Podcast appearances and mentions of Erica Wagner

Tom Gatti meets authors Sarah Churchwell and Erica Wagner to discuss why The Great Gatsby is still relevant a century after it was published.Considered by many to be the great American novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic tale of ambition, class and the American dream continues to resonate today.Sarah Churchwell and Erica Wagner joined Tom Gatti at the Cambridge Literary Festival to offer fresh perspectives on a timeless classic.Watch more from the Cambridge Literary Festival at https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/clf-player-watch-listen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane Austen created the definitive picture of Georgian England. No writer matches Austen's sensitive ear for the hypocrisy and irony lurking beneath the genteel conversation. That's the argument of the Janeites, but to the aficionados of Emily Brontë they are the misguided worshippers of a circumscribed mind. In Wuthering Heights, Brontë dispensed with Austen's niceties and the upper-middle class drawing rooms of Bath and the home counties. Her backdrop is the savage Yorkshire moors, her subject the all-consuming passions of the heart. To help you decide who should be crowned queen of English letters we have the lined up the best advocates to make the case for each writer. In this event, chaired by author and critic Erica Wagner, we invited guests including author Kate Mosse, Professor and author John Mullan, and actors Mariah Gale, Samuel West and Dominic West, to discuss each writer's influence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may have heard the story of the man from Snowy River and his fearless ride through the mountains. This is Colt's story, of nickering mares and a rearing stallion. How did Colt escape the man? What did Colt see, feel and smell as he charged through the bush? Beloved children's author Dianne Wolfer responds to The Man from Snowy River, creating an essential companion to the original poem. It is illustrated with exquisite collages by Erica Wagner, which convey the depth of emotion with great tenderness. They encapsulate the mood of Wolfer's text, transporting the reader into the Snowy Mountains. End-matter includes the full text of Paterson's poem, along with additional information on Paterson himself, brumbies and the Snowy Mountains, and bush poetry. All gathered together, this is a new Australian classic in the making. In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to author Dianne Wolfer and illustrator Erica Wagner about their inspiration for recasting this iconic piece of Australian bush poetry, their deep connection to the Snowy Mountains, and the man behind the legend of 'The Man From Snow River'.

You may have heard the story of the man from Snowy River and his fearless ride through the mountains. This is Colt's story, of nickering mares and a rearing stallion. How did Colt escape the man? What did Colt see, feel and smell as he charged through the bush?Beloved children's author Dianne Wolfer responds to The Man from Snowy River, creating an essential companion to the original poem. It is illustrated with exquisite collages by Erica Wagner, which convey the depth of emotion with great tenderness. They encapsulate the mood of Wolfer's text, transporting the reader into the Snowy Mountains.End-matter includes the full text of Paterson's poem, along with additional information on Paterson himself, brumbies and the Snowy Mountains, and bush poetry. All gathered together, this is a new Australian classic in the making.In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to author Dianne Wolfer and illustrator Erica Wagner about their inspiration for recasting this iconic piece of Australian bush poetry, their deep connection to the Snowy Mountains, and the man behind the legend of 'The Man From Snow River'.

They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré have painted our picture of post-war espionage: Fleming through the dashing figure of James Bond, with his lush locations and Martinis as icy as his heart; Le Carré through his damning portrait of the British secret service drawn from his own time in MI5 and MI6. But which of the two novelists is the greater? In this thrilling contest, Fleming's case was made by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider spy novels and author of the official Bond continuation novel Trigger Mortis. Championing Le Carré – whose memoir about his life as a former spy currently sits in the bestseller lists – was David Farr, Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the BBC's adaptation of The Night Manager. Actors Lesley Manville, Simon Callow, Matthew Lewis and Alex Macqueen joined us to bring both authors' works to life along with our host, author and critic Erica Wagner. ----  If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to journalist Erica Wagner in conversation with Mai Sennaar, writer of “They Dream in Gold”, her first novel published by Picador and SJP Lit in 2024 which explores the notion of identity and the sense of belonging through two protagonists from the African diaspora in the United States. As the conversation unfolds, the author evokes how music changed her life and the emancipatory power of language. The writer, playwright and filmmaker also reflects on the transformative experience of being published, read and understood as her first novel has been shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. 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 created by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. (00:00) : Introduction (00:56) : Presentation of Mai Sennaar and her novel “They Dream in Gold” by Erica Wagner(04:21) : On the author's path to becoming a writer(06:34) : About cinema, theatre and literature(08:57) : The start of writing her novel(10:14) : On the influence of language on writing(12:07) : The publication process of her novel(14:27) : On Alfred Hitchcock's influence on the novel(16:17) : Reading an extract of “They Dream in Gold” by Mai Sennaar(17:51) : On the writing process of her novel(19:36) : The books which inspired her(22:24) : On the influence of music in the novel(24:49) : The research process behind the book(27:25) : On speaking about black identity(30:20) : On the reception of the book(33:20) : The ending questionnaire of “les Rencontres”They Dream In Gold © Mai Sennaar 2024. First published in the US in 2024 by SJP Lit, an imprint of Zando. First published in the UK in 2024 by Picador, an imprint of MacmillanJean Kwok, Book Review: 'They Dream in Gold,' by Mai Sennaar,From the New-York Times © 2024 The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under licenseLucy Popescu, They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar review - love and identity on the 1960s music scene, 28 July 2024 © Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2025May Sennaar © Wax Lovers Playlist, 2017Diana Wharton Sennaar and May Sennaar © Carry On, 2024Arthur Laurents, West Side Story. All rights reservedDavid Dodge, To Catch a Thief, published 1952 by Alfred A. KnopfAlfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, © Warner Bros., 1959. All rights reservedTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Copyright © 1937 by Zora Neale Hurston. Renewed © 1965 by John C. Hurston and Joel Hurston. Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

Listen to journalist Erica Wagner in conversation with Mai Sennaar, writer of “They Dream in Gold”, her first novel published by Picador and SJP Lit in 2024 which explores the notion of identity and the sense of belonging through two protagonists from the African diaspora in the United States. As the conversation unfolds, the author evokes how music changed her life and the emancipatory power of language. The writer, playwright and filmmaker also reflects on the transformative experience of being published, read and understood as her first novel has been shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. 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 created by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. (00:00) : Introduction (00:56) : Presentation of Mai Sennaar and her novel “They Dream in Gold” by Erica Wagner(04:21) : On the author's path to becoming a writer(06:34) : About cinema, theatre and literature(08:57) : The start of writing her novel(10:14) : On the influence of language on writing(12:07) : The publication process of her novel(14:27) : On Alfred Hitchcock's influence on the novel(16:17) : Reading an extract of “They Dream in Gold” by Mai Sennaar(17:51) : On the writing process of her novel(19:36) : The books which inspired her(22:24) : On the influence of music in the novel(24:49) : The research process behind the book(27:25) : On speaking about black identity(30:20) : On the reception of the book(33:20) : The ending questionnaire of “les Rencontres”They Dream In Gold © Mai Sennaar 2024. First published in the US in 2024 by SJP Lit, an imprint of Zando. First published in the UK in 2024 by Picador, an imprint of MacmillanJean Kwok, Book Review: 'They Dream in Gold,' by Mai Sennaar,From the New-York Times © 2024 The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under licenseLucy Popescu, They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar review - love and identity on the 1960s music scene, 28 July 2024 © Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2025Mai Sennaar © Wax Lovers Playlist, 2017Diana Wharton Sennaar and Mai Sennaar © Carry On, 2024Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story, 1957David Dodge, To Catch a Thief, published 1952 by Alfred A. KnopfAlfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, © Warner Bros., 1959. All rights reservedTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Copyright © 1937 by Zora Neale Hurston. Renewed © 1965 by John C. Hurston and Joel Hurston. Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

Orhan Pamuk has traveled far and wide, around the world, across the page, and in the landscapes of his mind. Now he joins Erica Wagner to illuminate his craft. From his travels around the world to his reflections on fellow writers, from journal entries scrawled across the span of over a decade to the beginnings of his creative process, Orhan joins us to explore not only his artistic method, but also how daily happenings and larger currents have shaped his oeuvre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Harriet Constable, writer of “The Instrumentalist”, her first novel published by Bloomsbury in 2024, in which she retraces the story of musical prodigy Anna Maria della Pietà, student of Antonio Vivaldi. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Harriet Constable talks about her professional background as a journalist and filmmaker, her creative process and the importance of artistic solidarity in the journey of publishing a first novel. Together, they also discuss how narrating the untold stories of inspiring women is inseparable with both historical research and perseverance.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.© Harriet Constable 2024, 'The Instrumentalist', Bloomsbury Publishing PlcCopyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2024The Rough Guide to Kenya by Richard Trillo © Rough Guide, 2024The Queen's Gambit by Walter Trevis © Walter Trevis, 1983. Published by Penguin RandomHouse USCopyright © Diogenes Verlag A G, Zurich, 1985 Translation Copyright © John E. Woods, 1986Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet, Knopf, 2020Antonio Vivaldi, Le Quattro Stagioni, 1723-1725William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1623Teatro La Fenice © Gian Antonio Selva, Aldo Rossi, Giovanni Battista Meduna, 1792© The New School

