges for the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2022, Stephanie Merritt - critic and novelist, and John Mitchinson - cofounder of Unbound, the independent crowdfunding publisher and co-presenter of literary podcast, Backlisted.The extraordinary work of the artist Pauline Boty (1938 – 1966) is explored by the curator of a new exhibition, Mila Askarova, and the art historian Lynda Nead.Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer: Paula McGrathFront Row non-fiction recommendations for 2023Toy Fights: A Boyhood by Don Patterson published by Faber and Faber Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art, Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming published by Chatto & Windus How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair published by Fourth Estate Twelve Words for Moss by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett published by Allen Lane The British Year in 72 Seasons by Kiera Chapman, Rowan Jaines, Lulah Ellgender and Rebecca Warren published by Granta Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside by Rebecca Smith published by William Collins High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland by Tom Parfitt published by Headline Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon published by Hutchinson Heinemann Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio by Chris Laoutaris published by Williams Collins
Lesley Glaister speaks with Caroline Sanderson about the mystery of why some of her characters roar into life while others don't; pays tribute to Hilary Mantel as a friend and mentor of her work; and argues that the heart of her fiction doesn't only lie in darkness, but also in the triumph of the human spirit.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock - a name you may know, as a member of one of the biggest girl bands in the world, Little Mix. This year - almost two years since the band announced a hiatus - Leigh-Anne has embarked on her own solo career. She tells Anita Rani about her new memoir Believe, all about her life growing up, what it was really like going through The X Factor and how she found her voice. Ukraine claims it has identified 20,000 children who it alleges have been abducted by Russia since the start of the war. Arrest warrants have been issued to President Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights. It's the subject of the latest work from film-maker Shahida Tulaganova, who joins us to discuss her ITV documentary Ukraine's Stolen Children. Lizzi Larbalestier has cared for 139 seals in her home in Cornwall. She also helped set up a new seal hospital with the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, and has just won an animal action award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Ruth Birch and Julia Curry are a couple from South Wales. They met as young women in the British Army, but had to leave because of the pressure they were under to lie about their sexuality and conceal their relationship. The stress led to them breaking up, but 20 years later they reunited. They join us to share their story. Britney Spears has been in the news again after spilling personal stories in a memoir. Are women being pressured to overshare in order to sell books? And are men also expected to publicise their personal lives? Nina Stibbe, whose newest memoir is Went to London, Took the Dog, and Caroline Sanderson, Associate Editor of The Bookseller, joins us to discuss. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai
Britney Spears has been in the news again after spilling personal stories in a memoir. Are women being pressured to overshare in order to sell books? And are men also expected to publicise their personal lives? Nina Stibbe, whose newest memoir is Went to London, Took the Dog, and Caroline Sanderson, Associate Editor of The Bookseller, joined Emma Barnett to discuss. Mary Turner Thomson found writing a memoir cathartic after discovering that her husband, William Allen Jordan, was not a spy as she had been told. He was actually a bigamist and a conman. Her story is now a documentary series, The Other Mrs Jordan: Catching the Ultimate Conman, which is available on ITVX. She and her daughter Eilidh told Emma about the day they discovered William's real identity. A report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Heriot Watt university says the number of children in the UK living in destitution has nearly trebled since 2017. Why are families struggling, and what could be done to help? Abby Jitendra, Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and Sophia Worringer, Deputy Policy Director at the Centre for Social Justice, joined Emma. We also heard from Kimberley in Fife who contributed to the report. Dame Alison Rose, the former chief executive of NatWest, has been found to have breached data protection laws after she publicly discussed the closure of Nigel Farage's account with NatWest subsidiary bank Coutts. In the UK, banks closed more than 343,000 accounts in the last financial year. Gina Miller, the woman who spearheaded the anti-Brexit campaign before the 2016 referendum, was 'de-banked' and has called for an investigation into the practice. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Hannah Sander
Brian Clegg speaks with Caroline Sanderson about how he brought together his parallel passions for writing and for science; explains why we can all claim to be descended from royalty; and describes the sense of wonder that he believes is integral to science writing.
With almost 20 years writing for EastEnders and multiple BAFTAs to his name, there's not much about screenwriting that Simon Ashdown doesn't know. In this episode, he talks to Caroline Sanderson about how he got started in the industry, what makes a great episode of TV and how to navigate the world of screenwriting.
