Podcast appearances and mentions of Jenni Fagan

My guest today is the award winning author, screenwriter and poet Jenni Fagan. Jenni has written four novels, several poetry collections and been named Scottish novelist of the year.  18 months ago Jenni and I met in a suitably spooky basement in Edinburgh's old town to discuss her incredible, harrowing memoir about growing up in care, Ootlin. An ootlin, according to Jenni, is ‘someone who creates their story without first seeking permission to do so'. And you'll soon see why that couldn't be more apt. Then, life happened - publication of the book was delayed and the interview never ran. Scroll forward to a couple of weeks ago when Ootlin was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, and then won the Gordon Burn Prize. I decided to raid the archives and listen again. What I heard was a moving conversation about building a life when society dumped you on the scrapheap before birth. And then some.  As you'll hear Jenni and I spoke candidly about her childhood growing up in 29 different homes, how she somehow preserved the shining girl inside when life was only interested in snuffing her out, becoming Jenni with an i, the importance of cultural mothers, surfing her way through her 50s and her obsession with property renovation. CONTENT WARNING: there is some tough stuff in here including reference to sexual abuse and suicidal ideation. * You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org, including Ootlin by Jenni Fagan and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me. * If you enjoyed this episode and you fancy buying me a coffee, pop over to my page on buymeacoffee.com. • And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com • The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls at Pineapple Production. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Halloween, book club! Welcome to the first episode of our spooky season series. Alysia's spooky pick is Hex by Jenni Fagan. This is a quick read so if you haven't read it yet, go pick it up and join the conversation. This week, we will be reading Deja's spooky pick, The September House by Carissa Orlando. That episode will be out on Halloween night. xx

Hi book club! Welcome back to our nostalgic series, where we reread books from our past together. This week, we read the grim grotto, the eleventh book in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. We also didn't mention: next week we are doing something special. To celebrate Halloween, we will be reading two spooky picks! Alysia's pick is Hex by Jenni Fagan and Deja's pick is The September House by Carissa Orlando. Be on the lookout for those - Alysia's pick will be posted the 25th and Deja's the 31st! Happy Halloween!

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Leila Latif and Dorian Lynskey to review Kneecap, a debut film from Rich Peppiatt about a trio of Irish language rappers from West Belfast, Ootlin, a memoir from author and poet Jenni Fagan recounting her traumatic childhood in care and Bad Monkey, a television comedy cop drama set in Florida starring Vince Vaughn. George Orwell's biographer D J Taylor considers the importance, or not, of the author's archive being sold off.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Harry Parker

Jenni Fagans Novelle "Hex" erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Hexenverfolgung nach. 1591 wurde Geillis Duncan in Edinburgh als Hexe verfolgt und hingerichtet, doch in Fagans Buch bekommt Geillis eine zweite Chance. Die schottische Autorin erzählt von weiblicher Solidarität, patriarchaler Gewalt und einer Frau, die sich nicht unter kriegen lässt. Das Thema der Hexenverfolgung besprechen wir außerdem aus feministischer und historischer Perspektive. Warum kam es überhaupt zu den Hexenverfolgungen? Was hatte diese Praxis mit Frauenfeindlichkeit, religiösen Konflikten, dem Kapitalismus und sogar dem Bierbrauen zu tun? Das alles erfahrt ihr in unserem Halloween-Special. Und am Ende gibt's eine Überraschung für alle Junghexen und Hexenmeister*innen unter euch. Hört rein!

E se os festivais tivessem alinhamentos de livros em vez de bandas? O Livra-te achou por bem concretizar essa visão. Três dias da Rita, três dias da Joana, com temas para todos os gostos. Alive, we're coming for you. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (3:10) - Our Stop, Laura Jane Williams (3:35) - People We Meet On Vacation & Book Lovers, Emily Henry (3:37) - Hook, Line and Sinker, Tessa Bailey (3:44) - Funny Feelings, Tarah Dewitt (3:47) - Happy Hour, Marlowe Granados (4:07) - Bunny, Mona Awad (4:22) - Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason (4:28) - Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield (4:35 & 11:40) - Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors (4:40) - Normal People, Sally Rooney (4:43) - Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner (5:38) - Conversations on Love, Natasha Lunn (5:49) - Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney (6:00) - Snowflake, Louise Nealon (6:17) - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid (6:27) - Modern Love, editado por Daniel Jones (6:43) - Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati (7:16) - The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker (7:35) - Mythos, Stephen Fry (7:50) - Ariadne, Jennifer Saint (8:30) - Circe, Madeline Miller (8:48) - Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes (8:50) - Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley (10:21) - The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood (10:46) - Girl in White, Sue Hubbard (11:24) - Hex, Jenni Fagan (11:52) - Strange Weather in Tokyo, Hiromi Kawakami (12:00) - We All Want Impossible Things, Catherine Newman (12:41) - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong (13:14) - Almond, Won-Pyung Sohn (13:44) - The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (14:04) - Swimming in the Dark, Tomasz Jedrowski (14:25) - A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara (14:40) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova/ twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/RitaDaNova [a imagem do podcast é da autoria da maravilhosa, incrível e talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com]

We're delighted to bring you a new instalment of The Darkland Tales! In this series, leading Scottish authors offer dramatic retellings of stories from their nation's history, myth and legend. Last season we brought you Hex by Jenni Fagan. This season we're spotlighting Nothing Left to Fear From Hell by award-winning author Alan Warner. In this story, Bonnie Prince Charles flees from the disastrous Battle of Culloden with a small band of companions through the mountainous landscapes of the north-west Highlands of Scotland. Dive into the past with this page-turning reimagining!  Nothing Left to Fear From Hell by Alan Warner is published by Polygon, an imprint of Scottish indie press Birlinn, and is available now. We recommend buying a copy from your local indie bookshop or you can visit our shop on Bookshop.org. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Programmed by Matt Casbourne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The euthanasia party of Ambit. Celebrating winners of the Annual Ambit Competition for Poems, Stories & Art. Stuart McPherson (poems, judged by Rebecca Tamás), Paul Currion (stories, judge by Jenni Fagan) and Robert Gillespie (art, judged by Danielle de Picciotto). Established in 1959, the board opted to close down charity operations in 2023. The final broadcast, presented by Kirsty Allison. Please sign up for more at kirstyallison.substack.com

The euthanasia party of Ambit. Celebrating winners of the Annual Ambit Competition for Poems, Stories & Art.Stuart McPherson (poems, judged by Rebecca Tamás), Paul Currion (stories, judge by Jenni Fagan) and Robert Gillespie (art, judged by Danielle de Picciotto).Established in 1959, the board opted to close down charity operations in 2023. The final broadcast, presented by Kirsty Allison. Please sign up for more at kirstyallison.substack.com To hear more, visit kirstyallison.substack.com

Nem queríamos fazer mais um episódio sobre Taylor Swift, mas o Francisco pediu. Em honra das 3h15 de concerto, deixamos as nossas humildes sugestões de livros, várias teorias e opiniões dos nossos corações Swifties.

