Podcasts about imogen hermes gowar

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with A Double Thread by  Imogen Hermes Gowar.

Ian McMillan explores the language and imagery of sea myths and folklore from Mermaids and Selkies to Shapeshifters and other mysterious sea creatures, both real and imagined. Ian's guests include the poet Steve Ely whose book The European Eel is an epic poetic odyssey following the imagined journey of a single eel from the Sargasso Sea to the rivers of Europe, and back to its birthplace, to mate and die, Robin Robertson whose new collection Grimoire is a series of retellings and imaginings of Scottish folktales that are often brutal, but with a strange beauty, the film maker Alastair Cole who takes us into the Gaelic language and its stories of the tide and waves, and Imogen Hermes Gowar whose novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, set in 18th-century London, explores the destructive sexual power of the mermaid, combining myth and legend with the harsh realities of the past. Producer: Cecile Wright

Bibliotherapist and author (with Susan Elderkin) of classic books about books The Novel Cure and The Story Cure, Ella Berthoud's most recent work is The Art of Mindful Reading, a practical guide that promises to help people to read more mindfully, bringing their lives to books and books into their lives equally. As you might expect we have a lot of book recommendations in this show, plus advice on everything from how to keep a successful book journal to what to do when you're not enjoying your book club book – we've all been there. Listen in and learn how to make the very most of your precious reading time, and even find out how to carve out more of it. Book recommendations What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey, The Pisces by Melissa Broder, Elijah's Mermaid by Essie Fox, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towes and There But For The by Ali Smith You can keep up with Ella via her website, ellaberthoud.com and don't miss her themed sessions on Damian Barr's Literary Salon facebook page and her Instagram and YouTube channels. And if you're in need of a literary makeover or have something you want to work through in your life you can sign up for a bibliotherapy session at the School of Life website. • sign up for our weekly newsletter here • Follow us on Instagram  • Follow us on Facebook • Follow us on Twitter • Check out our website

Join us as we discuss the 2020 Costa Book of the Year, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey. ‘A fishy tale of doomed womanhood', even Margaret Atwood got excited about it, tweeting ‘Not your standard mermaid. No comb and glass, no Lorelei hair. No catch and release…' This unusual novel weaves together sex, misogny and race with love, music, magic and myth, plus it throws in a few spliffs, a virginal mermaid, a crooked cop, and a chorus of vindictive women. All that in one book? Yes, indeed. Did it make for a good book club book? Listen in to find out. Our book recommendations were Indigo by Marina Warner, Blonde Roots by Bernadine Evaristo, The Left-Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin, Kitsch by Anthony Joseph, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar. Want to keep up with us between episodes? Sign up for our newsletter, or follow us for daily book reviews and recommendations on Instagram or Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com. Don't miss our website thebookclubreview.co.uk for our episode archive and library of book reviews and articles. Do subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and never miss an episode. If you like what we do please take a moment to rate and review the show, which help other listeners find us.  

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Gary is joined by multiple award-winning artist and illustrator Charles Vess, chatting about country living during the lockdown, working with authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin and Neil Gaiman (including a new collector's edition of Stardust from Lyra's Books with new illustrations and handmade paper), and Charles's own novel, The Queen of Summer's Twilight, available on his Green Man Press website. Books mentioned include: Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess Honeycomb (forthcoming 2021) by Joanne Harris (ill. Charles Vess) The Queen of Summer's Twilight by Charles Vess Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert McFarland The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal The World that We Knew by Alice Hoffman The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