Sara Wheeler speaks with Caroline Sanderson about the sources of her inspirations as a travel writer and biographer, why the future of travel writing is bright and why the writer's job is to find hope and celebrate the individual human spirit's survival.
Malachy Tallack speaks with Caroline Sanderson about how moving to Shetland as a child influenced his writing preoccupations, particularly his sense of place and the role of belonging , and how these things have come to imbue his varied fiction and non-fiction writing.
We're back with season 3 of Authors' Matters! In this season opener, our host Caroline Sanderson chats with celebrated children's writer Sita Brahmachari. Sita shares what inspires her to write stories that cross genres and explore themes of culture, history, refugee rights, identity and belonging.
Polly Morland speaks with Caroline Sanderson about how the skills acquired during a 15-year documentary film-making career fed into her vocational non-fiction writing, allowing her to blend ideas from self-help, psychology and philosophy with reportage of ordinary, yet extraordinary human stories.
Listen to the latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast to discover more about the Prize's history, and how the wider world of non-fiction has changed in the 25 years since it was first established. In this episode, former Baillie Gifford judge Razia Iqbal talks to Caroline Sanderson and Andrew Holgate, both of whom have chaired judging panels for the Prize, about what the experience is like and how the Prize has evolved. For those of you who enjoyed learning about the history of the Prize, we've made a 30 minute documentary featuring interviews with some of the founders of the prize, as well as the winners and judges of recent years. Tune in next time where we'll be talking to some of the judges of the Winner of Winners award about their shortlist. The Winner of Winners award, created to celebrate the Prize's 25th anniversary, will pit the previous winners against each other to find the best of the best of non-fiction. The shortlist will be announced on Thursday 9 March, and the winner will be announced at an event at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on the 27th April. This podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. For more podcasts from The Baillie Gifford Prize, click here. Follow @BGPrize on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube.
Anna Wilson speaks with Caroline Sanderson about wild swimming and taking the plunge with her writing, keeping a child's eye view of the world and how a blog about grief led to the writing of her first book for adults - a memoir of her mother.
Tune into the final Read Smart podcast episode of the year, where 2022 prize winner Katherine Rundell discusses her book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne and how she feels following the announcement. Our host Razia Iqbal also speaks to some of the other guests at the awards ceremony, including former judge Sara Collins, last year's chair of judges Andrew Holgate and Margaret Busby. The winner was livestreamed on FacebookLive and YouTube at a gala dinner generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation on Thursday 17 November. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne gives readers a glimpse into the tempestuous life of poet John Donne. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. Described by Rundell as being perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language, the work provides a fascinating insight into Donne's multi-layered existence. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne was chosen by this year's judging panel: writer and Associate Editor of The Bookseller, Caroline Sanderson (chair); writer and science journalist, Laura Spinney; critic and writer for The Observer, Rachel Cooke; BBC journalist and presenter, Clive Myrie; author and New Yorker writer, Samanth Subramanian; and critic and broadcaster, Georgina Godwin. The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. For more podcasts from The Baillie Gifford Prize, click here. Follow @BGPrize on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube.
'I take to the stage at book festivals around the country, doing around twenty to thirty chairing gigs a year. I've looked Derren Brown in the eye.'I take to the stage at book festivals around the country, doing around twenty to thirty chairing gigs a year. I've looked Derren Brown in the eye, facing down predictions from friends that he would hypnotise me into talking gibberish.
Tune into the latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast, where our host Razia Iqbal will be joined by two members of our judging panel, Rachel Cooke and Georgina Godwin, to discuss the six books which have made the 2022 shortlist. The judges will give their reasons for why these six books stood out from the rest of the longlist, alongside how they chose to go about making such a difficult decision. The podcast also features the moment where Chair of Judges, Caroline Sanderson, announced the long-awaited shortlist live at Cheltenham Literature Festival. Not long to go now until we find out the winner. Listen now to hear all about it. The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. For more podcasts from The Baillie Gifford Prize, click here. Follow @BGPrize on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube. If you're interested in learning more about the books on the shortlist, then join the Baillie Gifford Prize's director, Toby Mundy on the podcast over the next few weeks. Toby will be talking to each of the shortlisted authors about their work and what it's like to make the shortlist. Also join us on our social media channels where you we'll be sharing trailers for each of the shortlist, including readings by the authors and appearances from some familiar faces explaining why they love these books. This year's winner will be announced on 17 November at the Science Museum at an award ceremony generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement will also be livestreamed across the Baillie Gifford Prize social channels. Don't miss the winner of the 2022 prize being interviewed at the Cambridge Literary Festival on Sunday 20 November this year.