How many threads connect the residents to a building? In this episode, Larry chats with author Jenni Fagan to discuss her latest book Luckenbooth. Jenny describes her life growing up in the Scottish foster care system, the empowerment writing gave her when she didn't have a voice and how switching between homes gave her a … Continue reading Episode 43: How many threads connect the residents to a building? Author Jenni Fagan →

David and Perry spend a while discussing the problems with "generative A.I." and then go on to talk about their recent reading. Perry interviews W.H.Chong about his best reading and watching of 2022. Introduction (03:50) General News (02:23) Chengdu World SF Convention (02:19) Discussion on Generative AI (21:32) Ezra Klein podcast on AI What we've been reading lately (54:38) Monash's Masterpiece by Peter Fitzsimons (11:35) Joan by Katherine J. Chen (08:15) Hex by Jenni Fagan (03:21) Rizzio by Denise Mina (02:38) Her by Garry Disher (04:20) Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (05:29) Embassytown by China Miéville (05:57) The Employees by Olga Ravn (04:22) Babel by R. F. Kuang (08:21) Discussion with W. H. Chong about his 2022 reading and watching (29:13) The Mountain Under the Sea by Ray Naylor (04:01) Babel by R. F. Kuang (01:37) The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox (01:33) The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox (01:15) Everything Everywhere All at Once (01:46) Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (02:42) Drive My Car (00:43) Pinnoccio (03:17) Three Plus One (02:57) Ted Lasso (01:12) My Brilliant Friend & The Lying Life of Adults (00:50) Prey (03:09) The Last of Us (03:30) Windup (01:41) Click here for more info and indexes Image generated by Stable Diffusion

David and Perry spend a while discussing the problems with "generative A.I." and then go on to talk about their recent reading. Perry interviews W.H.Chong about his best reading and watching of 2022. Introduction (03:50) General News (02:23) Chengdu World SF Convention (02:19) Discussion on Generative AI (21:32) Ezra Klein podcast on AI What we've been reading lately (54:38) Monash's Masterpiece by Peter Fitzsimons (11:35) Joan by Katherine J. Chen (08:15) Hex by Jenni Fagan (03:21) Rizzio by Denise Mina (02:38) Her by Garry Disher (04:20) Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (05:29) Embassytown by China Miéville (05:57) The Employees by Olga Ravn (04:22) Babel by R. F. Kuang (08:21) Discussion with W. H. Chong about his 2022 reading and watching (29:13) The Mountain Under the Sea by Ray Naylor (04:01) Babel by R. F. Kuang (01:37) The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox (01:33) The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox (01:15) Everything Everywhere All at Once (01:46) Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (02:42) Drive My Car (00:43) Pinnoccio (03:17) Three Plus One (02:57) Ted Lasso (01:12) My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults (00:50) Prey (03:09) The Last of Us (03:30) Windup (01:41) Image generated by Stable Diffusion

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Zoe and Claire interview the brilliant author Jenni Fagan about her new book “Hex” : “ A witch will die here in the morning. It is the 4th of December 1591. On this, the last night of her life in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor – Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still killed for who they are and what they believe.” (Birlinn Publishers)

In this episode, Élaina is joined by psychoanalyst, social care scholar, and fellow bookstagrammer Eva A. Sprecher to discuss “The Panopticon”, a YA novel by Scottish author Jenni Fagan. There were unfortunate technical issues with Élaina's microphone, which means that the audio quality is not up to the usual Bookshelf Remix standards. But we hope you will stick it out if only to listen to Eva's insightful analysis. CN: Self-harm, death by (accidental) suicide, tocix relationships, adult-minor relationships, substance use and abuse, and kidknapping. You can follow Eva on Twitter @EASprecher, on Instagram @windup_book_chronicles, and on Researchgate. As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

We love historical fiction and this week's featured title, Hex by Jenni Fagan, is simply bewitching. Edinburgh, December 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor – Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day. ‘Brilliantly real characters shot through with feminist anger, word choice to make you shiver, and that knack of taking the road least expected' Kirstin Innes, author of Scabby Queen Hex is published by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn, and available now. We recommend buying from your local indie or you can get it from our shop at Bookshop.org. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Programmed by Matt Casbourne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From unwrapping Egyptian mummies to her theories about witch trials and the influence of her 1921 book The Witch-Cult in Western Europe on Wicca beliefs: Margaret Murray's career comes under the spotlight as Matthew Sweet is joined by guests including New Generation Thinker Elsa Richardson and historian of witchcraft Ronald Hutton. Producer: Luke Mulhall You might also be interested in the Free Thinking discussions on Magic with Kate Laity, Chris Gosden, Jessica Gossling and John Tresch https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kvss On Witchcraft, Werewolves and Writing the Devil with Jenni Fagan. Salena Godden, Tabitha Stanmore and Daniel Ogden https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r5hk Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands hearing from Marie Darrieussecq, Zoe Gilbert, Lisa Mullen and Dafydd Daniel https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qkl

Brea and Mallory talk about surprising ways to use the library and interview author T.L. Huchu. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsors - The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen OwlCrate Jr.https://www.owlcrate.com/collections/owlcrate-jrPromo Code - GLASSES Links -T.L. HuchuENO Doublenest HammockNebula AwardsReading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Books Mentioned - The Remaking by Clay McCleod ChapmanThe Wicked Deep by Shea ErnshawRequiem Moon by C.T. RwiziLuckenbooth by Jenni Fagan 

Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family discusses the ‘Johnson method' alongside the theme of Futility! Fear! Faith! with author of the cult worldtrip-inside-your-soul book, Threshold, Rob Doyle, and Jenni Fagan, who's recent novel, Luckenbooth frames gothic Victoriana into Edinburgh tenements over 9 decades by way of beatnik residents of mulitudinous force. Also, hear work from Jeremy Reed, Connor Seed and Vida Adamcewski's letter to her brother, Saul from Fat White Family. Hosted by Kirsty Allison, with thanks to Clare Lynch for producing. This is the first show on Soho Radio NYC & Culture from the venerable Ambit arts and literary quarterly, which was established in 1959 by Dr Martin Bax in London. Editors have included JG Ballard and Eduardo Paolozzi. Work by everyone from William S Burroughs, Stevie Smith, David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Linton Kwesi Johnson to more recent literary and arts idols has been published on the infamous pages which became somewhat banned in 1969 for launching a competition for work written on drugs. Poet Briony Bax (Rough Trade Books) took to the helm in 2013, and recently recruited Kirsty Allison, who have together introduced the all new Ambit Pop editions, which interchange with the traditional unsolicited submission editions of 96 pages selected by editors. The first Ambit Pop is out now, and is guest edited by Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family who introduces a stellar crew of Rob Doyle, Jenni Fagan, Benjamin Myers, Adelle Stripe, Jeremy Reed, Zaffar Kunial, Connor Seed, Nina Power, Vida Adamczewski, Niall Griffiths - with art from Marco Livingstone, Steven Allan, Anna McDowell, Wayne Horse, and Neal Fox (Le Gun) have created something quite exceptional, and it's £10 or £30 for a print subscription for a year. The annual competition is currently open for another month with the theme of Metamorphosis and judges: Deborah Levy (stories), Kim Addonizio (poems) and Michael Salu (illustration). Enter now! https://ambitmagazine.co.uk/

Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family discusses the ‘Johnson  method' alongside the theme of Futility! Fear! Faith! with author of the cult worldtrip-inside-your-soul book, Threshold, Rob Doyle, and Jenni  Fagan, who's recent novel, Luckenbooth frames gothic Victoriana into Edinburgh tenements over 9 decades by way of beatnik residents of mulitudinous force.  Also, hear work from Jeremy Reed, Connor Seed and  Vida Adamcewski's letter to her brother, Saul from Fat White Family.   Hosted by Kirsty Allison, with thanks to Clare Lynch for producing.This  is the first show on Soho Radio NYC & Culture from the venerable  Ambit arts and literary quarterly, which was established in 1959 by Dr  Martin Bax in London.  Editors have included JG Ballard and Eduardo  Paolozzi.  Work by everyone from William S Burroughs, Stevie Smith,  David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Linton Kwesi Johnson to more recent  literary and arts idols has been published on the infamous pages which  became somewhat banned in 1969 for launching a competition for work  written on drugs.Poet  Briony Bax (Rough Trade Books) took to the helm in 2013, and recently  recruited Kirsty Allison, who have together introduced the all new Ambit  Pop editions, which interchange with the traditional unsolicited  submission editions of 96 pages selected by editors.The first Ambit Pop is out now, and is guest edited by Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family who  introduces a stellar crew of Rob Doyle, Jenni Fagan, Benjamin Myers,  Adelle Stripe, Jeremy Reed, Zaffar Kunial, Connor Seed, Nina Power, Vida  Adamczewski, Niall Griffiths - with art from Marco Livingstone, Steven  Allan, Anna McDowell, Wayne Horse, and Neal Fox (Le Gun) have created  something quite exceptional, and it's £10 or £30 for a print  subscription for a year.The  annual competition is currently open for another month with the theme  of Metamorphosis and judges: Deborah Levy (stories), Kim Addonizio  (poems) and Michael Salu (illustration).  Enter now!https://ambitmagazine.co.uk/ To hear more, visit kirstyallison.substack.com

We’re back! Welcome to the relaunched S&Co podcast. For the first episode after a long hiatus, we were thrilled to be joined (remotely!) by Jenni Fagan and Salena Godden to discuss their formally inventive and thematically bold new novels LUCKENBOOTH and MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH. Hosted by Adam Biles. Buy LUCKENBOOTH here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780434023318/luckenbooth Buy MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9781838851194/mrs-death-misses-death Browse our online store here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/15/online-store/16/bookstore Become a Friend of S&Co here: https://friendsofshakespeareandcompany.com * Jenni Fagan was born in Scotland. She graduated from Greenwich University and won a scholarship to the Royal Holloway MFA programme. She has just completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh. A published poet and novelist, she has won awards from Creative Scotland, Dewar Arts, Scottish Screen and Scottish Book Trust among others, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Jenni was selected as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists after the publication of her debut novel, The Panopticon, which was shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. Her adaptation of The Panopticon was staged by the National Theatre of Scotland to great acclaim. The Sunlight Pilgrims, her second novel, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award and the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award, and saw her win Scottish Author of the Year at the Herald Culture Awards. She lives in Edinburgh with her son. Follow Jenni on Twitter: @Jenni_Fagan Salena Godden is one of Britain’s best loved poets and performers. She is also an activist, broadcaster, memoirist and essayist and is widely anthologised. She has published several volumes of poetry, the latest of which was Pessimism is for Lightweights, and a literary childhood memoir, Springfield Road. Mrs Death Misses Death is her debut novel. A BBC Radio 4 documentary following Godden’s progress on the novel over twelve months was broadcast in 2018. In November 2020 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Follow Salena on Twitter: @salenagodden Visit Salena’s website: www.salenagodden.co.uk Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-time

Luckenbooth, Jenni's third novel, about an Edinburgh tenement and the curse that haunts it, infects the lives of all who live across the building's nine floors over nine decades of mystery and uproarious change ... Melding the poetic, the esoteric and the occult with the grit and grime of a real life lived on the edge, she writes unlike any other author of her generation, in no small part because she has lived a life unlike any other author.'