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Harriet Constable, writer of “The Instrumentalist”, her first novel published by Bloomsbury in 2024, in which she retraces the story of musical prodigy Anna Maria della Pietà, student of Antonio Vivaldi. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Harriet Constable talks about her professional background as a journalist and filmmaker, her creative process and the importance of artistic solidarity in the journey of publishing a first novel. Together, they also discuss how narrating the untold stories of inspiring women is inseparable with both historical research and perseverance.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.© Harriet Constable 2024, 'The Instrumentalist', Bloomsbury Publishing PlcCopyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2024The Rough Guide to Kenya by Richard Trillo © Rough Guide, 2024The Queen's Gambit by Walter Trevis © Walter Trevis, 1983. Published by Penguin RandomHouse USCopyright © Diogenes Verlag A G, Zurich, 1985 Translation Copyright © John E. Woods, 1986Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet, Knopf, 2020Antonio Vivaldi, Le Quattro Stagioni, 1723-1725William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1623Teatro La Fenice © Gian Antonio Selva, Aldo Rossi, Giovanni Battista Meduna, 1792© The New School

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Lauren Elkin, writer of “Scaffolding”, her first novel published by Chatto & Windus in 2024 which raises questions about marriage, fidelity and abortion. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Lauren Elkin discusses her writing process and the influence of her experience as a researcher on her work as a novelist. Together, they also talk about Paris, the city where the story takes place and where Lauren Elkin lived for many years, the feminist movements that inspired her as well as her conception of love.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.Lauren Elkin, Scaffolding © Lauren Elkin, 2024.Excerpt from Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin. Copyright © 2024 by Lauren Elkin. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights ReservedLauren Elkin, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London, © Lauren Elkin, 2016. Vintage, 2017Lauren Elkin, Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New Yok, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin. Copyright © 2016 by Lauren Elkin. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved© PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayMichelle Perrot The Bedroom, An Intimate History, Translation by Lauren Elkin, © Yale University Press, 2018Histoire de chambres, Michelle Perrot © Éditions du Seuil, 2009, Points, 2018Claude Arnaud, Jean Cocteau: A Life, Translation by Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell, © Yale University Press, 2016Claude Arnaud, Jean Cocteau © Éditions Gallimard, 2003© French-American Foundation – United States Translation PrizeLauren Elkin, No 91/92: notes on a Parisian commute, published by Les Fugitives, London, in 2021Lauren Elkin, Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art, © Lauren Elkin 2023Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris, © Elizabeth Cameron, 1935, Copyright © renewed by Elizabeth D. C. Cameron 1963Georges Perrec, Ellis Island, P.O.L, 1995Mayra Davey, Index Cards: Selected Essays, © New Directions, 2020Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto, © Profile Books, 2017James Wood, How Fiction Works, © Wylie AgencyHow Fiction Works by James Wood, Copyright © 2008 by James Wood. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Lauren Elkin, writer of “Scaffolding”, her first novel published by Chatto & Windus in 2024 which raises questions about marriage, fidelity and abortion. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Lauren Elkin discusses her writing process and the influence of her experience as a researcher on her work as a novelist. Together, they also talk about Paris, the city where the story takes place and where Lauren Elkin lived for many years, the feminist movements that inspired her as well as her conception of love.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.Lauren Elkin, Scaffolding © Lauren Elkin, 2024.Excerpt from Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin. Copyright © 2024 by Lauren Elkin. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights ReservedLauren Elkin, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London, © Lauren Elkin, 2016. Vintage, 2017Lauren Elkin, Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New Yok, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin. Copyright © 2016 by Lauren Elkin. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved© PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayMichelle Perrot The Bedroom, An Intimate History, Translation by Lauren Elkin, © Yale University Press, 2018Histoire de chambres, Michelle Perrot © Éditions du Seuil, 2009, Points, 2018Claude Arnaud, Jean Cocteau: A Life, Translation by Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell, © Yale University Press, 2016Claude Arnaud, Jean Cocteau © Éditions Gallimard, 2003© French-American Foundation – United States Translation PrizeLauren Elkin, No 91/92: notes on a Parisian commute, published by Les Fugitives, London, in 2021Lauren Elkin, Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art, © Lauren Elkin 2023Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris, © Elizabeth Cameron, 1935, Copyright © renewed by Elizabeth D. C. Cameron 1963Georges Perrec, Ellis Island, P.O.L, 1995Mayra Davey, Index Cards: Selected Essays, © New Directions, 2020Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto, © Profile Books, 2017James Wood, How Fiction Works, © Wylie AgencyHow Fiction Works by James Wood, Copyright © 2008 by James Wood. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Kaliane Bradley, writer of “The Ministry of Time”, her first novel published by Sceptre in 2024. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Kaliane Bradley talks about her passion for writing since childhood, the literary and historical sources that inspired her for this novel, and the power of fiction. Together, they also discuss how her experience as an editor has influenced her work as a writer, and highlight the collaborative aspect of creating a book. 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.Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time © Hodder & Stoughton, 2024Normal People © Sally Rooney, 2018 Publisher by Faber and Faber LtdConversations with Friends © Sally Rooney, 2017 Publisher by Faber and Faber LtdEmma Donoghue, The Wonder © Little, Brown & Company, 2016Copyright © 2016 by Emma Donoghue LtdCopyright © Alice BirchCopyright © Sebastián LelioEmma Donoghue, The Wonder © Picador, 2016The Wonder by Emma Donoghue © 2016. Published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers LtdEleanor Catton, Birnam Wood © Granta Books, 2023© Eleanor Catton 2023Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. Copyright © 2023 by Eleanor Catton. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All rights Reserved© Penguin Classics© Penguin Press© Catapult Books© Granta Books© The Willowherb Review© Extra Teeth© Electric LiteratureKaliane Bradley, The Wishing Dance © Hodder & Stoughton, 2021Compilation copyright - Pippa Marland & Anita Roy, Gifts of Gravity and Light © Hodder & Stoughton, 2021© Hodder and Stoughton© Harper Bazaar© Royal Society of LiteratureDan Simmons, The Terror © Little, Brown and Company, 2007Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveller's Wife, Vintage Classic, 2022Emily St. John Mandel, The Sea of Tranquility, Penguin Books, 2022Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, Penguin Books, 1999© Sceptre BooksWikipedia trademark used with permission from the Wikimedia Foundation

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Michelle Min Sterling, writer of “Camp Zero”, her first novel published by Bragelonne in 2023, in which she imagines a futuristic world confronted with the consequences of climate change. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Michelle Min Sterling discusses the origins of her novel and her sources of inspiration, both historical and contemporary, and describes her relationship with the genres of dystopia and utopia in literature. Together, they also evoke the role of women in her story and the way fiction can raise awareness of environmental issues.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.Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero © Atria Books, 2024 © The Globe and MailCamp Zero reads like a chronicle of the present © David Moscrop, 2023 © The London Times Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling review byHouman Barekat © The London Times, 2023Omar El Akkad, American War, Knopf, 2017Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower © Hachette, 2019Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam Trilogy, Penguin Random House, 2014The Dispossessed. Copyright © 1974 by Ursula K. Le Guin. An edition of this book was published in 1974 by Harper & Row, Publishers.Severance by Ling Ma. Copyright © 2018 by Ling Ma. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.

For this thirteenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] that was held at the 7L library in Paris, CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited novelist and essayist Rachel Cusk, along with model and friend of the House Naomi Campbell.Moderated by author and critic Erica Wagner, this encounter dedicated to the work of Rachel Cusk considers motherhood, how to explore personal stories through literature and the rework of the literary form it requires: “I think I always felt that my duty was to reality and how the novel could show that and contain it.”Extract from A Life's Work, Copyright © 2001, 2008, Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.Excerpt from A Life's Work: on Becoming a Mother by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2001 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 1993 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.© Whitbread PLC.© Costa Book AwardsThe Country Life by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.The Country Life by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 1997 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.In the Fold © Rachel Cusk, 2005.Arlington Park © Rachel Cusk, 2006.Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2006 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Outline Copyright © 2014 Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.Outline by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2014 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Transit by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2018. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Transit by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2016 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Kudos by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Kudos by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2018 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Extract from Second Place by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2021 Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Excerpt from Second Place by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2021 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted/Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Extract from Second Place Copyright © 2021 Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.© Association Prix Femina.Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation, © Faber & Faber, 2019.Extract from Aftermath: on marriage and separation by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2012 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Parade © Rachel Cusk, 2024.Parade by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2024 by Rachel Cusk. Forthcoming from Faber & Faber Ltd. and Farrar, Straus and Giroux in June 2024. All Rights Reserved.From The New York Times Magazine. © 2016, The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under licenseMrs Dalloway © Virginia Woolf, 1925Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter, Translated by Ann Goldstein, © Europa, 2008. First published 2006 by Edizioni e/o as La figlia oscura La figlia oscura by Elena Ferrante © 2006 by Edizioni E/O.

