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A REMARKABLE BOOKSELLER. James Daunt is the founder of the Daunt Books chain in the UK, and has been managing director of Waterstones, the bookshop chain of more than 300 stores, since 2011. In 2019 he also became CEO of Barnes & Noble, the American bookstore chain of some 650 stores. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Daunt was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to publishing. “The real joy of a bookstore is that it does curate and it does the job of ensuring that readers and customers are browsing the best that's available.“ “The book is ultimately the most satisfying way in which to educate oneself and to illuminate around the issue of interest“ “There are booksellers up and down, particularly in Europe, who are espousing the same principles, which is let the booksellers in each shop run their own bookstores“

Long time, no things! We're excited to dive into the random topics on our minds lately, from shows we're watching, movie news, the celebrity quiz we're positive you didn't see coming, and more!   Becca's Things Casual Viewing Content (inspired by this N+1 Article), specifically The Night Agent and Running Point Applying body lotion (Olivia thinks the Necessaire Body Serum is worth a try!) Are you a Bird or a Potato?   Olivia's Things Project Hail Mary Movie News at Cinemacon Your Favorite Bookstores! (Becca's - McNally Jackson, Books are Magic, East City Bookshop, Beacon Hill Books, Trident Booksellers, Powell's, Back Cove Books | Olivia - Buxton Village Books, Daunt Books, Rare Birds Books, Kinderhook Books, McNally Jackson, Tombolo Books) Pinterest Feed Tours   Obsessions Olivia - Pen Pals Podcast Becca - Learning French (on Duolingo)   What we read this week Becca - Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Out April 22), Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley Olivia -    This Month's Book Club Pick - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order. Wayfair - Shop the best selection of home improvement online at Wayfair.com   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

SUBCRIBE TO READING THE CITYOrder Tyler Wetherall's novel AmphibianAbout Reading the City "Reading the City" is a weekly newsletter of bookish events in and around NYC, a weekly diary of upcoming New York literary life on a need-to-know basis. No long blurbs, no reviews, just book events of all stripes. "Reading the City" links to the author's books, website, or social pages when possible. Tyler Wetherall, the founder and editor, is a believer in the  power of the literary community to raise each other up, champion one another, and help make the site an inclusive and welcoming space for all writers and readers. Tyler Wetherall is a  Brooklyn-based writer, editor, and teacher, and the author of No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run (St. Martin's Press) and Amphibian (forthcoming from Virago).   She arrived in New York from London in 2014, knowing just three people. She  carried with her a manuscript she had  written alone in a Victorian outhouse at the end of her mother's garden in Devon. Her entire experience of the writerly life thus far was solitary—and pretty cold. She found herself in a  very special place called the Oracle Club (RIP) in Long Island City, and there  she met real life authors for the first time. After staying up late and  talking craft, drinking gin, and playing records, or reading poetry and howling into the night, she had  found her community, and through that community the practical and intellectual resources she needed to become an author myself. Photo credit:  Sammy DeighElizabeth Howard, Producer and Host of the Short Fuse Podcast Elizabeth Howard is the producer and host of the Short Fuse Podcast, conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others whose art reveals our communities through their lens and stirs us to seek change. Her articles related to communication and marketing have appeared in European Communications, Investor Relations, Law Firm Marketing & Profit Report, Communication World, The Strategist, and the New York Law Journal, among others.  Her books include Queen Anne's Lace and Wild Blackberry Pie, (Thornwillow Press, 2011), A Day with Bonefish Joe (David Godine, 2015) and Ned O'Gorman:  A Glance Back (Easton Studio Press, 2016). She leads reading groups at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York.  @elizh24 on InstagramThe Arts Fuse The Arts Fuse was established in June, 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication's over 70 freelance critics (many of them with decades of experience) cover dance, film, food, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. There is a robust readership for arts coverage that believes that culture matters.The goal of The Arts Fuse is to treat the arts seriously, to write about them in the same way that other publications cover politics, sports, and business — with professionalism, thoughtfulness, and considerable attitude. The magazine's motto, from Jonathan Swift, sums up our editorial stance: “Use the point of your pen … not the feather.” The Arts Fuse has published over 7,000 articles and receives 60,000+ visits a month. This year they are celebrating their 5th birthday, a milestone for a small, independent magazine dedicated to covering the arts.Why The Arts Fuse? Its birth was a reaction to the declining arts coverage in newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. When the number of news pages shrink in the mainstream media, attention is paid. But the continual whittling down of arts coverage has been passed over in silence. Editor-in-Chief Bill Marx started the magazine to preserve the craft of professional arts criticism online, while also looking at new and innovative ways to evolve the cultural conversation and bring together critics, readers, and artists.Serious criticism, by talking about the strengths, weaknesses, and contributions of the arts, plays an indispensable role in the cultural ecology. Smaller, newer organizations need a response. When they are ignored as they are by the mainstream media, they fail to gain an audience. And without an audience, they fold, further weakening the entire ecosystem.Assist The Arts Fuse in their  mission: to keep arts and culture hale and hearty through dialogue rather than marketing.SUBSCRIBE to the weekly e-newsletterLIKE The Arts Fuse on Facebook, FOLLOW  on TwitterHELP  The Arts Fuse thrive by providing underwriting for the magazine. Even better — make a tax deductible donation.  

In the first episode of season 2, we speak with Jack Smyth – a freelance designer and illustrator from Ireland. His clients include Penguin Random House, Faber & Faber, Harpercollins, Granta, Daunt Books, Simon & Schuster, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Politico and The Atlantic. He has previously worked inhouse at 4th Estate, Simon & Schuster, Little, Brown and Tower Records and holds an MA in Graphic Design from Kingston University. In 2024, he was named the designer of the year at the British Book Awards. He has received 9 ABCD awards, a BBDPA award and has been featured in Creative Review, It's Nice That, Communication Arts and the 100 Archive. He lives in Dublin with his wife and cat. Cover Meeting was hosted by Steve Leard and produced by James Ede of beheard.org.uk.

