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The Irish novelist has always been open to where life can unexpectedly take him, and the excitement that comes with that kind of freedom.Colm Toibin's first big move was from rural Ireland to Dublin after his father died when he was young. Then, it was off to experience the wild hedonism and sexual liberation of post-Franco Spain, a pleasant shock after needing a prescription to buy condoms in Ireland.Since then, he's journeyed to Sudan, Los Angeles, New York and beyond.Wherever Colm goes, he keeps a running list in his head of tiny details — observations of seemingly mundane encounters, an offhand comment or the cut of a lady's suit on a train.Every now and then, these details bubble up in Colm's memory and another of his well-loved novels, like Brooklyn, Nora Webster or The Master, is born.This episode was produced by Meggie Morris. Conversations Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison. Presented by Sarah Kanowski.It explores film adaptations, death of a parent, grief, Ireland, homophobia, growing up gay, Catholicism, epic adventure, John Crowley, Nick Hornby, Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters, Dublin, immigrant experience, the Irish immigrant experience, family separation, origin stories, falling in love, books, writers, novels, life-story, family dynamics, reflection, loss, funny, comedy, repression, orgies, condom prescriptions, journalism, foreign correspondents.Colm's latest novel Long Island is published by Pan MacMillan.He was in Australia as a guest of the Wheeler Centre, RMIT, Melbourne Writers Festival and Sydney Writers Festival.
Kirsty Young interviews writer Colm Toibin in a programme first heard in 2016.
Irish writer Colm Toibin, who is currently living in LA, provides an update on the wildfires there.
What can leaders learn from bees about creating lasting change in organizations? Siobhan McHale tells Kevin that bees recognize when a hive is overcrowded and the need for a new home. They notice what is emerging and act, which many organizations fail to do. Kevin and Siobhan discuss how leaders can harness the power of group intelligence to foster agile, resilient organizations. She introduces the "Lens Model," a four-part, non-linear framework that includes Look Beyond: Identify and understand hidden patterns that drive organizational behavior. Experiment: Test small changes to discover effective solutions within the system. Nudge: Use subtle shifts to encourage change without creating resistance. Strengthen: Reinforce emerging changes to ensure they become embedded in the organization's culture. She also talks about GQ, or group intelligence, as a necessary complement to IQ and EQ in today's complex world. Listen For 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Featured Guest: Siobhan McHale 02:20 Siobhan's Background in Change Management 04:16 Why Focus on Change Management? 05:16 The Fascination with Organizational Ecosystems 06:08 Lessons from Bees for Organizational Change 08:14 Understanding the Lens Model 12:27 The Four Steps of the Lens Model 15:40 Diagnosing Hidden Patterns in Organizations 17:45 Role of Leadership in Successful Change 20:10 Nudging vs. Pushing for Change 24:33 Leveraging Group Intelligence (GQ) 27:10 Mapping the Ecosystem to Manage Complexity 29:37 Final Thoughts on Leadership and Change Siobhan's Story: Siobhan McHale is the author of, The Hive Mind at Work: The Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change. She has worked across four continents, helping thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. She also has been on the “inside” as the executive in charge of culture change in a series of large, multinational organizations. One of these inside jobs was a radical seven-year change initiative at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Bank that transformed it from the lowest-performing bank in the country into one of the highest-performing and most admired banks in the world. Professor John Kotter used her work with ANZ as a Harvard Business School case study designed to teach MBA students about managing change. Book Recommendations The Hive Mind at Work: Harnessing the Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change by Siobhan McHale Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Like this? Leading Change Intelligently with Barbara Trautlein Leading Large-Scale Change with Bill Schaninger Helping Leaders Change the World For the Better with Bill Novelli The Problem with Change with Ashley Goodall Podcast Better! Sign up with Libsyn and get up to 2 months free! Use promo code: RLP Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we'd be thrilled if you'd let others know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Here's a quick guide for posting a review. Review on Apple: https://remarkablepodcast.com/itunes Join Our Community If you want to view our live podcast episodes, hear about new releases, or chat with others who enjoy this podcast join one of our communities below. Join the Facebook Group Join the LinkedIn Group
Irish novelist Colm Toibin's latest book is “Long Island” which continues the life story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine from his previous best-seller, “Brooklyn”
Award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin has long admired James Baldwin, ever since he read “Go Tell It on the Mountain" as a teenager, and has now written a book about him called simply “On James Baldwin.” When he picked “Go Tell It on the Mountain" from a shelf years ago, Toibin hadn't heard or read anything about the novel, one of Baldwin's most famous works. And without any pretense, he found himself immersed in the book's words and characters. Reading it later in life as an accomplished author and professor, Toibin's respect grew for Baldwin's skill at depicting the human experience defined by interiority rather than external events. Toibin shares his insights with host Razia Iqbal, and describes how Baldwin managed to satisfy so many different kinds of readers — giving them a diversity of ideas and perspectives to take away from the pages.Toibin is the author of 11 novels, including “The Master,” “Brooklyn” and “Nora Webster.” He's also written essays, journalism and a book of poetry. His work's been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and he has won the Costa Novel Award and the Impact Award. He writes regularly for the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, the New York Times and many other publications. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University in New York, where we sat with him in his office, teeming with books, papers, and as you'll hear, a love for Baldwin. Tell us what you think. We're @noteswithkai on Instagram and X (Twitter). Email us at notes@wnyc.org. Send us a voice message by recording yourself on your phone and emailing us, or record one here.Notes from America airs live on Sundays at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts.
