Podcast appearances and mentions of Margaret Drabble

Novelist, biographer and critic

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Best podcasts about Margaret Drabble

Latest podcast episodes about Margaret Drabble

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Psychopomp and circumstance

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 52:42


This week, Margaret Drabble explores how Dickens drew on his love of the macabre and grotesque to create literary magic; and Norma Clarke takes a tour around the British coast.'Dickens the enchanter: Inside the explosive imagination of the great storyteller', by Peter Conrad'The restless coast: A journey around the edge of Britain', by Roger Morgan-Grenville'Seascape: Notes from a changing coastline', by Matthew Yeomans'The Shetland Way: Community and climate crisis on my father's islands', by Marianne BrownProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Front Row
Manhunt play by Robert Icke, new Edwardians exhibiition, film director Waris Hussein

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 42:44


Theatre director Robert Icke's production of Oedipus won best revival and a best actress award for Lesley Manville at last night's Olivier Awards - but his new play Manhunt is now demanding his attention at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The drama focuses on the story of Raoul Moat who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her new boyfriend before a stand-off with armed police which ended in his suicide. Samira talks to Robert Icke and to Samuel Edward-Cook who plays Moat. The Edwardian era - from Queen Victoria's death to the start of the First World War - is the subject of a new exhibition at the King's Gallery in London. Samira is joined by its curator Kathryn Jones from the Royal Collection Trust and by the historian and Alwyn Turner, author of Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era.The Swinging Sixties bring to mind films like Michael Caine's Alfie and the social realist dramas like Up The Junction. But A Touch of Love, released in 1969 and now getting a fresh outing on DVD, offers up an unusual female perspective on the era of free love. Margaret Drabble adapted her own novel the Millstone for the film which starred Sandy Dennis - alongside a young Ian McKellen in his first screen role. We hear from its director Waris Hussein - who also directed the first episodes of Dr Who.

Vox Vomitus
Nicole Bokat, author of "Will End in Fire"

Vox Vomitus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 55:57


https://www.nicolebokat.com Nicole's first novel, Redeeming Eve, was published by The Permanent Press. It was nominated for both the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction. What Matters Most, her second novel, was published by The Penguin Group. Her third novel, The Happiness Thief, was published by She Writes Press. It was a 2021 Foreword Indie Awards Finalist. WIll End in Fire, her latest novel, was published in October 2024 by She Writes Press Nicole has a Masters in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in literature (both from New York University) and is the author of a scholarly book: The Novels of Margaret Drabble: “this Freudian family nexus.” She's taught writing and literature at NYU, the New School, Hunter College, and Mediabistro and has written essays and articles for a variety of national publications including The New York Times, Parents, and The Forward. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband and dog, Ruby, and has two sons. You can follow Nicole here: Facebook: facebook.com/nicolebokat Twitter: @NicoleBokat Instagram: @nicolebokat #NicoleBokat #WillEndinFire VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine, award-winning contemporary romance and speculative fiction novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.com https://www.facebook.com/VoxVomituspodcast https://twitter.com/VoxVomitus #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodcast #livepodcast #bookstagram #liveauthorinterview #voxvomituslivevideopodcast #Jennifergordon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voxvomitus/support

Crónicas Lunares
El camino radiante - Margaret Drabble

Crónicas Lunares

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 4:37


AVISO LEGAL: Los cuentos, poemas, fragmentos de novelas, ensayos y todo contenido literario que aparece en Crónicas Lunares di Sun podrían estar protegidos por derecho de autor (copyright). Si por alguna razón los propietarios no están conformes con el uso de ellos por favor escribirnos al correo electrónico cronicaslunares.sun@hotmail.com y nos encargaremos de borrarlo inmediatamente.  Si te gusta lo que escuchas y deseas apoyarnos puedes dejar tu donación en PayPal, ahí nos encuentras como @IrvingSun   ⁠https://paypal.me/IrvingSun?country.x=MX&locale.x=es_XC⁠   Síguenos en:   Telegram: Crónicas Lunares di Sun  ⁠⁠Crónicas Lunares di Sun - YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://t.me/joinchat/QFjDxu9fqR8uf3eR⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/cronicalunar/?modal=admin_todo_tour⁠⁠   ⁠⁠Crónicas Lunares (@cronicaslunares.sun) • Fotos y videos de Instagram⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/isun_g1⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/irving-sun⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lODVmOWY0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4x2gFdKw3FeoaAORteQomp⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://www.breaker.audio/cronicas-solares⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://overcast.fm/itunes1480955348/cr-nicas-lunares⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://radiopublic.com/crnicas-lunares-WRDdxr⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://tunein.com/user/gnivrinavi/favorites⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://mx.ivoox.com/es/s_p2_759303_1.html⁠⁠   ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/user?u=43478233⁠⁠   

Lost Ladies of Lit
Margaret Drabble — The Millstone with Carrie Mullins

Lost Ladies of Lit

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 36:50


Send us a textMargaret Drabble's 1965 novel The Millstone offers a nuanced portrayal of single motherhood in 1960s London. Author Carrie Mullins, whose 2024 nonfiction work The Book of Mothers explores literary depictions of motherhood, joins us to discuss Drabble's fearless protagonist, Rosamund. Together, we explore how The Millstone captures the joys and burdens of motherhood, and how Drabble's sharp, ahead-of-its-time portrayal speaks to contemporary readers.Mentioned in this episode:The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood by Carrie MullinsThe Millstone by Margaret DrabbleA Touch of Love starring Sandy Dennis and Ian McKellanA.S. ByattCambride Ladies Dining SocietyLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 139 on Heartburn by Nora EphronLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott“Little Women” and the Marmee ProblemThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerPride & Prejudiceby Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comDiscuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Reading Writers
Just Open the Door and Go: Marlowe Granados on Margaret Drabble's The Millstone

Reading Writers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 61:16


Jo opens their mind to further basketball books after reading Hanif Abdurraqib's There's Always This Year, while Charlotte revisits a YA novel from her youth, Bette Green's Summer of My German Soldier. Glamorous Marlowe Granados then joins to expound on great novels of mid-century women, namely Margaret Drabble's The Millstone. Marlowe Granados is the author of Happy Hour, a novel the New Yorker called an "effervescent debut." In 2021, it was shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel award and received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Review. It is considered a RAVE on Literary Hub's BookMarks, a website that aggregates reviews from major publications. She writes a substack called "From the Desk of Marlowe Granados" and is currently at work on her second novel. After spending time in New York and London, she now lives in Toronto. Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte's most recent book is An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Learn more at charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Cultural Life
Margaret Drabble

This Cultural Life

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 43:15


The novelist, biographer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble published her debut novel in 1963. She quickly went on to become a bestselling and critically acclaimed chronicler of the lives of modern women in a series of contemporary realist stories, often based on her own life and experiences. Her 19 novels include The Millstone, The Waterfall, The Ice Age and The Radiant Way, and her non-fiction includes books on Thomas Hardy, William Wordsworth and Arnold Bennett. She has also edited the Oxford Companion to English Literature. Dame Margaret tells John Wilson about her upbringing in Sheffield and how winning a scholarship to Newnham College, Cambridge, shaped her literary tastes. It was there that she heard the lectures of the academic F R Leavis and first discovered contemporary novels by Angus Wilson and Saul Bellow. She became an actress and worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company before her first novel, A Summer Birdcage, the story of the relationship between two sisters, was published in 1963. She recalls how her literary career began in the wings of the RSC and talks candidly about her often strained relationship with her older sister, the late novelist A S Byatt. Dame Margaret also discusses the influence of her friend, the Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing.Producer: Edwina Pitman

Encyclopedia Womannica
Adversaries: A.S. Byatt vs. Margaret Drabble

Encyclopedia Womannica

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 6:09 Transcription Available


A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) and Margaret Drabble (1939-present) are sisters and writers. Both achieved global fame at different points in their career and the British tabloids played up the feud between them.  For Further Reading:  “A Narrative of Jealousy and Bafflement and Resentment” What Possessed A.S. Byatt?  Margaret Drabble, the Art of Fiction This month we're talking about adversaries. These women fought against systems, governments and – sometimes each other to break barriers in their respective fields. They did unthinkable and sometimes unspeakable things to carve out their place in history. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Hannah Bottum, Lauren Willams, and Adrien Behn. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Worms Podcast
Opening up a can of worms with CLAIRE MARIE HEALY