For this thirteenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] that was held at the 7L library in Paris, CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited novelist and essayist Rachel Cusk, along with model and friend of the House Naomi Campbell.Moderated by author and critic Erica Wagner, this encounter dedicated to the work of Rachel Cusk considers motherhood, how to explore personal stories through literature and the rework of the literary form it requires: “I think I always felt that my duty was to reality and how the novel could show that and contain it.”Extract from A Life's Work, Copyright © 2001, 2008, Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.Excerpt from A Life's Work: on Becoming a Mother by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2001 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 1993 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.© Whitbread PLC.© Costa Book AwardsThe Country Life by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.The Country Life by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 1997 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Picador. All Rights Reserved.In the Fold © Rachel Cusk, 2005.Arlington Park © Rachel Cusk, 2006.Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2006 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Outline Copyright © 2014 Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.Outline by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2014 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Transit by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2018. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Transit by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2016 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Kudos by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2019. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Kudos by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2018 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Extract from Second Place by Rachel Cusk © Rachel Cusk, 2021 Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.Excerpt from Second Place by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2021 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted/Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Extract from Second Place Copyright © 2021 Rachel Cusk, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.© Association Prix Femina.Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation, © Faber & Faber, 2019.Extract from Aftermath: on marriage and separation by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2012 by Rachel Cusk. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.Parade © Rachel Cusk, 2024.Parade by Rachel Cusk. Copyright © 2024 by Rachel Cusk. Forthcoming from Faber & Faber Ltd. and Farrar, Straus and Giroux in June 2024. All Rights Reserved.From The New York Times Magazine. © 2016, The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under licenseMrs Dalloway © Virginia Woolf, 1925Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter, Translated by Ann Goldstein, © Europa, 2008. First published 2006 by Edizioni e/o as La figlia oscura La figlia oscura by Elena Ferrante © 2006 by Edizioni E/O.

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

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 by Ballantine 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, 2022 Maggie Nelson, Bluets, © Copyright 2009 by Maggie Nelson, Wave Books, 2009 The 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's A Spring Love is available from Daunt Books Publishing.© The British Book Awards. © The Women's Prize. © Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize. © Jhalak Prize. © Foyles. All Rights Reserved. © Los Angeles Times. 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

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Huma Qureshi, writer of “Playing Games”, her first novel published by Sceptre in 2023. In her novel, the author draws a nuanced portrait of sisterhood, family, love and loss through the arc of two main characters, Hana and Mira. Throughout the conversation, Erica Wagner and Huma Qureshi evoke Alice Munro, Ann Patchett or even Ann Taylor, feminine writers who deeply inspired her to write about quiet, but significant, everyday moments. They also discuss how the author returns to the subject of real life informing fiction in “Playing Games”, a recurrent theme in her writing.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.Huma Qureshi, Playing Games, © Sceptre, 2023.© Huma Qureshi, Playing Games, 2023. Cover: © Charlotte Ager. “Playing Games by Huma Qureshi review – a poignant sisterhood story" par Sana Goyal, © Guardian News & Media Ltd, 2024.© The University of Warwick.© Sciences PO.Huma Qureshi, In Spite of Oceans: Migrant Voices, © The History Press, 2014.© Harper's Bazaar.Huma Qureshi, The Jam Maker, © Harper's Bazaar, 2020.Huma Qureshi, How We Met: A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures, © Elliott & Thompson, 2021.Huma Qureshi, Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love, © Sceptre, 2021.© Books Are My Bag Indie Book Awards.© The Jhalak Prize.© The Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill University"In conversation with Huma Qureshi", © Sonder & Tell, 2021.© The Financial Times.

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Huma Qureshi, writer of “Playing Games”, her first novel published by Sceptre in 2023. In her novel, the author draws a nuanced portrait of sisterhood, family, love and loss through the arc of two main characters, Hana and Mira. Throughout the conversation, Erica Wagner and Huma Qureshi evoke Alice Munro, Ann Patchett or even Ann Taylor, feminine writers who deeply inspired her to write about quiet, but significant, everyday moments. They also discuss how the author returns to the subject of real life informing fiction in “Playing Games”, a recurrent theme in her writing.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.Huma Qureshi, Playing Games, © Sceptre, 2023.© Huma Qureshi, Playing Games, 2023. Cover: © Charlotte Ager. “Playing Games by Huma Qureshi review – a poignant sisterhood story" par Sana Goyal, © Guardian News & Media Ltd, 2024.© The University of Warwick.© Sciences PO.Huma Qureshi, In Spite of Oceans: Migrant Voices, © The History Press, 2014.© Harper's Bazaar.Huma Qureshi, The Jam Maker, © Harper's Bazaar, 2020.Huma Qureshi, How We Met: A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures, © Elliott & Thompson, 2021.Huma Qureshi, Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love, © Sceptre, 2021.© Books Are My Bag Indie Book Awards.© The Jhalak Prize.© The Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill University"In conversation with Huma Qureshi", © Sonder & Tell, 2021.© The Financial Times.

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Selby Wynn Schwartz, writer of “After Sappho”, her first novel published by Galley Beggar Press in 2022. Together, they talk about her insatiable appetite for literature as a child and the way it led her to becoming a writer. They also evoke Lina Poletti, Sarah Bernhardt, Virginia Woolf or even Nathalie Barney, the women artists who inspired “After Sappho”, the book in which Selby Wynn Schwartz pays tribute to them.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.

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Selby Wynn Schwartz, writer of “After Sappho”, her first novel published by Galley Beggar Press in 2022. Together, they talk about her insatiable appetite for literature as a child and the way it led her to becoming a writer. They also evoke Lina Poletti, Sarah Bernhardt, Virginia Woolf or even Nathalie Barney, the women artists who inspired “After Sappho”, the book in which Selby Wynn Schwartz pays tribute to them.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.Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho, © Selby Wynn Schwartz 2002, first published by Galley Beggar Press, 2022.Quote from the interview "The Galley Beggar Q&A: Selby Wynn Schwartz", © Galley Beggar Press, 2022.Quote from the article "After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz review – in praise of visionary women" written by Lara Feigel, © Guardian News & Media Ltd 2023.© Booker Prize Foundation.© The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023.© University of Edinburgh.Selby Wynn Schwartz, The Bodies of Others: Drag Dances and their Afterlives, © Selby Wynn Schwartz University of Michigan Press, 2019.© Lambda Literary. © American Society for Theatre Research.Selby Wynn Schwartz, A Life in Chameleons, © Selby Wynn Schwartz, 2023. © Reflex Press. © University of California, Berkeley. © Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The Great Art Of Light And Shadow: Archaeology of the Cinema by Laurent Mannoni, translated by Richard Crangle. Translation © University of Exeter Press, 2000. Anne Carson, Short Talks, © Brick Books, 2015.Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, Translated by Anne Carson, © Virago, 2003.© Galley Beggar Press.Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, Translated by Anne Carson, © Virago, 2003.Assia Djebar, Women of Algiers in their apartments, © Caraf Books, 1999.Assia Djebar, Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement © Éditions des femmes, 1980.Igiaba Scego, The Color Line, Translated by John Cullen and Gregory Conti, first published in the English language by Other Press in 2022.Igiaba Scego, La linea del colore, first published in Italy in 2020 by Bompiani, © Igiaba Scego, 2020.Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos. © 2018 Dionne Brand. All rights reserved.Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals, © WW Norton & Company, 2019.T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars, © SUNY Press, 2015.Alessandra Cenni, Gli Occhi Eroici : Sibilla Aleramo, Eleonora Duse, Cordula Poletti : una storia d'amore nell'Italia della belle époque, © Mursia, 2011.Cordula « Lina » Poletti, Il Poema Della Guerra, © Nicola Zanichelli, 1918. All rights reserved.Virginia Woolf, Orlando, 1928.© LASTESIS© Non Una Di Meno. All rights reserved.

At the heart of the three-day exhibition Manchestermodern: past present future, curated by Factory International and CHAOS SixtyNine with the support of CHANEL, a special edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] was held at the Victoria Baths in Manchester.In conversation with writer and critic Erica Wagner, author Jeanette Winterson, CHANEL ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi along with actress and CHANEL ambassador Kristen Stewart reveal what constitutes, according to them, the powers of literature. Together, they also talk about the books that are dear to them and the female literary figures who inspire them.

At the heart of the three-day exhibition Manchestermodern: past present future, curated by Factory International and CHAOS SixtyNine with the support of CHANEL, a special edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] was held at the Victoria Baths in Manchester.In conversation with writer and critic Erica Wagner, author Jeanette Winterson, CHANEL ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi along with actress and CHANEL ambassador Kristen Stewart reveal what constitutes, according to them, the powers of literature. Together, they also talk about the books that are dear to them and the female literary figures who inspire them.© 2023 by Cities of Literature. All rights reserved.© 2023 Manchester Literature Festival. All rights reserved.© Jeanette Winterson. All rights reserved.Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, © Grove Press, 1997.Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Vintage, 1997.Jeanette Winterson, The Passion, © Grove Press, 1997. Jeanette Winterson, The Passion, Vintage, 1997.Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story, © Grove Press, 2019. Jeanette Winterson, Frankissstein: A Love Story, Vintage, 2019.Jeanette Winterson, 12 Bytes, © Grove Press, 2021. Jeanette Winterson, 12 Bytes, Vintage, 2021.Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River: Ghost Stories, © Grove Press, 2023.Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River: Ghost Stories, Vintage, 2023.© UK Honours System.© University of Oxford. All rights reserved.© The University of Manchester.© Toronto International Film Festival. All rights reserved.Into the Wild, © Paramount, 2007. Courtesy of River Road Entertainment, LLC.PANIC ROOM © 2002 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Columbia PicturesCatherine Hardwicke, Bill Condon, Chris Weitz, David Slade, Twilight, © Summit Entertainment, 2008-2012. All rights reserved.Pablo Larrain, Spencer, © Shoebox Films, 2021. A Fabula, Komplizen, Shoebox Films Production, 2021.© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All rights reserved.© Académie des Césars. All rights reserved.Olivier Assayas, Clouds of Sils Maria, © CG Cinéma, 2014.Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water, © Scott Free Productions. All rights reserved. Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Vintage, 2012.Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, © Grove Press, 2012. Kate Zambreno, Heroines, © Semiotext(e), 2012.© Theatre Royal Stratford East.© ITN / Getty images.Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey, © Grove Press, 1994. Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, 1929.Virginia Woolf, Orlando, 1928.

