Podcasts about Pip Williams

With Pip Williams.Bestselling author Daisy Goodwin talks to Pip Williams about her epic novel Diva, on the love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the world's richest men.Event details:Thu 06 Mar, 1:15pm | East Stage

The MUD Literary Prize celebrates a debut novel of literary fiction. Past winners have included Trent Dalton and Pip Williams. Hear from the 2025 winner, Cameron Stewart, author of Why Do Horses Run? with chair David Sly. Special thanks to the MUD Literary Club for their support and contribution to Adelaide Writers' WeekEvent details:Mon 03 Mar, 3:45pm | West Stage

Honrámos o legado de Leslie Knope (Parks & Recreation) e celebrámos o Galentine's Day com uma lista bem recheada de recomendações sobre amizade feminina. Seja a ler estes livros ou a oferecê-los à vossa Galentine, o importante é celebrar este pilar da nossa vida. Partilhem connosco os vossos exemplos preferidos de amizade feminina na literatura! Livros mencionados: - You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here, Frances Macken (01:00) - O Filho de Mil Homens, Valter Hugo Mãe (03:08) - The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak (04:04) - We All Want Impossible Things, Catherine Newman (10:15) - City of Girls (A Cidade das Mulheres), Elizabeth Gilbert (11:40) - This Summer Will Be Different (Este Verão Vai Ser Diferente), Carley Fortune (15:00) - A Thousand Splendid Suns (Mil Sóis Resplandecentes), Khaled Hosseini (16:13) - Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez (18:21) - Não fossem as sílabas do sábado, Mariana Salomão Carrara (19:43) - The Weekend, Charlotte Wood (22:28) - No Tempo das Cerejas, Célia Correia Loureiro (23:33) - Everything I Know About Love (Tudo o Que Sei Sobre o Amor), Dolly Alderton (26:03) - Best of Friends, Kamila Shamsie (26:58) - Beautiful World, Where Are you (Mundo Belo, Onde Estás), Sally Rooney (29:29) - Klara and the Sun (Klara e o Sol), Kazuo Ishiguro (31:08) - Mad About You, Mhairi McFarlane (32:36) - Primeiro Eu Tive De Morrer, Lorena Portela (34:13) - The Dictionary of Lost Words (O Dicionário das Palavras Perdidas), Pip Williams (36:41) - Yellowface (Impostora), R. F. Kuang (38:12) - The Favorites, Layne Fargo (39:50) - Conversations With Friends (Conversas Entre Amigos), Sally Rooney (42:10) - Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict (Friendaholic: Viciada em Amizade), Elizabeth Day (44:07) - Viradas do Avesso, Joana Kabuki (46:33) - O Terceiro País, Karina Sainz Borgo (48:10) - Vertigens, Valentina Silva Ferreira (50:16) - The Wolf Den (O Covil de Pompeia), Elodie Harper (51:47) ________________ Falem connosco: livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos em: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva // www.instagram.com/ritadanova Identidade visual: Mariana Cardoso (marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com) Genérico: Vitor Carraca Teixeira (www.instagram.com/oputovitor)

Pip Williams was diagnosed with dyslexia as a teenager. She grew up to write a novel inspired by the history of the Oxford Dictionary, which soon became an international bestseller. (R)Pip Williams was a teenage poetry enthusiast when she had her first poem, called Fifteen, published in Dolly magazine. Then just a couple of years later, she was diagnosed with dyslexia.But despite her struggles with reading and spelling, she never drew back from the world of books and words.A few years ago Pip was reading a non-fiction book about the history of the Oxford English Dictionary when she started to question why there weren't more women in the story.Then she found the story of a missing word left out of the first-ever edition of the dictionary. This story became the seeds of Pip's first novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words, which is now an international bestseller.This episode of Conversations touches on dyslexia, dictionary, tree change, writing, books, Italy, travel, memoir, neurodivergence, learning disability, permaculture, farm to table, author, novels, personal stories, motherhood, origin stories, and reflection.