The Worms Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 40:51


Claire Marie Healy's writing and curated projects explore film, art, fashion, and the internet, with a focus on the experiences of young women. Formerly the editor of Dazed, she has since edited publications on roller discos, dancefloors and SFX makeup for places like IDEA and A24. Her writing has been published by the Tate ("Girlhood", 2023), The Guardian, Dirt, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Cultured, Real Review and others, and she is also a Contributing Editor for AnOther, where her Girlhood Studies column has lived since 2019. Lately, Claire has been working on a new history of girlhood as told through clothing and makeup.  Books mentioned: 'Girlhood' by Marie Claire Healy, 'A Summer Bird-Cage' by Margaret Drabble, 'Women in the Picture' by Catherine McCormack, 'The Untethered Soul' by Michael Singer. Buy Claires book here ⁠Look Again: Girlhood | Books | Tate Shop | Tate Directors mentioned: Sofia Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola. Movies mentioned: Virgin suicides, Marie Antoinette, The Beguiled, Hoard, Maxine.

featured Wiki of the Day
Arnold Bennett

featured Wiki of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 3:57


fWotD Episode 2610: Arnold Bennett Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Thursday, 27 June 2024 is Arnold Bennett.Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English author, best known as a novelist who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays (some in collaboration with other writers), and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the Ministry of Information in the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. Sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.Born into a modest but upwardly mobile family in Hanley, in the Staffordshire Potteries, Bennett was intended by his father, a solicitor, to follow him into the legal profession. He worked for his father before moving to another law firm in London as a clerk aged 21. He became assistant editor and then a women's magazine editor before becoming a full-time author in 1900. Always a devotee of French culture in general and French literature in particular, he moved to Paris in 1903; the relaxed milieu helped him overcome his intense shyness, particularly with women. He spent ten years in France, marrying a Frenchwoman in 1907. In 1912, he moved back to England. He and his wife separated in 1921 and he spent the last years of his life with a new partner, an English actress. He died in 1931 of typhoid fever, having unwisely drunk tap water in France.Many of Bennett's novels and short stories are set in a fictionalised version of the Staffordshire Potteries, which he called The Five Towns. He strongly believed that literature should be accessible to ordinary people and lamented literary cliques and élites. His books appealed to a wide public and sold in large numbers. For this reason and his adherence to realism, writers and supporters of the modernist school, notably Virginia Woolf, belittled him, and his fiction became neglected after his death. During his lifetime his journalistic "self-help" books sold in substantial numbers, and he was also a playwright; he did less well in the theatre than with novels but achieved two considerable successes with Milestones (1912) and The Great Adventure (1913).Studies by Margaret Drabble (1974), John Carey (1992), and others have led to a re-evaluation of Bennett's work. His finest novels, including Anna of the Five Towns (1902), The Old Wives' Tale (1908), Clayhanger (1910) and Riceyman Steps (1923), are now widely recognised as significant works.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:18 UTC on Thursday, 27 June 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Arnold Bennett on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm long-form Ruth.

Classic Short Stories
The Man Who Loved Islands by D. H. Lawrence

Classic Short Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 71:03


Here we narrate D.H. Lawrence's "The Man Who Loved Islands," where isolation becomes both a refuge and a prison. This gripping audiobook tells the story of Mr. Carthcart, a man who seeks solitude by purchasing a series of increasingly remote islands, each retreat further distancing him from the human connections he undervalues. But as he delves deeper into his self-imposed exile, Carthcart finds that nature's overpowering presence grows ever more formidable, threatening to erase any trace of his existence. Well-known literary critic Margaret Drabble hails this narrative as one of the finest examples of English short stories, masterfully weaving allegory and literal narrative into a profound exploration of human isolation. This story delves deeply into the psyche of a man who is fundamentally incapable of forming real human connections or adapting to a shared existence. With each island retreat, Carthcart's disconnect grows, turning each new haven into a more desolate and isolating place than the last. Perfect for those who are captivated by the complexities of solitude and the human condition, this audiobook offers a compelling narrative that captures the tragic consequences of a life lived at the margins of society. Listen and uncover the depth of Lawrence's insight into the inevitable downfall that comes from fleeing the very essence of humanity: our need for each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Författarscenen
Margaret Drabble i samtal med Johanna Koljonen

Författarscenen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 59:17


Internationell författarscen 7 december 2015.

Buchkritik - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Buchkritik: "Mühlstein" von Margaret Drabble

Buchkritik - Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 6:11


Reichart, Manuela www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Studio 9

Lesart - das Literaturmagazin - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Buchkritik: "Mühlstein" von Margaret Drabble

Lesart - das Literaturmagazin - Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 6:11


Reichart, Manuela www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Studio 9

Lesart - das Literaturmagazin (ganze Sendung) - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Buchkritik: "Mühlstein" von Margaret Drabble

Lesart - das Literaturmagazin (ganze Sendung) - Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 6:11


Reichart, Manuela www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Studio 9

Late Night Sleep Radio
The Man Who Loved Islands by D. H. Lawrence

Late Night Sleep Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 71:03


Here we narrate D.H. Lawrence's "The Man Who Loved Islands," where isolation becomes both a refuge and a prison. This gripping audiobook tells the story of Mr. Carthcart, a man who seeks solitude by purchasing a series of increasingly remote islands, each retreat further distancing him from the human connections he undervalues. But as he delves deeper into his self-imposed exile, Carthcart finds that nature's overpowering presence grows ever more formidable, threatening to erase any trace of his existence. Well-known literary critic Margaret Drabble hails this narrative as one of the finest examples of English short stories, masterfully weaving allegory and literal narrative into a profound exploration of human isolation. This story delves deeply into the psyche of a man who is fundamentally incapable of forming real human connections or adapting to a shared existence. With each island retreat, Carthcart's disconnect grows, turning each new haven into a more desolate and isolating place than the last. Perfect for those who are captivated by the complexities of solitude and the human condition, this audiobook offers a compelling narrative that captures the tragic consequences of a life lived at the margins of society. Listen and uncover the depth of Lawrence's insight into the inevitable downfall that comes from fleeing the very essence of humanity: our need for each other.

WDR 4 Bücher
"Mühlstein" von Margaret Drabble

WDR 4 Bücher

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 5:14


Das ist die Geschichte einer naiven jungen Frau, die nach ihrem allerersten sexuellen Kontakt, einem One-Night-Stand, schwanger wird und ahnungslos weiterlebt. Von Elke Heidenreich.

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk
Margaret Drabble: "Mühlstein"

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 5:28


Baltschev, Bettina www.deutschlandfunk.de, Büchermarkt

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk
Büchermarkt 08.04.2024: Margaret Drabble, Julja Linhof u. Luis Ruby

Büchermarkt - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 19:38


Fuhrig, Dirk www.deutschlandfunk.de, Büchermarkt

MDR KULTUR Unter Büchern mit Katrin Schumacher
Unter Büchern: Familiengeheimnisse

MDR KULTUR Unter Büchern mit Katrin Schumacher

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 55:01


Katrin Schumacher ist im Gespräch mit Thembi Wolf zum Podcast "Familiengeheimnisse", wir versinken in neuen Büchern von Evan Tepest, Elisabeth Strout , Margaret Drabble. Ein Gedicht gibt's auch, von Patrick Wilden.

Writers and Company from CBC Radio
Dionne Brand, Margaret Drabble, Deborah Eisenberg & Andrew O'Hagan reflect on life and writing

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 53:07


This week, to strike a celebratory note, an encore presentation of Writers & Company's 20th anniversary special with acclaimed writers Dionne Brand, Margaret Drabble, Deborah Eisenberg and Andrew O'Hagan. They joined host Eleanor Wachtel onstage at the Toronto International Festival of Authors in 2010. *This interview originally aired Oct. 31, 2010.