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Nikki May, writer of “Wahala”, her first novel published by HarperCollins in 2022. Through Ronke, Simi and Boo, the three mixed-race heroines of her book, the writer explores interracial relationships, what defines multicultural identity and captures women's evolving roles in home and work. They also evoke Nikki May's early vocation as a writer and the late realisation of her literary career.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.Nikki May, Wahala: A Novel, Transworld, 2022. Wahala: A Novel by Nikki May. Copyright © 2022 by Nikki May. Published by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Nikki May, Overnight success 58 years in the making, 2023 © BBC. © Comedy Women in Print New Voice Award in 2023. © Kirkus Reviews. © National Public Radio. All rights reserved. Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies, Penguin, 2014. Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Knopf, 2014. Fred Vargas, The Three Evangelists, Vintage Books, 1995. © Booker Prize Foundation. Percival Everett, The Trees, © Graywolf Press, 2021. Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train, Riverhead Books, 2015. Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters, Penguin Books, 2021. Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. Copyright © 1985 by Iris Rainer Dart. Published by HarperCollins Publishers. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Nikki May, writer of “Wahala”, her first novel published by HarperCollins in 2022. Through Ronke, Simi and Boo, the three mixed-race heroines of her book, the writer explores interracial relationships, what defines multicultural identity and captures women's evolving roles in home and work. They also evoke Nikki May's early vocation as a writer and the late realisation of her literary career.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.Nikki May, Wahala: A Novel, Transworld, 2022. Wahala: A Novel by Nikki May. Copyright © 2022 by Nikki May. Published by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Nikki May, Overnight success 58 years in the making, 2023 © BBC. © Comedy Women in Print New Voice Award in 2023. © Kirkus Reviews. Author Carole Bell, Publisher © National Public Radio. Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies, Penguin, 2014. Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Knopf, 2014. Fred Vargas, The Three Evangelists, Vintage Books, 1995. © Booker Prize Foundation. Percival Everett, The Trees, © Graywolf Press, 2021. Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train, Riverhead Books, 2015. Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters, Penguin Books, 2021. Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. Copyright © 1985 by Iris Rainer Dart. Published by HarperCollins Publishers. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814

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.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Rachel Eliza Griffiths, writer of “Promise”, her first novel published by John Murray in 2023. Together, they talk about the singularity of her artistic path, influenced by different creative processes in which writing and visual art complement each other. They also reflect on the deep bond that connects her to her mother who is the main inspiration of her novel.Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Promise, © Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Random House, 2023.Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Promise © John Murray Press, 2023.Kirkus Reviews. © Publisher's Weekly.Seeing the Body by Rachel Eliza Griffiths © 2020 by Rachel Eliza Griffiths, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.© Hurston/Wright Foundation.© Paterson Poetry Prize.© NAACP Image Awards.© Cave Canem Foundation Inc.© Kimbilio.© Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.© Yaddo.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© The New Yorker.© Tin House.© Sarah Lawrence College.Quote copyright © 2023 by Rachel Eliza Griffiths, from Cover reveal: See the cover for Rachel Eliza Griffiths's Promise, published in LITHUB, February 23, 2023, used by permission of The Wylie Agency, LLC© LITHUB.

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.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Rachel Eliza Griffiths, writer of “Promise”, her first novel published by John Murray in 2023. Together, they talk about the singularity of her artistic path, influenced by different creative processes in which writing and visual art complement each other. They also reflect on the deep bond that connects her to her mother who is the main inspiration of her novel.Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Promise, © Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Random House, 2023.Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Promise © John Murray Press, 2023.Kirkus Reviews. © Publisher's Weekly.Seeing the Body by Rachel Eliza Griffiths © 2020 by Rachel Eliza Griffiths, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.© Hurston/Wright Foundation.© Paterson Poetry Prize.© NAACP Image Awards.© Cave Canem Foundation Inc.© Kimbilio.© Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.© Yaddo.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© The New Yorker.© Tin House.© Sarah Lawrence College.Quote copyright © 2023 by Rachel Eliza Griffiths, from Cover reveal: See the cover for Rachel Eliza Griffiths's Promise, published in LITHUB, February 23, 2023, used by permission of The Wylie Agency, LLC© LITHUB.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Cecile Pin, writer of “Wandering Souls”, her first novel published by 4th Estate in 2023. Together, they talk about her vocation as a writer and the story of her family, which inspired her book and whose fate is intertwined with that of refugees after the Vietnam War. They also evoke her writing process for this book that required important historical and personal research, as well as the origin of the title which comes from a Vietnamese legend.

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.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Cecile Pin, writer of “Wandering Souls”, her first novel published by 4th Estate in 2023. Together, they talk about her vocation as a writer and the story of her family, which inspired her book and whose fate is intertwined with that of refugees after the Vietnam War. They also evoke her writing process for this book that required important historical and personal research, as well as the origin of the title which comes from a Vietnamese legend.Copyright © Cecile Pin 2023, Wandering Souls, HarperCollins Publishers. © University College London. © King's College London. All rights reserved. Vintage of Penguin Random House. © Bad Form. Spread the Word's London Writers Awards. © Women's Prize for fiction. Review Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin review – from Vietnam to London, Sharlene Teo © Guardian News & Media Ltd 2023 © The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license. © RCW agency. © 4th Estate, Harper Collins. © UK News. All rights reserved. “TOUS LES GARCONS ET LES FILLES” (FRANCOISE MADELEINE HARDY, ROGER GUSTAVE SAMYN) © EDITIONS MUSICALES ALPHA - Avec l'autorisation d'Universal Music Publishing Film & TV Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House, © Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. All rights reserved. Han Kang, Human Acts, Translated by Deborah Smith, Penguin, 2014. © National Archives. RuPaul's Drag Race, © World of Wonder Productions, 2009. All rights reserved. © East Side Voices.

Front Row plays tribute to Oscar winning actor Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87. Theatre critic Sarah Crompton remembers the power of her stage performances, and Aisling Walsh discusses directing her in her TV drama Elizabeth is Missing. Choreographer Wayne McGregor talks about his new ballet, Untitled 2023, which was inspired by the works of Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera. And Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Erica Wagner and Isabel Stevens to review some of the week's cultural highlights, including the new series of dystopian TV drama Black Mirror and the new novel from Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Sarah Johnson

The tenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] was held at the Metrograph Theater, in New York City. CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited writer and essayist Siri Hustvedt, author of multiple novels and prestigious award winnings essays, along with novelist, poet and photographer Rachel Eliza Griffiths.Animated by author and critic Erica Wagner, this encounter dedicated to Siri Hustvedt evokes the powers of literature, its capacity to open social outlets and the relationship between the author and the reader. Together, they also discuss the nature of time and the mind-body connection Siri Hustvedt questions in her work.A musical performance by singer-songwriter Sophie Auster, accompanied by pianist Marie Davy, punctuated the conversation.

The tenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] was held at the Metrograph Theater, in New York City. CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited writer and essayist Siri Hustvedt, author of multiple novels and prestigious award winnings essays, along with novelist, poet and photographer Rachel Eliza Griffiths.Animated by author and critic Erica Wagner, this encounter dedicated to Siri Hustvedt evokes the powers of literature, its capacity to open social outlets and the relationship between the author and the reader. Together, they also discuss the nature of time and the mind-body connection Siri Hustvedt questions in her work.A musical performance by singer-songwriter Sophie Auster, accompanied by pianist Marie Davy, punctuated the conversation.Siri Hustvedt, The Blindfold, © Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 2010.THE BLINDFOLD, Copyright © 1992 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Creative Artists AgencySiri Hustvedt, What I Loved, © Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 2003.WHAT I LOVED by Siri Hustvedt Copyright © 2003 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Siri Hustvedt and Creative Artists AgencySiri Hustvedt, What I Loved, © Picador US, 2003. All Rights Reserved.Siri Hustvedt, The Blazing World, © Simon & Schuster, 2014.THE BLAZING WORLD, Copyright © 2014 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Creative Artists AgencySiri Hustvedt, Memories of the Future, © Simon & Schuster, 2019.MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE, Copyright © 2019 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Creative Artists AgencySiri Hustvedt, A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind, © Simon & Schuster, 2017.A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN by Siri Hustvedt Copyright © 2016 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Siri Hustvedt and Creative Artists AgencySiri Hustvedt, Mothers, Fathers, and Others, © Simon & Schuster, 2022.MOTHERS, FATHERS, and OTHERS, Copyright © 2021 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Creative Artists AgencySiri Hustvedt, The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves, Copyright © 2009 by Siri Hustvedt.THE SHAKING WOMAN or A HISTORY OF MY NERVES, Copyright © 2009 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Creative Artists Agency© Cornell University. Weill Cornell Medicine.© The Gabarron Foundation.© Fundacion Princesa de Asturias.Rachel Eliza Griffiths, PROMISE, © Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Random House, 2023.Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Seeing the Body, © W.W. Norton Company, 2020.© Hurston/Wright Foundation.© Paterson Poetry Prize.© NAACP Image Award.© Cave Canem Foundation Inc.© Kimbilio.© Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.© Yaddo.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© The New Yorker.© Tin House.© The Washington Post. All rights reserved.© Royal Crown Cola, All rights reserved.Siri Hustvedt, The Delusions of Certainty, © Simon & Schuster, 2017.THE DELUSIONS OF CERTAINTY by Siri Hustvedt Copyright © 2017 by Siri Hustvedt Reprinted by permission of Siri Hustvedt and Creative Artists Agency.© LITHUB.Rachel Eliza Griffiths in Cover reveal: See the cover for Rachel Eliza Griffiths's Promise, © LITHUB, February 23, 2023.Toni Morrison, Beloved, Penguin, 2004.Sophie Auster – “Hey, Girlfriend” © Sophie Auster, Nick Block, 2022.Excerpted from: Uses of the Erotic by Audre Lorde/ SISTER OUTSIDER – Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde, published by Crossing Press/Penguin RandomHouse Inc. New York, © 1984,2007 by Audre Lorde. Used by permission of the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Louise Kennedy, writer of “Trespasses”, her first novel published by Riverhead Books in 2022. Together, they talk about her late vocation for writing which was born out of writing short stories. They also discuss the influence of Irish history, culture and language in her work.