Lady Gregory in America, and in jail, in Colm Toibin's new opera at Wexford, Jemiriye of Les Amazones D'Afrique on campaigning in song, drinking stars in the piano music of John McLachlan and Paddy Woodworth's latest entry for The Naturalist's Bookshelf.
durée : 00:27:34 - Les Midis de Culture - par : Marie Labory - Au programme du débat critique, littérature irlandaise : "Intermezzo" de Sally Rooney et "Long Island" de Colm Toibin. - réalisation : Laurence Malonda - invités : Élise Lépine Journaliste littéraire au Point; Céline du Chéné Productrice à France Culture
In this voting episode, Assistant Head of Adult Services Lynette Suckow discusses voting, Abraham Lincoln, and gerrymandering. Lynette's Book Recommendations: The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski Long Island by Colm Toibin
Sich noch einmal neu erfinden, das ganze Leben umwerfen und seinem Herzen folgen – das kann ein Plot sein für einen sehr kitschigen Roman oder auch für einen sehr lebensklugen, wie den, den der bekannteste irische Autor, Colm Toibin, geschrieben hat. (Erstausstrahlung: Juni 2024)
À 17h00, retrouvez « Le 17h00 d'Hélène Maquet ». "Pas grand-chose sur à peu près tout" de Bernard Dobbeleer : À l'occasion des 45 ans de la sortie de "Rapper's Delight" de The Sugarhill Gang, il sera question de Sylvia Robinson, celle qui a propulsé le rap dans une ère industrielle et commerciale. Le coup de coeur de Gorian Delpâture : "Long Island" de Colm Tóibín (Grasset). Tout bascule lorsqu'un inconnu à l'accent irlandais frappe à la porte d'Eilis Lacey. Après vingt ans de mariage, Tony et elle profitent du confort offert par les années 1970 aux familles américaines. Installés à Long Island, ils ont deux enfants, bientôt adultes, et mènent une vie tranquille où les seuls tracas proviennent de l'oppressante belle-famille italienne d'Eilis. Mais en apprenant au seuil de sa maison que Tony l'a trompée et qu'une autre femme attend un enfant de lui, ce bonheur patiemment construit vole en éclats. Sans promesse de retour, elle part en Irlande, à Enniscorthy. Rien n'a changé dans sa ville natale, ce monde clos où, de générations en générations, tout se sait sur tout le monde. Alors qu'il a repris le pub familial, même Jim Farrell est resté tel qu'il était vingt ans plus tôt, pendant l'été qu'Eilis et lui avaient passé ensemble, bien qu'elle fût déjà secrètement fiancée à Tony. La blessure du départ d'Eilis est toujours vive mais son retour ravive cet amour de jeunesse – et l'Amérique s'éloigne plus que jamais… À partir de 16h00, Jérôme Colin et ses chroniqueurs vous offrent toute l'actualité culturelle : cinéma, musique, littérature, théâtre… Toujours avec une touche d'humour. Après Bagarre dans la Discothèque, le jeu musical décalé, Jérôme reçoit un grand invité et, dans la dernière demi-heure, avec Hélène Maquet, Julie Morelle et les chroniqueurs, ils vous emmènent dans la bonne humeur vers la nouvelle émission d'info de fin de journée. 1h30 de plaisir intelligent. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 16h30 à 18h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
A new summer series bringing you the best of Irish Radio Arts during the Olympics. Mary McGill reviews Colm Toibin's Long Island, Richard Aldous critiques Kevin Barry's 'western with Cork accents', The Heart in Winter, Paula Shields explores Salman Rushdie's Knife, and Paul Whittington reviews Neil Jordan's autobiography, Amnesiac.
Colm Toibin, Bonnie Greer and Mendez join Samira Ahmed to celebrate the life and work of the American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, author of the landmark gay novel Giovanni's Room, as part of a series of programmes on BBC Radio 4 and 3 marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. Colm Toibin is author of the book On James Baldwin Bonnie Greer is writing a memoir of her own personal encounter with James Baldwin Mendez is author of the autobiographical novel Rainbow MilkPresenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Eliane Glaser, Ciaran Bermingham and Robyn ReadOther programmes marking the centenary:Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin is this week's Book at Bedtime on BBC Radio 4 The Lost Archives of James Baldwin - about how and why his personal effects ended up in a village in France - is on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 30 July at 4pm James Baldwin's Words and Music is on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 4 August at 5.30pm and features special readings recorded by Adrian Lester set alongside music
Pour elle, l'Amérique était une terre lointaine, exotique et étrangère...Victoire, Pascale, Jeanne et Marianne comparent le roman de Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn, à son adaptation en film réalisée par John Crowley avec Saoirse Ronan. Dans les années 1950, la jeune Eilis quitte son village d'Irlande pour s'installer à Brooklyn dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure. Mais saura-t-elle surmonter son mal du pays et s'intégrer dans ce nouveau pays ?Le film de John Crowley est-il fidèle au roman dont il est tiré ? Réponse dans l'épisode !2 min 34: On commence par parler du roman Brooklyn de Colm Tóibín paru en 2009.47 min 10 : On enchaîne sur l'adaptation en film sortie en 2015 et réalisée par John Crowley avec Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen et Domhnall Gleeson.1 h 30 min : On termine sur nos recommandations autour de l'Irlande, New York et des histoires d'immigration.Avez-vous lu ou vu Brooklyn ?