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves
Bookwaves/Artwaves – November 30, 2023: A.S. Byatt (1936-2003)

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 59:58


Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues  ​ Bookwaves A.S. Byatt (1936-November 18, 2023), in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky on ​​​​​January 27, 2003 while on tour for the novel, “A Whistling Woman.” This would be the first of two interviews, the second in 2010 for her novel The Children's Book. Born Antonia Drabble and sister to novelist Margaret Drabble, A.S. Byatt spent her early professional life as a teacher before becoming a full time writer in 1983. In 1978 she began the first of a tetralogy, The Virgin in the Garden, which continued with Still Life, Babel Tower, and finally A Whistling Woman. Her 1990 novel, Possession, probably her best known work, won the Booker Prize. and was turned into a successful film by Neil LeBute. Her novella Morpho Eugenia was adapted into a film titled Angels and Insects in 1995. Over the course of her career, she wrote ten novels, the last of which was Ragnarok: The End of the Gods in 2011, along with six short story collections, a two-novella collection titled Angels and Insects, and nine essays and biographies. Her final work was a short story collection, Medusa's Ankles, published in 2021. This wide-ranging interview focuses not only on her most recent novel, but on the build-up to the American invasion of Iraq, which would happen in March, 2003, her views on Umberto Eco's works, genre fiction, and other issues. Remastered and re-edited by Richard Wolinsky, November 18-19, 2023. Complete interview.   Review of “Guys and Dolls”at San Francisco Playhouse through January 13, 2023. Review of “Harry Clarke” at Berkeley Rep Roda Theatre through December 23, 2023.     Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination and mask requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. Some venues operate Tuesday – Sunday; others Wednesday or Thursday through Sunday. All times Pacific Time. Closing dates are sometimes extended. Book Stores Bay Area Book Festival  Event calendar and links to previous events. Book Passage.  Monthly Calendar. Mix of on-line and in-store events. Books Inc.  Mix of on-line and in-store events. The Booksmith.  Monthly Event Calendar. Center for Literary Arts, San Jose. See website for Book Club guests in upcoming months. Green Apple Books. Events calendar. Kepler's Books  On-line Refresh the Page program listings. Live Theater Companies Actor's Reading Collective (ARC).  See website for past streams. African American Art & Culture Complex. See website for calendar. Alter Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. American Conservatory Theatre  A Christmas Carol, December 6 -24, Toni Rembe Theater. Aurora Theatre  1984 by George Orwell, adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan, In Theater, November 10 – December 10, Streaming, December 5-10. Felonious Mixtape runs Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and Dec. 7-9. Awesome Theatre Company. See website for upcoming productions. Berkeley Rep Bulrusher by Eisa Davis, October 27 – December 3, 2023, Peets Theatre. Harry Clarke by David Cale, featuring Billy Crudup, Roda Theatre, November 15 – December 23, 2023. Berkeley Shakespeare Company. See website for upcoming productions. Boxcar Theatre. See website for upcoming shows. Brava Theatre Center: See calendar for current and upcoming productions. BroadwaySF: See website for assorted upcoming events in 2023. Disney's The Lion King, November 22 – December 30, Orpheum. Broadway San Jose:  How the Grinch Stole Christmas, November 28 – December 3. California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal Shakes). See website for events. Center Rep: A Christmas Carol, December 7 – 21. Central Works  See website for 2024 season. Cinnabar Theatre. The Addams Family, November 17-December 2. The Last Five Years, January 5-21, 2024, Club Fugazi. Dear San Francisco. Open-ended run. Contra Costa Civic Theatre ;Home for the Holidays, Dec. 8-10; 15-17. Fundraiser with Lamont Ridgell and Anita Veramontes. Curran Theater: See website for upcoming live events and streaming choices. Custom Made Theatre. Upcoming shows to be announced. Cutting Ball Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. 42nd Street Moon. Falsettos, February 29 – March 17, 2024. Golden Thread  Upcoming season to be announced. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. Soulful Christmas, December 14-17, Magic Theatre. Magic Theatre. See website for events at the Magic. Saint John Coltrane Church service, Sundays 11 am. Marin Theatre Company Dragon Lady written and performed by Sara Porkalob, November 24-December 17. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Upcoming Events Page. New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC)  Ruthless, December 1 – January 7. Oakland Theater Project.  Cost of Living by Martyna Majek, March 1-24. Pear Theater. In Repertory, November 17 – December 10: District Merchants by Aaron Posner; William Shakespeare's The Land of the Dead by John Heimbuch. PianoFight. Permanently closed as of March 18, 2023. Presidio Theatre. See website for schedule of events and performances. Ray of Light: Everybody's Talking About Jamie, June 1 – 23, 2024. See website for Spotlight Cabaret Series at Feinstein's at the Nikko. San Francisco Playhouse. Guys and Dolls,  November 16 – January 13. SFBATCO See website for upcoming streaming and in- theater shows. San Jose Stage Company: The Play That Goes Wrong. November 15 – December 10. Shotgun Players.  Hedwig and the Angry Inch. October 28 – December 30. South Bay Musical Theatre: A Little Night Music, January 27 – February 17, 2024. The Breath Project. Streaming archive. The Marsh: Calendar listings for Berkeley, San Francisco and Marshstream. Theatre Rhino  Group Therapy by Tanika Baptiste, November 9 – December 3, Thursday thru Sunday. Streaming: Essential Services Project, conceived and performed by John Fisher, all weekly performances now available on demand, New performances most Wednesdays. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, November 29 – December 24,  Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto. Word for Word.  See website for upcoming productions. Misc. Listings: BAM/PFA: On View calendar for BAM/PFA. Berkeley Symphony: See website for listings. Chamber Music San Francisco: Calendar, 2023 Season. Dance Mission Theatre. On stage events calendar. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Calendar listings and upcoming shows. San Francisco Opera. Calendar listings. San Francisco Symphony. Calendar listings. Filmed Live Musicals: Searchable database of all filmed live musicals, podcast, blog. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theater venue to this list, please write Richard@kpfa.org                                     y. The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – November 30, 2023: A.S. Byatt (1936-2003) appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA - Radio Wolinsky
A.S. Byatt (1936-2023), “A Whistling Woman,” 2003

KPFA - Radio Wolinsky

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 102:19


A.S. Byatt (1936-November 18, 2023), in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky on ​​​​​January 27, 2003 while on tour for the novel, “A Whistling Woman.” This would be the first of two interviews, the second in 2010 for her novel The Children's Book. Born Antonia Drabble and sister to novelist Margaret Drabble, A.S. Byatt spent her early professional life as a teacher before becoming a full time writer in 1983. In 1978 she began the first of a tetralogy, The Virgin in the Garden, which continued with Still Life, Babel Tower, and finally A Whistling Woman. Her 1990 novel, Possession, probably her best known work, won the Booker Prize. and was turned into a successful film by Neil LeBute. Her novella Morpho Eugenia was adapted into a film titled Angels and Insects in 1995. Over the course of her career, she wrote ten novels, the last of which was Ragnarok: The End of the Gods in 2011, along with six short story collections, a two-novella collection titled Angels and Insects, and nine essays and biographies. Her final work was a short story collection, Medusa's Ankles, published in 2021. This wide-ranging interview focuses not only on her most recent novel, but on the build-up to the American invasion of Iraq, which would happen in March, 2003, her views on Umberto Eco's works, genre fiction, and other issues. Remastered and re-edited by Richard Wolinsky, November 18-19, 2023. The post A.S. Byatt (1936-2023), “A Whistling Woman,” 2003 appeared first on KPFA.

Bookatini
S04ep62 - Libri a tema terza età

Bookatini

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 47:38


Benvenuti i bentornati in Bookatini - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri. L'episodio 62 è dedicato ai libri a tema terza età. Nell'episodio di oggi abbiamo chiacchierato approfonditamente di questi libri Le nostre anime di notte, di Kent Haruf, NN editore La mia amica scavezzacollo, di Micol Arianna Beltramini, Hacca editore Abbiamo anche citato questi libri, che abbiamo letto tanto tempo fa, oppure abbiamo ma non abbiamo ancora letto: La piena, di Margaret Drabble, Bompiani editore Il weekend, di Charlotte Wood, NN editore Le solite sospette, di John Niven, Einaudi editore Il centenario che saltò dalla finestra e scomparve, di Jonas Jonasson, Bompiani editore Potete contattarci, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividete con noi le vostre letture su questo tema contattandoci nella pagina Instagram Bookatini_podcast, dove potete trovare anche le nostre live, in onda di mercoledìSe volete sostenerci e godere di contenuti aggiuntivi, potete unirvi a 4 possibili livelli di Patreon che trovate al link: https://www.patreon.com/bookatiniLa sigla di Bookatini è scritta e suonata da Andrea Cerea

Writers and Company from CBC Radio
Britain's literary power couple Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd turn the lens on their own lives

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 52:17


In a rare joint conversation recorded onstage in Montreal in 2001, popular novelist Margaret Drabble and her husband, the influential biographer Michael Holroyd, spoke to Eleanor Wachtel about their once-secret marriage, and exploring their parents' stories through works of fiction and memoir.

Yeni Şafak Podcast
Ali Saydam - ‘Sözlü yönlendirme' olmazsa olmaz...