Luckenbooth, her third novel, about an Edinburgh tenement and the curse that haunts it, infecting the lives of all who live across the building's nine floors over nine decades of mystery and uproarious change ... Melding the poetic, the esoteric and the occult with the grit and grime of a real life lived on the edge, she writes unlike any other author of her generation, in no small part because she has lived a life unlike any other author.' Scotsman 'A whirlwind of a novel, and I am certain that various labels will be attached to it - Caledonian magic realism, tartan gothic, something nasty in the shortbread tin, Angela...

Stardust is the new film about David Bowie’s promotional tour of the United States in 1971 during which he began to develop the concept of Ziggy Stardust. Bowie is played by musician and actor Johnny Flynn and the film has already attracted attention as they were unable to secure the rights to Bowie’s songs. Writer and Bowie fan Mark Billingham reviews. A vivid 45,500 year old painting of a warty pig, discovered on a cave wall in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the oldest representational art in the world. What does the striking work tell us about the value of art to the civilisation that created it. With archeologist Rebecca Wragg Sykes. Novelist Jenni Fagan talks about her latest book, Luckenbooth. It opens as the devil's daughter rows to Edinburgh in a coffin to work as maid for the Minister of Culture, a man who lives a dual life. But the real reason she's there is to bear him and his barren wife a child, the consequences of which curse the tenement building that is their home for a hundred years. How are students whose arts subjects at university or college require them to undertake in-person tuition adapting to the third lockdown? Callum Bruce, a second year musical theatre student at Trinity Laban in London, and Mary Johnson, third year percussion student at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, discuss how the pandemic has affected their studies. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Timothy Prosser

The devil's daughter features in a new novel from Jenni Fagan; Salena Godden's debut novel imagines Mrs Death. To discuss conjuring fear, they join Shahidha Bari alongside a pair of historians - Tabitha Stanmore, who researches magic from early modern royal courts to village life, and Daniel Ogden, who has looked at werewolf tales in ancient Greece and Rome. Jenni Fagan's latest novel is called Luckenbooth, and her first book, The Panopticon, has been filmed. Fagan was listed by Granta as one of the 2013 Granta Best of Young British Novelists. There is more information about her drama and poetry collection, There’s A Witch In The Word Machine, on her website - https://jennifagan.com/ Salena Godden's novel is Mrs Death Misses Death, published on 28 January 2021, and she's been made a new Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. You can find more about her poetry and her radio show, Roaring 20s, on her website - http://www.salenagodden.co.uk/ Tabitha Stanmore is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, working on witchcraft. Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter. His book is called The Werewolf In The Ancient World. You might be interested in other episodes looking at witchcraft: Author Marie Dariessecq - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qkl The relevance of magic in the contemporary world - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kvss Historians Marina Warner and Susannah Lipscomb look at Witchfinding - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kckxk Novelists Zoe Gilbert, Madeline Miller and Kirsty Logan compare notes on Charms - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1q0xc Producer: Emma Wallace

Jenni Fagan - When Words Change the Molecular Composition of Water by Pietersender

On this episode we speak to two recent recipients of the Gavin Wallace Fellowship, a prestigious award aimed at allowing established writers the opportunity to work creatively with an organisation based in Scotland. Maisie Chan, author of Stories From Around the World and The Legend of Hua Mulan, is this year’s Gavin Wallace Fellow based at the National Centre for Children's Literature at Moat Brae in Dumfries. She tells us about her plans for the fellowship and how her early experiences of reading influenced her decision to become a writer. Jenni Fagan is an award winning novelist and poet, and we spoke to her just after she’d submitted the manuscript of her upcoming novel, Luckenbooth. She tells us what to look forward to in that novel, as well as how her experience as a Gavin Wallace Fellow at Summerhall in Edinburgh influenced the book.

This Valentine’s Day we were joined by Jenni Fagan reading from her recent collection There's A Witch in the Word Machine, and Scarlett Sabet launching her new collection Camille.

Rosie Jones, a stand-up comedian whose material plays on her experience of living with Cerebral Palsy, discusses defying expectations - both onstage and off. Her one woman show is Fifteen Minutes.Janeane Garofalo is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Saturday Night Live, and has appeared in more than 50 films. She discusses her Edinburgh show, Put A Pin in That.Jenni Fagan reads from her latest collection of poetry, There's a Witch in the Word Machine ahead of her appearance at the Edinburgh International Books Festival. Plus, we get under the skin of the Festival Fringe with two talent scouts, asking is Edinburgh still the place to make your name as a comedian?Presenter : Viv Groskop Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

