Podcast appearances and mentions of christopher bollen

Maggi-Meg Reed shines in Christopher Bollen's psychological thriller pitting an octogenarian against an 8-year-old boy. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Michele Cobb discuss this story full of dark humor, plot twists, and increasing suspense. Set during Covid at the Royal Karnak Hotel on the banks of the Nile, the story features 81-year-old Maggie Burkhardt, a meddler who gets involved in fixing people's lives—even when she shouldn't. Reed does a remarkable job of transitioning between Maggie's role as narrator and her interactions with others, making for engrossing listening.  Read our review of the audiobook at our website. Published by Harper Audio.  Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back baby, it's 2025, and we're coming at you with an episode all about what we're taking into 2025 with us and what we're leaving behind in 2024. Vision boards were even made with glue sticks, cutouts, and digital scrapbooking. Amanda & Ellyn are excited to share what they're hoping the new year brings. What we're drinking |  Piattelli Vineyard Methode Champenoise Ellyn's Currently Reading | Havoc by Christopher Bollen, How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin, Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, & Here Beside the Rising Tide by Emily Jane Amanda's Currently Reading | Run For the Hills by Kevin Wilson, Lost & Found by Helen Chandler-Wilde, & Waiting for Electricity by Christina Nichol Books coming out this week: Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams, A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson, & The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

Maggie Burkhardt is 81, a deceptively sweet former Wisconsinite who now resides in Egypt at a once-fashionable hotel. She's landed there somewhat mysteriously, but hotel staff and guests alike are charmed by her eccentric wit — until they find themselves on the receiving end of her “help.”Widowed Maggie believes it is her life's mission to fix what she perceives as broken. Or as puts it: “I liberate people who don't know they're stuck. … I change people's lives for the better whether they see it that way or not.”If that sounds ominous, that's on purpose. Christopher Bollen wanted to crank the lines of suspense tight for his newest novel. And when Maggie meets her match in an equally troubled little boy and the two wage battle, this thriller takes readers on the wildest of rides.Bollen joined host Kerri Miller on this week's Big Books and Bold Ideas to dive into the creation of “Havoc.” They talk about the destabilizing force of loneliness, how both the elderly and the young are conventionally overlooked, and how Bollen managed to channel the voice of 81-year-old Maggie as he set about to write.Guest: Christopher Bollen is the author of many books, including: ”A Beautiful Crime” and “Orient.” His new novel is “Havoc.”Subscribe to Big Books and Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, RSS or anywhere you get your podcasts.Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.

Christopher Bollen's work is often compared to Patricia Highsmith's and film makers like Alfred Hitchcock. In part a psychological horror novel his latest “Havoc” explores generational conflict taken to extremes and springs from a question at the forefront in recent times: "Do we sacrifice the young for the old or the old for the young?" The new novel is “Havoc” and is written by Christopher Bollen.

Host Jason Blitman talks to Christopher Bollen (Havoc) about everything from purging personal belongings to the layered concept of havoc and chaos, the fascinating world of hotels, and Chris' love-hate relationship with musicals. Jason is then joined by Guest Gay Reader Simon Doonan (TV's Making It, The Camp 100) about what he's reading, as well as the difference between Camp and campy. Christopher Bollen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Lost Americans, A Beautiful Crime, The Destroyers, Orient, and Lightning People. He is a frequent contributor to a number of publications, including Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and Interview. He lives in New York City.Simon Doonan is the author of many books, including the recently published Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock and Loving Lou Reed, How To Be Yourself, DRAG: The Complete Story and Keith Haring. A long-standing member of the fashion community, Simon was awarded the prestigious CFDA award for his work as Creative Director for Barneys New York. He is currently a judge on the Emmy-nominated NBC series ‘Making It'. Simon lives in New York City with his partner, the ceramicist and designer Jonathan Adler, and their rescue-mutt Foxylady.BOOK CLUB!Use code GAYSREADING at checkout to get first book for only $4 + free shipping! Restrictions apply.http://aardvarkbookclub.comWATCH!https://youtube.com/@gaysreadingBOOKS!Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page: https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading MERCH!Purchase your Gays Reading podcast merchandise HERE! https://gaysreading.myspreadshop.com/ FOLLOW!@gaysreading | @jasonblitman CONTACT!hello@gaysreading.com

durée : 00:01:52 - Les 80'' - par : Nicolas Demorand - Éric marche ivre, le soir, dans les rues du Caire. Il est américain, il travaille pour une grosse entreprise d'armes qui a des contrats dans le monde entier, quels que soient les pays, les régimes et qu'importe la morale, évidemment.