Yeni Şafak Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 5:07


Enflasyon rakamları açıklandı. TÜİK'e göre yüzde 38,21'e gerileyen yıllık enflasyon, bazı özel şirketlerin dikkate almaya başladığı ENAG'a göre ise yüzde 108,58... Yani arada 2,84 kat fark var... Bu da gösteriyor ki; yine bir ‘algılama kamaşası' ile karşı karşıyayız... Dün sabah, bizim TVNET'e konuk olan iki hocamız; Doç. Dr. Levent Yılmaz ve Prof. Dr. Murat Ferman durumu değerlendirdiler. Her ikisinin de mutabık olduğu tespit, biraz da bizim uzmanlık alanımıza girdiğinden, ilgiyle izledik. Levent Yılmaz Hoca şu önemli görüşleri dile getirdi: “Merkez Bankası ile Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı'nda yeni bir yönetim var. Hem Hafize Gaye Erkan hem de Mehmet Şimşek büyük beklentilerle görev başı yaptılar. Ama bir süredir bizim ‘sözlü yönlendirme' dediğimiz enstrümanı kullanmaktan imtina ediyorlar. Yani, piyasaları yönlendirecek şekilde uzun uzadıya bir açıklama yapmadılar. O açıklamalar gelmeyince; piyasa kendi kendine bir yön arıyor. Beklenti oluşturuyor; o beklenti gerçekleşecek mi, gerçekleyecek mi diye bakıyor... Özellikle döviz kuru tarafındaki yukarı yöndeki hareketin belirli bir plan dâhilinde olduğunun izah edildiği tablo başka sonuçlar doğururdu... Dolayısıyla bu sözlü yönlendirme meselesi son derece önemlidir... Merkez Bankası, mikro-makro ihtiyati tedbirleri zaman içerisinde kaldıracağını söyledi ama bunun algoritması nedir; bunu bilmiyoruz... ...Benim anladığım kadarıyla hem Sayın Şimşek hem de Sayın Erkan bugüne kadar konuşmamayı tercih ettiler ama 27 Temmuz'da yılın 2. enflasyon raporu toplantısı var. Orada Sayın Erkan'ın kameralar karşısına çıkıp, önce enflasyon raporunu açıklayıp, ardından da sorulara cevap vermesini bekliyoruz. Biz 27 Temmuz'a kadar sorularımıza cevap alamayacaksak, bu beklentilerdeki bozulmayı da doğal karşılamamız lazım. ...Bir taraftan bunu istismar edenler var, doğru. Diğer taraftan bütçe yapabilmek için önünü görmeye çalışanlar da var. ...Fakat, bekliyoruz, bekliyoruz; hiçbir yönlendirme, sinyal yok. Gece Resmî Gazete'de gördüğümüzde ertesi gün hesaplarımız şaşıyor. O yüzden bunun sözlü yönlendirmesinin daha önemli olduğunu, bu konudaki iletişimin daha güçlü olması gerektiğini ifade etmeye çalışıyorum...” Murat ve Levent hocaların birlikte altını çizdikleri tespit ise sözlü yönlendirmenin pek çok finansal, kurumsal, yasal uygulamadan daha güçlü, etkili ve önemli olduğuydu... Yani işin özü; iletişim ile algılama ve gelecek beklentisi yönetimi ile ilgidir... Hakikat, bir kez daha karşımıza çıkıyor: İletişim sürekli doyurulması gereken bir kanaldır. Eğer o kanalı siz doldurmazsanız başkaları ‘illaki' doldurur; o zaman da iletişim kanalizasyona döner... Günün sözü “Hiçbir şey kesin olmadığında, her şey mümkündür.” Margaret Drabble, İngiliz yazar Gözümüze takılanlar...

TreeHouseLetter
What makes a single person's death feel large?*

TreeHouseLetter

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 7:51


Four friends died recently and three were my age. Learn what makes the eulogy powerful and lasting from a personal vignette and from Vivian Gornick. An elegy on What is Dying? from Margaret Drabble to share with the bereaved. May they rest in peace.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

This week, Margaret Drabble and Joe Swift talk about the relationship between literature and gardening; and a new short-story collection from Margaret Atwood.‘Turning Leaves', a new podcast from the TLS team‘Old Babes in the Wood' by Margaret AtwoodProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reading Jane Austen
S03E11 Mansfield Park: Episode 11, Chapters 46-48

Reading Jane Austen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 59:50


In this episode, we finish up reading Mansfield Park, with Chapters 46 to 48. We talk about contrasts within the book, the attitude to Maria and Henry, Edmund and Fanny's views of Mary, Sir Thomas's reflections in the final chapter, the wrapping up of the other characters and how we are told about Edmund falling in love with Fanny.We discuss Fanny Price, then Ellen talks about principle and education, and Harriet looks at how adaptations and modernisations treat these chapters. Things we mention: General and character discussion:Margaret Drabble,  “Introduction”,  Mansfield Park (1996 – Signet Classics edition)Anthony Powell, Casanova's Chinese Restaurant [volume 5 of A Dance to the Music of Time] (1960)William Shakespeare, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern, Talking of Jane Austen (1943) and More Talk of Jane Austen (1950)Tony Tanner, various works including “Introduction”, Mansfield Park (1966 – Penguin Books edition)Marvin Mudrick, Jane Austen; irony as defense and discovery (1952)Mary Brunton, Self-Control (1810)Linda V Troost and Sayre N Greenfield, “A History of the Fanny Wars”, Persuasions 36 (1), 2014, pp. 15–33.D W Harding, ‘Regulated Hatred: An aspect of the work of Jane Austen', Scrutiny, 8 (4), 1940, pp. 346–362.C S Lewis, ‘A Note on Jane Austen', Essays in Criticism, IV (4), October 1954, pp. 359–371.Lionel Trilling, “Mansfield Park“, Partisan Review 21 (September-October 1954): 492-511. Also published in Encounter, September 1954: 9-19.Kingsley Amis, “What Became of Jane Austen?”, The Spectator, 4 October 1957 – republished in What Became of Jane Austen? And Other Questions (1970)Historical discussion:Maria Edgeworth, Moral Tales: Angelina; Or L'amie Inconnue. the Good French Governess. Mademoiselle Panache. the Knapsack (1801)Popular culture discussion:Adaptations:BBC, Mansfield Park (1983) – starring Sylvestra Le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell (6 episodes)Miramax, Mansfield Park (1999) – starring Frances O'Connor and Jonny Lee MillerITV, Mansfield Park (2007) – starring Billie Piper and Blake RitsonModernisations:YouTube, Foot in the Door Theatre, From Mansfield With Love (2014-2015)D.E. Stevenson, Celia's House (1943)For a list of music used, see this episode on our website.    

Arts & Ideas
John Cowper Powys

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 54:04


With their casts of outsiders, deviants and miscreants, the novels of John Cowper Powys explore where meaning can be found in a world without God. Very often, the answer is in semi-mystical communion with nature and landscape. Heir of both Thomas Hardy and Friedrich Nietzsche, Powys was admired by contemporaries like Iris Murdoch, and anticipated lots of the concerns of ecocritical writers and thinkers of today. But few of his books are currently in print. To mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, Matthew Sweet discusses his life and writing with Margaret Drabble, John Gray, Iain Sinclair and Kevan Manwaring. Producer: Luke Mulhall

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas look back at a riveting and prescient conversation with climate writer David Wallace-Wells; plus Margaret Drabble on the allure of roses, and Jeremy Mynott on our affinity with birds.Produced by Charlotte Pardy. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pizza and Property
Weekly Slice 86 Hot spot in Review Armidale - Arjun Paliwal

Pizza and Property

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 9:19


There's no doubt we're heading for uncertain times in our economy, but as English novelist Margaret Drabble says: "When nothing is clear everything is possible" More millionaires are created during the down times then the boom times, the smart investors always look for the possibilities and opportunities during these times    To spot those opportunities you're going to need data!   This episode we're talking the numbers of Armidale NSW with our resident data expert Arjun Paliwal.  If you've been looking for a town with good rental yields and an affordable buy in price this could be just the town you've been looking for.    Join Todd Sloan and a different industry leader each week, as they open up the topics you want to know more about to become a savvy investor.   Want more help understanding how to buy property faster and for less? Get your copy of Todd Sloan's book today: Booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-home-buying-guide-todd-sloan/book/9780648980490.html?source=pla&zsrc=go-nz-allstock&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnJaKBhDgARIsAHmvz6f55Kw-l0pKCn0DMNj0TND2qN863sQQR56p98sXAjOUgBQSpwDDQ0waAtLsEALw_wcB Dymocks: https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/australias-home-buying-guide-by-todd-sloan-9780648980490?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnJaKBhDgARIsAHmvz6etuq25nQ2CSirN8z-UHAIshbp5MxeuD7ECMvs5Oghg2Pab34Fyl0QaAuQhEALw_wcB   YouTube Pizza & Property: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgXX6ibW7WEFbWkf-jslDvQ?view_as=subscriber Facebook Pizza & Property: https://www.facebook.com/Pizza-and-Property-2111096335696398/?modal=admin_todo_tour ASK YOUR LISTENER QUESTION BY VISITING THE WEBSITE BELOW  Website:  https://www.pizzaandproperty.com/ Disclaimer: All discussions are general in nature and should never be considered financial advice, please seek your own professional financial advice. The content displayed on the website, podcast and blog is the intellectual property of the Pizza and Property. You may not reuse, republish, or reprint such content without our written consent.