Cuando la tormenta pase es el título de la novela que ha ganado el Premio Fernando Lara. Su autor es Manel Loureiro. Suspense, giros de trama, sorpresas… y Ons, una isla enigmática y aislada del mundo. Mitos, leyendas y la rivalidad enquistada de los Docampo y los Freire dan sustancia a este thriller extraordinario. Daniel Fopiani ya nos ha dejado muestras inequívocas de su talento para construir buenas historias de género policiaco. Y por eso siempre es grato reencontrarnos con él. El linaje de las estrellas es su última novela. En el Panteón de los Marinos Ilustres de San Fernando aparece el cuerpo de un joven mutilado. Una esvástica dibujada con cortes aparece junto al cadáver. Asesinatos rituales y sociedades ocultistas nazis se pasean por las páginas de este thriller. Viajamos también a la Viena de principios del siglo XX con Carla Montero y La piel dorada. Y entre las novedades, Colm Toibin recupera a Eilis, la protagonista de Brooklyn, con Long Island.
When a car veers off the road with devastating consequences, the small wheatbelt town of Garringarup is left reeling, but no one's worlds are more shattered than those of Hannah and Freya, the partners of the passengers. On a day when wedding bells should have been ringing, their lives are torn apart by the web of lies the accident has exposed. Think Jodi Picoult meets Liane Moriaty and you have an idea of the fast-paced, page turning ethical dilemmas explored by Fiona Lowe in “The Accident”. + Dumped by her husband of twenty-five years, Jo Peck—smart, successful and sixty—is totally floored. She's hurt, angry and devastated…but not for long! In this candid memoir Jo discovers the comfort and support of friends, newly forged connections with extended family, good therapy…and internet dating! Annie loved Jo's raunchy rediscovery of self because, as Jo explained, “The unvarnished truth is very compelling”. Guests Fiona Lowe, author of 37 books. Her latest is “The Accident” Jo Peck author of “Suddenly Single at Sixty” Our random reader is Sameer Other books that get a mention Samir mentions “Master of the Game” by Sidney Sheldon, “Le Miserables” by Victor Hugo, “Cultural Heritage of India” six volumes gathered under the guidance of the Ramakrishna Institute of Culture. Sarah mentions “The Animals in that Country” by Laura Jean McKay.Annie mentions “Long Island” by Colm Toibin. He is the author of 7 books, including “Brooklyn”. INSTAGRAM @fionaloweaustralianauthor @text_publishing @goyougoodthing57 @harpercollinsaustraliaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When a car veers off the road with devastating consequences, the small wheatbelt town of Garringarup is left reeling, but no one's worlds are more shattered than those of Hannah and Freya, the partners of the passengers. On a day when wedding bells should have been ringing, their lives are torn apart by the web of lies the accident has exposed. Think Jodi Picoult meets Liane Moriaty and you have an idea of the fast-paced, page turning ethical dilemmas explored by Fiona Lowe in “The Accident”. + Dumped by her husband of twenty-five years, Jo Peck—smart, successful and sixty—is totally floored. She's hurt, angry and devastated…but not for long! In this candid memoir Jo discovers the comfort and support of friends, newly forged connections with extended family, good therapy…and internet dating! Annie loved Jo's raunchy rediscovery of self because, as Jo explained, “The unvarnished truth is very compelling”. Guests Fiona Lowe, author of 37 books. Her latest is “The Accident” Jo Peck author of “Suddenly Single at Sixty” Our random reader is Sameer Other books that get a mention Samir mentions “Master of the Game” by Sidney Sheldon, “Le Miserables” by Victor Hugo, “Cultural Heritage of India” six volumes gathered under the guidance of the Ramakrishna Institute of Culture. Sarah mentions “The Animals in that Country” by Laura Jean McKay.Annie mentions “Long Island” by Colm Toibin. He is the author of 7 books, including “Brooklyn”. INSTAGRAM @fionaloweaustralianauthor @text_publishing @goyougoodthing57 @harpercollinsaustraliaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sonja de Friez reviews Long Island by Colm Toibin published by Macmillan.