Novelist Christopher Bollen has been writing twisty thrillers with emotional depth for over a decade. His latest, The Lost Americans, takes readers to Cairo for a deftly-plotted murder mystery set in the high-stakes world of arms traders and Egypt's authoritarian government. As with his writing, so with his book choices: we get intrigue and suspense in London during the Blitz, courtesy of Graham Greene's 1943 espionage thriller, The Ministry of Fear, and a criminal mastermind in Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit, an early novel that helped establish the reputation of the Queen of Crime. 

Christopher Bollen is the author of five novels, numerous short stories, articles, essays, and interviews. His newest novel, The Lost Americans is out now.

Christopher Bollen - The Lost Americans https://www.christopherbollen.com/ @christbollen instagram @christobollen twitter Gateway books/authors Agatha Christie Kurt Vonnegut Sylvia Plath Joan Didion Current reads/ recently enjoyed/ looking forward to Hernán Díaz - Trust Fruiting Bodies: Stories - Kathryn Harlan If I Survive You - Jonathan Escoffery Desert Island Books Graeme Green - The Quite American, The Comedians, Ministry of Fear The Executioners Song - Norman Mailer The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton Allan Hollinghurst - The Folding Star Agatha Christie - Then There Where None, Death on the Nile, A Murder is Announced Joan Didion - After Henry

Author, journalist and interviewer Christopher Bollen returns to the show to celebrate his thrilling new crime novel, The Lost Americans (Harper). We talk about his childhood obsession with ancient Egypt and how it led him to set the novel in Cairo, what's gotten easier & tougher after 5 novels, what it was like to write this one while under lockdown, and why he dived into politics and the global arms trade this time around. We also get into our respective (and multiplying) midlife crises, the tarot reader who told him he'd only write 9 books (!), the reading education he got from judging the PEN Faulkner awards, the debts he owes past writers (& the time he bought a plant for Robert Stone), and why he'd like to learn to paint. Oh, and we discuss our share postcard fetish, the horror novel he's writing, his rediscovery of Philip Roth, the loss of artistic reputation, and a LOT more. Follow Christopher on Twitter and Instagram and listen to our 2015 talk • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our Substack

di Matteo B. Bianchi | In questa nuova puntata di Copertina sono ospiti le libraie Maura e Barbara della libreria bistrot Il Bicchier di vino di Torino, una realtà nata proprio dall'ascolto di questo podcast. Per la nuovissima rubrica Culture Club andiamo invece a conoscere i Mitilanti, originale e prolifico collettivo di poesia di La Spezia. Infine, lo scrittore Alessandro De Roma ci dà il suo personale consiglio di lettura.Lista libri:IL GIOCO DELLA DISTRUZIONE di Christopher Bollen, Bollati boringhieriLA LINGUA DEI CANI E DEI GATTI di Susan Minot, PlaygroundLe libraie Maura e Barbara della libreria Bistrot di Torino Il bicchier di vino fra tutti i libri consigliati qui a Copertina hanno scelto di riproporre:MILKMAN di Anna Burns, KellerLA PICCOLA CONFORMISTA di Ingrid Seyman, SellerioFilippo e Francesco del collettivo i Mitilanti di La Spezia ci hanno suggerito:GLI ASPETTI IRRILEVANTI di Paolo Sorrentino e Jacopo Benassi, MondadoriINTATTO/INTACT antologia di poesie, La vita feliceInfine, lo scrittore Alessandro De Roma ci ha caldamente raccomandato:STORIA DI SHUGGIE BAIN di Douglas Stuart, Mondadori

di Matteo B. Bianchi | Con questa puntata Copertina arriva a quota 50, sempre carica di consigli di lettura da aggiungere alla vostra lista.Per la nuovissima rubrica Culture Club, Matteo intervista Antonella Cilento, fondatrice della scuola di scrittura Lalineascritta e autrice del manuale “La caffettiera di carta”, edito da Bompiani. Con il consiglio di Giuseppina Oneto tornano le voci dei traduttori e delle traduttrici, a cui si aggiunge in chiusura un suggerimento di lettura dello scrittore americano Christopher Bollen.