Ruby Ray with Jaclyn Norton
Black Moon Lilith & The Cosmic Feminine with Kelley Hunter

Ruby Ray with Jaclyn Norton

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 74:13


In this episode I interview Astromythologist Kelley Hunter about The Cosmic Feminine. We talk about the essential nature of Black Moon Lilith as it pertains to womanhood, and the primordial energy of this celestial void. Kelley shares how Venus, the Moon, and Black Moon Lilith weave together to create a mythological and archetypal energy pattern. And how this merging of three celestial bodies creates essential aspects of the cosmic feminine. We also talk about: How Black Moon Lilith is connected to the nodes of the moon Interpreting Lilith in the context of the chart Which Kuiper Belt Objects are influencing Earth right now The significance of the Full Supermoon on June 14th Resources: Kelley Hunter's http://www.heliastar.com/ (Website) | https://heliastar.com/lilith-speaks-a-dramatic-monologue/ (Poem in Intro) created as part of a mythic theatre production with Dragon Dance Theatre Books mentioned by Kelley in episode: https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Sun-View-Cosmic-Feminine/dp/0895947226 (O Mother Sun! by Patricia Monaghan) —stories of sun goddesses from different cultures | https://www.amazon.com/Lilith-George-MacDonald/dp/0802860613 (Lilith by George MacDonald) | https://www.amazon.com/Asteroid-Goddesses-Mythology-Psychology-Re-Emerging/dp/0892540826 (Asteroid Goddesses, Demetra George and Douglas Bloch) | https://www.amazon.com/Descent-Goddess-Way-Initiation-Women/dp/0919123058 (Descent to the Goddess, Sylvia Brinton Perera) — quote about Venus' meeting with Lilith in the Underworld | https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Sardello/e/B000APZJ7E%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share (Robert Sardello, Depth Psychologist) — the myth of Sophia, Bride of Christ | https://www.amazon.com/Dakinis-Warm-Breath-Feminine-Principle/dp/157062920X (Dakini's Warm Breath by Judith Simmer-Brown) | https://www.amazon.com/Waterfall-Margaret-Drabble/dp/0140033173 (Margaret Drabble, The Waterfall) 

Aging Like A Badass
Embracing The Madness

Aging Like A Badass

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 51:02


When we are left with little to no choice but to do it all and be it all, how we handle it all can be everything. Join "Super" wife, mom to 4, and wellness coach Summer Meyer as we dive headfirst into the hard of the pandemic and the past two years, how she leaned into who she is and what she knew to survive and what she's learned about herself and her kids along the journey, and how this is positively impacting their lives today. "When nothing is sure, everything is possible."Margaret Drabble.Aging Like A Badass Radio Show is broadcast live at 1:00PM ET Thursdays on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas look back at this year's podcasts. We hear from Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Drabble, Mary Beard and Paul Muldoon, among others, covering literature, film, art, poetry and much more.Produced by Sophia Franklin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas look back at this year's podcasts. We hear from Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Drabble, Mary Beard and Paul Muldoon, among others, covering literature, film, art, poetry and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
George Orwell and his Roses and a History of Self-Improvement

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 51:45


This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark discuss roses, Orwell and rhizomatic thinking with Margaret Drabble; Kathryn Hughes is our guide through histories of self-improvement; plus, what log-rolling really means.'Orwell's Roses' by Rebecca Solnit'The Art of Self-Improvement' by Anna Katharina SchaffnerThe Log Driver's Waltz: https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltzProduced by Sophia Franklin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Strange Worlds of Their Own

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 50:14


This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the novelist Margaret Drabble to consider the ‘curiously free-floating reputation' of Russell Hoban, whose adult novels, including ‘Riddley Walker', now appear as Penguin Modern Classics; as twin exhibitions mark the centenary of the birth of the English sculptor, painter, writer, designer and illustrator Michael Ayrton, the critic Boyd Tonkin delves into the myth-laden maze of the artist's thought‘From Oprah to Medusa: The endlessly various world of Russell Hoban' by Margaret Drabble: www.the-tls.co.uk‘Michael Ayrton: A singular obsession', Fry Art Gallery Too, Saffron Walden, until October 31st‘Michael Ayrton Centenary: Ideas, images, reflections', edited by Justine Hopkins‘Celebrating Michael Ayrton: A centenary exhibition', the Lightbox, Woking, until August 8thA special subscription offer for TLS podcast listeners: www.the-tls.co.uk/buy/podProducer: Ben Mitchell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pb Living - A daily book review
A Book Review - Petals of Blood Novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Pb Living - A daily book review

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 9:04


The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, Petals of Blood is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time. First published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human-rights groups, scholars, and writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Donald Barthelme, Harold Pinter, and Margaret Drabble.First time in Penguin Classics --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Mark Glanville to mark the centenary of the birth of Paul Celan, probably the most important post-war German-language poet, by revisiting the early poems in light of his later transformation; and Margaret Drabble considers the literature of urban walking, via the fiction of G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells and other metropolitan ramblers.Memory Rose into Threshold Speech: The collected earlier poetry: A bilingual edition, translated by Pierre JorisMicroliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous prose, translated by Pierre JorisUnder the Dome: Walks with Paul Celan, by Jean Daive, translated by Rosmarie WaldropThe Walker: On finding and losing yourself in the modern city, by Matthew Beaumont See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Mark Glanville to mark the centenary of the birth of Paul Celan, probably the most important post-war German-language poet, by revisiting the early poems in light of his later transformation; and Margaret Drabble considers the literature of urban walking, via the fiction of G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells and other metropolitan ramblers.Memory Rose into Threshold Speech: The collected earlier poetry: A bilingual edition, translated by Pierre JorisMicroliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous prose, translated by Pierre JorisUnder the Dome: Walks with Paul Celan, by Jean Daive, translated by Rosmarie WaldropThe Walker: On finding and losing yourself in the modern city, by Matthew Beaumont See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writers and Company from CBC Radio
Dionne Brand, Margaret Drabble, Deborah Eisenberg & Andrew O'Hagan reflect on life and writing

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2020 54:02


2020 marks the 30th anniversary of Writers & Company. Since we can't celebrate in person, Eleanor revisits the 20th anniversary special with four writers in conversation in Toronto in 2010.

Love Letters from The Coloring Book Coach
October 2020 Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Love Letters from The Coloring Book Coach

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 23:11


Welcome to October 2020 -The theme for this month is: Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life. - Steve Jobs. Week 1 starts at 2:24 Theme: What are the infinite possibilities for something different to show up in my life? - Dr. Dain Heer Week 2 starts at 5:58 Theme: Correction does much, but encouragement does more. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Week 3 starts at 10:38 Theme: You never know when a new beginning is going to show up! - Kim A. Flodin Week 4 starts at 13.59 Theme: When nothing is sure, everything is possible. - Margaret Drabble. Big thanks to Silent Partner for our theme song, Believer, we found them on YouTube’s Creator Library. ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht8qITGkBvXKsR1Byln-wA )

Arts & Ideas
Queer Bloomsbury and stillness in art and dance

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 44:27


Francesca Wade and Paul Mendez talk to Shahidha Bari about Queer Bloomsbury in a conversation run in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature who set up events in mid-June to mark Dalloway Day, inspired by the 1925 novel from Virginia Woolf. Claudia Tobin from the University of Cambridge looks at Woolf's writing on art and the vogue for still lives and compares notes with 2020 New Generation Thinker Lucy Weir from the University of Edinburgh, who has written a postcard exploring dance, stillness and movement in lockdown. Claudia Tobin's book is called Still Life and Modernism: Artists, Writers, Dancers. She was awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Francesca Wade is the author of Square Haunting. You can hear her focusing on the academics Jane Harrison and Eileen Power in a Free Thinking episode called Pioneering women: academics and classics https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dj0g Paul Mendez's novel is called Rainbow Milk Lucy Weir is a Teaching Fellow, Modern and Contemporary Art, History of Art at the University of Edinburgh and is one of the 2020 New Generation Thinkers on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the AHRC to select academics who can turn their research into radio. You can hear a discussion of the novel Mrs Dalloway featuring the writers Hermione Lee, Alison Light and Margaret Drabble with Philip Dodd https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zt79p and you can find a host of conversations for Dalloway Day on the website of the Royal Society of Literature https://rsliterature.org/ Producer: Robyn Read