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James Daunt grew up in England the child of a diplomat—moving countries, tasting cultures, living a life with books and history at its core. He lived in Turkey and Cyprus before coming back to England for boarding school. After studying history at Cambridge, he didn't know what he wanted to do, so the Career Services department pointed him towards investment banking across the sea in New York City. He actually liked the job but his girlfriend thought it was incredibly boring and encouraged him to quit. He thought, "How do I combine my love of reading and my love of travel into doing something wholly different?" The first Daunt Books independent bookstore opened on Marylebone High Street in London soon after. Unlike nearly every book store in the world he organized his books … by country. Not genre! But by place. Bookselling isn't an easy business! Lots of stores were going belly-up and profits were meager but over time he found a special knack for it. He went to bookselling school, paid fairly, and took mentorship and development seriously. When big bookstore chains started falling in the wake of Amazon, and Waterstones was essentially the only national chain left in the UK, a wealthy entrepreneur bought it and asked James to lead it. He turned the concept of a chain bookstore on its head, suggesting that stores would do better if the head office minimized itself and helped the booksellers operate like their own independent bookstores. Gone were planograms! Head office mandates! He tore up lucrative publisher deals spelling out which books to force onto the front tables to guarantee bestseller lists! He ripped up the rulebook completely. And what happened? Sales shot up. The chain survived ... then thrived. When the new owners of Waterstones bought Barnes & Noble—the largest bookstore chain in the world—they asked James to lead it, too. Today, James Daunt is the biggest bookseller on the planet overseeing nearly 1000 bookshops including his now-9 store Daunt Books indie chain, over 300 Waterstones, and over 600 Barnes & Nobles (including 65 new ones this year!!). I was very excited when James said "yes" to coming on 3 Books. We go deep on learning from history, the role of bookstores in society, his most formative books, the best place to find a date, the key to customer service, leading from behind, and much, much more....   Let's flip the page to Chapter 141 now...

James Daunt has turned around Waterstones in the UK and Barnes & Noble in the US. That gives him a unique insight into what it takes to run successful shops on both sides of the Atlantic at a time when many high street businesses are failing. In this podcast episode, we take a detailed look at how Daunt runs his book shops and the strategy that is required to succeed...If you enjoyed this episode, then you can find out more about the story behind Daunt Books, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble in our previous interview with Daunt, which looks at the history of the businesses. You can find that here: https://offtolunch.substack.com/p/james-daunt-the-boss-who-saved-the Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat with Melissa and Dave of a Strong Sense of Space site, podcast, and blog and the Library of Lost Time podcast. We discuss their life in Prague and books!  The outdoorsy events around Prague: Discovering Prague events https://www.discoveringprague.cz/   General Strong Sense of Place Strong Sense of Place website https://strongsenseofplace.com/ Free newsletter on Substack https://strongsenseofplace.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/strongsenseof All podcasts: https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts Episodes we mentioned: Spain: Valencia, Velázquez, and Vermouth https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2023-02-06-spain/ Iceland: Warrior Poets, Emo Horses, and Maybe (Probably) Elves https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2022-04-25-iceland/ Italy: A Bottle of Red, the Tuscan Sun, and Il Dolce Far Niente https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2022-09-26-italy/ India: The Continent Masquerading as a Country https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2024-06-21-india/ Sri Lanka: Remarkable, Relentless, Resplendent https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2023-04-03-sri_lanka/ Trains: Better Than Planes and Cars. Fight Me. https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2020-12-14-trains/ Hotels: The Liminal Space with M&Ms in the Mini-Bar https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2022-05-23-hotels/ The Sea: Tales of Poets and Pirates https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2020-02-17-the_sea/ Some of our favorite books: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain) https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/the_shadow_of_the_wind_zafon/ The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley (Iceland) https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/the_tricking_of_freya_sunley/ Still Life by Sarah Winman (Italy) https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/still_life_winman/ Dishoom: Cookery Book and Highly Subjective Guide to Bombay by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar, Naved Nasir (India) https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/dishoom_thakrar/ Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka by John Gimlette (Sri Lanka) https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/elephant_complex_gimlette/ The Ladies-in-Waiting by Santiago Garcia, Javier Olivares (Spain) https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/the_ladies_in_waiting_garcia/ Our summer reading plans: Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier (Venice) Billiards at the Hotel Dobray by Dušan Šarotar (Slovenia) The Main Character by Jaclyn Goldis (Train) - I talked about it in this podcast: https://strongsenseofplace.com/lolts/lolt-2024-05-31/ A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva (spy novel) Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson (Panama) Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Norway) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Bookshops The Munich Readery in Munich http://www.readery.de/ Well-Read Books of Wigtown https://wellreadbooks.co.uk/ Wigtown Postcards: What It's Like to Run a Bookshop in Scotland's National Book Town https://strongsenseofplace.com/2020/02/10/wigtown-photo-album-what-its-like-to-run-a-bookshop-in-scotlands-booktown/ Daunt Books in London https://strongsenseofplace.com/2019/10/08/our-favorite-bookshops-daunt-books-in-london/ Typewronger Books in Edinburgh https://strongsenseofplace.com/2019/11/28/typewronger-books-in-edinburgh-scotland-will-steal-your-heart/

"I think their experience in the bookstore is trying to think literary inheritance and spiritual and intellectual experience." Sam sax is here to discuss YR DEAD, their debut novel about Ezra, a queer, non-binary 27-year-old of Jewish heritage, whose life we see in fragments and flashbacks when they self-immolate outside trump tower. We talk about qualities of wandering, the multiplicities of Jewish identities, and what second hand bookstores can tell us about legacies and life. Sam's PIG was named one of the best books of 2023 by New York Magazine and Electric Lit. They're also the author of Madness, winner of The National Poetry Series and ‘Bury It' winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets YR DEAD is published by McSweeney's in the US and Daunt Books in the UK Reference Points  01.30 - who is Ezra 02.20 - is Ezra a flaneur? 04.53 - why the novel is set on this day 06.28 - the multiplicity of Jewish identity 09.40 - how death or organises or doesn't organise the novel 15:00 different desires 19:20 - Ezra's mother and her absence 24.25 - second hand bookshops and legacies 29.00 - the hopeful message of Sam's novel Reference Points Hervé Guibert Andrea Lawlor Virginia Woolf