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.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Louise Kennedy, writer of “Trespasses”, her first novel published by Riverhead Books in 2022. Together, they talk about her late vocation for writing which was born out of writing short stories. They also discuss the influence of Irish history, culture and language in her work.Louise Kennedy, Trespasses © Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2023© Eason Novel of the Year.© An Post Irish Book Awards.Louise Kennedy, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, © Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.© The Sunday Times.© The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.© Le Cordon Bleu.© Queen's University Belfast.© The Tangerine.© Netflix.© Bloomsbury Publishing.© Booker Prize Foundation.The Irish for No © Ciaran Carson, 1987. Published in Ireland by The Gallery Press and inNorth America by Wake Forest University Press.Belfast Confetti © Ciaran Carson, 1989. Published in Ireland by The Gallery Press and inNorth America by Wake Forest University Press.THE COUNTRY GIRLS TRILOGY by Edna O'Brien. Copyright © 1960, renewed 1988 by EdnaO'Brien. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.The Way Paver © Anne Devlin, 1986. Published in English in the UK by Faber & Faber Ltd andin French by Editions Privat.© Leeds United football club.© Faber & Faber.© Twitter.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Claire-Louise Bennett, writer of “Checkout 19”, her first novel published by Jonathan Cape in 2021. Together, they talk about her writing process and the influence of drama on the construction of her characters. They also discuss her relationship with reading and the evolution of her work since "Pond", her first collection of short stories.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Claire-Louise Bennett, writer of “Checkout 19”, her first novel published by Jonathan Cape in 2021. Together, they talk about her writing process and the influence of drama on the construction of her characters. They also discuss her relationship with reading and the evolution of her work since "Pond", her first collection of short stories.Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19, Vintage Publishing, 2022.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© Goldsmiths Prize.Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond, Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2015. Copyright © Claire-Louise Bennett. 2015. Originally published in Ireland by The Stinging Fly Press, 2015.© The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.© University of Roehampton.© The White Review.© The Stinging Fly.© Vogue Italia.© Frieze, tous droits réservés.Penguin Random House.© The Dublin Review.Witold Gombrowicz, Diary, Translated by Lillian Vallee, © Yale University Press, 2012.Günter Grass, The Tin Drum, Penguin, 2005.E. M. Forster, A Room with a View, Penguin, 2012.Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse [1954], Julliard, 2008.The Nobel Prize in LiteratureAnnie Ernaux, Getting Lost, Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2022. Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 2001. Translation copyright © Alison L. Strayer, 2022.Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost, Translated by Alison L. Strayer, © Seven Stories Press, 2022.Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion, Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2021. Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 1991. Translation copyright © Tanya Leslie, 1993.Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story, Seven Stories Press, New York, and Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2020. Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 2016. Translation copyright © Alison L. Strayer, 2020.Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story, Translated by Alison L. Strayer, © Seven Stories Press, 2020.Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, © Grove Press, 1997.Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, Penguin, 1992.

On Write Here, Write Now, host Erica Wagner explores the lives and imaginations of some of Vocal's creators. You'll hear real stories from real people; non fiction essays and fiction that will make you see your daily life in a new light. On Vocal, everyone is welcome. So take a listen, and who knows - maybe you'll be inspired to create something yourself. Learn more at vocal.media.

Author Andy Murphy gives a new spin to age-old wisdom in an essay full of practical tips. In conversation afterwards, host Erica Wagner and Murphy go even deeper to explore the challenges — and satisfactions — of getting what you want. Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/longevity/the-rarest-of-human-qualities-if-cultivated-can-unlock-superhuman-potential Essay Written By: Andy Murphy Essay Voiced By: Daniel Ison Follow Vocal on Insta Follow Vocal on Facebook Tweet at Vocal on Twitter Don't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link. If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/ Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Patricia Lockwood, writer of “No One Is Talking About This”, her first novel published by Riverhead Books in 2021. Together, they discuss Patricia Lockwood's vocation as a writer and how her writing takes multiple forms, from poems published on Twitter, to fiction or memoirs.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Patricia Lockwood, writer of “No One Is Talking About This”, her first novel published by Riverhead Books in 2021. Together, they discuss Patricia Lockwood's vocation as a writer and how her writing takes multiple forms, from poems published on Twitter, to fiction or memoirs.© Barnes & Noble. © The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize. Dan Kois, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, © Slate, 2020. © LRB. No One Is Talking About This, © Patricia Lockwood, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This, © Riverhead Books, 2021. Patricia Lockwood, Priestdaddy, © Riverhead Books, 2017. Patricia Lockwood, Rape Joke, in Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals, © Penguin Books, 2014. Richard Hugo, The Triggering Town, © W. W. Norton Company, 2010. Piranesi, © Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. © The Best American Poetry Series. Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2022. © The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license. Patricia Lockwood on the Extremely Online, David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, © Condé Nast, 2020.

Gabrielle Benna explores an unusual way to give meaning to the lives of those who die alone. After the reading, Benna and host Erica Wagner discuss how to search for the roots of optimism even during the most difficult periods of life. Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/wander/the-lonely-funeral-project Essay Written By: Gabrielle Benna Essay Voiced By: Kris Keppeler Follow Vocal on Insta Follow Vocal on Facebook Tweet at Vocal on Twitter   Don't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link. If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/ Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

Dane Kuttler's essay takes listeners on an unconventional journey of love and community. An interview with Kuttler follows the reading of the essay. Listen in as host Erica Wagner and Kuttler delve into the craft of writing, and finding the style to match the emotion. Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/marriage/i-swore-i-d-never-get-married-then-i-had-ten-weddings Essay Written By: Dane Kuttler Essay Voiced By: Tessa Flannery Follow Vocal on Insta Follow Vocal on Facebook Tweet at Vocal on Twitter   Don't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link. If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/  Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

Farmer Nick is well known across the internet for his inspiring calls to lead a greener life, but this episode gives a window into Nick's writing. After a reading of his essay, “What is Plant Blindness,” Farmer Nick sits down with host Erica Wagner to get personal about how a life filled with plants has taught him how to be the person he wants to be. Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/earth/what-is-plant-blindness Essay Written By: Farmer Nick Essay Voiced By: Daniel Ison Follow Vocal on Insta Follow Vocal on Facebook Tweet at Vocal on Twitter   Don't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link. If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/ Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

After a reading of “Phone Calls with Mom,” author J. Delaney-Howe talks with host Erica Wagner about how his deep gratitude to his mother sustains him as well as the power of expressing vulnerability in writing and life. Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/families/phone-calls-with-mom Essay Written By: J. Delaney-Howe Essay Voiced By: Wilson Conkwright Follow Vocal on Insta Follow Vocal on Facebook Tweet at Vocal on Twitter   Don't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link.   If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/   Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

The transition from corporate to creative is one many dream of, but fewer accomplish. RJ Wade's “Why I'm Never Working a 9-5 Job Again” not only proves it can be done, but shows how. After the reading, host Erica Wagner gets insight into Wade's process of learning to trust her work- and herself- and discuss what it takes to build a life she loves. Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/journal/why-i-m-never-working-a-9-5-job-again Essay Written By: RJ Wade Essay Voiced By: Crystal Judkins Follow Vocal on Insta Follow Vocal on Facebook Tweet at Vocal on Twitter Don't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link. If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/ Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

Kate Mosse has dedicated her life to promoting women's stories – through her award-winning fiction, plays and essays, the creation and leadership of the Women's Prize for Fiction, and most recently, her phenomenally successful social media campaign, #WomanInHistory. In conversation with the writer Erica Wagner, she joins the podcast to share the stories of women whose incredible achievements helped build the world, and yet have been routinely omitted from the history books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Maddie Mortimer, writer of “Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies”, her first novel published by Picador in 2022. Together, they discuss the importance of music in Maddie Mortimer's writing process and how pop culture is an inspiration to her

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Maddie Mortimer, writer of “Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies”, her first novel published by Picador in 2022. Together, they discuss the importance of music in Maddie Mortimer's writing process and how pop culture is an inspiration to herMaddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, © Picador, 2022.© Maddie Mortimer, for the Foyles blog.© National Centre For Writing.© The Booker Prizes.Publishers Weekly.Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2022.Used with permission of the BMJ from Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Laura Grace Simpkins, 2022; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.Anne Carson, Economy of the Unlost, © Princeton University Press, 2002.© J.K. Rowling, 1997-2007, Harry Potter.Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, Random House Children's Books 2005.Gabrielle Zevin, Elsewhere, © Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, 1925.T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland, © W.W. Norton & Company, 2000.© Faber & Faber.© Faber Academy.Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City, © Abacus, 1997.

Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details. They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré have painted our picture of post-war espionage: Fleming through the dashing figure of James Bond, with his lush locations and Martinis as icy as his heart; Le Carré through his damning portrait of the British secret service drawn from his own time in MI5 and MI6. But which of the two novelists is the greater? In this thrilling contest, Fleming's case will made by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider spy novels and author of the official Bond continuation novel Trigger Mortis. Championing Le Carré – whose memoir about his life as a former spy currently sits in the bestseller lists – will be David Farr, Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the BBC's adaptation of The Night Manager. Actors Lesley Manville, Simon Callow, Matthew Lewis and Alex Macqueen join us to bring both authors' works to life along with our host, author and critic Erica Wagner.  … We are incredibly grateful for your support. To become an Intelligence Squared Premium subscriber, follow the link: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/  Here's a reminder of the benefits you'll receive as a subscriber: Ad-free listening, because we know some of you would prefer to listen without interruption  One early episode per week Two bonus episodes per month A 25% discount on IQ2+, our exciting streaming service, where you can watch and take part in events live at home and enjoy watching past events on demand and without ads  A 15% discount and priority access to live, in-person events in London, so you won't miss out on tickets Our premium monthly newsletter  Intelligence Squared Merch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People aren't always what you expect; it's wise to pause before rushing to judgment. After a reading of “Everyone has a Yellow Coat,” host Erica Wagner talks with author Flora Weston about how asking a simple question about an ugly coat actually changed her life.Essay Link: https://vocal.media/humans/everyone-has-a-yellow-coatEssay Written By: Flora WestonEssay Voiced By: Tessa FlanneryFollow Vocal on InstaFollow Vocal on FacebookTweet at Vocal on TwitterDon't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link.If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to  https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks.

On Write Here, Write Now, host Erica Wagner explores the lives and imaginations of some of Vocal's creators. You'll hear real stories from real people; non fiction essays and fiction that will make you see your daily life in a new light. On Vocal, everyone is welcome. So take a listen, and who knows - maybe you'll be inspired to create something yourself. Learn more at https://vocal.media/Follow Vocal on InstaFollow Vocal on FacebookTweet at Vocal on TwitterDon't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link: https://write-here-write-now.simplecast.com

How do you keep that 'first date' feeling alive after 12 years of marriage? What happens when you start to yearn for your single days? In the inaugural episode of Write Here, Write Now, host Erica Wagner sits down with Caitlin Fladager, TikToker extraordinaire, passionate advocate for mental health — and a wife and mother. They cover everything from first date to first child to how her family is today.Check out this essay at: https://vocal.media/confessions/the-first-date-that-lasts-foreverEssay Written By: Caitlin FladagerEssay Voiced By: Gina MoravecFollow Vocal on InstaFollow Vocal on FacebookTweet at Vocal on TwitterDon't forget to follow Write Here, Write Now for free wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link.If you liked what you heard, tell a friend! Just put this link into any of your socials: https://podcasts.vocal.media/Want to read this and other amazing essays and stories on Vocal? Or maybe you want to write your own story? Get started today by going to https://vocal.media/ and creating a free account. Or, become a Vocal+ member and get access to incredible challenges, promotions and other perks. 

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, writer of “My Monticello”, her first novel published by Henry Holt and Co in 2021. Together, they evoke her early vocation for storytelling and discuss how her experience as an art teacher influenced her writing.

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. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, writer of “My Monticello”, her first novel published by Henry Holt and Co in 2021. Together, they evoke her early vocation for storytelling and discuss how her experience as an art teacher influenced her writing.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© Kirkus Prize.© National Book Critics Circle, John Leonard Prize.© TIME. All rights reserved. Used under license.© The Pulitzer Prizes.© Colson Whitehead.© Guernica Magazine.© Guardian News & Media Limited.Toni Morrison, Beloved, © Vintage, Penguin, 2004.Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Control Negro, © Guernica Magazine, 2017.Roxane Gay, Best American Short Stories 2018, © Mariner Books, 2018.WNED PBS, Buffalo, NY.Star Trek – Courtesy of CBS Studios.© 2022 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).© The Los Angeles Times.© The People's Court.© The Washington Post. All rights reserved. Used under license.

Lullabys are universal, and in this episode, four writers and literature experts share lullabys and vague approximations of same with James Roy. I'f you'd like to share a lullaby with us, please email admin@westwords.com.au Views expressed by guests on this podcast are not necessarily those of the WestWords organisation

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 new series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Ingrid Persaud, writer of “Love After Love”, her first novel published by Faber in 2020. Together, they discuss how winning her first literary prize, the "Commonwealth Short Story Prize", reinforced her vocation as a writer. They also evoke Ingrid Persaud's choice to write her first book in her native language, Trinidadian English.

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 new series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Ingrid Persaud, writer of “Love After Love”, her first novel published by Faber in 2020. Together, they discuss how winning her first literary prize, the "Commonwealth Short Story Prize", reinforced her vocation as a writer. They also evoke Ingrid Persaud's choice to write her first book in her native language, Trinidadian English.Ingrid Persaud, Love after Love, © Ingrid Persaud, 2020. Published by Faber & Faber Ltd. Cover © Faber & Faber.© Costa Book Awards.© Commonwealth Short Story Prize.© BBC National Short Story Award.© LSE.© Central Saint Martins.© Granta Publications.© Guardian News & Media Limited.© National Geographic.Five Dials is a digital literary magazine published by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, edited by Craig Taylor.Michael Anthony, The Year in San Fernando, Hoddor, © Hodder Education, 2021.Excerpt from "Love after Love" from SEA GRAPES by Derek Walcott. Copyright © 1976 by Derek Walcott. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights Reserved.© The Slade School of Fine Art.V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, © Picador, 2003.© RCW Literary Agency.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.Gabriel Bump, Everywhere You Don't Belong, © Workman, 2021.© TCS New York City Marathon.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendez-vous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Lisa Taddeo, writer of “Animal”, her first novel published by Simon & Schuster in 2021. Together, they mention her strong connection with fiction, her interest in questioning what society expects from women and the importance of self-criticism in the writing process.Lisa Taddeo, Animal, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.Lisa Taddeo, Three Women, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.Esquire.Gay Talese, Thy Neighbor's Wife, HarperCollins, 2009.Brigham Young University.University of East Anglia.Stephen King, The Stand, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 2011.Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life, Pan Macmillan, 2017.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.Plan B Entertainment.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendez-vous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Lisa Taddeo, writer of “Animal”, her first novel published by Simon & Schuster in 2021. Together, they mention her strong connection with fiction, her interest in questioning what society expects from women and the importance of self-criticism in the writing process.Lisa Taddeo, Animal, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.Lisa Taddeo, Three Women, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.Esquire.Gay Talese, Thy Neighbor's Wife, HarperCollins, 2009.Brigham Young University.University of East Anglia.Stephen King, The Stand, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 2011.Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life, Pan Macmillan, 2017.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.Plan B Entertainment.

Pages 141 - 147 │Hades, part V│Read by Erica Wagner Erica Wagner's latest book is Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge, winner of the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writer's Award. She was the literary editor of the London Times for seventeen years and is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and consulting literary editor for Harper's Bazaar; she is Lead Editorial Innovator for Creatd, Inc. She is the author of Ariel's Gift, Seizure, Gravity and the editor of First Light, a celebration of the work of Alan Garner. Her new book, Mary and Mr Eliot, will be published in May 2022.Buy First Light: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9781800180314/first-lightwww.ericawagner.co.ukFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricaWgnrFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EricaWgnr*Looking for our author interview podcast? Listen here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-companySUBSCRIBE NOW FOR EARLY EPISODES AND BONUS FEATURESAll episodes of our Ulysses podcast are free and available to everyone. However, if you want to be the first to hear the recordings, by subscribing, you can now get early access to recordings of complete sections.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/shakespeare-and-company/id6442697026Subscribe on Spotify here: https://anchor.fm/sandcoSubscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoIn addition a subscription gets you access to regular bonus episodes of our author interview podcast. All money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit.*Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.comBuy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulyssesFind out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/homeAdam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Find out more about him here: https://www.adambiles.netBuy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeDr. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the School of Collective Intelligence at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco.Original music & sound design by Alex Freiman.Hear more from Alex Freiman here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1Follow Alex Freiman on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/alex.guitarfreiman/Featuring Flora Hibberd on vocals.Hear more of Flora Hibberd here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EFG7rqfVfdyaXiRZbRkpSVisit Flora Hibberd's website: This is my website:florahibberd.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/florahibberd/ Music production by Adrien Chicot.Hear more from Adrien Chicot here: https://bbact.lnk.to/utco90/Follow Adrien Chicot on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/adrienchicot/Photo of Erica Wagner by Theo Wagner See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jane Austen created the definitive picture of Georgian England. No writer matches Austen's sensitive ear for the hypocrisy and irony lurking beneath the genteel conversation. That's the argument of the Janeites, but to the aficionados of Emily Brontë they are the misguided worshippers of a circumscribed mind. In Wuthering Heights, Brontë dispensed with Austen's niceties and the upper-middle class drawing rooms of Bath and the home counties. Her backdrop is the savage Yorkshire moors, her subject the all-consuming passions of the heart. To help you decide who should be crowned queen of English letters we have the lined up the best advocates to make the case for each writer. In this event, chaired by author and critic Erica Wagner, we invited guests including author Kate Mosse, Professor and author John Mullan, and actors Mariah Gale, Samuel West and Dominic West, to discuss each writer's influence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly four centuries after his death, no writer has matched William Shakespeare's influence across drama, theatre and poetry but a few have come close. John Milton, say his fans, works on an altogether different, higher plane. In Paradise Lost – one of the most significant poems ever written in English – Milton moved beyond the literary to address political, philosophical and religious questions in a way that still resounds strongly today. To help decide who should be crowned king of English letters we brought together advocates to make the case for each writer, and they called on a cast of leading actors to illustrate their arguments with readings from the works. Chaired by author Erica Wagner, this debate features Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, literature professor Nigel Smith and actors Harriet Walter, Pippa Nixon and Samuel West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a Backlisted special, recorded at the Bodleian Library in Oxford to celebrate the publication of Treacle Walker the new novel by Alan Garner (Fourth Estate). The panel discussion features Erica Wagner, writer and critic and editor of First Light, an anthology of pieces about Alan Garner's work; Dr Melanie Giles, archaeologist and the author of Bog Bodies, the definitive account of the phenomenon which plays a significant role in the book's story; and Professor Bob Cywinski, physicist, whose conversations with Alan Garner about time, landscape and local legend provided the inspiration for the novel.