May might be almost finished, but you've still got time this Memorial weekend to begin reading one of Bethanne Patrick's recommended new books. And this month, Patrick's list is really scintillating - extending from fresh fiction by Claire Messud, Kaliane Bradley and Colm Toibin to new non-fictional books by George Stephanopoulos, Nina St. Pierre and Alan M. Taylor. So no excuses. Watch/listen to Patrick - the best read person in the world - and then beg, buy or steal one of her recommended new books.Bethanne Patrick maintains a storied place in the publishing industry as a critic and as @TheBookMaven on Twitter, where she created the popular #FridayReads and regularly comments on books and literary ideas to over 200,000 followers. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times as well as in The Washington Post, NPR Books, and Literary Hub. She sits on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and has served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the host of the Missing Pages podcast.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe
Long Island by Colm Toibin. It's a sequel to the book Brooklyn which came out a few years ago and was made into a terrific movie – though this can easily be read on its own. Eilis moved to NYC from Ireland and married an Italian guy in Brooklyn. Twenty years later she's living claustrophobically with her husband Tony's family deeply embedded in her life. A stranger arrives to say that Tony has fathered a child with his wife and when the baby comes he intends to dump it on their doorstep. She retreats home to Ireland and while there, reconnects with a man she'd loved and left behind. The nuance of relationships and the sense of place are really powerful – Colm Toibin is a master of both and this book is a joy to read. Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians. This is similar, in that he writes about very, very rich people – and others masquerading a wealthy when in fact they're hiding behind a pile of debt. Rufus Leung Gresham is the future Duke of Greshamsbury and has a lifestyle to maintain – but in fact he's desperate for financial help and his mother decides the best way out of the mess is for him to attend his sister's wedding at a luxury eco-resort and find a rich woman there to marry – what could possibly go wrong? If you liked Crazy Rich Asians – and who didn't – you'll love this. Full of big brand names (most of which I'd never heard of and had to keep googling) and the lifestyles of the fabulously wealthy (or those who just wish they were). LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Der große Seelenkenner Colm Tóibín ist zurück und knüpft mit "Long Island" großartig an seinen Welterfolg "Brooklyn" an! „Long Island“ von Colm Tóibín ist bei Hanser erschienen. Ditte und Giovanni Bandini haben die 316 Seiten aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Das Hardcover kostet 26 €. Link zur Leseprobe: https://www.bic-media.com/mobile/mobileWidget-jqm1.4.html?isbn=9783446282315&launcher=no&showExtraFullScreenButton=no&showLanguageButton=no&showSocial=no&showExtraDownloadButton=no&metadata=no&showSettings=no&help=no&template=shops&shopsFilter=hanser&fullscreen=yes&jump2=-9 Mehr zum Vorgänger „Brooklyn“ könnt ihr bei Feiste Bücher in Folge 28. Leider löschen Spotify und ApplePodcast ältere Folgen, aber bei Podcast.de oder auf SoundCloud.com werdet ihr weiter kostenlos fündig. „Brooklyn“ und "Nora Webster" von Colm Tóibín sind als Hardcover bei Hanser erschienen und als Taschenbuch bei dtv. Ditte und Giovanni Bandini haben auch die beiden übersetzt. Die Taschenbuch-Ausgaben kosten 12 € bzw. 14 €. Den Link zum Gespräch auf YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6roZguCYlQ Folge direkt herunterladen
Celebrated author Colm Tóibín picks up the story of Eilis Lacey years after we last left her in Brooklyn. In the new novel, Long Island, Eilis's life with her husband Tony is disrupted when a man claims that Tony is having an affair with his wife, and that the woman is having his child. Tóibín joins us to discuss the novel ahead of his event tonight at the New York Public Library.
The month of May has arrived and tiny town is blooming. Catch up with the librarians in Mont Vernon to hear what's happening in town and get excited for summer reads! Don't miss our interview with Friend of the Library, Hayley Parker. She's our special guest and honored Friend of the Year for 2023! Be sure to wave to her in the Spring Gala Parade! Amy's Book Recommendations Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive, The Favorite Sister) The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barnes (YA) 1st in a series, the rest are as follows: The Hawthorne Legacy The Final Gambit The Brothers Hawthorne Games Untold New offshoot series, 1st book coming out in July- The Grandest Game is book 1 The Book of Fire by Christie Lefteri (The Beekeeper of Aleppo) The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay (The London House, Lizzy & Jane, Dear Mr. Knightley, plus others) New Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl Real Americans by Rachel Khong Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench Upcoming Books I'd Like to Read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 5/7 Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski 5/7 Long Island by Colm Toibin 5/7 The Stolen Child by Ann Hood 5/7 Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews 5/7 One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware 5/21 You Like It Darker by Stephen King - short stories - 5/21
Colm Tóibín's 2009 novel “Brooklyn” told the story of a meek young Irishwoman, Eilis Lacey, who emigrates to New York in the 1950s out of a sense of familial obligation and slowly, diligently begins building a new life for herself. A New York Times best seller, the book was also adapted into an Oscar-nominated movie starring Saoirse Ronan — and now, 15 years after its publication, Tóibín has surprised himself by writing a sequel.“Long Island,” his new novel, finds Eilis relocated to the suburbs and, in the opening scene, confronting a sudden crisis in her marriage. On this week's podcast, Tóibín talks to Sarah Lyall about the book and how he came to write it.
This week, Irish novelist Colm Toibin discusses his short story collection, Mothers and Sons, which explores the unspoken and shifting dynamics in these relationships. Toibin is the author of Brooklyn, which was made into an Oscar-nominated feature film starring Saoirse Ronan, as well as Nora Webster, The Magician and more. His latest novel, Long Island, is the sequel to Brooklyn.