Isabel Berwick, host and editor of the FT's Working It podcast and newsletter, has spent the last year writing The Future-Proof Career, a book about how to thrive at work, now and in the future. In April, she held a launch event at Daunt Books, where she spoke to Money Clinic's Claer Barrett, the FT's consumer editor, about what she learned in the process. This is an edited version of a Working It episode that aired in May.For a chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones, share your thoughts on the show with us via a short survey before August 29 2024 (terms and conditions can be found here).For more tips on how to organise your money, sign up to Claer's email series 'Sort Your Financial Life Out With Claer Barrett' at FT.com/moneycourseIf you would like to be a guest on a future episode of Money Clinic, email us at money@ft.com or send Claer a DM on social media — she's @ClaerB on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Want more?Catch Isabel on the FT's Working It podcast, read her latest newsletter, Keeping teams calm in turbulent times, and follow her on LinkedIn.Read more Work & Careers articles from the FT, such as Five secrets of workplace success, and Can AI make brainstorming less mind-numbing?Check out Claer's column, How the ‘single tax' can break financial resilienceListen to more episodes of Money Clinic, such as Money Clinic live: How to get a pay rise.Presented by Claer Barrett. Produced by Tamara Kormornick. Our executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner, with original music from Metaphor Music. Cheryl Brumley is the FT's global head of audio.Disclaimer: The Money Clinic podcast is a general discussion about financial topics and does not constitute an investment recommendation or individual financial advice.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel published by Daunt Books

 Any mention of Barbara Comyns usually brings an ‘I know the name but I don't know anything about her' kind of response. In this quarter's literary podcast, presenter Rosie Goldsmith and the Slightly Foxed Editors sit down with Barbara's biographer Avril Horner and Brett Wolstencroft, Manager of Daunt Books, to discover who this fascinating and forgotten novelist really was.  Though Barbara enjoyed success in the later part of her life, and a revival with Virago Books in the 1980s, it's indicative of how thoroughly she disappeared from view that, as Avril tells us, she had difficulty in placing her wonderful biography, Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence, which was finally published this year. Avril describes how, when working on her biography, she came across a huge cache of letters from the 1930s owned by Barbara's granddaughter, some of which ‘made her gasp', and the story of Barbara's life in London is indeed often shocking. It's a tale of almost unimaginable poverty, of tangled affairs with unsuitable men, of a grim experience of childbirth, and countless moves from one bleak rented property to another. Yet after repeatedly hitting rock bottom Barbara always courageously picked herself up and started again. At various times she survived as a commercial artist, artist's model, dog breeder, antique dealer, renovator of old pianos and dealer in classic cars. At last in 1945 she made a happy marriage to Richard Comyns-Carr, who worked for MI6 where he was a colleague and friend of Kim Philby.   The couple moved to Spain, and it was then that Barbara started to write novels drawing on her earlier life such as Sisters by a River and Our Spoons Came from Woolworths. She was admired by Graham Greene who became her publisher, and later came other novels of a more gothic and surrealist kind including A Touch of Mistletoe, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead and The Vet's Daughter. No two of her haunting and disturbing novels are alike for she wrote in a variety of genres. She's an intriguing novelist, totally original, impossible to pigeonhole and ripe for re-rediscovery. For episode show notes, please see the Slightly Foxed website. Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major by Bach Hosted by Rosie Goldsmith Produced by Philippa Goodrich

Hear about travel the Great West Way from London to Bristol as the Amateur Traveler talks to Penny Sadler about her recent trip to Southwest England. Why should you go? Penny says, "The Great West Way is a historic route and basically now a tourist route that goes from London to Bristol. From London to Bristol is about two hours, and along the way, there are charming market towns, old pubs, castle ruins, rolling hills, and lots of farmland, it's very rural Stonehenge, Avebury, there's so much to see." Penny Sadler's itinerary for the Great West Way offers a scenic and historically rich journey from east to west. Here is a breakdown of the recommended destinations, sorted from east to west: London Activities: Stay at The Mayfair Townhouse. Join a food tour with Devour Tours, visiting historic pubs and Borough Market. Explore Southwark Cathedral, Hatton Garden, and Daunt Books for Travellers. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/the-great-west-way-in-england/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews Take What You Need by Idra Novey published by Daunt Books

Isabel Berwick has spent the last year writing The Future-Proof Career, a book about how to thrive at work, now and in the future. Last month, she held a launch event at Daunt Books, where she spoke to her friend and colleague Claer Barrett, the FT's consumer editor, about what she learned in the process.Want more? Free links:Five secrets of workplace successCan AI make brainstorming less mind-numbing?Credits:Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT's head of audio.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The garden is a co-author" Marchelle Farrell is here to talk about her essay in a new anthology from Daunt Books, BY THE RIVER: ESSAYS FROM THE WATER'S EDGE. I've wanted to talk to Marchelle since the publication of UPROOTING: FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO THE COUNTRYSIDE - Canongate Books), so it was great to have her here when she's part of an anthology featuring the likes of Caleb Azumah Nelson and Tessa Hadley. Marchelle, a consultant psychiatrist as well as a writer, often blends personal history with reflections on how colonial history has shaped the world and behaviour Rippling Points 1.25 - The rivers that Marchelle writers about in her essay, 'Memory River 4.06 - the noise of the river and how it infiltrated Marchelle's dreams 7.08 - A sense of renewal and writing about childhood 9.00 - The pain and joy in revisiting childhood 12.34 - Marchelle's belief on balancing both pain and joy in life. 15.04 - The story of Marchelle's family and forgotten stories 18.23 - Can anything ever be permanently erased? 20.22 - Leaving space for the reader to make interpretations. 22.13 - The river and its links to colonial history. 25.22 - How the 'English' garden isn't so English. 28.20 - What is play and why is it important Reference Points Jo Hamya Amy Key Donald Winnicott