Ahead of our second Virago Speakeasy, we are delighted to share a live recording of our inaugural Speakeasy event at Pages Cheshire Street: On Witches.At this event Virago editor Rose Tomaszewska chatted to Shahrukh Husain, author of The Virago Book of Witches, and Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock about the transgressive place of witches in literature, society, history and contemporary politics. Listen to the end for a chilling reading from The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Virago Modern Classics editor Donna Coonan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amanda and Jenn discuss chapter books about girls, thrillers, undersea stories, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, One Good Deed by David Baldacci, and Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. FEEDBACK Serial Killers: Murder Without Mercy by Nigel Blundell (rec’d by Sharon) Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik (rec’d by Sibyl) The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (rec’d by Sibyl) Spoonbenders by Darryl Gregory (rec’d by Sibyl) The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (rec’d by Sibyl) QUESTIONS 1. Hi Amanda and Jenn, I’m such a big fan of the show and your recs are always must-adds for my TBR! I tend to buy most of my books at library book sales, used bookstores, etc, where there are a lot of random books in a big mish-mash. It makes me sad when I see a favorite but lesser-known book in a pile, being passed over again and again for new hyped up releases. I’d love to know, if you were at a used bookstore, what would be the book that would make you want to pull it out of the pile and hold it up like Simba in The Lion King while announcing to everyone “this is the one! Please take this one home!” -Nicole 2. I am thinking about moving to Manchester, England to start a graduate program in September, so I am looking for contemporary fiction or nonfiction books set in Manchester that would give me insight into the city and introduce me to writers from the region. Since I cannot visit the city before starting the program I think reading could help calm my nerves a bit (as it tends to do). When I lived in Paris I read 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster and really enjoyed the Parisian and literary references. I have read novels set in other European cities but would really appreciate recommendations specific to Manchester. It would be a nice addition if one of the recommendations had a non-white, non-male protagonist and author. Thank you! I really enjoy listening to the podcast and expanding my TBR pile. -Megan 3. Hi Amanda and Jenn. Hoping you can smash another recommendation for me. I recently bought my friend’s daughter the Phoebe the Unicorn books and successfully turned a tentative reader into a certified book worm. She even posted me her own little thank you note, it was the cutest. I’m keen to get her some new books to keep up the streak. She comes from an extended family where she is surrounded by young mums and examples of motherhood and homemaking, and while this is lovely, I know her mum is keen to make sure she knows that having children is not the only path available to her. Could you recommend some books to keep her inspired, whatever her path may be. I particularly want to combat the kind of troubling comments I know she’s come up against already in her young life, such as ‘little boys become doctors, little girls become nurses’

What are we reading outside of book club? In Kate's stack this episode: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami and Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple. In Laura's: Heartburn by Nora Ephron, You Think it I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar. Listen in to hear what we thought of them, the hits and misses and whether there are any book club gems in there.

‘The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock’ was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year. Imogen Hermes Gowar talks to Katy Brand about the highs and lows of huge success as a first time author and brought in objects to the Penguin studio that inspire her creativity, including an old bottle of red ink and a packet of Jaffa Cakes. #PenguinPodcast ‘The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock' is available as an audiobook to download now. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/audiobook/the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock-unabridged/id1335672004 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Conceptual artist Katie Paterson on art which produces candles scented with planetary odours – one of Saturn's moons has a hint of cherry…and how she and co-exhibitor the Romantic painter JMW Turner share an interest in the precise nature of moon light. Writers Julia Blackburn and Charlotte Runcie on the gaze of the beachcomber and searching for lost worlds along the tideline and Cutty Sark curator Hannah Stockton explains why the story of the famous tea cutter is one of survival. A place that exists only in moonlight: Katie Paterson & JMW Turner at Turner Contemporary Margate until May 6th 2019 Katie Paterson's First There is a Mountain project will tour 25 coastal beach locations from 31 March to 27 October 2019 Time Song: In Search of Doggerland by Julia Blackburn mixes personal history with the archaeological evidence for the Mesolithic peoples who lived on the land beneath the North Sea. Salt On Your Tongue - Women and the Sea by Charlotte Runcie describes her pregnancy and the death of her grandmother, set against shore walking and myths of women and the sea from ancient Greece to Scottish folk song. Cutty Sark 150 includes a range of events at Royal Museums Greenwich including a performance by the BBC Singers and of the Pirates of Penzance. You can hear a Free Thinking Landmark discussion of The Odyssey with Karen McCarthy Woolf, Amit Chaudhuri, Emily Wilson and Daniel Mendelsohn https://bbc.in/2S2QuiE and a discussion of Mermaids with Imogen Hermes Gowar and Sarah Peverley https://bbc.in/2FPeEH5 Producer: Jacqueline Smith

The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with the University of Warwick, rewards the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author aged between 18 and 35. The British Council is delighted, through our partnership with the prize, to be supporting young writers in exploring international opportunities that will inspire them for the rest of their careers. In this podcast, Georgina Godwin meets the four shortlisted authors for 2018: Laura Freeman, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Fiona Mozley and Adam Weymouth.