The city of Venice is the key character in Christopher Bollen's latest novel A Beautiful Crime. Christopher joins host Angela Ledgerwood to discuss the summer internship that brought him to Venice for the first time, exploring power dynamics in romantic & platonic relationships and how he writes likeable characters who do bad things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Una notte a Capri – A Night in Capri”, a short story by Christopher Bollen, was featured in Vogue Italia’s April issue. Bollen is an American writer and journalist based in New York who has recently published his fourth novel, “A Beautiful Crime” (Harper), a thriller set in contemporary Venice."A young, penniless artist in the pool of the island’s most stylish hotel. A rich lady, a group of Russian dancers. A multi-million dollar theft. Intrigues and crafty schemes will be unveiled after dark, maybe. Yet, not everything is as it seems in this noir short story, as seductive as summer, as sparkling as a precious brooch.” Narrated by Christopher Bollen himself. Curated by Elisa Pervinca Bellini.Nel numero di Aprile di Vogue Italia è stato pubblicato “Una notte a Capri” di Christopher Bollen, scrittore e giornalista statunitense che vive a New York e che ha da poco dato alle stampe il suo quarto romanzo, un giallo intitolato “A Beautiful Crime” (Harper) ambientato a Venezia."Un giovane artista senza un quattrino nella piscina dell’hotel più elegante dell’isola. Una ricca signora, un gruppo di ballerini russi. Un furto milionario. Intrighi e macchinazioni, forse, si sveleranno dopo il tramonto. Ma non tutto è come sembra in questo racconto giallo, seducente come l’estate e brillante come una spilla preziosa."Voce di Christopher Bollen. A cura di Elisa Pervinca Bellini.

The city of Venice is the key character in Christopher Bollen’s latest novel A Beautiful Crime. Christopher joins host Angela Ledgerwood to discuss the summer internship that brought him to Venice for the first time, exploring power dynamics in romantic & platonic relationships and how he writes likeable characters who do bad things.

Want to get away? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that take us to exotic locales, replete with intriguing characters and plenty of plot twists. Our book critic Marion Winik shares her thoughts on Isabel Allende's A Long Petal of the Sea and Christopher Bollen's A Beautiful Crime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s author interview guest is Christopher Bollen, author of A Beautiful Crime: A Novel. From the author of The Destroyers comes another “delicious literary thriller” (People)—a twisty story of deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have […]

A penthouse in New York. A party. A not-too-happy couple and not-too-welcome friends. And an unexpected guest, who’s not what it seems. It’s Christopher Bollen’s Christmas tale, a Vogue Italia exclusive in our December issue you can listen here from the author’s voice. Curated by Elisa Pervinca Bellini

Un attico a New York. Un party. Una coppia non molto felice, amici non troppo graditi. E un ospite inatteso, che non è quello che sembra. Ecco il racconto di Natale di Christopher Bollen in versione podcast, letto da tre giovani attori della Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi: Riccardo Bursi, Paola Francesca Frasca e Corinna Andreutti. A cura di Elisa Pervinca Bellini

Dalla sua camera da letto a Scottsdale, Arizona, Nathan Westling, che allora era Natalie, guardava le stelle. Immaginava cosa voleva diventare, si chiedeva perché non fosse nata uomo. E pensava che il mondo, in fondo, è quello che ciascuno di noi sceglie di farne.Dopo il successo sulle passerelle e nelle campagne pubblicitarie come Natalie, Nathan Westling è tornato a lavorare come modello per le collezioni maschili. In questa intervista si racconta a Christopher Bollen. Voce di Antony Bowden. A cura di Elisa Pervinca Bellini.

Christopher Bollen is a writer who lives in New York City. He regularly writes about art, literature, and culture. He is the author of Lightning People and Orient and is currently the Editor at Large at Interview Magazine. Christopher's latest novel is The Destroyers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christopher Bollen, author of the new novel Orient (Harper, 2015), talks about the difference between a murder mystery and a literary thriller, the perils of Male First Novel Syndrome, how he discovered the very end of the North Fork of Long Island, why it's too easy to write a parody of the contemporary art world, how his years at Inteview magazine honed his ear for dialogue, and more! (Also, you get my story about inadvertently blowing up a shopping mall when I was in high school.)

On this week's Little Atoms, Neil Denny talks to New York writer Christopher Bollen about his new novel Orient. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

American novelist Christopher Bollen talks about his novel Orient, a literary murder mystery set in a remote town on the very tip of Long Island.

Lightning People (Soft Skull Press) Christopher Bollen, former editor-in-chief and current editor-at-large at Interview magazine, will read and sign his acclaimed debut novel, Lightning People. "Bollen's intricate, humid Lightning People deftly combines paranoia and high drama with the mundane ache of real relationships, real weather, and a very real New York City. He delves into the the haunting mythologies we truly can't escape, while somehow capturing the sweetness of why we come together anyway." --Miranda July "Smart and rich with the spirit of our age, with keen insight into human emotions and why we do the things we do. So readable." -Douglas Coupland THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 19, 2011.