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Sheena Patel, writer of “I'm a Fan”, her first novel published by Rough Trade Books in 2022, and soon to be published in French by Gallimard. In her novel, Sheena Patel explores the blurred lines between reality and the online world through the involvement of an unnamed female character in an unequal romantic relationship. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Sheena Patel talks about her desire to capture the spirit of her time. They also evoke “Four Brown Girls Who Write”, a collective of women writers created with her friends to support each other in their writing processes.As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi.Sheena Patel, I'm a fan, © Sheena Patel, 2022. Cover © Granta Books, 2023.© Rough Trade Books.Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., published byBallantine Books, copyright © 1992, 1955 by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.Minor Feelings : An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, Random House, 2020.Martine Syms, Shame Space, 2020. © Martine Syms. Published by Primary Information.Martine Syms, The African Desperate, © Dominica Publishing, 2022Maggie Nelson, Bluets, © Copyright 2009 by Maggie Nelson, Wave Books, 2009The Argonauts © 2015 by Maggie Nelson. First published by Graywolf Press, Minneapolis.© Guardian News & Media Ltd 2024.Kathy Acker, Blood and Guts in High School, © Grove Press, 1984.Celia Dale, A Spring of Love, © Daunt Books, 2024.© The British Book Awards.© The Women's Prize.© Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.© Jhalak Prize.© Foyles. All Rights Reserved.© Los Angeles Times. All Rights Reserved.Sheena Patel, I'm a fan, Translated into French by French novelist and translator Marie Darrieussecq, © Éditions Gallimard, 2025.Juan Carlos Medina, The Limehouse Golem, ©New Sparta Films, 2016.Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sunnah Khan, Sheena Patel, 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE, © Rough Trade Books, 2020.© 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: historical figures and the best type of bookmark Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we boss two TBRs from our bookish friends The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  1:41 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 7:59 - Current Reads 8:08 - Nim's Island by Wendy Orr (Kaytee) 9:41 - The Twits by Roald Dahl 9:41 - Matilda by Roald Dahl 9:42 - The BFG by Roald Dahl 11:05 - The Trial by Rob Render (Meredith, amazon link, or purchase the book from Waterstones where Meredith found it!) 12:25 - Waterstones UK 12:38 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh 14:22 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 14:59 - The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (Kaytee) 15:08 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 18:27 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros  19:33 - Burn the Negative by Josh Winning (Meredith) 21:00 - An Unlikely Story  21:07 - Mister Magic by Kiersten White 24:24 - The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz (Kaytee) 27:53 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers 28:57 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (Meredith) 30:52 - The Novel Neighbor 33:22 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 35:10 - Barnes and Noble Exclusive Edition of Starling House 36:25 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR 36:38 - Currently Reading Patreon From Natasha J. 38:07 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 38:11 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 38:14 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 38:18 - A Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter 38:21 - The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty From Jennifer R. 41:49 - The Push by Ashley Audrain 41:52 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 41:54 - The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 41:57 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 42:01 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse - 43:56 - Burn the Negative by Josh Winning 44:30 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 47:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:27 - I wish everyone would follow Mychal Threets on Instagram 47:43 - @mychal3ts 50:11 - Barnes & Noble Sets Itself Free article 50:16 - Barnes & Noble 50:52 - Daunt Books 53:25 - Bookshelf Thomasville Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the independent bookstore of the month. October's IPL is curated by The Novel Neighbor. Visit them on Instagram Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry All Things Murderful - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

On this month's show, we hear from Lisa Fransson about her new novel THE SHAPE OF GUILT, to Deborah Jenkins about her debut collection of short stories, WINTER LIGHTS and to Emma Jackson's new book WITCH YOU WEREN'T HERE.  Our next show is our bumper Christmas recommendation special with bookseller, Elizabeth Perry. We'll go through the top 5 bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction and she'll offer her best alternative recommendations. We'll also be joined by Idra Novey, author of next month's book club book, TAKE WHAT YOU NEED which is out now with Daunt Books.  Click here for events with Kemptown Books. Music in today's show from Mrisi Music. If you have a suggestion for the show or want to get in contact, you can follow us on instagram at @btnbookclub and email us at btnbookclub@gmail.com

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: Scottish books and author interviews Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we gush about our travels and our favorite bookshops we got to visit The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  1:24 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:52 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live Episode 152 Feat. Liz Nugent 2:01 - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent 3:07 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan 3:19 - The Clanlands Almanac: Season Stories from Scotland by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish 4:45 - andythehighlander on Instagram 5:32 - Current Reads 5:53 - None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (Meredith) 11:03 - How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (Kaytee) 15:10 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (Meredith) 19:21 - Congratulations, The Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas (Kaytee) 19:35 - Here For It by R. Eric Thomas 23:19 - The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (Meredith) 27:01 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 27:14 - The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger (note: Meredith says “Hotchburger” in the episode. Apologies for the confusion!) 27:16 - Aurora by David Koepp 27:38 - Not Too Late by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua 28:39 - The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg (Kaytee) 32:35 - Deep Dive: Recapping Our European Vacations 34:00 - Blackwell's UK 35:57 - Foyles  36:15 - Daunt Books 45:19 - Toppings and Company 45:45 - Word on the Water 47:29 - Currently Reading Patreon 47:58 - The Novel Neighbor 49:01 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:30 - If you want creepy and monsters in your reads, I wish you'd try Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Meredith) 49:57 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 50:47 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 52:05 - I wish book club stickers would be actual stickers. (Kaytee) 52:47 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 52:50 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 53:53 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 53:56 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the independent bookstore of the month. October's IPL is curated by The Novel Neighbor. Visit them on Instagram Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry All Things Murderful - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Kiran Dass reviews The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg published by Daunt Books

Simon and Rachel speak to James Daunt, who runs both Barnes & Noble, the world's largest retail bookseller, and Waterstones, the largest retail bookseller in the United Kingdom. James currently oversees approximately 600 Barnes & Noble shops in the United States and 293 Waterstones locations across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium. After an early career as an investment banker, James opened his own bookstore, Daunt Books, in London in 1990. In 2011 James was appointed managing director of Waterstones when the struggling bookseller was bought by a Russian businessman, Alexander Mamut; Waterstones was subsequently restored to profitability. In 2019 he additionally became chief executive of Barnes & Noble. We spoke to James about setting up his own independent bookstore in the 1990s, being brought in to save Waterstones two decades later, and subsequently taking on the top role at Barnes & Noble.  This episode of Always Take Notes is sponsored by Curtis Brown Creative. Go to www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk to find out more about their creative writing courses. Use code ATN20 for £20 off the full price of any four-, five, six- or ten-week online course. You can find us online at ⁠alwaystakenotes.com⁠, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is ⁠patreon.com/alwaystakenotes⁠. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