Slightly Foxed
20: An Issue of Enthusiasms

Slightly Foxed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 36:33


Slightly Foxed Editors Gail and Hazel take us between the pages of the magazine, bookmarking articles along the way. Crack the spine of the quarterly to discover T. H. White taking flying lessons, smutty book titles, a passion for romantic ruins, John Berger shadowing a remarkable GP, a rebellious Mitford ‘rescued’ by a destroyer, a night to remember on the Titanic and much more besides. From correcting proofs to welcoming writers with a host of experiences, the story of putting together an issue of enthusiasms unfolds. And in this month’s reading from the archives, a hapless apprentice at the Hogarth Press recounts his disastrous stint with the Woolfs. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 36 minutes; 33 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch (mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com) with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. - Slightly Foxed Issue 66 (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-66-published-1-jun-2020/) - Basil Street Blues (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/michael-holroyd-basil-street-blues/) , Michael Holroyd: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 29 (6:00) - England Have My Bones, T. H. White is out of print (6:47) - Inside of a Dog (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/alexandra-horowitz-inside-of-a-dog/) , Alexandra Horowitz (11:04) - The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb is out of print (13:04) - No Voice from the Hall, John Harris is out of print (14:33) - The Family from One End Street (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eve-garnett-the-family-from-one-end-street/) , Eve Garnett (15:15) - A Taste of Paris, Theodora FitzGibbon is out of print (15:33) - A Fortunate Man (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/john-berger-a-fortunate-man/) , John Berger (19:38) - Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman novels (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-set-of-rosemary-sutcliffs-roman-novels/) : Slightly Foxed Cubs (21:15) - Hons and Rebels (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jessica-mitford-hons-and-rebels/) , Jessica Mitford: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 52, published 1 September 2020 (21:53) - A Night to Remember (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/walter-lord-a-night-to-remember/) , Walter Lord (23:50) - A Boy at the Hogarth Press (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/hogarth-press-richard-kennedy-plain-foxed/) , Richard Kennedy: Plain Foxed Edition (24:55) - House of Glass (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/hadley-freeman-house-of-glass/) , Hadley Freeman (31:47) - All the Light We Cannot See (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/anthony-doerr-all-the-light-we-cannot-see/) , Anthony Doerr (34:00) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Underwater Heaven (https://foxedquarterly.com/maragret-drabble-charles-kingsley-water-babies-literary-review/) , Margaret Drabble on Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies in Issue 66 (5:45) - Harvey Learns the Ropes (https://foxedquarterly.com/rudyard-kipling-captains-courageous-literary-review/) , Andrew Joynes on Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous in Issue 56 (6:24) - On the Shoulders of Giants (https://foxedquarterly.com/andrew-joynes-t-h-white-england-have-my-bones-literary-review/) , Andrew Joynes on T. H. White, England Have My Bones in Issue 66 (6:30) - Sarah Crowden on smut: Something for the Weekend (https://foxedquarterly.com/sarah-crowden-smut-book-titles-literary-review/) in Issue 32 and All in the Mind? (https://foxedquarterly.com/sarah-crowden-smut-literary-review/) in Issue 44 (7:57) - Unsung Heroes (https://foxedquarterly.com/alastair-glegg-childrens-books-literary-review/) , Alastair Glegg on learning to read at prep school in Issue 60 (9:59) - Dog’s-eye View (https://foxedquarterly.com/alexandra-horowitz-inside-of-a-dog-literary-review/) , Rebecca Willis on Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog in Issue 65 (11:04) - In Praise of Pratchett (https://foxedquarterly.com/terry-pratchett-small-gods-literary-review/) , Amanda Theunissen on Terry Pratchett, Small Gods in Issue 33 (11:33) - Streets, Streets, Streets (https://foxedquarterly.com/felicity-james-the-letters-of-charles-and-mary-lamb-literary-review/) , Felicity James on the letters of Charles and Mary Lamb in Issue 65 (13:06) - These Fragments (https://foxedquarterly.com/jon-woolcott-john-harris-no-voice-from-the-hall-literary-review/) , Jon Woolcott on John Harris, No Voice from the Hall in Issue 66 (14:33) - Keeping up Appearances (https://foxedquarterly.com/kate-tyte-eve-garnett-the-family-from-one-end-street-literary-review/) , Kate Tyte on Eve Garnett, The Family from One End Street in Issue 66 (15:15) - Simply Delicious (https://foxedquarterly.com/clive-unger-hamilton-theodora-fitzgibbon-a-taste-of-paris-literary-review/) , Clive Unger-Hamilton on Theodora FitzGibbon, A Taste of Paris in Issue 66 (15:33) - An Early-Flowering Climber (https://foxedquarterly.com/ursula-buchan-reginald-farrer-garden-writing-literary-review/) , Ursula Buchan on the plant-hunting and garden writings of Reginald Farrer in Issue 66 (16:01) - A Well-tempered Gardener (https://foxedquarterly.com/christopher-lloyd-well-tempered-gardener/) , Michael Leapman on the garden writings of Christopher Lloyd in Issue 59 (17:00) - Putting up Useful Shelves (https://foxedquarterly.com/richard-kennedy-a-boy-at-the-hogarth-press-plain-foxed-editions/) , Sue Gee on Richard Kennedy, A Boy at the Hogarth Press in Issue 20 (24:55) Other Links - Slightly Foxed Editors’ Diary (https://foxedquarterly.com/category/from-the-slightly-foxed-editors/) (0:28) - Sign up to the free Slightly Foxed email newsletter here (http://eepurl.com/dmxw1T)   - Slightly Foxed articles by Christopher Rush (https://foxedquarterly.com/contributors/rush-christopher-slightly-foxed-literary-review-magazine/) (12:46) - Little Toller Books (https://www.littletoller.co.uk/) (14:18) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music: Dark Hallway, written and performed by Kevin MacLeod courtesy of incompetech.filmmusic.io (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/) The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable (https://www.podcastable.co.uk/)

Book Whispering Series: E1 - The Waterfall
Reading The Waterfall by Margaret Drabble

Book Whispering Series: E1 - The Waterfall

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 15:07


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Slightly Foxed
17: Margaret Drabble: A Writer’s Life

Slightly Foxed

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 44:23


Dame Margaret Drabble joins us at the Slightly Foxed table as we celebrate her life in writing. From taking up her pen in the 1960s as a young mother alone in her kitchen to feeling part of a movement with Nell Dunn, Margaret Forster and Edna O’Brien, to editing The Oxford Companion to English Literature without the help of a computer and eschewing the Booker Prize, Margaret Drabble sees writing as both an illness and a trade, finding black humour in ageing and joy in jigsaw puzzles along the way. And we uncover whatever happened to the elusive novelist Elizabeth Jenkins in this month’s reading from the magazine’s archives. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 23 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch (mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com) with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. Margaret Drabble Books Mentioned Out of print - A Summer Bird-Cage (5:41) - Arnold Bennett: A Biography (8:58) - Angus Wilson: A Biography (9:54) - The Oxford Companion to English Literature, (ed.) Fifth & Sixth editions (11:13) - The Radiant Way (15:20) - A Natural Curiosity (15:20) In print - The Millstone (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/margaret-drabble-the-millstone/) (14:10) - The Needle’s Eye (https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/The-Needles-Eye/9780156029353) (17:37) - The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/margaret-drabble-the-pattern-in-the-carpet/) NB Published 7 May 2020 (21:35) - The Dark Flood Rises (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/margaret-drabble-the-dark-flood-rises/) (36:48) Other Books - Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, Angus Wilson is out of print (10:28) - The Tortoise and the Hare (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/elizabeth-jenkins-tortoise-and-the-hare/) and Harriet (http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/harriet.html) , Elizabeth Jenkins (28:17) - The Custom of the Country (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edith-wharton-the-custom-of-the-country/) , Edith Wharton (39:08) - The Unwomanly Face of War (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/svetlana-alexievich-unwomanly-face-of-war/) , Svetlana Alexievich (40:26) - To War with Whitaker (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/to-war-with-whitaker-hermione-countess-of-ranfurly/) , Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 50 (41:55) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Whatever Happened to Elizabeth Jenkins? (https://foxedquarterly.com/elizabeth-jenkins-virago-hare-and-tortoise-literary-review/) , Nigel Andrew on the novels of Elizabeth Jenkins in Issue 60 (28:17) - Joyce to the Life (https://foxedquarterly.com/margaret-drabble-james-joyce-literary-review/) , Margaret Drabble on Richard Ellman, James Joyce in Issue 49 - Trollope’s Ireland (https://foxedquarterly.com/margaret-drabble-anthony-trollope/) , Margaret Drabble on the Irish novels of Anthony Trollope in Issue 59 Other Links - The winner of The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2019 (https://foxedquarterly.com/jonathan-phillips-wins-for-the-life-and-legend-of-the-sultan-saladin) : Jonathan Phillips for The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jonathan-phillips-the-life-and-legend-of-the-sultan-saladin/) (1:00) - The Full Digital Archive of Slightly Foxed (https://foxedquarterly.com/subscriber-benefits-digital-edition/) (26:23) - An Index to Slightly Foxed (https://foxedquarterly.com/an-index-to-slightly-foxed/all/) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable (https://www.podcastable.co.uk/)