Michael Bond speaks with Caroline Sanderson about his enduring fascination with observing the ways in which we are influenced by our social and physical surroundings, the joys of fandom and the art of navigation, both outdoors and on the page.
Julianne Pachico speaks with Caroline Sanderson about growing up in Colombia at an unstable and threatening time, how horror and suspense fiction have influenced her work, and how she marries the demands of teaching creative writing with those of producing her own work.
The latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast, is dedicated entirely to our much anticipated longlist. Host Razia Iqbal is joined by three members of our judging panel, Caroline Sanderson, Laura Spinney and Samanth Subramanian, to discuss all twelve longlisted books and why these have been chosen to be in the running for this year's prize. Listen now to hear all about the longlist. The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. To find out more about The Baillie Gifford Prize, visit www.thebailliegiffordprize.com Follow @BGPrize on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok. The announcement of the six books shortlisted for this year's prize will take place on 10 October during an event at Cheltenham Literature Festival. The winner will be announced on 17 November at the Science Museum at an award ceremony generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement will also be livestreamed across the Baillie Gifford Prize social channels. #BGPrize2022 #longlist #nonfiction #booktube #booktok #reading #books #awards #literature #author #writer #bgprize #podcast #readsmart
Can changing your Mindset be the key to transformational growth for you? Do you have the feeling that there is a magical life waiting for you, but it just feels out of reach? Curious... Let me introduce you to todays guest Caroline Sanderson also known as 'The Salon Jedi'. This episode with Caroline is all about forming new and positive habits that will allow you to master your mindset, and learn how to use the Law of Attraction to bring Magic and Miracles into your business as well as your life. If you think all this manifest talk is just magical stuff reserved only to films like 'Harry Potter', then think again! Caroline used the Laws of the Universe, to manifest Magic and Miracles into her own life and helped take her business go to the next level and beyond at a time when she was on the verge of closing the salon doors to it back in 2009. I In our conversation with Caroline we explore her key concepts related to mindset and visualising, and how to apply them to both business as well as life. It has the possibilities to bring big results along with so many action points to help you with starting out on your journey to mindset mastery. This podcast I describe as gold. It will genuinely help to take you forward in both business and life. It's magical stuff! Howtocutter's, lets go to it.. A podcast produced by How To Cut It Podcasts Thanks for Listening To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Caroline Sanderson for joining me on todays podcast. Until next time Howtocutter's, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye.
'I suppose I'm what's known these days as an 'influencer', and while that term has shallow connotations, I take the responsibility both seriously and sedentarily. 'I suppose I'm what's known these days as an 'influencer', and while that term has shallow connotations, I take the responsibility both seriously and sedentarily. I read for two hours most days; under the duvet, stretched out on the sofa, on the train.
Authors' Matters is back for its second season! In this first episode, our host Caroline Sanderson talks to award-winning author and journalist Anita Sethi about finding her own voice and claiming her space, in terms of identity and as a writer, in her memoir I Belong Here.
'Is this how you know that a particular genre of writing is not for you? You consort with it for a while, and then rush of early enthusiasm falters.'Is this how you know that a particular genre of writing is not for you? You consort with it for a while, and appear to be getting on rather well. The words flow, and you seem to have so much to say. And then rush of early enthusiasm falters.
Caroline Sanderson revisits her childhood home for the first time in five decades, to compare memory with reality. Paul Dodgson takes us to Hythe on the south coast of Kent, drawn back to a place he was once desperate to escape. Clare Chambers explains why the apparently prosaic location of the south-east London suburbs has been such a source of inspiration in her work.