A vigésima sexta edição da Bienal internacional do livro de São Paulo terminou como uma das mais bem sucedidas de sua história, batendo recordes de publico e de vendas. Igualmente bem sucedida foi a sexta edição do Interlivro - Encontro internacional internacional de profissionais do livro, realizada pelo PublishNews e que durante a semana reuniu importantes nomes do mercado editorial e livreiro para discutir temas relevantes para o setor. Nesta semana no podcast do PN, separamos um dos momentos mais aguardados do interlivro e que marcaram o evento. Vamos ouvir a aula que James Daunt, fundador da rede Daunt Books e CEO da rede britânica, a Waterstones e da gigantesca rede americana Barnes & Noble. Nessa palestra, ele fala sobre Como salvar sua livraria e seguida participa de uma entrevista com Thales de Menezes, editor-chefe do PN. Este painel completo esta com seu audio original em inglês e você pode conferir a versão com legenda no no nosso canal do YouTube. Lá no Youtube, você também pode ver também outras mesas do Interlivro 2022. Este podcast é um oferecimento da MVB Brasil, empresa que traz soluções em tecnologia para o mercado do livro. Além da Metabooks, reconhecida plataforma de metadados, a MVB oferece para o mercado brasileiro o único serviço de EDI exclusivo para o negócio do livro. Com a Pubnet, o seu processo de pedidos ganha mais eficiência. https://brasil.mvb-online.com/home Já ouviu falar em POD, impressão sob demanda? Nossos parceiros da UmLivro são referência dessa tecnologia no Brasil, que permite vender primeiro e imprimir depois; reduzindo custos com estoque, armazenamento e distribuição. Com o POD da UmLivro, você disponibiliza 100% do seu catálogo sem perder nenhuma venda. http://umlivro.com.br Este é o episódio número 224 do Podcast do PublishNews do dia 11 de julho de 2022. Eu sou Fabio Uehara e esse episódio conta com de Thales de Menezes e a edição de Fabio Uehara. E não se esqueça de assinar a nossa newsletter, nos seguir nas redes sociais: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook e Twitter. Todos os dias com novos conteúdos para vocês. E agora: James Daunt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-do-publishnews/message

Paul Mendez is a London-based novelist, essayist and screenwriter. Born in 1982 and raised in the Black Country, the eldest of four children by Jehovah's Witness parents of second-generation Jamaican heritage, Mendez disassociated himself from the Witnesses while still a teenager, before moving to Kent to study automotive engineering, then London to study acting, leaving both courses before the end of the first year. After reading James Baldwin's 1968 novel Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone in the summer of 2002, Mendez began keeping a journal, maintaining it while occupied variously as a sex worker, waiter and sometime journalist. Mendez has contributed to Glass, Esquire, The Face, British Vogue, the Times Literary Supplement and the Brixton Review of Books, and his work has been included in anthologies by Goldsboro Books and Daunt Books. In 2020, Dialogue Books published Mendez's debut novel Rainbow Milk – examining queer, Black British lives from the Windrush generation to the aftermath of the Brexit vote – to critical acclaim, featuring in the Observer's prestigious Top Ten Debut Novels list for 2020, before being shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Ali and Penny come together to discuss life writing this week. They have both used different approaches to life writing and they discuss why they made the choices they did and how they might do it differently in the future. It's also an episode in which Ali reveals she doesn't really like memoirs (even though she just wrote one) and Penny that she hopes her life is going to be boring enough in the future that she never feels compelled to write one (although she's very partial to the essay). Links https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781911547396 (Swimming In Hampstead ladies pond - Daunt Books) https://www.gq.com/story/rock-music-jesus (Upon This Rock - Essay by John Jeramiah Sullivan) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781509892778 (Constellations - Sinead Gleeson) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781472240767 (I am I am I am - Maggie O'Farrell) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781913462093 (The English Heretic Collection: Ritual Histories, Magickal Geography - Andy Sharp) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781784707422 (My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh) You can find all the books mentioned on the podcast at https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/not-too-busy-to-write-recommends (Bookshop.org)

Kiran Dass reviews Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Daunt Books.

Kiran Dass reviews Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Daunt Books.

In this episode Irene and Margaux welcome Marigold Atkey, editor at Daunt Books Publishing, to chat about food writing in the publishing industry. With Marigold, we spoke about Daunt Books' reissue of the work of M.F.K. Fisher, the role of food in literature, our favourite food writing, the rise of social media homecooks and so much more!Recommendations from today's episode:Books:The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher (1943)The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (1946)‘The Anatomy of a Recipe', published in With Bold Knife and Fork by M.F.K. Fisher (1968)The Life and Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee (1983)This Is Just To Say, a poem by William Carlos Williams (1991)Toast by Nigel Slater (2003)POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (of sorts) by Russell Norman (2012)Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin (2016)Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen (2017)Hungry by Grace Dent (2020)Tiny Moons by Nina Mingya Powles (2020)Real Life by Brandon Taylor (2020)In the Kitchen, essays on food and life, an anthology published by Daunt Books (2020)The Last Harvest: the Fight to Save the World's Most Endangered Foods by Dan Saladino (2021)Elizabeth David's cookbooksThe Roasting Tin cookbooks by Rukmini IyerAnna Jones' cookbooksElla Risbridger's writing Publications:Feast Potluck ZineVittlesPodcasts:Aisling Bea on Comfort Eating with Grace Dent Lecker podcastOther recommendations: Sophie Davidson's photographyRyan Ryley - Life Kitchen 

In our latest episode of the Read Smart podcast, host Toby Mundy is joined by founder of Daunt Books and managing director of Waterstones in the UK and Barnes and Nobile in the US, James Daunt alongside CEO and publisher of Grove Atlantic, Morgan Entrekin. Our two guests discuss American publishing, delving into the lasting consequences of the pandemic, the difference between US and UK bookselling and the politics of readership. Join us next time for the Longlist episode! This year the 2021 prize longlist will be announced on 9th September, followed by the shortlist on 15th October. The winner of the prize this year will then be announced on 16th November. The Read Smart Podcast is commissioned by The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

Jessica Hogarth is Surface pattern designer and now has her own shop! She's based in the coastal town of Whitby North Yorkshire coast So many creatives ask me what the best route is in getting their products in shops? How do they get their designs in stores? Jessica's ranges have been stocked on the shelves of Fortnum & Mason, Liberty of London, Oliver Bonas, Paperchase, Daunt Books, Paper Source (USA) and Scribbler, amongst many other independent outlets. She also retails her designs on Etsy, shipping orders to customers worldwide all year round. We talk about trade shows, the importance of multiple income streams and opening a shop through Covid. Jessica Takeaways 1.If you're doing a fair if trade show its cheaper I the long to do a few that season 2.Helping support your creative friends as part of your journey is so rewarding 3.Doing a blog is still 15 years on worth your time - searchable Google content will lead viewers straight to your website 4.Having different income streams is vital for your business 5.Yes covid is scary time to start and open a business but there's so many positives, just Google how many famous company's started in rescissions 6.There isn't a constant balance, it just doesn't exists so instead of looking for that, after the busy season where you've gone all in, why not schedule a down time phase 7.Schedule your creative days each week or month, if we aren't mindful time can slip by 8.Fill out a weekly time sheet to see where your time is spent so you can know what's best for scheduling out in the future 9.Get someone to do the jobs you're not as good at or you don't want to spending time doing.   Connect with Jessica  https://jessicahogarth.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jessicahogarth/  