Gonzalo Giner, el autor de El sanador de caballos, regresa a las librerías con dos protagonistas que enseguida captan nuestra atención lectora: una ladrona de obras artísticas y un atractivo emir obsesionado con la figura del gran héroe islámico Saladino y por los caballos, sobre todo, de aquellos que pertenecieron a grandes personajes de la historia. La novela se titula La sombra de los sueños.En la sección de Audiolibros, Brooklyn, de Colm Toibin, uno de los autores irlandeses más prestigiosos. Tuvo su adaptación en una película dirigida por John Crowley.Abrimos también las páginas de 14 de abril, la obra de Paco Cerdà que mereció el Premio de No Ficción Libros del Asteroide.Y en pequeñas historias de los clásicos, Faulkner y su afición al whisky.
Sí, al primer volumen de cuentos que publicó Augusto Monterroso lo llamó "Obras completas (y otros cuentos)" (Alianza). No se confundan con el título porque fue su debut literario, pero qué debut. Ahí estaba su mítico cuento "El dinosaurio", el más corto de la historia, siete palabras "Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí". También había otros cuentos míticos en esta primera aparición literaria del escritor guatemalteco: "Vacas", "Mr Taylor" u "Obras completas", que no es un todo, sino sólo un cuento. De Augusto Monterroso hemos hablado con Leticia Sánchez Ruiz , autora de "Fragmentos del mapa del tesoro: la biblioteca personal de Augusto Monterroso" (Pez de Plata). En 2008 la viuda de Monterroso, Bárbara Jacob, donó la biblioteca personal del escritor a la Universidad de Oviedo, y allí están para el que la quiera visitar con sus nueve mil volúmenes y sus cinco toneladas de peso. Y la genialidad de Leticia Sánchez ha sido convertirse en una especie de detective entre los libros de Monterroso y contarnos sus preferencias, sus subrayados, sus manías, sus correcciones, lo consejos que dejaba en los márgenes de los libros, sus rectificaciones de malas traducciones. Es tan maravilloso que llega un momento que crees que Monterroso es un personaje de una novela escrita por Leticia Sánchez Ruiz. Además de Monterroso han entrado en la Biblioteca hoy por hoy los libros que Antonio Martínez Asensio ha relacionado con la actualidad: "Obra maestra" de Juan Tallón (Anagrama) por l muerte de Richard Serra, y por las fechas de Semana Santa, ha entrado por primera vez "La Santa Biblia" (Editorial San Pablo) y "El testamento de María" de Colm Toibin (Lumen) . La invitada, Leticia Sánchez Ruiz, ha donado tres libros en nombres de Augusto Monterroso: "El ingenioso hidalgo D. Quijote de la Mancha" de Miguel de Cervantes (Alfaguara), "Popol Vuh" Anónimo (Alianza Editorial) y "Obras completas" de Jorge Luis Borges (Emecé). Las novedades que hoy ha traído el empleado de la biblioteca Pepe Rubio han sido "La península de las casas vacías" de David Uclés (Siruela) y "Las bestias" de Gijs Wilbrink (Bunkerbooks). Pascual Donate ha rescatado de la redacción el libro "De guerra en guerra: de 1914 a Ucrania" del filósofo francés Edgar Morin (Popular). Por último Antonio Martínez Asensio ha incorporado la novela que protagonizará su programa "Un libro , una hora", "Mi Antonia " Willa Cather (Alba). Y nos quedan los oyentes que han sumado: 'Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras', de Luisa Carnés. 'Tengo miedo torero', de Pedro Lemebel y 'Mi amiga brillante', de Elena Ferrante.
En la Biblioteca de Antonio Martínez Asensio sumamos títulos como 'Obra maestra' de Juan Tallón, 'El testamento de María' de Colm Toibin. Además, conocemos la biblioteca de Augusto Monterroso de la mano de Leticia Sánchez Ruiz que ha publicado 'Fragmentos del mapa del tesoro: la biblioteca personal de Augusto Monterroso. Después, de la mano de Fernando Neira y sus historias musicales, conocemos la trágica muerte de Marvin Gaye, que este 1 de abril se cumplen 40 años y nos acompaña la artista y psicóloga María de la Flor, que nos presenta su último trabajo 'Resalada'.