Mission encre noire Tome 22 Chapitre 281. Les fins heureuses de Simon Brousseau paru en 2018 aux éditions Cheval D'Août. Vous, moi, nous avons parfois de la difficulté d'admettre un futur sans issue, nous sommes parfois condamnés à refouler l'image parfaite d'un monde à l'agonie. Exit la fonte des glaces, escamoter la disparition progressive de certaines espèces, quid de l'idée d'une démocratie plus juste et égalitaire, qui bien souvent, se réduit comme une peau de chagrin, nous faisons preuve d'une capacité étonnante à imaginer un avenir immuable et serein, malgré tout. Simon Brousseau présente un fascinant recueil de nouvelles qui interroge notre disposition à nous inventer des fins heureuses. L'auteur a le talent d'isoler un minuscule détail, chaque situation gênante devient prétexte à un jeu d'écriture. Ici, facétieux et audacieux, ou là, ingénieux et habile, le style de Simon Brousseau explore le monde autour de lui avec des mots qui disent de la vie juste ce qu'il en faut de tendresse et de désespoir. Simon Brousseau est notre invité à Mission encre noire pour nous faire quelques e-confessions. Extrait: «Bienvenue sur e-confessions - Notre objectif: offrir à tous et toutes la possibilité de se libérer de leurs fautes sans craindre d'être jugés. Trop de gens croient leurs vices exceptionnels, mais rien n'est plus commun que le mal. En partageant sur cette page ce qui pèse sur votre conscience, vous découvrirez que vous n'êtes pas seuls. N'hésitez plus: racontez ce qui vous tourmente! Votre témoignage est précieux. C'est en examinant ses bassesses que l'on peut trouver la paix intérieure. Personne n'est parfait ; il se pourrait même que les meilleurs par mi nous soient ceux capables d'admettre sans détour leur méchanceté.» Moebius 157 paru en kiosque depuis avril 2018. «Tous les serpents connaissent le goût des fruits». Venez découvrir le sommaire de l'un de nos magazine littéraire favori. Simon Brousseau y signe d'ailleurs un texte prémonitoire: «Quand vous vivrez je serai mort». Extrait: «Veuillez prendre note du fait que ce jour marque la fin de l'âge de pierre/En ceci que la pierre est sable, en ceci que le sable est coté en bourse/et que tout ce qui n'a pas été construit de vos propres mains sales pourra s'évaporer sans préavis.» Nous souhaitons vous informer Marianne Lorthois Moebius 157 Les buveurs de lumière de Jenni Fagan paru en 2017 aux éditions Métailié. Dylan ne s'imaginait pas que Clachan Fells serait aussi magnifique. Il a quitté Londres pour l'Écosse avec les urnes contenant les cendres de sa mère et de sa grand-mère. Laissant derrière lui ses années de lumières factices, élevé dans le giron fabuleux d'un cinéma d'art et essai, il rejoint une communauté hétéroclite dans un petit parc de caravanes pour recommencer à zéro. Le Royaume Uni est entré dans l'âge de glace, trois soleils dans le ciel pourraient annoncer l'aube d'une terrifiante ère glaciaire. Dans sa caravane obus, reçu en héritage, Dylan va croiser le destin de Constance, sujette à des crises de somnambulisme, et sa fille, Stella, qui était un an plus tôt un garçon. Jenni Fagan ouvre un espace fabuleux de réflexion poétique et lucide. Dans une atmosphère de fin du monde, le conservatisme de la petite ville est mis à rude épreuve. Aux antipodes de la vision misérabiliste des romans apocalyptiques, cette famille recomposée apprend à danser sur des ruines. Au final serait-ce l'humain qui l'emporte, dans son obstination à vivre, rire et chanter ? Extrait: «Constance et Stella traversent la route de la ferme. Des brins de foin crissent sous leurs pas, on distingue de larges taches sombres sur le sol à l'endroit où les balles restent tout l'été. Autrefois Stella les faisait rouler sous ses pieds, prenant de la vitesse jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit obligée de courir pour ne pas tomber. Elle revoit encore la route de ce film et elle en rêvera à nouveau bientôt. Elle déteste ces cauchemars. Il y a toujours un long chemin couvert de glace encadré de part et d'autre de champs infinis et les arbres sont des silhouettes noires ; il n'y a pas une touche de vert, plus qu'un seul individu dans le monde entier et il marche sur cette route, vêtu d'un manteau rouge. On pourrait le voir à des kilomètres et des kilomètres à la ronde. une volée d'oiseaux passe juste au-dessus d'elles. Les verts mousse, les violets et les rouges dorés ont viré au brun. De la neige fondue s'envole de la montagne.» Glaise de Franck Bouysse paru en 2017 aux éditions La manufacture du livre. Nous sommes dans le Cantal, en France, la guerre de 1914 vient d'éclater. Les hommes sont mobilisés. À l'arrière, dans la grande chaleur d'Août, le jeune Joseph, 15 ans, devient l'unique homme de la ferme des Lary. Avec le soutien de son vieux voisin et ami Léonard, sa mère et sa grand-mère, ils vont prendre soin de la propriété familiale. Valette, homme de peu de scrupules, handicapé par une main atrophiée, convoite ce domaine depuis toujours. Avec sa femme, ils ressassent leurs rancoeurs, l'arrivée de leur belle soeur et de sa fille n'arrange rien. Anna provoque un indicible trouble chez Jospeh. Glaise est un somptueux roman, rude et rocailleux à l'image des grands espaces désolés qui encadrent le décor. Franck Bouysse manipule la matière râpeuse du langage et des moeurs des paysans pour incarner leur façon unique de penser ce monde qui s'effondre. L'amour est une argile inédite et corruptible à modeler dans cette contrée sauvage, ou le mal est un trou noir qui irradie. Glaise est une oeuvre très sombre, un joyau de roman noir qui vous donnera l'envie de découvrir les autres romans primés de l'écrivain. Extrait: «Cette nuit-là, le projet initial de Joseph était de rendre hommage à sa grand-mère avec la terre du cimetière qui l'avait accueillie. Il croyait cela possible. Il torsada des brins de fil de fer pour leur donner la forme approximative d'une croix. Concentré comme jamais, il se mit ensuite à pétrir longuement l'argile, domptant ses doigts, cherchant une inspiration parfaite. Une sorte d'instinct s'empara de lui, dirigeant ses gestes avec une étonnante précision vers la construction de proportions qui n'avaient rien à voir avec celles d'une vieille femme usée par les épreuves de la vie, mais avec des formes entrevues, effleurées, ou imaginées, qu'il parvenait à rendre fidèlement. Les heures défilaient. La flamme de la bougie se débattait au milieu de fientes cireuses. La fièvre en lui, Joseph poursuivait son oeuvre dans la clarté déclinante. Rien ne comptait plus que la forme finale, cette obsédante représentation de son désir qui lui collait aux mains et à l'âme.» 