This week Holly speaks to James Daunt, founder of Daunt Books and CEO of Waterstones. James is a passionate champion of independent high streets, so much so, that his reason for joining Waterstones as CEO was to turn the ship at the brink of failure in order to prevent what would have been a devastating loss to British independent book selling. James’ view is that our high streets were in decline long before the pandemic struck. He is a firm believer that in order to regenerate, it is essential to have an entrepreneurial mindset to bring much needed flair to retail; creating truly immersive experiences that breathe fresh life into what has been before. Join the conversation to find out how James came to found Daunt Books. Learn what ignited his simple, ingenious idea that reinvented a whole industry - and how you can be inspired to challenge the status quo, observe the masses and do the opposite, to bring entrepreneurial thinking into any aspect of life. Hailed as the savior of bookstores, this conversation is filled with James’ vision, passion and future thinking as a golden thread throughout.#AD Conversations of Inspiration is brought to you with support from Dell Technologies. Follow Holly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollytucker/?hl=en

I talk to Louise Verity, owner and director of Bookishly, a book merch and subscription box service. From the joys of browsing the children's section in Daunt Books, to the long-lasting appeal that classic literature still has - we cover all things reading and the love of the written word. Links To Bits We DiscussedBooksEach Peach Pear PlumThe Very Hungary Caterpillar A Little Princess The Magic Faraway Tree Harry Potter & The Deathly HallowsBrideshead Revisited Diary Of A Wimpy KidThe Land Of RoarLegendbornA Court Of Silver FlamesProduction - Andy NeilsonMusic - Ventsislav LalevArtwork - Matt ProThanks for listening! You can follow me on Twitter & Instagram

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Real Life by Brandon Taylor, published by Daunt Books. This mid-western campus novel gives us a fresh view of student life as Wallace, a gay, black, PhD biochemistry student in a predominantly white town is pushed out of his protective shell. Over drinks, 'dinner things’ and lab time he is forced to consider what kind of a life is for him. Long-listed for the 2020 Booker Prize, this is a tender and fresh account of American life. 

Today's guest Ajay PatelAjay leads SMA, Inc. as President and CEO. SMA, Inc. is the world’s largest advisory firm dedicated to improving its client’s competitiveness across their entire program lifecycle from market and competitive strategy to capture strategy and bid/proposal development to profitable program execution for public sector markets.Mr. Patel has over 35 years of consulting, business development, operations, program management and systems engineering experience. Prior to coming to SMA, Ajay was a Director at Deloitte consulting in the Aerospace and Defense practice. He was a Senior Partner at the Monitor Group for twelve years, and created and led it’s global National Security practice. During the 1990s, Ajay served in various roles at SMA including Vice President of Business Development, Executive Vice President of SMA’s Proposal Management group and as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Ajay was at TRW serving in technology development, systems engineering, program management and business development roles. Ajay enjoys travelling and is an avid reader. His has a particular fascination with typography—the latest fun addition to his library is Simon Garfield’s book “Just My Type: A Book About Fonts.” His favorite bookstore on the planet is Daunt Books in London, United Kingdom.In this laughter filled deeply insightful episode, Ajay shares His early life and educationSMA career Monitor and Deloitte StintReturn to SMA Entrepreneurship and leadership tips Covid-19 support at his company3 things that not many people know about himInfluential people in his life and career His love of readingTips to study american dictionary The fonts Steve Jobs created A masterclass on Typography Book about butter... Detective in Caribbean island Few fun Qs What is your favorite font? Least favorite?Do you like your handwriting? Where is the most interesting place that you’ve travelled?What is the first thing you do when you get home from a business trip?If you could only eat three things for the rest of your life, what would you choose?What is your all-time favorite book or author?Have you ever sent a message to a wrong person? Would you rather lose the ability to read or the ability to speak?If you could be a cartoon character for a week, who would you be? Whats the most courageous thing you ever done? If you could be an Olympic athlete, in what sport would you compete? When you are having bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better? What do you cook better than anyone? If you had to choose a completely new profession, what would you pick?What are your favourite pizza toppings? If you could be anywhere else right now, Where would it be? What’s the most interesting thing that you’ve read or seen this week?If you were arrested with no explanation, what would your friends and family assume thatyou had done?If your five year old suddenly found himself inhabiting your current body, what would your five year old self will do first? What would you if you are the last person on this earth? Listen in to know more about Ajay Patel, the leader behind SMA Inc.

Part 3: Serena Patel, author of Anisha Accidental Detective tells presenters Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about writing for children. She also reads from her debut book & talks about her childhood experiences of being bullied, racism & homelessness. And the detective books she read as a child. And the inspirational British Asians she looked up to. And we also go behind the scenes of children’s book promotion with freelancer Fritha Lindqvist who helped Cressida Cowell train her dragon. Plus we visit the beautiful Daunts Bookshop on Marylebone High Street, London to meet bookseller Rose Cole & book lovers from the USA. We'd Like A Word is a podcast and radio show from authors Paul Waters and  Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, celebrities, talkers,  poets about books, songs, lyrics, speeches,  scripts, fiction and  non-fiction. We go out on various radio platforms at least once a fortnight and every other Thursday on podcast. Our website is www.wedlikeaword.com -  which is where you'll find information about Paul and Steve and our  guests - and details of the radio stations that carry We'd Like A Word.  We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword and Facebook @wedlikeaword and our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com - and yes,  we are slightly embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear  from you - your thoughts,  ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word in person, to chat, review, meet writers or read out passages from books. . .