Chapter 34:  Imogen Hermes Gowar, courtesy of The Mermaid Podcast Who: Mermaid Influencer  and Author Laura von Holt interviews Debut Author Imogen Hermes Gowar Authors/ Books Discussed:   The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock Find their books on my Goodreads Women With Books Bookshelf Links: The Mermaid Podcast! http://www.cinderly.com/posts/category/podcast/   Buy me a coffee! Support the Podcast at www.Ko-fi.com/womenwithbookspodcast Subscribe to the Women With Books newsletter (With extra Q&A from the guests!) Friend me on Goodreads! Check out my other podcast: HBIC Nation Podcast! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2FunNkQ Google Play: http://bit.ly/2DP6jDs Online: https://hbicnation.com/hbic-nation-podcast/   THANK YOU FOR LEAVING A REVIEW SO THAT READERS CAN FIND THIS SHOW. XOXOX

Kim Racon talks with debut novelist Imogen Hermes Gowar about her immersive novel, THE MERMAID and MRS. HANCOCK. Learn more: https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780062859952/the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock.

We’re back with more mermaid authors and mermaid history! Laura von Holt interviewed the lovely and talented Imogen Hermes Gowar, the author of a new book titled The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is a gorgeous historical novel, set in 1780s London, about a merchant named Jonah Hancock who finds that, while on a trading voyage to the Far East, the captain of his ship has sold his vessel, and instead of bringing back cargo, he has brought him a mermaid artifact. To make back his fortune, Jonah must display this brown, wizened mermaid for all of London, which leads him into the circle of one of London’s most celebrated courtesans, Angelica Neal. I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but there are plenty of mermaids, both dead and living in this book, and it’s wonderful. This story is inspired by a mermaid specimen at the British Museum, where Imogen Hermes Gowar used to work, and if you listened to our interview with mermaid historian Sarah Peverley (Season 2, Episode 2), you will remember our conversation about these types of popular mermaid artifacts that were collected and displayed in Britain. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is shortlisted for the Women’s Prize in Fiction. If you like Harlots on Hulu, Freeform’s Siren and Jane Austen, then you will love this book. At the end of the interview, host Laura von Holt comes up with a slogan that we all need tatted on our bodies:  If you can believe in mermaids, you can believe in yourself! Topics discussed: Harlots on Hulu courtesans and sex workers in 18th century London 18th century life in London mermaid history “feejee mermaids” mermaid exhibits in The British Museum Ningyo, Japanese water sprites The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Mermaid Podcast’s interview with Sarah Peverley The Covent Garden Ladies by Hallie Rubenhold The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill The Pisces by Melissa Broder Blackfish, the documentary believing in mermaids coastal stories of mermaids   Important Links: Go to MermaidPodcast.com for bonus images and links from this episode. Follow us on Instagram @mermaidpodcast and Facebook. Sign up for our mailing list to get more behind the scenes bonuses and a heads up when we get new episodes. Got a comment or question? Email us at podcast@cinderly.com Get Cinderly’s Easy to Bake Unicorn Cookbook at unicorncookbook.com. Check out more women with books on the Women with Books podcast, hosted by Lindsay Emory. WomenWithBooks.com This is episode is sponsored by Mermaid Magic. Get 20% off biodegradable glitter and mermaid scales with PODCAST20 at ttps://getmermaidmagic.com/discount/PODCAST20. If you would like to sponsor an episode of the Mermaid Podcast, email us at podcast@cinderly.com and we will be happy to hook you up! Calling all Creative Entrepreneurs! If you’re in the New York area and would be interested in a weekend intensive that covers creativity and personal branding, join us for “Don’t Quit Your DayDream!” We also have an exciting extended program to transform your life and business coming in the fall. Check it out at fairybossmother.com.