Författarscenen
Edward St Aubyn (England) i samtal med Daniel Sandström

Författarscenen

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 60:06


Möt den brittiske författaren Edward St Aubyn, född 1960, i samtal med Johanna Koljonen. St Aubyn slog igenom med romanerna om Patrick Melrose, som har självbiografisk grund. Romanerna utkom mellan 1992 och 2012, och var med på listan när BBC 2015 rankade de 100 bästa brittiska romanerna någonsin. I vinter är St Aubyn aktuell med romanen "Dunbar", hans version av Kung Lear och är ett tragikomiskt porträtt av en dysfunktionell överklassfamilj. Johanna Koljonen är kritiker, programledare och författare. Hon har en examen i engelsk litteratur, har belönats med Stora Journalistpriset och vunnit På spåret. På Internationell författarscen har hon tidigare samtalat med bland andra Neil Gaiman, Margaret Drabble, Umberto Eco och Dmitrij Gluchovskij. I samarbete med Albert Bonniers Förlag. Från 3 december 2019 Jingel: Lucas Brar

Don't Shoot The Messenger
Ep 90 - 'A Beautiful International Adventure'

Don't Shoot The Messenger

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 67:08


After a couple of weeks walking in Cornwall we're back! Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin as they share highlights and holiday tips from their time in the UK, including their best spontaneous diversions and funniest moments.  A new month brings a new Challenge of the Month - this month Corrie is pledging to minimise her night time social media use, while Caro's having a crack at Dry July.  Caro and Corrie reflect on the coverage of Boris Johnson's rocky road to become British PM and we check in with the latest news from the AFL.  Caro's 'Crush of the Week' is Nick Riewoldt who continues to do wonderful work with Maddie's Vision. Caro's grumpy at Jeff Kennet this week who launched into a tirade against footy journalists recently.  In 'Books, Screen and Food' (BSF) Caro's recommending After the Party by Cressida Connoly, Corrie enjoyed the inflight entertainment watching Swimming with Men, and Cornwall crab dishes are on the menu.  BSF is sponsored by VitalSmarts. VitalSmarts and their Crucial Conversations training can transform the culture of your business or help you confront difficult situations with confidence. Make sure you jump onto VitalSmarts website www.vitalsmarts.com.au/dstm - they've got a special offer for our podcast listeners - a free copy of their E Book Emotional Inequality - Soloutions for Women in the Workplace.  In '6 Quick Questions' Caro and Corrie reflect on the ups and downs of their walking holiday.  Other things mentioned in this episode. Listener Felicity recommends the search engine Just Watch for finding films and TV shows on any platform. Caro also recommends the book A Summer Birdcage by Margaret Drabble.  Corrie recommends the films Short Term 12 and In Safe Hands.  JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR NIKI SAVVA@ MY BOOKSHOP IN CONVERSATION WITH AWARD-WINNING POLITICAL REPORTER BRENDAN DONOHOE  The topic: Niki’s new book Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turbull’s Demise and Scott Morrison’s Ascension . WHEN: Monday July 15th WHERE: My Bookshop,513 Malvern Road, Hawksburn COST: $25 per ticket(includes wine and cheese) RSVPThursday July 11th Please note: due to space restrictions and the publicity surrounding Plots and Prayers, we expect this event will be a sell-out. To avoid disappointment contact us ASAP on 9824 2990 or call into My Bookshop to secure your ticket.  This episode was recorded at My Bookshop in Hawksburn.  For videos and pics make sure you follow us on Instagram @DontShootPod. Like our Facebook page and hit 'Sign Up' to receive weekly updates HERE.  Email the show via feedback@dontshootpod.com.au Follow us on Twitter via @dontshootpod 'Don't Shoot The Messenger' is produced, engineered and edited by Jane Nield for Crocmedia.

Confessions with Giles Fraser - UnHerd
Margaret Drabble's Confessions - Marriage, modesty and mental health

Confessions with Giles Fraser - UnHerd

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 45:23


Giles talks to the author Margaret Drabble about family secrets, coping with depression and unwittingly writing feminist literature.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Half glitzy, half dowdy

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 44:44


The writer and comedian Charlie Higson, half of the team behind The Fast Show, on the curious history of comedy written and performed by pairs; the novelist Margaret Drabble considers the dizzying new releases from the estate of Anthony Burgess, the man Philip Larkin once called “the Batman of contemporary letters” TextsStan & Ollie, directed by Jon S. Baird Morecambe & Wise: 50 years of sunshine, by Gary MorecambeThe Double Act: A history of British comedy duos, by Andrew RobertsSoupy Twists!: The full, official story of the sophisticated silliness of Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, by Jem RobertsBeard’s Roman Women by Anthony Burgess, edited by Graham FosterPuma by Anthony Burgess, edited by Paul WakeThe Black Prince by Adam RobertsObscenity and the Arts, a talk by Anthony Burgess, edited by Johnny Walsh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Highlights from 2018 – a bonus episode

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018 75:27


An end-of-year edition, bringing together some of our favourite bits from the past twelve months: Kathryn Hughes on whether and where Charlotte Brontë meets Jane Eyre; Margaret Drabble reviews the life and work of Muriel Spark, whose centenary we marked this year; David Baddiel discusses whether Jewishness is inherently funny; Clare Pettitt revisits the history of the Peterloo massacre of 1819. A refresher for regular listeners and a sampler for newcomers – with thanks to all. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Shakespeare Sessions
My Own Shakespeare: Gareth Malone and Margaret Drabble

The Shakespeare Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 5:38


Gareth Malone and Margaret Drabble on strength and nature

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
The wildness of Muriel Spark

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 52:19


Critic and novelist Margaret Drabble joins us to review the life and work of Muriel Spark, whose centenary we mark this year; Samuel Graydon discusses a new exhibition on J. R. R. Tolkien, including drawings and doodles, language trees and fan mail; the TLS's History editor David Horspool introduces a selection of new work on the medieval periodWorks discussedThe Centenary Edition of the Novels of Muriel Spark, edited by Alan TaylorTolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth, an exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, with accompanying book by Catherine McIlwaine‘Finding Henry – Why England’s most powerful medieval monarch should be better remembered’ by Claudia Gold, in this week’s TLSMedieval Bodies: Life, death and art in the Middle Ages by Jack HartnellSea of Caliphs: The Mediterranean in the medieval Islamic world by Christophe Picard, translated by Nicholas ElliottThe Oxford English Literary History, Volume 1: 1000–1350: Conquest and Transformation by Laura Ashe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WriteStuff
5: Dame Margaret Drabble

WriteStuff

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2018 16:40


This is the first of a number episodes recorded at this year’s Listowel Writers’ Week.  Through a writing career spanning 55 years, Margaret Drabble has written such novels as A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Red Queen, and the highly-acclaimed The Pure Gold Baby. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of The Oxford Companion to English Literature.  In this interview, Margaret discusses her career, what she is reading now, her reflections on editing The Oxford Companion to English Literature, what she would have done if she hadn’t become a writer and the recent referendum on abortion in Ireland in connection with The Millstone.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

We’re joined by the novelist Margaret Drabble, whose books have for decades chronicled the difficult path to selfhood, particularly for women, and the actor and writer Robert Webb, whose recent memoir How Not To Be a Boy, focuses on how notions of masculinity shape identity. Recorded in front of a live audience at Bath Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The History of Literature
98 Great Literary Feuds

The History of Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2017 74:20


What happens when writers try to get along with other writers? Sometimes it goes well – and sometimes it ends in a fistfight, a drink in the face, or a spitting. Mike Palindrome, President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins Jacke for a look at some of literature’s greatest feuds. Authors discussed include Gore Vidal, Gertrude Stein, Norman Mailer, Marcel Proust, Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, Rick Moody, Jonathan Franzen, Colson Whitehead, Lillian Hellman, John LeCarre, Richard Ford, Dale Peck, Edmund Wilson, Margaret Drabble, Salman Rushdie, Edgar Allan Poe, and A.S. Byatt.  Show Notes:  Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766).  You can find more literary discussion at jackewilson.com and more episodes of the series at historyofliterature.com. Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/historyofliterature. You can follow Jacke Wilson at his Twitter account @WriterJacke. You can also follow Mike and the Literature Supporters Club (and receive daily book recommendations) by looking for @literatureSC. Music Credits: “Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the Free Music Archive / CC by SA). “Spy Glass” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Guardian Books podcast
Margaret Drabble and the Ruby Dolls - books podcast

The Guardian Books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2016 37:33


The challenges of ageing and the dark side of fairy stories examined in a novel, The Dark Flood Rises, and the cabaret Brides of Bluebeard

World Book Club
Margaret Drabble - The Millstone

World Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 49:31


This month World Book Club is talking to the acclaimed British writer Margaret Drabble about her remarkable novel The Millstone. At a time when illegitimacy is taboo, Rosamund Stacey is pregnant after a one-night stand. Despite her independence and academic brilliance, she is naïve and unworldly and the choices before her are daunting. She must adapt to life as a single mother, but in the perfection and helplessness of her baby she finds a depth of feeling she has never known before. The Millstone conjures a London of the sixties that is not quite yet swinging and where sexual liberation has not quite yet arrived. (Picture: Margaret Drabble. Photo credit: Ruth Corney.)