In this episode of The Quo-Cast, Jamie Dyer discusses a Rick Parfitt-penned song that he believes could have been a huge hit had things been handled differently. 1985 was the year Status Quo played Live Aid was also the time the band experimented on various solo projects. Francis Rossi teamed up with Bernie Frost to release several singles including "Modern Romance" and "Jealousy" with a backing band of Pete Kircher and Andy Bown. Rick Parfitt entered the studio with producer Pip Williams to work on his solo album, where he worked alongside bassist John 'Rhino' Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich for the first time. The song "Halloween" was originally recorded for Rick Parfitt's unreleased solo album "Recorded Delivery". It was later repurposed as the B-side to the 1988 single Who Gets the Love, which was a minor hit. It was later included on Parfitt's posthumous solo album "Over and Out". The Quo-Cast is a podcast and YouTube channel dedicated to the legendary British rock band Status Quo. Featuring interviews with fans, tribute bands, and those associated with the band, it covers all things Quo—from tours and albums to singles, solo material and more. Exclusive content such as unboxing, commentary, insights, haul videos, and reviews are also available. Subscribe for early access to discussions, commentary, and interviews. Connect with us via:

Pippa spoke to Pip Williams at the Franschhoek Literary Festival about her book, The Bookbinder of Jericho. It is set in the same period and geographic location of Oxford, only this time viewed chiefly through the eyes of a working-class protagonist, a young woman named Peggy who works in the book-bindery section of the press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication. For the sixth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Linda Margolin Royal, author of The Star on The Grave. They discuss the book, creating fictional stories with real figures of history, who Chiune Sugihara was, and more. PROMOTION: Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!* USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ *Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping. BOOKS: Debut Feature: • The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/q4MjRY Other Books Mentioned: • The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/VmRrR6 • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/jrbLEP • Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/angXyR • Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/AWZNro • The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Ry5a6R PRODUCTION NOTES: Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Linda Margolin Royal Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill' by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:6 Episode Number: #19 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Tace Kelly (Affirm Press) © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings ‘Date With A Debut' is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

Bongani Bingwa speaks with Jacques Els, Standard Bank's Head of Wealth & Investment, about what the audience can expect at the 12th annual 'Kingsmead Book Fair', which will take place this Saturday, May 25th, in Johannesburg, opposite the Rosebank Gautrain station, with programme participants including Caster Semenya, Jonathan Ancer, Naledi Shange, Jo Watson, Shafinaaz Hassim, Pip Williams, Natalie Conyer, Oyama Mabandla, Kobby Ben Ben, Shubnum Khan, and Darrel Bristow-Bovey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Á sýningunni Vaxtaverkir í Árbæjarsafni setur hönnunarhópurinn ÞYKJÓ fram skólasögu Reykjavíkur á frumlegan hátt. Þróun námsgreina og kennsluaðferða er miðlað á óvæntan hátt með dýrmætum safngripum, ljósmyndum og frásögnum frá fyrri tíð. Við hittum Sigríði Sunnu Reynisdóttur, listrænan stjórnanda Þykjó, í Árbæjarsafni í þætti dagsins og ræðum um sýninguna. Við bryggjuna í Gufunesi hafa vaskir nemar í arkitektúr hannað og smíðað aðstöðu til sjósundsiðkunar undanfarnar vikur. Aðstaðan var formlega opnuð um síðustu helgi svo nú gefst sundfólki kostur á að komast í sundfötin í skjóli og komast út í sjó án þess að klöngrast yfir varnargarðinn. Við höldum í Gufunesið í þætti dagsins og hittum fyrir nokkra nema og Birtu Fróðadóttur, lektor og fagstjóri yfir BA arkitektúr við LHÍ. Og Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir fjallar um Orðabók hinna týndu orða eftir Pip Williams, sem kom nýverið út í þýðingu Ugga Jónssonar.

Kate Grenville, Susan Johnson, Una Mannion and Pip Williams with David Marr | Have you ever wondered what happens during a book tour? Kate Grenville, Susan Johnson, Una Mannion and Pip Williams join chair David Marr to give you the scoop as they share stories from their own book tours across Australia and around the world. Event details: Wed 06 Mar, 3:45pm

Show notes: When you're reading a book, do you ever find yourself struck by the profound beauty of the writing? Because we definitely do. You can find us jotting down quotes that speak to us in some way and saving them for later. In this episode, we're sharing 16 of those notable book quotes with you.   Click here to join us on Patreon for exclusive bonus bookish goodies! Get our monthly overflow, new books episodes, and Life Through Reading episodes, our private Facebook group, and more. Plus, supporting us in this way just shows that you love what we do!   Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Something Bookish: [02:33] M: Check out our RTL merch shop. [02:53] S: The Humans by Matt Haig   Books Featuring Our Notable Quotes: [05:52] M: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara [06:59] S: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee [08:24] M: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune [09:26] S: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano [10:09] M: More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez [10:54] S: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck [11:59] M: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid [12:36] S: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [13:18] M: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [13:53] S: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker [14:39] M: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams [15:31] S: Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi [16:16] M: Delicious! by Ruth Reichl [16:38] S: Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors [18:01] M: Write for Life by Julia Cameron [18:44] S: The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn Want our show notes delivered right to your inbox? Join our RTL Substack so that you'll get a link for every single book we mention with no extra work. It's free! Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahhartleyco  Follow Mia on Instagram: @fastlifeinslowlane   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.  

Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney, and now lives in the Adelaide Hills. Her debut novel was the wildly successful The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020), which was based on her original research in the Oxford English Dictionary archives and became an international bestseller. The Bookbinder of Jericho (2023) is her second work of historical fiction, and exists in the same world as The Dictionary of Lost Words. Read the transcript for this interview here.  About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our last episode of the year! We reflect on our 2023 reading intentions, announce our 2024 readalong theme, and have a delightful conversation with Australian author Pip Williams to cap off our year of reading Books About Books. Some of the books we just read & discuss: – THE HELSINKI AFFAIR by Anna Pitoniak – THE QUEEN OF DIRT ISLAND by Donal Ryan – UNNATURAL DEATH by Patricia Cornwell – THE MAID by Nita Prose – THE BOOKBINDER by Pip Williams In Biblio Adventures, we had a wonderful joint jaunt to Glastonbury, CT where we shopped at River Bend Bookshop's new location and then walked wide-eyed through the gorgeously renovated Welles-Turner Memorial Library. Emily visited her daughter in Michigan and returned to Bay Books in Suttons Bay where she purchased THE RECIPE BOX by Viola Shipman. Chris attended two virtual events: Robert Darnton's talk at the Boston Athenaeum about his new book, THE REVOLUTIONARY TEMPER: PARIS, 1748-1790, and Alan B. Farmer's lecture on “Lost Books: The Dark Matter of the Early Modern English Book Trade” at the Harry Ransom Center. Thank you all for a fantastic year of books, authors, libraries, bookstores, and, in a few cases, mushrooms and mosquitos. Happy Reading!

Once again, we are grateful for the miracle of modern technology that allowed us to record this episode from two locations. Chris was recovering from the flu and, to keep Emily healthy, we recorded over Zoom. In our Just Read segment, we talk about nine very different books in a variety of genres: epic poetry, memoir, biography, and novels, including a graphic novel. Both Cougars finished THE BOOKBINDER by Pip Williams, our last readalong in our year of reading Books About Books. Chris finally finished THE PARADISO by Dante Alighieri and is happy to have THE DIVINE COMEDY under her belt. She also finished Megan Marshall's fascinating biography, The PEABODY SISTERS: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. Taking a break from historically-minded reading, she listened to Ruha Benjamin's award-winning book, VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want. Emily dove into history and read THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester. Then she switched things up with a middle-grade graphic novel, SEA CHANGE by Frank Viva. She read two books that look at grief through very different windows: Sloan Crosley's memoir about the death of her best friend, GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE, and a new inspirational rom-com by Emma Grey, THE LAST LOVE NOTE. As always, we also discuss what we're currently reading, what we look forward to reading, and Biblio Adventures. We hope you enjoy this episode, and we wish you lots of Happy Reading! Listen here https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2023/episode196 or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to our 8th Annual Bookish Holiday Gifts episode! The first time we recommended holiday gift ideas was on Episode 2, way back in December 2016. Listeners enjoyed it so much that we've done it every year since. We hope you enjoy our ideas this year. Links to items discussed are in the show notes. We would like to note that none of our suggestions are ads or affiliates. They are things we have used or, in the case of custom bobbleheads, something we would like to try! #NonfictionNovember hooked us this year and we are currently reading or have read: Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from the Lost Kitchen by Erin French The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy In Biblio Adventures, Emily attended some in-person author events. She went to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Sigrid Nunez discuss her newest novel, The Vulnerables, with Willard Spiegelman whose most recent book is Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt. She also saw Michael Cunningham discuss his new novel, Day, with Amy Bloom at R.J. Julia in Madison, CT. Chris had a lovely visit to Mystic Seaport Museum where she wandered aboard the last wooden whaleship in the world, The Charles W. Morgan, an experience that never gets old! She's considering a re-read of Moby Dick in 2024. Reminder: our 4th quarter readalong discussion of The Bookbinder by Pip Williams is Sunday, December 3rd at 7 pm (ET). Email us if you'd like to participate in the Zoom discussion. Listen here – https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2023/episode195 – or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy Listening and Happy Reading!