Daunt Books is London's famous chain of bookstores, and Željka Marošević is the Publisher at their imprint.We met to discuss the relationship between the bookstore and the publisher, and her feminist project of republishing unjustly out of print women. We spoke about bringing novels including Dorothy Baker's Cassandra at the Wedding back into print, and non-fiction by the likes of Natalia Ginzburg and MFK Fisher. Daunt also publish contemporary fiction including the Pulitzer Prize finalist, In the Distance by Hernan DiazŽeljka also tells us about her time at Melville House - and working on Maggie Nelson’s seminal The Argonauts - and as Co-Editor of The White Review, the amazing arts and literature magazine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gail, Steph and Anna go behind the scenes with booksellers Brett Wolstencroft of Daunt Books and Kathleen Smith of Topping & Co. Bath to talk about the reality and romance of life running two of the country’s finest bookshops. Andrew Hawkins recounts the tale of a London publisher who tried his hand at repping and ended up in a spot of bother with a drunken poet in Fife, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading and news from Hoxton Square.  The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 30 seconds) **Books Mentioned** * [Slightly Foxed Issue 62](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-62-published-1-june-2019/), will be published on 1 June. Available to order now (5:34) * Shaun Bythell, [The Diary of a Bookseller](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/shaun-bythell-diary-of-a-bookseller/) (30:12) * Jen Campbell, [Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/weird-things-customers-say-in-bookshops/) (30:16) * A Plain Foxed Edition of [84, Charing Cross Road](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/84-charing-cross-road-plain-foxed-edition/) will be published in September 2019. Available to order now (30:22) * Miriam Toews, [All My Puny Sorrows](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/miriam-toews-all-my-puny-sorrows/) (30:40) * Patrick O’Brian, [Master & Commander](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-obrian-master-and-commander/) and [The Far Side of the World](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-obrian-far-side-of-the-world/) (31:46) * Andrew Miller, [Now We Shall Be Entirely Free](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/andrew-miller-now-we-shall-be-entirely-free/) (32:36) * Angela Carter, [The Magic Toyshop](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-magic-toyshop/) and [The Bloody Chamber](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-bloody-chamber/) (33.02) **Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations** * Mike Petty’s article entitled [‘Up There on a Visit’](https://foxedquarterly.com/mike-petty-up-there-on-a-visit-literary-review/) was published in [Slightly Foxed Issue 8](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-8/) (23:14) * [Maggie Fergusson’s article](https://foxedquarterly.com/literary-love-affair-article-maggie-fergusson/) on Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road was originally published in Slightly Foxed [Issue 24](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-24/), then republished in [Issue 48](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/issue-48-winter-2015/). It appears as the preface to the Plain Foxed Edition of 84, Charing Cross Road (30:22) * Grant McIntyre’s three articles on Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin novels – [‘Friendship of Opposites’](https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-patrick-obrien-friendship-of-opposites/), [‘The House that Jack Built’](https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-patrick-obrien-house-that-jack-built/) and [‘O’Brian’s World’](https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-aubrey-maturin-novels-obriens-world/) – were published sequentially in Slightly Foxed Issues 40, 42 and 44 (30:46) **Other Links** * A full list of Slightly Foxed stockists can be found on our website: [Stockists](https://foxedquarterly.com/category/stockists/) (1:09) * [The Idler Festival](https://www.idler.co.uk/product/the-idler-festival-2019-at-fenton-house-weekend-ticket/), Hampstead, London, 12-14 July 2019 (3:28) * [The Llangwm Literary Fesitval](http://www.llangwmlitfest.co.uk/), Pembrokeshire, Wales, 9-11 August 2019 (3:34) * [Ways with Words Festival](https://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/), Dartington, Devon, 5-15 July 2019 (3:52) * [The Slightly Foxed 2019 Readers’ Day](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/readers-day-2019) will be held on Saturday 2 November at The Art Workers’ Guild in Bloomsbury, London. Tickets now available to Slightly Foxed magazine subscribers only. From £60 for a day ticket (4:10) * [Daunt Books](https://www.dauntb...

Max Porter is an English writer, formerly a bookseller and editor, best known for his critically acclaimed debut Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Prior to his writing career, Porter managed the Chelsea branch of Daunt Books and won the Bookseller of the Year Award in 2009. He was Editorial Director at Granta and Portobello Books until 2019.

In this week's books podcast, Sam talks to Andrew Roberts in front of an audience about his new biography on Winston Churchill. It charts the leader's powerful sense of personal destiny, his ambition and bravery as a soldier and a leader. The book interprets the events that defined Churchill, from the Dardanelles disaster of 1915, his years in the political wilderness, and his summoning to save his country in 1940. Sam and Andrew discuss Churchill's belief that he was 'walking with destiny', his prophesies of European disaster in the 1930s, as well as his drinking habits, the racist charges against him, and his singular ability to deliver some of the most memorable speeches of the 20th century. Presented by Sam Leith at Daunt Books, Marylebone.

In this week's books podcast, Sam talks to Andrew Roberts in front of an audience about his new biography on Winston Churchill. It charts the leader's powerful sense of personal destiny, his ambition and bravery as a soldier and a leader. The book interprets the events that defined Churchill, from the Dardanelles disaster of 1915, his years in the political wilderness, and his summoning to save his country in 1940. Sam and Andrew discuss Churchill's belief that he was 'walking with destiny', his prophesies of European disaster in the 1930s, as well as his drinking habits, the racist charges against him, and his singular ability to deliver some of the most memorable speeches of the 20th century. Presented by Sam Leith at Daunt Books, Marylebone.

Today on Tea & Tattle, I’m in conversation with the author and art critic, Laura Freeman, who recently published the incredible bibliomemoir, The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite. In her book, Laura describes her diagnosis of anorexia as a teenager, and how her insatiable hunger for books gradually helped restore her to health and happiness. In today's interview, Laura explains how Dickens's novels awakened her to the pleasures of eating and the associative powers of food. Emboldened by a A Christmas Carol, one December she tasted her first spoonful of Christmas pudding since her diagnosis.  It was the travel memoirs of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Laurie Lee that encouraged Laura to be braver when traveling and opened her up to the excitements of tasting local cuisines.  Some of my favourite passages from the book were Laura's descriptions of discovering the food writer M.F.K. Fisher, who wrote so memorably about her adventures as an American woman in France, and I was delighted when Laura chose a section about Fisher to read aloud during our interview.  I'm sure Laura's book will be one of my top 5 favourites from 2018, not only because it speaks so eloquently and honestly on a subject that affects so many women, but also because it whetted my own appetite for so many of the novels that Laura credits on her road to recovery. I nodded along in agreement over her appreciation for Little Women and Cider With Rosie, but Laura's pages on Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, A Month in the Country, and so many others, had me rushing to Daunt Books to purchase my own copies. I so enjoyed my conversation with Laura, and I know this episode will be a brilliant listen for anyone who has ever experienced the restorative power of great literature. Listen to learn more about Laura's book, The Reading Cure. Read the show notes and get all the links: teaandtattlepodcast.com/home/71 Get in touch! Email: teaandtattlepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: Find Miranda at @mirandasnotebook and @mirandasbookcase If you enjoy the show, please do leave a rating and review in iTunes, as good ratings really help other people to find the podcast. Thank you!