Books and Authors
Margaret Drabble Louis de Bernieres and a passion for islands

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016 29:27


Margaret Drabble on her new book The Dark Flood Rises and the books on her bedside table.

The Radio 3 Documentary
Literary Pursuits: Jane Austen's Persuasion

The Radio 3 Documentary

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2016 43:43


Sarah Dillon discovers how Jane Austen's last completed novel, 'Persuasion' was written. The novel has sometimes been viewed as Austen's valedictory novel - written while she was suffering with her final illness. But Sarah Dillon uncovers a more complex story: dates of revisions on the manuscripts in the British Library confirm her sister's story that Persuasion was completed almost a year before Austen's death, but it was only published posthumously. By talking to Dr Kathryn Sutherland from St Anne's College, Oxford, Paula Byrne, author of 'The Real Jane Austen, A Life In Small Things' and writer Margaret Drabble, we go behind the scant details of Austen's life and uncover reasons for the delay: her last illness; the possibly personal inspirations for the plot of the novel; the state of her finances; her fascinating creative process; and the radical reaches and determination of her literary ambitions.

RTHK:Bookmarks
Dame Margaret Drabble: A day in the life of a Smiling Women

RTHK:Bookmarks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2015 13:38


RTHK:Bookmarks
Dame Margaret Drabble: A day in the life of a Smiling Women

RTHK:Bookmarks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2015 13:38


Books and Authors
A Good Read 24 November 2015

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2015 28:04


Harriett Gilbert debates favourite books with Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble.

Music and Culture of WW1
Free Thinking - Musil's The Man Without Qualities

Music and Culture of WW1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2014 44:05


Margaret Drabble and William Boyd take part in a Landmark discussion about Robert Musil's The Man without Qualities.

Arts & Ideas
Free Thinking - Robert Musil

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2014 44:05


Joining Matthew Sweet for a Landmark discussion about Robert Musil's book, The Man Without Qualities, its author and the historical landscape from which they both emerged are the writers Margaret Drabble and William Boyd, the cultural historian Philipp Blom, German literature expert Andrew Webber and with readings from Peter Marinker.

Books and Authors
Margaret Drabble and Sebastian Faulks

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2013 27:48


Margaret Drabble on her novel The Pure Gold Baby; Sebastian Faulks and Helen Dunmore on WWI novels; and Dedicated to..the wonderful things people write in books to their loved one.

Arts & Ideas
Night Waves - Landmark: The Old Men at the Zoo

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2013 44:21


In Night Waves' second outing to London Zoo, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Angus Wilson's 1961 novel 'The Old Men at the Zoo'. Matthew is joined by Wilson's friend and biographer Margaret Drabble, by the poet and novelist Iain Sinclair, and by Jonathan Powell and Margot Hayhoe who brought the story to TV screens in the 1983 BBC series.

Arts & Ideas
Night Waves - Death

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2013 45:59


Matthew Sweet visits Tate Britain's unveiling of a comprehensive new vision of its permanent collection. Thematic presentation gives way to strict chronology. Susannah Clapp gives a first night review of Public Enemy, a new production of Ibsen's play about corruption and the nature of the public good. New research has revealed only a very small percentage of the population has made plans for the end of their lives. Matthew and guests discuss the idea of the good death. F R Leavis' spirit has been summoned to the discussion table in the recent wranglings about what should be taught to children in schools. David Ellis, who studied with, and the novelist Margaret Drabble discuss his influence and reputation.

My Own Shakespeare
Margaret Drabble

My Own Shakespeare

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2012 2:45


Novelist Margaret Drabble chooses Titania’s speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act 2 Sc 1) as the piece of Shakespeare which has inspired her most.Performed by Hattie Morahan. Broadcast on Radio 3.

Books and Authors
Open Book: Margaret Drabble, Helen Oyeyemi and Beach Reads

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2011 27:41


Margaret Drabble discusses the new collection of her 13 short stories, published between 1966 and 2000. John Crace (the man behind the Guardian newspaper's Digested Reads) recommends books to read while relaxing on a beach and stands up for the classics. And author Helen Oyeyemi talks about her new novel Mr Fox, a modern day re-telling of the Bluebeard tale.

The Guardian UK Culture Podcast
Margaret Drabble reads 'The Doll's House' by Katherine Mansfield

The Guardian UK Culture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2010 23:50


Margaret Drabble reads Katherine Mansfield's ‘memorable, painful' The Doll's House – the first adult short story she ever readFor more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Guardian Short Storie
Margaret Drabble reads 'The Doll's House' by Katherine Mansfield

Guardian Short Storie

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2010 23:50


Margaret Drabble reads Katherine Mansfield's ‘memorable, painful' The Doll's House – the first adult short story she ever readFor more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Desert Island Discs
Sir Ian McKellen

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2003 35:36


Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actor Sir Ian McKellen. Ian grew up in Lancashire attending Wigan Grammar school and then Bolton School where he was Head Boy. His first trip to the theatre was as a three year old when he went to see Peter Pan at Manchester Opera House. At seven, a treasured Christmas present was a fold-away Victorian theatre from Pollocks Toy Theatres. Ian's older sister Jean introduced him to Shakespeare - taking him to see Twelfth Night at Wigan's Little Theatre. His first Shakespeare performance was playing Malvolio from the same play at the amateur Hopefield Miniature theatre when he was thirteen years old.Ian won a scholarship to read English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and was soon appearing in regular productions, including appearing alongside now famous alumni such as Derek Jacobi, David Frost, Trevor Nunn and Margaret Drabble. By the time Ian graduated in 1961 he had decided to become an actor, and got his first job in a production of A Man for All Seasons at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. He has not been out of work since, appearing at the National Theatre and the RSC, and he has also forged a successful film career. He's played an acclaimed Richard III for which he also wrote the screenplay, and had parts in X-Men, Gods and Monsters, for which his performance was Oscar-nominated, and, most recently, playing Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. Ian was made a Knight of the British Empire for services to the performing arts in the Queen's New Year Honours of 1990.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Stormy Weather by Lena Horne Book: A dictionary of flora and fauna Luxury: Grand piano

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actor Sir Ian McKellen. Ian grew up in Lancashire attending Wigan Grammar school and then Bolton School where he was Head Boy. His first trip to the theatre was as a three year old when he went to see Peter Pan at Manchester Opera House. At seven, a treasured Christmas present was a fold-away Victorian theatre from Pollocks Toy Theatres. Ian's older sister Jean introduced him to Shakespeare - taking him to see Twelfth Night at Wigan's Little Theatre. His first Shakespeare performance was playing Malvolio from the same play at the amateur Hopefield Miniature theatre when he was thirteen years old. Ian won a scholarship to read English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and was soon appearing in regular productions, including appearing alongside now famous alumni such as Derek Jacobi, David Frost, Trevor Nunn and Margaret Drabble. By the time Ian graduated in 1961 he had decided to become an actor, and got his first job in a production of A Man for All Seasons at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. He has not been out of work since, appearing at the National Theatre and the RSC, and he has also forged a successful film career. He's played an acclaimed Richard III for which he also wrote the screenplay, and had parts in X-Men, Gods and Monsters, for which his performance was Oscar-nominated, and, most recently, playing Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. Ian was made a Knight of the British Empire for services to the performing arts in the Queen's New Year Honours of 1990. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Stormy Weather by Lena Horne Book: A dictionary of flora and fauna Luxury: Grand piano

Desert Island Discs
Margaret Drabble

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2001 35:46


Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble.Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett Luxury: Painting by Maurice Cockerill - Ariadne's Thread

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005

Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble. Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett Luxury: Painting by Maurice Cockerill - Ariadne's Thread

Bookclub
Margaret Drabble

Bookclub

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2001 27:56


James Naughtie meets Margaret Drabble and a group of readers to talk about her searing portrait of English middle class life, The Witch of Exmoor.