Jill is getting married! Thankfully, we have many a book nerd here so the wonderful Andrea pinch hits to chat with Adam about the books they're most excited for coming out this month. Books discussed in this episode  In Pieces by Sally Field   The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle   Wildcard by Marie Lu   An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green   Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini   The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton   Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart   The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar   Sadie by Courtney Summers   Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen   Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco   The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White   Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

This week we analyse our favorite Met Gala 2018 looks and then take a deep mermaid-esque dive into The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, the debut novel by Imogen Hermes Gowar shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. We then discuss the craziness of Eurovision 2018 and what we've been enjoying this week from more books to the Graham Norton Show live recording. 00:00 - Met Gala chat 09:28 - The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock (Spoiler warning!) 40:00 - Eurovision 2018 51:13 - What We've Been Enjoying

Norwich will soon be home to the new National Centre for Writing in the medieval Dragon Hall. Chris Gribble tells Kirsty Lang about the extraordinary building and the role of the Centre. Authors Sarah Perry and Sarah Hall describe the thriving literary culture of the city and Kirsty visits The Book Hive, one of the city's independent bookshops. She goes to the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and to the University of East Anglia, home to the MA in Creative Writing that has Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and Anne Enright among its famous graduates. There she meets tutor Rebecca Stott, author Imogen Hermes Gowar, whose novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and poet and MA student Gboyega Abayomi-Odubanjo.

Taking a look at the two big prizes announcing their longlists this week, we discuss which books we’re most excited to read and chat with Imogen Hermes Gowar about her novel, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

This week, I'm joined by the author Imogen Hermes Gowar, to discuss her spectacular debut novel, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock. One of the most anticipated releases for this year, Imogen's book has already garnered a huge amount of interest and glowing reviews. I loved the novel and was delighted to get to chat to Imogen about how she came to write it. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is set in Georgian London and tells the spell-binding story of how a strange curiosity connects the lives of a widowed merchant (Mr Hancock) and a beautiful London courtesan (Angelica Neal). Having studied Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History at UEA, Imogen clearly has a passion for historical authenticity, as well as a terrific yarn. In today's interview, Imogen tells me about how her research led her to recreate some of the recipes and clothes popular in 18th Century London, and the memoirs and pamphlets she read that helped flesh out her characters and their surroundings. We also discuss what learning more about the lives of women from the past teaches us about being a woman in the present. I had such a fascinating conversation with Imogen, and now I can't wait to visit the British Museum to see her 'mermaid' for myself! Listen to learn more about The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock and writing historical fiction. Read the show notes and get all the links: teaandtattlepodcast.com/home/63 Get in touch! Email: teaandtattlepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: Find Miranda at @mirandasnotebook and @mirandasbookcase If you enjoy the show, please do leave a rating and review in iTunes, as good ratings really help other people to find the podcast. Thank you!

Anne McElvoy looks at trade past and present as she discusses a book questioning economists' reliance on GDP with its author, David Pilling, and reports on debates from the world economic forum annual meeting at Davos with American reporter Rob Cox. She also looks at a new novel depicting a "mermaid" displayed as a visitor attraction by an 18th century London-based merchant, and is shown around an exhibition exploring the design and impact of ocean liners with one of its curators, Ghislaine Wood. . Ocean Liners: Speed and Style runs at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 3 February – 10 June 2018The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock - the debut novel from Imogen Hermes Gowar is out now. Sarah Peverley is a New Generation Thinker who teaches at the University of Liverpool and a Leverhulme Research Fellow (2016-18) working on a project entitled 'Mermaids of the British Isles, c. 450-1500.'Producer: Luke Mulhall

We're talking mermaids, folksong and mythology with two of our new Vintage voices; Imogen Hermes Gowar and Kerry Andrew.The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar: po.st/TheMermaidAndMrsHancockSwansong by Kerry Andrew: po.st/SwansongThanks to Kerry for letting us use her music for this podcast. The two tracks featured were, in order of appearance, Three Ravens and Molly Bawn.Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletterImogen Hermes Gowar - The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock A Sunday Times bestseller, now longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize 2018.‘A brilliantly plotted story of mermaids, madams and intrigue in 1780s London and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it become the Essex Serpent of 2018’ - The Pool'Imogen Hermes Gowar is a soon-to-be literary star’ - Sunday TimesTHIS VOYAGE IS SPECIAL. IT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING.One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid.As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on… and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost.Where will their ambitions lead? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess?In this spell-binding story of curiosity and obsession, Imogen Hermes Gowar has created an unforgettable jewel of a novel, filled to the brim with intelligence, heart and wit.Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1113246/the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock/#Jtfc3MlFwQtPB854.99 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.