The fourth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] was held at Somerset House, a leading London arts centre.In conversation with writer Erica Wagner, ambassador and spokesperson for the House Charlotte Casiraghi invited writer Jeanette Winterson to pay tribute to the work of Virginia Woolf. Actress and CHANEL ambassador Keira Knightley opened the discussion by reading an extract from ‘Professions for Women', a speech Virginia Woolf gave to the National Society for Women's Service in 1931.

Erica Wagner is a thirty-plus year veteran of the Australian publishing industry, and has worked at Penguin and Allen and Unwin, amongst others. In this conversation with James she discusses what publishers are looking for, how best to pitch your work, and even pitches her own idea about a boy with memory loss who becomes a frog.

English rapper, songwriter and actor Ashley Walters has now turned his hand to directing with a short film called BOYS. Shot in London it follows Noah, who – whilst trying to fulfil a request from his brother who’s in prison – has to decide which way he wants his own life to turn out. To lift our spirits in difficult times Front Row brings you Moments of Joy – a celebration of those intense moments when watching a film or a play, reading a book or poem, listening to music or looking at a picture makes your heart soar. Today, writer and critic Erica Wagner on the opening of Star Wars – a film she saw first in 1977 as a 10-year-old. American writer Torrey Peters joins us to talk about her ground breaking new novel, Detransition Baby. It charts the complex relationship between two trans women, Reese and Amy as the latter detransitions and renames himself Ames, then gets his boss Katrina pregnant. The trio ends up trying to figure out whether it’s possible for them to form a family together. Phil Spector, the pop producer who was convicted of murder, has died aged 81. Music journalist and biographer Richard Williams discusses Spector’s distinctive “Wall of Sound” recordings with artists such as The Ronettes, The Righteous Brothers and John Lennon. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Oliver Jones Main image: Ashley Walters directing Boys Image credit: Sky UK Ltd/Alison Painter

How does literature nourish science? When does physics become poetry? A conversation of cosmic proportions, as two masterful storytellers- Neil Gaiman and Carlo Rovelli - discuss life, the universe and everything. Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-one languages. His most recent book is There are Places in the World Where Rules are Less Important than Kindness. Neil Gaiman is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Neverwhere, American Gods, The Ocean at the End of the Lane and the Sandman series of graphic novels. Neil Gaiman is credited with being one of the creators of modern comics, as well as an author whose work crosses genres and reaches audiences of all ages. He is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. The event is chaired by Erica Wagner. Erica was born in New York City and is a widely-acclaimed author and critic. She is the author of Gravity: Stories, Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and the Story of Birthday Letters and Seizure, a novel; she is the editor of First Light: A Celebration of Alan Garner. Twice a judge of the Man Booker Prize, she was literary editor of The Times for 17 years and is now contributing literary editor for Harper’s Bazaar as well as writing for the Financial Times, the Economist and the New York Times. She was the recipient of the Eccles British Library Writer’s Award in 2014, and Chief Engineer, her biography of Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, was published by Bloomsbury in 2017. Recorded via zoom in December 2020. 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Can you eat water lilies? Are brussels sprouts the next pop chip? Want to discover what's next in snacking and surprise and delight your family? Erica Wagner, the Chief Snack Officer, and Arielle Diskin, The Chief Social Snacker, are the Co-Founders of SnackRiot. SnackRiot is a monthly snack subscription service that introduces busy families to new brands, ingredients and flavors with the goal of expanding their snack cabinet options. We discuss why people love new snacks, new food trends and what large companies can learn from their efforts. PS – there is a discount code hidden within the episode.

She is the most iconic American feminist of the 20th and 21st centuries: a journalist and activist whose career spanned the campaign trails of Bobby Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. As a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem demonstrated a unique gift for offering hope and inspiring action – and to this day her words continue to serve as a source of guidance, humour and unity for people around the world. As the Emmy and BAFTA winning star of Westworld and The Line of Duty, alongside a cinematic slate as diverse as the Academy Award winning Crash and blockbuster Solo: a Star Wars Story, Thandie Newton is one of the most accomplished British actresses of her generation. As an activist and philanthropist, she has campaigned tirelessly to end violence against women and girls, and her TED talk exploring the role of selfhood and the bonds that connect us has been viewed over 3 million times. In this conversation hosted by author and critic Erica Wagner, Thandie and Gloria explore the extraordinary progress towards equality achieved over their lifetimes - and consider the work that remains to be done.

Antonia White's debut novel Frost in May(1933) is the book under discussion in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this powerful story of religion and adolescence - and the troubled life of its author - are writer Laura Thompson and critic and novelist Erica Wagner. Also in this episode Andy has been enjoying the book John Piper's Brighton Aquatints, while John is captivated by photographic anthology Once a Year by Homer Sykes.

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Appreciating Real Estate w/ Erica Wagner, PepsiCo Global Real Estate by The Ohio State Center for Real Estate

Every corporate leader has an interesting journey of how they made it to where they are today. However, Erica's journey has been very unique. She has been a leader with purpose, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a fitness enthusiast. Erica was featured in The Leader magazine's 36 under 36 young leaders to watch in 2014, and in Boston Business Journal's 40 under 40 in 2017. The believers of doing the right thing at correct speed will not dare to miss out on this session about Erica's journey of 'A path through intangible barriers'. *This podcast was recorded in our Careers Learning Theater at the 2019 Global Summit in Orange County, CA.

Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge – Erica Wagner – 9781620400524 – Bloomsbury – Paperback – 384 pages – $18 – February 5, 2019 – ebook versions available at lower prices “A welcome tribute to the persistence, precision and humanity of Washington Roebling and a love-song for the mighty New […]

In Spring, the third instalment of her seasonal quartet, Ali Smith continues her unique investigation into our country’s past present and future, uniting Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times and a woman trapped in modern times by means of an extended riff on Shakespeare’s least read and most troubling play Pericles. The second book in the series Winter was described by Stephanie Merritt as ‘luminously beautiful.’ She read from its sequel, and discussed it with author and critic Erica Wagner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Par Mer et Par Terre/By Water, by Land: Transformation, Translation and Travels in Language and Culture. We were joined by Abbi Patrix, Erica Wagner and Vigga Bro for an exceptional storytelling performance and discussion in our café.

Author Erica Wagner, a New York City native, celebrates the story of constructing the Brooklyn Bridge in her book, Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge. Nearly 150 years after being built, the Brooklyn Bridge remains a wonder. Notably, its iconic image is still displayed on tourist brochures, film posters, and even Italian chewing gum wrappers. In fact, many consider the Brooklyn Bridge one of the greatest symbols of 19th-century progress, and how it was made is a dramatic tale of vision, innovation, and endurance in the face of extraordinary odds. Although she never knew Roebling personally, Wagner, at age sixteen, fell in love with the bridge’s engineer Washington Roebling, carrying his picture in her wallet for decades and even to this day! However, writing his biography, though a great pleasure, required her to understand not only literature but also to become steeped in engineering and history. When David McCullough published The Great Bridge in the early 1970s, he was surprised no one had written a biography of the great Washington Roebling. Yet, at that time, even McCullough did not have access to the writings of Roebling. Those would not come to light until the early 2000s when they were discovered in the archives of Rutgers University in Trenton, New Jersey, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. So, Wagner, being a lifelong aficionado of Roebling, seized the opportunity to study his memoir, which was very intertwined with the life of his tyrannical father John A. Roebling, the bridge’s designer. Finally, out of Wagner’s intensive research emerged the biography, Chief Engineer. Washington Roebling was frustrated all his life by the confusion between himself and his father John Roebling, a great and famous engineer who got the contract to build the Brooklyn Bridge. John A. Roebling’s invention of steel wire cables made the family’s fortune and allowed him to build suspension bridges. Early in the project, John Roebling had an accident and died 10 days later of tetanus, leaving the mammoth construction project to his son Washington. When he became sick with “caisson disease,” Washington and his wife Emily became close business partners by default with Emily acting as his intermediary at the engineering site. The original four cables, now over 135-years-old, are still holding up the Brooklyn Bridge. Washington Roebling’s great passion was not engineering but was, in fact, geology and mineralogy, and his mineral collection was donated to the Smithsonian Museum. QUOTES FROM WAGNER “All of his life, his father’s reputation got in the way of him, and people were always confusing him and his father to his great annoyance.” “Washington Roebling didn’t have a choice; he was raised to be his father’s lieutenant.” “Any structure is only as good as the maintenance devoted to it. Infrastructure has to be maintained…you don’t just pay for it once.” BUY Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge  RECOMMENDATIONS A children's nonfiction book about bridges, complete with illustrations, photos, and historical material: BUY 13 Bridges Children Should Know by Brad Finger Our podcast with Brad Finger discussing several children's nonfiction books he has written for Prestel Publishing Original movies made by Thomas Edison from the train crossing the Brooklyn Bridge https://bit.ly/2U1RYaV https://bit.ly/2tpMefe For weekly updates, join our email list! Follow us on social media! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit  

Crowded, chaotic and dangerous. Human traffic jams plagued the Brooklyn Bridge this holiday season, leading one resident to call for a tax on tourists crossing the famed overpass. Many complain that the bridge’s jammed promenade is at an all-time worse, but an expert on the bridge’s history claims the landmark has been experiencing overcrowding since its opening. We’ll be hearing from a transit buff and an acclaimed author on ways to alleviate the congestion.