Welcome back to Season 3 of Interviews With Experts. TODAY, you will hear from two entrepreneurs, Georgia and Caroline, as they give you some tips and tricks on how to become an Amazon #1 bestseller in different categories. So tune in, enjoy, and as always, let us know your comments, questions, and thoughts.Get your workbook here: https://writebusinessresults.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Day-12-Workbook.pdfJoin the FREE 12-Day Content Creation Challenge:https://buildmybrand.clickfunnels.com/12dcccoptinFor daily and weekly support for all the challengers, join our FB group and remember to look out for FB Lives - we'll be offering Q+A, extra support, prizes AND a one-time offer that we think you'll love.https://www.facebook.com/groups/personalbrandhowto______________________________________________________________________Caroline Sanderson can be found here:Website: https://salonjedimarketing.com/________________________________________________________________________Georgia Kirke can be found here:For help with building your personal brand by publishing incredible content, you can contact me at georgia@writebusinessresults.com or 020 3752 7057LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/personal-brand-how-to/________________________________________________________________________
'The writers who inspire me are those for whom writing is routine. The ones who, while fond of singing and dancing, wouldn't dream of making a song and dance about writing. 'The writers who inspire me are those for whom writing is routine. The ones who, while fond of singing and dancing, wouldn't dream of making a song and dance about writing. They write whatever the season.
'Swotting was highly risky in my state comprehensive, where any show of keenness was likely to be met with jibing and jostling.'This kind of swotting was highly risky in my state comprehensive, where any show of keenness was likely to be met with a great deal of jibing and jostling, in this case accusations of being teacher's pet. The post Caroline Sanderson appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.
'I imagined that by this point in his evening marking session, the tough, Welsh, rugby-playing Mr Thomas would be wiping away torrents of tears. 'I imagined that by this point in his evening marking session, the tough, Welsh, rugby-playing Mr Thomas would be wiping away torrents of tears. Now I can't help but picture Mr Thomas gagging on his supper. The post Caroline Sanderson appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.
Spitting the truth on Growth and Fixed Mindsets and giving you a lesson on making fear based decisions. Pursue your life with growth and love. Don't get me wrong a growth mindset is a hard thing to master, I've been working on it for over two years! We are human and we all have our days!!!! The two books I mentioned in this episode were The Salon Jedi by Caroline Sanderson and The Super Attractor by Gabrielle Bernstein.
Caroline Sanderson is joining us today, also known as The Salon Jedi, and author of the best selling book, The Salon Jedi: The Big Business Breakthrough for Ambitious Salon Owners, which, by the way, is not just a bestseller in one category, or even two, but seven. We're going to be talking a bit about achieving that bestseller status. ________________________________________________________________________Caroline Sanderson can be found here:Website: https://salonjedimarketing.com/FacebookTwitterLinkedIn Bestselling Book: The Salon Jedi: The Big Business Breakthrough For Ambitious Salon Owners________________________________________________________________________Georgia Kirke can be found here:For help with building your personal brand by publishing incredible content, you can contact me at georgia@writebusinessresults.com or 020 3752 7057LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/personal-brand-how-to/Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgiaKirke________________________________________________________________________RESOURCES & LINKS: Subscribe to our Words of Wisdom newsletter - exclusive content covering all things expert positioning delivered monthly straight to your inbox: Count Me In! Our Latest Blog: Books, Blogs & Podcasts: Simplified Creation & Publication►If you've got stories to tell and need Write Business Results to help you get it out there, we'd love to hear from you. Check us out at https://writebusinessresults.com/►Subscribe to our youtube channel: Write Business Results Ltd Find us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/write_business_results/Find us on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/writeabooktogrowyourbusiness/You can email your questions and comments to:info@writebusinessresults.comEnjoy, and come back for the latest interviews with experts each Monday. Thank you for listening.
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Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the fifteenth edition of The Bookseller Podcast features Alice O'Keeffe, Caroline Sanderson and Philip Jones discussing all of this month's book news and reviews – from Simon Cowell to stonemasonry, via Scotland and Shakespeare. This episode we also have an exciting interview with Hilary Mantel's editor Nick Pearson of 4th Estate, chatting to Cathy about his relationship with Hilary and the eagerly awaited publication of The Mirror and the Light later this month. In author interviews, Cathy and Pete Paphides reminisce about growing up in the 80s as they discuss his new memoir Broken Greek, while actor Robert Webb tells us about the challenges he faced writing his first fiction novel Come Again. And playing us out – an extract from Hamnet written by Maggie O'Farrell and read by Daisy Donovan. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.
Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the fourteenth edition of The Bookseller Podcast features Alice O'Keeffe, Caroline Sanderson and Philip Jones taking us on a world tour of book news and reviews for this month. We visit South Korea and the runaway success of Cho Nam-Joo's international bestseller Kim Ji-young, Born 1982; we explore Siberia and the Balkans in two terrifically transporting travel books; and we cross the Atlantic to the US-Mexico border where American Dirt is bringing a difficult conversation to the heart of the publishing industry. In author interviews, Cathy chats to Kiran Millwood Hargrave about her first novel for adults, The Mercies, a dark and chilling tale set on a remote island in 17th century Norway. We also hear from Lennie Goodings, whose book A Bite of the Apple covers 40 years of publishing and feminism in the heart of Soho. And playing us out – an extract from Actress written and read by Anne Enright. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.
Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the thirteenth edition of The Bookseller Podcast looks ahead to the big books of 2020, with Philip Jones, Alice O'Keeffe and Caroline Sanderson sharing what they're most looking forward to over the coming months. Cathy chats to poet/crime writer Sophie Hannah about her latest thriller Haven't They Grown, and interviews debut author Deepa Anappara about the real-life inspiration behind her novel Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line. And playing us out – an extract from Miss Austen written by Gill Hornby and read by Juliet Stevenson. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.
Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the twelfth edition of The Bookseller Podcast features our very own Philip Jones, Alice O'Keeffe and Caroline Sanderson in a 2019 round-up. Cathy asks an impossible question – what was your favourite book of the year? – and the hosts share what books they would like to see underneath the Christmas tree… Cathy interviews not one but two of this year's award-winning novelists: Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the 2019 Booker Prize with Girl, Woman, Other; and Nina Stibbe, author of Reasons to be Cheerful and winner of this year's Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. In this month's Meet the Indie section Nigel chats to Andy Rossiter from Rossiter Books in Ross-on-Wye. This month on Bookgig there's a City Focus on Edinburgh, highlighting events with authors such as Erin Morgenstern and Nigel Slater taking place in the Scottish capital. And playing us out – an extract from The Beast of Buckingham Palace written and read by David Walliams. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.
What to expect from Episode 2: Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the second edition of The Bookseller Podcast features a special interview with Dr Rangan Chatterjee about his new book “The Stress Solution” which explains how we can combat the “health epidemic” that is stress, symptomatic of this modern, digital life. Our very own managing editor, Tom Tivnan, and associate editor Caroline Sanderson assess what's new for January and how this month is not just about health titles; we can also expect some of the biggest fiction books of the year to be launched. Find out which books have managed to unite the critics (in a good way!) from The Bookseller's new reviews aggregation service – Books in the Media – and get an extensive overview of the best books coming out in 2019, including Margaret Atwood's much anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, due in September. Hear what The Book Doctors – two of the British Isles' best indie bookshops – recommend for readers from up and down the country. This episode it's Jess Paul from Max Minerva's and Emily Ross from Storysmith in Bristol. And playing us out – an extract from “The Binding” by Bridget Collins, read by Carl Prekopp. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.
This week we welcome new Short Coat podcaster Caroline Sanderson who, along with Aline Sandouk, Greg Woods, and Kaci McCleary are ready represent the modern medical student. Including the feeling that all medical students get from time when they're faced with medical school, which is that they are just not good enough. Imposter syndrome, the unrealistic expectations, and maybe the pressure exerted by the newfangled integration of basic and clinical years in medical school may all play into it (special thanks to StudentDoctor.net's TheNightingale, who unknowingly sparked the discussion with his/her question). Also, Yale researchers discover a gene variant that makes people more likely to get addicted to tanning; a new temporary-tatoo-based glucose monitor that leads to a genius idea from Kaci; A 17-year-old poses as a doctor at a Florida medical center, and gets away with it for a whole month until a patient realizes that boy doctors might shave at least occasionally; and the Brits suggest targeting the popular medical students to get flu shots first, since the popular ones cough all over each other, I guess. Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles Popular medical students ‘should get flu jab first' Scientists Spot Gene Linked to Tanning ‘Addiction' Doogie Howser Wannabe Busted At Hospital How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrist Eating Fish While Pregnant-Worth A New Look? Your Hosts This Week: [huge_it_gallery id=”14″] Listen to more great shows for medical students on The Vocalis Podcast Network. The opinions expressed in this feed and podcast are not those of the University of Iowa or the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine; nor do they reflect the views of anyone other than the people who expressed them. If you have feedback on anything you hear on the show, positive or not, let us know.…