For Laura's book club we delve into The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy. Longlisted for the Booker Prize (2017), it didn't make the shortlist, but did it make for a good book club read? Meanwhile for fans of horror and Halloween enthusiasts alike we met up with Andy Russell of London's Horror Book Club to find out about the joys of being frightened by your book at bedtime. And we have recommendations for your next book club read including our bookseller recommendation from James Elliott at Daunt's in Belsize Park.  • Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @bookclubreviewpodcast. Email us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com, or leave us a comment on iTunes. If you like the show then click subscribe and never miss an episode.  • Find out more about the Horror Book Club at www.thehorrorbookclub.com. Daunt Books are at www.dauntbooks.co.uk • Books mentioned in this episode: Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota, When I Hit You by Meena Kandasami, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The Troop by Nick Cutter, House of Leaves by Danielewski, Elmet by Fiona Mozley, The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides and The Cormoran Strike novels by Robert Galbraith.  • For our next book club we will be reading and discussing All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West. • If you have read this far then you're probably the sort of person who might want to keep listening for our extra bit at the end, where we talk about what we've been reading outside of book club. 

The Man Booker Prize podcast series is back and in our first episode with a musical twist we delve into the newly announced 2016 longlist. Host Joe Haddow speaks to two of this year's judges Amanda Foreman (chair) and Abdulrazak Gurnah who take us through each book on the longlist and explain how whittling down 155 submissions has transformed them into very fast, efficient readers! Then Joe talks to 2000 Mercury-nominated singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams who discusses her Sylvia Plath inspired album Hypoxia. Last but certainly not least we head to Daunt Books in Marylebone where The Bookshop Band with a vast Man Booker repertoire give us a special performance. Join in the conversation @ManBookerPrize with #ManBooker2016 and #FinestFiction

Libby Purves meets actor and writer Meera Syal; writer and director James Runcie; former soldier Elliot Ackerman and Philip Hoare, author, broadcaster and whale chaser. Philip Hoare is a writer and broadcaster. He narrates Chasing the Whale, a show inspired by the 19th century journeys of whaling ships from Britain to the South Seas. Philip's stories delve into the log books of history to tell of the dangers and hardships endured by the crews on their epic voyages. The author of the award-winning Leviathan and the Whale, he also recalls his own memories of swimming alongside whales. Chasing the Whale is on tour. James Runcie is a writer, director and filmmaker. He is the author of The Grantchester Mysteries series about full-time priest and part-time detective, Sidney Chambers. Inspired in part by his father, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie's experiences, the series is set in the 1950s. James is visiting professor at Bath Spa University. The second series of Grantchester, based on The Grantchester Mysteries, is on ITV with James Norton as Sidney Chambers. Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil is published by Bloomsbury. Elliot Ackerman is an author who spent eight years in the US military as an infantry and special operations officer. He served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and is the recipient of the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart. His novel Green on Blue tells the story of an Afghan boy who joins a US-funded militia after his parents are killed and who finds himself trapped in a savage and complex war. Green on Blue is published by Daunt Books. Meera Syal CBE is an actor and writer. Her third novel, The House of Hidden Mothers, deals with the themes of late parenthood and surrogacy. Her first novel Anita and Me is based on her life growing up in Wolverhampton and is now a national curriculum set text. She has starred in the TV series The Kumars at No. 42 and Goodness Gracious Me. Her theatre work includes Beatrice in the RSC's Much Ado About Nothing and Zehrunnisa in David Hare's play, Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the National Theatre. She is appearing with Kenneth Branagh's theatre company as the nurse in Romeo and Juliet at London's Garrick Theatre. The House of Hidden Mothers is published by Black Swan. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Spring is sprung!! It’s officially time for the lambs and daffodils to take centre stage. Get the spring back in your step with a free film night at the Grant Museum; get up an starting jumping with the Selector gig at Koko; look out for new spring arrivals at the Kentish Town City Farm; learned how to cook your spring chicken from an evening with award winning chef Diana Henry at Daunt Books; or see youth in action at a WAC arts special performance. Read by: Danielle Manning, Joseph Hughes, Pam, Freddy Chick Grant Museum film night :: The Selector at Koko :: Kentish Town City Farm :: Daunt Books :: WAC Arts :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (3:55 min / 6 MB)

James Daunt - Jazz Shapers with Mishcon de Reya. Jazz Shapers in association with Mishcon de Reya broadcasts every Saturday at 9am, with a repeat on Monday at 5am, just before the Business Breakfast. Presented by broadcaster and Mishcon de Reya's Director of Business Development Elliot Moss, Jazz Shapers shares music from the risk takers, leaders and influencers of jazz, soul and blues, alongside interviews with their equivalent in the business world: entrepreneurs who have defined and shaped business categories and ways of operating, defying convention and have gone on to achieve great success. With more than 900 people, Mishcon de Reya is an independent London-based law firm that serves an international community of clients. In their words: "We appreciate the privilege of sitting alongside our clients as a trusted advisor. Building strong personal connections to our clients and their businesses is important to us. It is for these reasons we say ‘It's business. But it's personal.'

Nu blir det åka av! Häng med på en Sydafrikansk tidsresa, besök språkförvirringens Beirut och möt författaren Cesar Aira i Buenos Aires. Och så guidar Marie Lundström dig runt mellan bokhyllor och skridskoåkare i London. - Jag är ett freak! Det säger den argentinske författaren Cesar Aira. Andra säger att han är den störste förnyaren inom latinamerikansk litteratur. Följ med vår reporter Irma Norrman och hälsa på hemma hos Cesar Aira, så kan du göra en egen bedömning. Ike´s Bookstore i Durban var en viktig mötesplats för arbetet mot apartheid i Sydafrika under 1980- och 90-talet. Här samlades aktivister, planerade aktioner och läste bannlysta böcker. Men vad händer idag? Laura Wihlborg har hälsat på. Vad händer med identiteten när en stor del av befolkningen tar avstånd från sitt eget hemspråk? I Libanon håller arabiskan på att trängas undan av engelskan, och under året har det drivits kampanj för att få libaneser att gilla sitt eget hemspråk. Mona Masri samlar röster vid ett cafébord i Beirut.  Och så får du hänga med Marie Lundström i London! Följ med till Daunt Books, Collins Music Hall, in i dödsannonserna och sen en sväng ut på skridskobanan.