Mission encre noire Tome 22 Chapitre 281. Les fins heureuses de Simon Brousseau paru en 2018 aux éditions Cheval D'Août. Vous, moi, nous avons parfois de la difficulté d'admettre un futur sans issue, nous sommes parfois condamnés à refouler l'image parfaite d'un monde à l'agonie. Exit la fonte des glaces, escamoter la disparition progressive de certaines espèces, quid de l'idée d'une démocratie plus juste et égalitaire, qui bien souvent, se réduit comme une peau de chagrin, nous faisons preuve d'une capacité étonnante à imaginer un avenir immuable et serein, malgré tout. Simon Brousseau présente un fascinant recueil de nouvelles qui interroge notre disposition à nous inventer des fins heureuses. L'auteur a le talent d'isoler un minuscule détail, chaque situation gênante devient prétexte à un jeu d'écriture. Ici, facétieux et audacieux, ou là, ingénieux et habile, le style de Simon Brousseau explore le monde autour de lui avec des mots qui disent de la vie juste ce qu'il en faut de tendresse et de désespoir. Simon Brousseau est notre invité à Mission encre noire pour nous faire quelques e-confessions. Extrait: «Bienvenue sur e-confessions - Notre objectif: offrir à tous et toutes la possibilité de se libérer de leurs fautes sans craindre d'être jugés. Trop de gens croient leurs vices exceptionnels, mais rien n'est plus commun que le mal. En partageant sur cette page ce qui pèse sur votre conscience, vous découvrirez que vous n'êtes pas seuls. N'hésitez plus: racontez ce qui vous tourmente! Votre témoignage est précieux. C'est en examinant ses bassesses que l'on peut trouver la paix intérieure. Personne n'est parfait ; il se pourrait même que les meilleurs par mi nous soient ceux capables d'admettre sans détour leur méchanceté.» Moebius 157 paru en kiosque depuis avril 2018. «Tous les serpents connaissent le goût des fruits». Venez découvrir le sommaire de l'un de nos magazine littéraire favori. Simon Brousseau y signe d'ailleurs un texte prémonitoire: «Quand vous vivrez je serai mort». Extrait: «Veuillez prendre note du fait que ce jour marque la fin de l'âge de pierre/En ceci que la pierre est sable, en ceci que le sable est coté en bourse/et que tout ce qui n'a pas été construit de vos propres mains sales pourra s'évaporer sans préavis.» Nous souhaitons vous informer Marianne Lorthois Moebius 157 Les buveurs de lumière de Jenni Fagan paru en 2017 aux éditions Métailié. Dylan ne s'imaginait pas que Clachan Fells serait aussi magnifique. Il a quitté Londres pour l'Écosse avec les urnes contenant les cendres de sa mère et de sa grand-mère. Laissant derrière lui ses années de lumières factices, élevé dans le giron fabuleux d'un cinéma d'art et essai, il rejoint une communauté hétéroclite dans un petit parc de caravanes pour recommencer à zéro. Le Royaume Uni est entré dans l'âge de glace, trois soleils dans le ciel pourraient annoncer l'aube d'une terrifiante ère glaciaire. Dans sa caravane obus, reçu en héritage, Dylan va croiser le destin de Constance, sujette à des crises de somnambulisme, et sa fille, Stella, qui était un an plus tôt un garçon. Jenni Fagan ouvre un espace fabuleux de réflexion poétique et lucide. Dans une atmosphère de fin du monde, le conservatisme de la petite ville est mis à rude épreuve. Aux antipodes de la vision misérabiliste des romans apocalyptiques, cette famille recomposée apprend à danser sur des ruines. Au final serait-ce l'humain qui l'emporte, dans son obstination à vivre, rire et chanter ? Extrait: «Constance et Stella traversent la route de la ferme. Des brins de foin crissent sous leurs pas, on distingue de larges taches sombres sur le sol à l'endroit où les balles restent tout l'été. Autrefois Stella les faisait rouler sous ses pieds, prenant de la vitesse jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit obligée de courir pour ne pas tomber. Elle revoit encore la route de ce film et elle en rêvera à nouveau bientôt. Elle déteste ces cauchemars. Il y a toujours un long chemin couvert de glace encadré de part et d'autre de champs infinis et les arbres sont des silhouettes noires ; il n'y a pas une touche de vert, plus qu'un seul individu dans le monde entier et il marche sur cette route, vêtu d'un manteau rouge. On pourrait le voir à des kilomètres et des kilomètres à la ronde. une volée d'oiseaux passe juste au-dessus d'elles. Les verts mousse, les violets et les rouges dorés ont viré au brun. De la neige fondue s'envole de la montagne.» Glaise de Franck Bouysse paru en 2017 aux éditions La manufacture du livre. Nous sommes dans le Cantal, en France, la guerre de 1914 vient d'éclater. Les hommes sont mobilisés. À l'arrière, dans la grande chaleur d'Août, le jeune Joseph, 15 ans, devient l'unique homme de la ferme des Lary. Avec le soutien de son vieux voisin et ami Léonard, sa mère et sa grand-mère, ils vont prendre soin de la propriété familiale. Valette, homme de peu de scrupules, handicapé par une main atrophiée, convoite ce domaine depuis toujours. Avec sa femme, ils ressassent leurs rancoeurs, l'arrivée de leur belle soeur et de sa fille n'arrange rien. Anna provoque un indicible trouble chez Jospeh. Glaise est un somptueux roman, rude et rocailleux à l'image des grands espaces désolés qui encadrent le décor. Franck Bouysse manipule la matière râpeuse du langage et des moeurs des paysans pour incarner leur façon unique de penser ce monde qui s'effondre. L'amour est une argile inédite et corruptible à modeler dans cette contrée sauvage, ou le mal est un trou noir qui irradie. Glaise est une oeuvre très sombre, un joyau de roman noir qui vous donnera l'envie de découvrir les autres romans primés de l'écrivain. Extrait: «Cette nuit-là, le projet initial de Joseph était de rendre hommage à sa grand-mère avec la terre du cimetière qui l'avait accueillie. Il croyait cela possible. Il torsada des brins de fil de fer pour leur donner la forme approximative d'une croix. Concentré comme jamais, il se mit ensuite à pétrir longuement l'argile, domptant ses doigts, cherchant une inspiration parfaite. Une sorte d'instinct s'empara de lui, dirigeant ses gestes avec une étonnante précision vers la construction de proportions qui n'avaient rien à voir avec celles d'une vieille femme usée par les épreuves de la vie, mais avec des formes entrevues, effleurées, ou imaginées, qu'il parvenait à rendre fidèlement. Les heures défilaient. La flamme de la bougie se débattait au milieu de fientes cireuses. La fièvre en lui, Joseph poursuivait son oeuvre dans la clarté déclinante. Rien ne comptait plus que la forme finale, cette obsédante représentation de son désir qui lui collait aux mains et à l'âme.» 