Our Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, “Joycension Day”, to discuss The Dead : the final piece in Joyce's Dubliners, described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the greatest short stories ever written". Leaning heavily as always on the wisdom of honorary Bloomcasters Declan Kiberd and Colm Toibin, they cover orchestrated dinner parties, ego death, the circularity of human life, the music of words, and much more.Carrying forth a Bloomcast tradition, they also play a festive game, populating competing dinner parties with characters from Dubliners and Ulysses.Happy New Year (and Joycension Day)!*Mentioned in the podcast:‘The Dead', by James Joyce: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dubliners/The_DeadProf. Declan Kiberd, ‘Dubliners: The First 100 Years,' at the James Joyce Center (2014):https://youtu.be/A5qhK7LH6co?si=1zFc7EH7AOpuL1mqDubliners, with an introduction by Colm Toibin (Canongate): https://canongate.co.uk/books/1488-dubliners/London Review of Books. ‘Arruginated', by Colm Toibin: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n17/colm-toibin/arruginatedJohn Huston's 1987 film adaptation of ‘The Dead': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkos62UPwVk“The Lass of Aughrim,” from the Huston film:https://youtu.be/I1CP5Lz2iHE?si=yfxE-koZ3PVngWIcAnnie Baker's Infinite Life: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/infinite-life/ Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2944/2944-h/2944-h.htm#link2H_4_0010 *Alice McCrum is a Ph.D. student in the Department of History at Princeton University. Before starting her graduate work, Alice lived in Paris, where she taught at the Sorbonne, studied public policy at Sciences Po-Paris, and directed cultural programming at the American Library in Paris. Lex Paulson is Director of Executive Programs at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy and human rights at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011), organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India, Tunisia, Egypt, Uganda, Senegal, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People's Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic, from Cambridge University Press, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance.Adam Biles is an English writer and translator based in Paris. He is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. In 2022, he conceived and presented Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses—an epic, polyphonic celebration of James Joyce's masterwork. Feeding Time, his first novel, was published by Galley Beggar Press in 2016. It was published by Editions Grasset in France in 2018 to great critical acclaim. His second novel, Beasts of England, was published in September 2023 by Galley Beggar Press, and will be published in 2025 by Editions Grasset. It was selected as a "2023 highlight" by The Guardian. A collection of his conversations with writers, The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews, was published by Canongate in October 2023 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce
Our Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, “Joycension Day”, to discuss The Dead : the final piece in Joyce's Dubliners, described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the greatest short stories ever written". Leaning heavily as always on the wisdom of honorary Bloomcasters Declan Kiberd and Colm Toibin, they cover orchestrated dinner parties, ego death, the circularity of human life, the music of words, and much more.Carrying forth a Bloomcast tradition, they also play a festive game, populating competing dinner parties with characters from Dubliners and Ulysses.Happy New Year (and Joycension Day)!*Mentioned in the podcast:‘The Dead', by James Joyce: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dubliners/The_DeadProf. Declan Kiberd, ‘Dubliners: The First 100 Years,' at the James Joyce Center (2014):https://youtu.be/A5qhK7LH6co?si=1zFc7EH7AOpuL1mqDubliners, with an introduction by Colm Toibin (Canongate): https://canongate.co.uk/books/1488-dubliners/London Review of Books. ‘Arruginated', by Colm Toibin: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n17/colm-toibin/arruginatedJohn Huston's 1987 film adaptation of ‘The Dead': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkos62UPwVk“The Lass of Aughrim,” from the Huston film:https://youtu.be/I1CP5Lz2iHE?si=yfxE-koZ3PVngWIcAnnie Baker's Infinite Life: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/infinite-life/ Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2944/2944-h/2944-h.htm#link2H_4_0010 *Alice McCrum is a Ph.D. student in the Department of History at Princeton University. Before starting her graduate work, Alice lived in Paris, where she taught at the Sorbonne, studied public policy at Sciences Po-Paris, and directed cultural programming at the American Library in Paris. Lex Paulson is Director of Executive Programs at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy and human rights at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011), organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India, Tunisia, Egypt, Uganda, Senegal, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People's Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic, from Cambridge University Press, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance.Adam Biles is an English writer and translator based in Paris. He is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. In 2022, he conceived and presented Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses—an epic, polyphonic celebration of James Joyce's masterwork. Feeding Time, his first novel, was published by Galley Beggar Press in 2016. It was published by Editions Grasset in France in 2018 to great critical acclaim. His second novel, Beasts of England, was published in September 2023 by Galley Beggar Press, and will be published in 2025 by Editions Grasset. It was selected as a "2023 highlight" by The Guardian. A collection of his conversations with writers, The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews, was published by Canongate in October 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fan Alessandra Rosso needed us to confirm whether this NYT bestseller was actually trash because the main character “could have been replaced by a potted plant and I am not sure it would have changed the story.” And it's a short book? About BROOKLYN (where we all live/have lived)?? Consider it read. Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here's the Season 16 reading list: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonRomantic Comedy by Curtis SittenfeldRun Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly PartonEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David ReubenThe House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneSupermarket by LogicBrooklyn by Colm Toibin Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub! Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts. CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." Thanks to Scott Buckley for the song used during our summary - “Three Sheets To The Wind.” You can get both the songs here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