Brexit: The Uncivil War stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Rory Kinnear as the leaders of the Leave and Remain campaigns. Written by James Graham, the one-off Channel 4 drama follows the campaigns as they compete for public attention and votes. TV critic David Butcher reviews.The Catcher in the Rye, narrated by 16-year-old Holden Caulfield, is perhaps the classic coming-of-age text of the 20th Century. Why did the book have such an impact and what are the merits of JD Salinger's other work? Literary critic Erica Wagner and American cultural commentator Michael Carlson discuss the writing of this hugely talented and complicated man, to mark Salinger's centenary. Tracy-Ann Oberman, perhaps best known as Chrissie Watts in EastEnders, discusses her new roles in the Harold Pinter plays Party Time and Celebration. They are being performed as part of a six month season at the Pinter Theatre in London where they are bringing together all of his one-act productions.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Ben Mitchell

"We are ready to take the Pole in any kind of weather on offer," wrote the Norwegian Roald Amundsen in December 1911. Born in 1872, Amundsen is part of a group of men - including the playwright Henrik Ibsen and the explorer Fridjtof Nansen - who gave shape to Norwegian identity just as the country broke free from Sweden and achieved independence. He is also remembered as the man who beat the British explorer Scott to the South Pole. The different cultures of their two countries come under scrutiny in this episode. The nominator is Erica Wagner, former literary editor of The Times and a writer who knows Norway well. There are two experts - Pieter van de Merwe from the National Maritime Museum; and Roland Huntford, whose book on Scott and Amundsen caused an angry fuss when first published in 1979. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.

In a space of less than a mile, seven bridges link Newcastle with Gateshead including the distinctive shape of the Tyne Bridge. But what kind of human endeavour goes into imagining and realising such man-made wonders? Newcastle University's Sean Wilkinson, Erica Wagner author of Chief Engineer, and architect Simon Roberts look at the bond between the visionaries and the grafters with Rana Mitter and an audience at Sage Gateshead. Erica Wagner is the author of Chief Engineer: The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge, a biography of civil engineer Washington Roebling. Erica is former literary editor of The Times, the author of several books and is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Goldsmith's University of London. Sean Wilkinson is a Reader in Structural Engineering at Newcastle University whose research includes work on resilient communities, the design of high rise buildings and earthquakes. Architect Simon Roberts works for Wilkinson Eyre who designed the Gateshead Millennium Bridge and has worked solely on bridge projects for the past decadeProducer: Debbie Kilbride

John and Andy welcome authors Chris Power and Erica Wagner to discuss the multiple interlocking stories in Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, including the phantasmagoric 'Car Crash While Hitchhiking'. In addition Andy has been reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke and John takes a look at Fen by Daisy Johnson.

In this 2nd episode of Black History Month Special, we are talking to Erica Wagner she's joining us all the way from Colorado! She is an inspiring Teenpreneur who has established her YouTube channel “SCIENCE HER WAY" that focuses on Educational STEAM products, games, and projects. Erica loves to code and aspires to be a computer engineer and digital designer. She is young but has big dreams of changing the world for girls of color in STEM! Let's talk to the teenpreneur, You tuber, and DREAMER, THE AMAZING ERICA WAGNER! Links: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/scienceherway Twitter: @ScienceHerWay Website: www.scienceherway.com GoFundMe:  https://www.gofundme.com/yt-steam-channel-minority-girls.      

Erica Wagner, former literary editor of The Times, tells the extraordinary story of Washington Roebling and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge at 5x15. 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

“Chief Engineer” tells the story of Washington Roebling, the engineer known for building one of the most iconic American structures, the Brooklyn Bridge. “Chief Engineer” reveals that his father, John-a renowned engineer who made his life in America after humble beginnings in Germany-was a tyrannical presence in Washington's life, so his own adoption of that career was hard won. A young man when the Civil War broke out, Washington joined the Union Army, building bridges that carried soldiers across rivers and seeing action in many pivotal battles, from Antietam to Gettysburg-aspects of his life never before fully brought to light. Safely returned, he married the remarkable Emily Warren Roebling, who would play a crucial role in the construction of the unprecedented Brooklyn Bridge. It would be Washington Roebling's grandest achievement, but by no means the only one. Erica Wagner was literary editor of The Times for seventeen years, and she is now a contributing writer for New Statesman and consulting literary editor for Harper's Bazaar, as well as writing for many publications in Britain and the United States.

Brendon Cull talks to Erica Wagner, who recently spoke at the Mercantile about her book Chief Engineer: The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge.

The Dawn Chorus: why do birds do it? Also the sport of Tower Running: Athlete Mark Bourne has just made it up 91 floors in just over 11 minutes. Presenter Julian Worricker with guests Erica Wagner and Colleen Graffy.

This is a special bonus episode live casting a panel discussion on the Hennepin 100/50/Relay in October (see Facebook Page for link to race). Former guests Shan, Loli and Stormy join Scotty and Erica Wagner to discuss all aspects of this local race. Hosted by Fleet Feet Chicago and led by former guest Michele Hartwig.

Critic and author Erica Wagner and novelist S.F. Said join John and Andy to discuss 'Red Shift', the fifth novel by Alan Garner. Also discussed: 'Brave New Weed' by Joe Dolce (no, not that one) and 'Nomad' by Alan Partridge (yes, that one).

Novelist, editor and critic Erica Wagner joins the Backlisted team to discuss one of her favourite books - The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell. Revolt Into Style, George Melly's groundbreaking discourse on pop culture, and Exmoor Village, a Mass Observation publication from 1947.

This week, we discuss the end of Labour's party conference (and the start of the Conservatives') and a new biography of Ted Hughes. (Helen Lewis, George Eaton, Stephen Bush, Tom Gatti, Erica Wagner). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, SRSLY comes to you from the Latitude festival in Suffolk. Plus, we chat about Harper Lee's new book, Go Set a Watchman, and get all flustered by Showtime's Masters of Sex. With: Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Erica Wagner. Show notes: http://bit.ly/1SHgGol See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For their first meeting ever, two heavyweights of the literature world, Neil Gaiman and David Mitchell, join forces in conversation for 5x15. In this podcast, hear the authors give insightful responses to questions from some of their biggest fans. Topics range from philosophy and politics, to which tree they most identify with, in an hour and a quarter of dazzling discussion and readings. Chaired by Erica Wagner, literary editor of The Times. 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

Erica Wagner – novelist, creative writing tutor, MAN Booker Prize judge, literary editor – talks to George Miller about her life in writing. Find out more about Faber Academy at www.faberacademy.co.uk/courses

Chair of the judges A C Grayling and his fellow judge Erica Wagner join John Wilson to discuss the longlist for this years' Man Booker Prize. It's the first time that American novelists have been eligible for this prestigious award, and four of the listed writers are American. Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall talks about creating a stage play out of the Oscar winning film Shakespeare in Love. Hall also reveals that he's been busy reading Elton John's personal diaries in preparation for making a biopic of the singer. Tonight's Front Row features the first joint performance, in the studio, by two leading figures in world music. Dom Flemons - co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops - and Martin Simpson - renowned acoustic and slide guitarist - have been researching and exploring how folk songs travelled back and forth between England and North America, changing shape as they journeyed. They retraced the fieldwork done by folklorist Cecil Sharp, a hundred years ago - and give John a musical demonstration of how an English dancehall ballad became a ragtime blues number. Image: Shakespeare In Love - Company with Tom Bateman as Will. Photo by Johan Persson (c) Disney.

On this week's podcast: Helen Lewis, Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss Labour, the EU and the George Osborne's upcoming Budget, Erica Wagner talks to Tom Gatti about neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, and Ian Steadman, Caroline Crampton and Sophie McBain ask how a plane can just disappear in mid air? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thomas Hirschhorn’s South Bronx installation brilliantly embodies the belief that art should be part of everyday life See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Omnicom/Publicis, Penguin/Random House – the cultural landscape is dominated by ever fewer, ever bigger businesses. Yet artists and audiences alike are finding benefits in shunning their embrace See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.Starting 16 September 2012!For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com