Ian McMillan and Hollie McNish present the best in new poetry. Joining them this week are Remi Adefesysian, Jenni Fagan, Kerry Andrew and Danez Smith Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright.

In Looking In: Experiences Through the Ages, Nicole and Iain discuss two multi-arts events at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival: Six O'clock in Princes Street and Neu! Reekie! Named after the famous Wilfred Owen poem, Six O'clock in Princes Street was a night of poetry and performance in the stunning setting of Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall. Exploring veterans' experience with trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, it was led by NHS Lothian, Scottish Poetry Library, Strange Town and Veterans First Point. Popular spoken word night Neu! Reekie!, curated by Kevin Williamson and Michael Pedersen, took place in partnership with Dundee Literary Festival at Bonar Hall. Featuring novelist Jenni Fagan, presenting her short film Bangour Village Hospital, Loki, the Scottish rapper, guitarist Craig Lithgow, and Kevin Williamson and KiXX Collective performing a racy retelling of Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter, it was a memorable evening. You can watch material mentioned in the podcast here: Jenni Fagan, Bangour Village Hospital: https://player.vimeo.com/video/219761618 Loki: https://www.youtube.com/user/misterloki100 Talking It Over is a podcast series produced as part of the Talking Heads project at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival by Nicole Bell and Iain Mitchell from Support in Mind Scotland. Find out more by visiting their website: https://www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk/

Join John Wilson for a celebration of the power and possibilities of the short story as Chair of Judges Joanna Trollope announces the winner of the 2017 BBC National Short Story Award live from the Radio Theatre. The judging panel Eimear McBride, Jon McGregor and Sunjeev Sahota discuss the merits of the entries from the shortlisted authors. In contention for the £15,000 prize are Helen Oyeyemi, Benjamin Markovits, Cynan Jones, Jenni Fagan and Will Eaves.Radio 1 presenter Alice Levine will also announce the winner of the BBC Young Writers' Award and consider the strengths and emerging themes of the stories with fellow judge, the best-selling author Holly Bourne. The BBC National Short Story Award is presented in conjunction with BookTrust.Presenter : John Wilson Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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USA: FROM THE RUST BELT TO SILICON VALLEY As part of our project to explore the Americas, short story writer Bonnie Jo Campbell travelled across her home country with Scottish novelist and poet Jenni Fagan. The two writers started in derelict Detroit, then visited a tented city in Chicago and the Tesla car factory in California’s Silicon Valley, meeting a vast array of extraordinary people along the way. Today they share some of their unforgettable experiences, and some of the writing inspired by the journey. Part of our Outriders series of events.

Last time they worked together director Natalie Abrahami buried Juliet Stevenson up to her neck in Samuel Beckett's play Happy Days. In their new collaboration, Stevenson spends almost the entire evening flying about above the stage, for her role as a stuntwoman who suffers a stroke. Juliet Stevenson and Natalie Abrahami talk to Samira Ahmed about staging Arthur Kopit's Wings.The New York street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died at the age of 27 in 1988, is the subject of a comprehensive new exhibition at the Barbican in London. The writer and former director of the ICA, Ekow Eshun, considers whether Basquiat was really 'one of the most significant painters of the 20th century', as the show claims.As Radio 1 prepares to celebrate its 50th birthday later this month, Tony Blackburn - the 24-year-old who launched the station in 1967 - looks back at the landscape of the time and how pop music changed radio for good.And the final shortlisted author for the BBC National Short Story Award, Jenni Fagan, talks about her story The Waken, an evocative tale of transformation and death set in the Scottish islands.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Sarah Johnson.

Jack Dee talks to John Wilson about his new ITV1 sitcom Bad Move, inspired by the idea of downsizing to a supposedly idyllic life in the country. Joanna Trollope announces the shortlist for this year's BBC National Short Story Award: Will Eaves, Jenni Fagan, Cynan Jones, Helen Oyeyemi and Benjamin Markovits, who joins John in the studio. Sci-fi writer Lisa Tuttle reviews Electric Dreams, Channel 4's new drama series based on short stories by Philip K. Dick, starring Bryan Cranston.

In Episode 6, Heather and Bennett discuss the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel, "The Sunlight Pilgrims" by Jenni Fagan, and the new network TV shows coming this fall. Also included in this episode: Dewey Cox, The Leftovers, Attack on Titan, Blade Runner, New Girl, LGBT youth, avocado toast, Jim Parsons, The Road, Sarah Dessen, La La Land, Andy Weir, Bill Clinton, Seth McFarland, Star Trek, The Mayor, Ghosted, Big Bang Theory, Flash Forward, Doug, and Arrested Development.

In this episode Natalie tries Anthony Trollope on Kate's recommendation, and likes it! But Can You Forgive Her for saying he writes old fat books about ladies in dresses? You decide. Next, Trevor discusses some new books he hasn't read yet, but wants to, including A Field Guide To Lies by Daniel Levitin, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd: A Flavia de Luce Novel, and The Young Bride by Allesandro Baricco. Finally, Natalie is intrigued by the premise of but ultimately bored by the excessive literariness of The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan.