Tommy Orange is a Native American author whose debut novel burst onto the literary scene in 2018. The book garnered a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and praise from literary giants such as Colm Toibin and Margaret Attwood. It's called There There, and it chronicles the Native American experience far from the reservation, in the cities that were the final stop in a centuries-long campaign of assimilation and erasure. The story takes place in Oakland, CA, and it's told through the eyes of a large and fascinating bunch of characters. There There has been chosen as the 2023 One Maryland One Book selection, and Orange joins us to discuss it.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
LINKTR.EEhttps://linktr.ee/retreatcomedyWEBSITEhttps://www.retreatcomedy.com/Blurb about Retreat PodcastKNOCKNAHAY, IRELAND— SEASON ONEShannon, an Irish-American textile artist of dubious talent, arrives in Ireland, trapped in a fruitless mindset for self-improvement and positive thinking. She arrives at an Irish arts residency to meet her cousin Brigit, a Druidic healer and unpublished poet for an artistic collaboration. Their poetry quilt project starts at the fairy fort. It is meant to celebrate their shared DNA and rekindle any of Shannon's latent Celtic fire. Their arts residency, a creative paradise, is buzzing with egocentric and renown artists, writers, poets, celebrities, and staff from Ireland, Germany, Russia, England, and France. The big house is in dire need of repairs and the director is desperate for funding. When a thwarted heiress arrives with offers of corporate sponsorship and a world-class exhibition-- in exchange for the residents' recorded audio diaries detailing artistic creative processes, Shannon makes some unwise choices. Andi Watson IpaktchiCo-Creator, Actor, ProducerAndi is a multi-disciplinary American artist who lives in Paris. She holds a fine arts degree from the Parsons School of Design. In December 2022, a staged, spin-off of Retreat Comedy was shortlisted for the 2023 Hammond House Publishing Prize for Comedy (UK). In 2015, her illustration work made the Undiscovered Voices (UK) anthology shortlist. Her artwork has been shown in the US and France. In 2019 and 2020, she was a Tyrone Guthrie Artist Arts Center resident in the printmaking studio where she and met her writing met. She continues working in the printmaking studio and writes.Aoibheann McCannCo-Creator, Actor, ProducerAoibheann is originally from Donegal. She now lives in Galway where she writes fiction, non-fiction and the occasional poem. Her work has been published in literary journals in Ireland, UK, Italy and USA. Her work has been anthologised by Pankhurst Press (UK), New Binary Press, Arlen House, Doire and Prospero (Italy). Her short stories have been longlisted for Colm Toibin 2019, shortlisted for Words on Waves 2015, Sunday Business Post/ Penguin Ireland 2018, Cúirt New Writing 2019 and second in the Maria Edgeworth and Dalkey Creates 2019. She was awarded the Tyrone Guthrie Residency by Galway City Council for 2018. In December 2022, she learned that a staged, spin-off of Retreat was shortlisted for the 2023 Hammond House Publishing Prize for comedy in the (UK). Aoibheann is currently working on her first collection of short fiction and a comedy series.Andi Ipaktchi (France)Support the show
Kate Wolf is joined by the Turner prize-winning artist Helen Cammock to discuss her new book, and current exhibition at Art and Practice in Los Angeles, I Will Keep My Soul. Both are drawn from Cammock's time in New Orleans—which she began to visit early last year—and address the city's social history, geography, and community. Her book brings together poetry, film stills, photography, collage, and a number of archival documents from the Amistad Research Center. One of the focuses of Cammock's research is the artist Elizabeth Cattlet, an active member of the Civils Rights Movement who taught in New Orleans early in her career in the 1940s before leaving the US for Mexico. Decades later, she received a commission to create a sculpture of Louis Armstrong in Congo Square, a historical meeting place for enslaved people in the city. Cattlet's words and work are woven throughout the book, and evoke the rich accumulations of history that are ever present, and constantly presenting themselves, within a contemporary encounter of place. Also, Colm Toibin, author of A Guest at the Feast, returns to recommend Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These.
Kate Wolf is joined by the Turner prize-winning artist Helen Cammock to discuss her new book, and current exhibition at Art and Practice in Los Angeles, I Will Keep My Soul. Both are drawn from Cammock's time in New Orleans—which she began to visit early last year—and address the city's social history, geography, and community. Her book brings together poetry, film stills, photography, collage, and a number of archival documents from the Amistad Research Center. One of the focuses of Cammock's research is the artist Elizabeth Cattlet, an active member of the Civils Rights Movement who taught in New Orleans early in her career in the 1940s before leaving the US for Mexico. Decades later, she received a commission to create a sculpture of Louis Armstrong in Congo Square, a historical meeting place for enslaved people in the city. Cattlet's words and work are woven throughout the book, and evoke the rich accumulations of history that are ever present, and constantly presenting themselves, within a contemporary encounter of place. Also, Colm Toibin, author of A Guest at the Feast, returns to recommend Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These.
Colm Tóibín joins Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to speak about his latest book, a collection of essays, A Guest at the Feast. The book brings together an inspiring range of pieces that Tóibín has published over the last three decades, from his visceral, forthright, and very funny essay on his cancer diagnosis and treatment, to the stirring title essay of the collection, which is an episodic remembrance of his youth in the small town of Enniscorthy in Ireland. The collection also features Tóibín's political commentary, with pieces that draw on his days as a reporter and magazine editor—including coverage of the 1983 Supreme Court case against homosexuality in Ireland and his appraisals of three popes—as well as his masterful literary criticism in considerations of the authors Marilyn Robinson, Francis Stuart, and John McGahern. Also, Jenny Liou, author of Muscle Memory, returns to recommend Koon Woon's collection of poetry Water Chasing Water.