Episode 194 is bookended by Poetry and Romance. We begin with the poem “Only Love” by James Crews from the poetry collection, THE PATH TO KINDNESS: Poems of Connection and Joy. We end with an Author Spotlight with Sarah MacLean. Sarah is a powerhouse reader, advocate, and writer of romance fiction. Her new release is KNOCKOUT, book three in her Hell's Belles series. We had a great time talking with Sarah about romance cover art, how she got into writing romance, and the un-patriarchal idea that we all deserve love and happy endings. It was both fun and enlightening for us, and we think you'll enjoy our conversation whether or not you are a romance reader. In between, we talk about a bunch of books we're currently reading – THE ART OF LIBROMANCY by Josh Cook, FAMILY LORE by Elizabeth Acevedo, and HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE VAMPIRE by Kerrelyn Sparks – and those we have finished reading like THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS by Pip Williams, THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua, and COUNTRY PLACE by Ann Petry which we both read for the Vintage Book Club. We also recap some Couch Biblio Adventures we've enjoyed such as SLOW HORSES, RENFIELD, and KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON. We hope you are finding some peace, comfort, and stimulation through your reading. Happy Reading! Chris & Emily

Pip Williams was diagnosed with dyslexia as a teenager. After an adventure in Italy, she discovered the seeds of her first novel while reading a history of the Oxford English Dictionary. The Dictionary of Lost Words became an international bestseller

Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication. In our eleventh episode, Nick sits down with Meg Vertigan, author of The Strong Dress. They discuss the book, the dark world of experimental medical treatments that still persist to this day, capturing the world of trauma, Australia in the 1970s, and more. TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast contains references to dangerous medical practices and assault. Listener discretion is advised. BOOKS: Debut Feature: The Strong Dress by Meg Vertigan: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/9gx194 Other Books Mentioned: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/k0QnQ0 Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Gmo6on The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/VmRrR6 FEATURE: A Little Idea Podcast: https://www.nicholaswasiliev.com/podcasts PRODUCTION NOTES: Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Meg Vertigan Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill' by Sakura Hz Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Paul McDonald (University of Newcastle). This podcast was recorded at the University of Newcastle Podcast Recording Studio (Awabakal). © 2023 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings ‘Date With A Debut' is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

Author Spotlight: Chris and Emily have a great time talking with Fancy Feast about her new (and debut) essay collection, NAKED: ON SEX, WORK, AND OTHER BURLESQUES. We bid adieu to Scarlet Summer with a recap of our Biblio Adventure to Boston where we visited sites related to Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first stop was the land upon which Brook Farm operated in West Roxbury, MA where we hiked to the crumbling foundation of Margaret Fuller's cottage. In Boston's historic district, we had lunch at Chipotle, the current tenant of the Old Corner Bookstore, saw Elizebeth Pain's headstone in King's Chapel Burial Ground, and took a tour of the Boston Athenaeum. We ended the day with a stroll down Pinckney Street, a block where, at different times, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and the Thoreaus all lived and where Elizabeth Peabody held her kindergarten (the first in America). While on vacation at the Cape, Emily visited Herridge Bookstore, the Provincetown Bookshop, Tim's Used Books, the Provincetown Public Library, and the Eldredge Public Library. She also read WELLNESS by Nathan Hill and NAKED by Fancy Feast. Chris was a guest on Shawn the Book Maniac's BookTube channel where she shows and talks about two bookmarks from her childhood (which were made in Emily's hometown!). She got a lot of reading in and finished ADVERSITY FOR SALE by Jay Jeezy Jenkins, MONSTERS: A FANS DILEMMA by Clair Dederer (which she buddy read with BookTuber Britta of The Second Shelf), THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando, and two kids's books: WHEN A PET DIES by Fred Rogers and STAIRWAY TO DOOM by Robert Quackenbush. Reminder that our 4th Quarter Readalong is THE BOOKBINDER by Pip Williams. Email us (bookcougars@gmail.com) if you'd like to join our Zoom discussion on Sunday, December 3rd at 7 p.m. ET.

For this month's podcast we are excited to share with you Pip William's author talk with Ali Clarke recorded at the Marion Cultural Centre. In front of a full house, Pip spoke about her latest novel, 'The Bookbinder of Jericho', giving us insight into her inspiration, the research process and what's next, not only for her but for her international bestseller 'The Dictionary or Lost Words'. This is a great conversation and well worth the listen (or a second listen if you attended the event in person).