Epigraph Episode nine has finally dropped! We speak with the lovely and talented Benjamin Rybeck, Marketing Director and Events Coordinator at Brazos Bookstore and author of The Sadness.   Introduction   [0:30] In Which Emma and Kim Have a Sponsor and Make Terrible Puns, Plus Ben Invents the Phrase “Page Turner” Currently drinking: screwdirvers with Stolichnaya, inspired by Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth This episode is actually brought to you by a sponsor! Books & Whatnot is an excellent and informative newsletter for booksellers; it’s quick to read and filled with tips! Brought to you by Beth Golay. Check out the newsletter archive here. Follow on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. Ben is reading: Nick Flynn’s memoirs, Maggie Nelson, The Other Side by Lacy Johnson, and Madeline E. by Gabriel Blackwell Shout-out to cool indie publisher: Outpost 19! Emma is reading: … spreadsheets? No, but seriously, she finally started Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel—but also the apocalypse causes her some anxiety, so she might have put it down. Kim is reading: Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Shrill by Lindy West When Kim started reading Uprooted, Emma was like Kim recalls possibly the best customer interaction ever, in which a male teacher from an all-girls school requests recs for a primer on feminism; Shrill by Lindy West, We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche, and Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl (illus.) are among her recs. New & Forthcoming Books We’re Excited About Underground Airlines by Ben Winters (pubs July 5 2016) The Well-Stocked and Gilded Cage by Lawrence Lenhart (pubs Aug 2 2016) Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn (pubs July 19 2016) The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan (pubs July 19 2016) Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel The Crimson Skew by S.E. Grove (pubs July 12 2016) Collections: Birds Bones and Butterflies by Leah Sobsey (pubs July 12 2016) What do you do when a customer asks for a happy read?  Emma tries to make them into a romance reader and, if that fails, recommends Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. Kim recommends graphica (though Emma’s first three thoughts when she says graphica are Watchmen, Persepolis, and Fun Home—not the happiest of reads…) Chapter I   [21:21] In Which Ben Walks Into a Bookstore and Receives a Job, Coins the term “litizen,” and Says the Word Smartypants a Lot. Plus Emma Freaks Out About Events Coordinators/Drunk Booksellers’ Guests Not Reading Harry Potter Longfellow Books of Portland, Maine was Ben’s childhood bookstore. We discuss the joy of bookstores, record stores, and video stores—half-retail and half-cultural places where you go to meet friends and discover gems. Ben’s advice for getting a job at a bookstore? Walk into said bookstore with no intention of getting a job (it worked for him!) Learn more about Brazos Bookstore here. They do “down and dirty highbrow” bookselling. In Houston this summer? Here are a couple fun things going on: Houston Shakespeare Festival Summer of Kubrick Have you heard about this new Harry Potter book coming out? Kim imagines that it will be mostly about ennui of adulthood, and compares it to Ben’s book The Sadness.  Chapter II   [37:46] In Which Ben Pitches His Book Succinctly—It’s a Book About Film and Failure— and We Discuss Adulting “Booksellers as adults is a strange thing; you’re asking people to become adults and go out into the world where their primary relationship to anything in their lives has been sitting alone in a room…that’s not going to end well.” Chapter III   [44:34] In Which We Speculate Alice Munroe’s Drinking Habits, Declare Adult Connect-the-Dots as The Next Big Thing, And Bring Up the Fact That Ben Hasn’t Read Harry Potter Again Ben wants to drink with John Updike to see if he’s as insufferable a person as Ben finds him as a writer. Kim mocks his reasoning. His second choice is Alice Munroe (who may or may not listen to this podcast? We’re pretty sure she doesn’t. But we can dream.) Ben’s bookseller confession is he doesn’t keep up with trends—but it’s ok, Emma and Kim haven’t read Knausgaard or Ferrante either. Ben’s Station Eleven/Wild/Desert Island Books 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Collected Stories of Joy Williams How to Read a Film by James Monaco Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace ALL the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling Go-to Handsells Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson Faces in the Crowd, The Story of My Teeth, and Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli Impossible Handsells Thrown by Kerry Howley (shout-out to the awesome small press,Sarabande Books) Don’t Suck, Don’t Die by Kristin Hersh  Chapter IV   [1:01:12] In Which We Talk About Where We Can Be Found On the Internets & Remind You of Our Awesome Sponsor (Books & Whatnot) Shout out to Kramer Books in Washington, DC Hey, remember Books & Whatnot? Ben subscribes, we subscribe, and you should subscribe too! Check out Ben on twitter at @BenjaminRybeck or give him a shout atben@brazosbookstore.com. Don’t forget to read his book, The Sadness, which has been compared to the new Harry Potter book (by Kim, on this episode). Did you know you can enjoy our wit and charm on Twitter? Follow us at @drunkbookseller. Kim also occasionally tweets from @finaleofseem. Emma can be found at @thebibliot and also on Book Riot, where she writes articles which are both nerdy and informative! If you know a bookseller who would love to spend a few hours drinking and chatting with us, have them shoot us an email at drunkbooksellers@gmail.com. Finally, if you like the show, you can rate/review us on iTunes & subscribe using your favorite podcatcher.

Continuing our series of podcasts on the Best of Young British Novelists 4, we hear from Jenni Fagan. Fagan’s critically acclaimed debut novel, The Panopticon, was published in 2012 and named one of the Waterstones Eleven, a selection of the best fiction debuts of the year. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her collection The Dead Queen of Bohemia was named 3:AM magazine’s Poetry Book of the Year. She holds an MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway, University of London, and currently lives in a coastal village in Scotland. ‘Zephyrs’, in the issue, is an excerpt from her novel in progress. Here she speaks with Granta’s Ellah Allfrey about the care system, how a library van nurtured her love of reading from a young age and her days in a band.

On this edition of Bookmarked Ryan Van Winkle goes in search of essential interviews from the world of books and comes back with two gems - writer Kirsty Gunn talking about the long long process of development and writing of her just-published novel The Big Music, and TV broadcaster and author of A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos Mark Thompson (pictured) talking about how he got into astronomy and why it's so fascinating.And nestling between these two interviews is newly-crowned Granta Young British Novelist Jenni Fagan reading her short story 'Impilo'. It contains some strong language and is not for the faint-hearted, but is a great example of new exciting writing happening right now. Contents:0:00  Introduction 0:53  Kirsty Gunn interview  8:09  Jenni Fagan reads 'Impilo'  22:03  Mark Thompson interview  

Bookmarked is Scottish Book Trust's latest podcast, bringing you a monthly dose of bookish action from all around Scotland. Each new episode is jam-packed with book news, interviews, readings, roundups and sneak previews. Whether you are a staunch bookworm or looking for something new to get you stoked about reading, be sure to catch Bookmarked, hosted by Ryan Van Winkle, arriving for your listening pleasure in the first week of every month. In our inaugural podcast, you'll catch a behind-the-scenes tour of ‘GiftED', the Edinburgh book sculptures exhibition currently touring Scotland; a catch-up with author, Wigtown resident and book lover, Jessica Fox; a taster of Book Week Scotland's events programme and a quick-fire interview with author Jenni Fagan, who fills us in on her favourite books for people who are short on time.Bookmarked is produced by Colin Fraser with music by Ragland.