A new exhibition at the Ashmolean looks at the digs conducted by Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos in Crete. At the National Theatre Janet McTeer stars as the Cretan princess Phaedra in a new play by Simon Stone. Classicist Natalie Haynes, curator Andrew Shapland and Minoan archaeologist Nicoletta Momigliano join Rana Mitter to explore what the artefacts found at Knossos can tell us about the world of the Minoans and to delve into the powerful myths these Bronze Age Cretans left us. Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth and Reality runs at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 10 Feb 2023 to 30 July 2023 Phaedra a new play by Simon Stone after Euripides, Seneca and Racine runs from 1 February to 8 April at the National Theatre in London Natalie Haynes is the author of books including Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths A production of Medea starring Sophie Okenedo and Ben Daniels runs at the Soho Theatre in London from Feb to 22nd April A debut novel called Phaedra by Laura Shepperton puts the stories of Medea and Phaedra together. Producer: Torquil MacLeod Radio 3's Words and Music has an episode inspired by The Aeniad broadcasting on Sunday February 26th at 17.30 and available on BBC Sounds for the following month You can find more conversations about the Classics in the Free Thinking archives including a discussion with Bettany Hughes, Paul Cartledge and Colm Toibin recorded at Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World
Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books Wellington reviews her favourite books from last year: Guest at the Feast: Essays by Colm Toibin, published by Picador; Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins, published by Faber, and Edge of the Plain - How Borders Make & Break Our World by James Crawford, published by Canongate
Writer/director/friend of the show John Butler (Handsome Devil! Papi Chulo! Amazon's The Outlaws!) makes a return appearance from a similarly rainy Dublin, for a conversation that goes to unexpected, beautiful and nameless places. Along the way, we dive into: standup specials, Colm Toibin, Bronski Beat, Heartstoppers, Barbarian, Edmund White, being along vs. being lonely, a unique and rarely-discussed form of queer love and grief, the special magic of Irish Sea, and, you know, GOD.
Few novels are as simultaneously literary and accessible as Colm Tóibín's 2004 novel “The Master”. Regardless of whether you know the eponymous master referred to is Henry James, or if you're an avid James devotee, this book treats everyone equally. Everyone, that is, except Henry James, who we meet in his 50s and on the verge of the biggest failure of his prodigious career. Rather than drag the reader through a whole-life narrative, Tóibín focuses on a five-year period of flux, a period dominated by self-doubt, repression, regret, ambition and perhaps most of all, ambiguity. It is this latter quality of James, a cat-like elusiveness to categorisation, which the “The Master” captures so well. It's a novel that doesn't rely on plot to drive the story forward, but rather relies upon an alluring atmosphere of ambiguity that sweeps our eyes across its pages like mist over rolling hills. Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: "The Master" by Colm Toibin “The Victim” by P.D. James “The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King” by J.R.R. Tolkien Additional segments throughout the podcast include: Inner Shelf Fact or fiction What are you reading? On that Quote Apple Podcast: https://lnkd.in/gF2zVhQT Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gTHtxVh5 Podbean: https://onthesamepagepodcast.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesamepagepod_ Email: seamusandblake@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/on.the.same.page.podcast/ -------- #bookpodcast #podcast #book #novel #stories #shortstories #apassagenorth #anukaradpragasm #tolstoy #poetry #shortstoryskirmish #litfacts #paris #literature #books #novels #salmonrushdie #spotifypodcasts #applepodcasts #audible #samsungpodcasts #books #novels #audibleau #lit #onthesamepage #whatareyoureading #literaryfacts #podbean #whatareyoureading
This week Mariella welcome the Irish novelist, poet and playwright Colm Toibin to the podcast to talk about the books that have influenced him throughout his life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
One hundred years since its publication confirmed James Joyce as one of the greatest writers in the English language and a fearless creative genius willing and able to reimagine the possibilities of literature for the modern age, Ulysses has become an undisputed canonical classic. In this episode of the podcast, Ireland's greatest living novelist, Colm Toibin, and its foremost Joyce scholar, Terence Killeen, come together to celebrate this complex, controversial masterpiece, offering new and vital insights that will delight layman readers and seasoned Joyceans alike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Colm Toibin. Best known as a novelist, Colm's new book is his first collection of poetry, Vinegar Hill. He tells me about coming late to poetry, the freedoms and austerities it offers, and why writing isn't fun. Plus: surviving cancer and outstaying his St Patrick's Day welcome at the White House…
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Colm Toibin. Best known as a novelist, Colm's new book is his first collection of poetry, Vinegar Hill. He tells me about coming late to poetry, the freedoms and austerities it offers, and why writing isn't fun. Plus: surviving cancer and outstaying his St Patrick's Day welcome at the White House…
A fictional biography of German Nobel Prize winning writer Thomas Manne (and his extraordinary family) by Irish writer Colm Tóibín, with The Magician; and a roadtrip across America in Emily Gale's Wild Abandon. But what do these writers read?
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Liv speaks with Dr. Victoria Austen about the wide world of mythology and classical reception: Troy, Circe, Silence of the Girls, Song of Achilles, even the Aeneid as reception. Books mentioned: The Song of Achilles and Circe by Madeline Miller, The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, A Thousand Ships and The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes, a trilogy by Emily Hauser, Ariadne by Jennifer Saint, The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin, and the House of Names by Colm Toibin.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Irish author Colm Toibin joins us for the inaugural episode of The Artist's Statement. He discusses his early writing career and his evolution from poet to journalist to novelist, and his return to poetry. We examine Toibin's novella, A Long Winter, and short story "One Minus One" from his collection, The Empty Family. He reads from his latest novel, The Magician, which tells the story of writer Thomas Mann and is scheduled for publication by Viking Press in September, 2021. Toibin describes the importance of finding rhythm in sentences and how intuition and intellect work together to develop his narratives. He also discusses balancing plot and details that help to enhance the world of his stories. Hosted by Davin Malasarn. The Artist's Statement is brought to you by the Granum Foundation. Visit us for more information. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-artists-statement/message