In this episode, I'm chatting with Pip Williams, author of two novels featured in the Literature category on Art In Fiction: The Dictionary of Lost Words andThe Bookbinder. Highlights include:The Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford University Press as inspiration for both novels.Finding treasure in the archives of Oxford University Press.Inspiration for The Bookbinder and an examination of women's work before and during World War I.The role class plays in both novels.Women and the vote in 1918 - working-class women were not included.Finding information about the lives of working women in archives written primarily by men.The characters of the identical twins Peggy and Maude in The Bookbinder.Reading from The Bookbinder featuring Calliope, Peggy and Maude's canal boat home in Oxford.Reasons for the breakout success of The Dictionary of Lost Words.Description of research methods.Two excellent pieces of advice for new authors.What Pip is currently reading Press Play now & be sure to check out The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder on Art In Fiction.Pip Williams's WebsiteReceive 20% Off ProWritingAidMusic CreditPaganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg SimpsonWould you like to support Art In Fiction? Please consider buying us a coffee on Ko-Fi. Thank you!Subscribe to Art In Fiction to find out about upcoming podcast episodes, blog posts, featured authors, and more.This website contains affiliate links. If you use these links to make a purchase, I may earn a commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEPro Writing AidProWriting Aid is a grammar checker, style editor, and writing mentor in one package. Click to get 20% off.Are you enjoying The Art In Fiction Podcast? Consider helping us keep the lights on so we can continue bringing you interviews with your favorite arts-inspired novelists. Just $3 buys us a coffee (and we really like coffee) at Ko-Fi. Just click this link: https://ko-fi.com/artinfictionAlso, check out the Art In Fiction website at www.artinfiction.com where you'll find over 1800 novels inspired by the arts in 10 categories: Architecture, Dance, Decorative Arts, Film, Literature, Music, Textile Arts, Theater, Visual Arts, and Other. Thank you!

Annabelle Tudor completely inhabits the English characters at the center of this engrossing tale of gender, class, and World War I. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Robin Whitten discuss a story of Peggy and Maude, bookbinders at Oxford University Press. Peggy's intellectual curiosity is discernible in her voice; she chafes at the reminder that her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, who is neurodivergent, has a knack for parroting the core words of every conversation. Tudor rounds her vowels for upper-class female students, and adopts a light accent for the Belgian WWI refugees. A fabulous performance highlighting a wonderful story. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Random House Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from A Soul of Ash and Blood. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits Poppy and Casteel's epic love story in the next installment of the Blood and Ash series. Learn more at Audible.com/ASoulOfAshAndBlood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we're excited about two new books — ‘The Bookbinder' by Pip Williams and ‘Tabula Rasa, Vol 1' by John McPhee — then Dave tells us about the fascinating work of the Long Now Foundation. Links The Bookbinder by Pip Williams Tabula Rasa, Vol 1 by John McPhee Pip Williams on the Invisible History of Female Bookbinders. A New Novel That Captures the ‘Poetic Materiality' of Books. Our review of The Crofter and the Laird by John McPhee. Hear Dave talk about ‘The Crofter and the Laird' in our podcast episode Scotland: Wraiths, Rebels, and Royalty. The Long Now Foundation website. The Long Now Foundation YouTube channel. Radical Sharing event — 23 August Our podcast episode Amusement Parks: Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Facebook Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australia! After promising listeners an episode about Australia for years, Jacke FINALLY gets his act together - and luckily he has the perfect guest to help him out. In this episode, Australian novelist Pip Williams, who achieved international bestsellerdom with her debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words, joins Jacke for a discussion of literary culture in Australia, her life as a reader and writer, and her new novel The Bookbinder. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, Pip and I discuss The Bookbinder, creating the book trailer for this book, actually learning to bind books herself, creating a strong sense of place, her stunning book cover, how she first learned about the subject matter of this book, and much more. Pip's recommended reads are: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka Horse by Geraldine Brooks Check out my Summer Reading Guide for 2023 and my Houston Life segment. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     If you enjoyed this episode and want to listen to more episodes, try Kate Manning, Lynn Cullen, Patti Callahan Henry, Shelley Read, and Jennifer Rosner. The Bookbinder can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian novelist Pip Williams drew wide acclaim for her bestselling debut, The Dictionary of Lost Words, “a marvellous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress” (Geraldine Brooks). Her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, covers similar terrain, with the story of a young British woman working in a book bindery who gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when the first world war upends her life. Pip discusses her latest work with Cassie McCullagh. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival.   If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.  Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.  After more? Follow Sydney Writers' Festival on social media:Instagram: @sydwritersfestFacebook: @SydWritersFestTwitter: @SydWritersFestTikTok: @sydwritersfestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On vous en parlait dans notre épisode 23, nous avons eu un coup de coeur pour le roman de Pip Williams, La collectionneuse de mots oubliés. Pour cet épisode spécial, nous avons rencontré sa traductrice : Odile Demange. L'occasion d'en apprendre plus sur son métier, sa passion des livres et des mots et sur son travail sur le roman de Pip Williams.

Join Corrie Perkin and guest co-host Anna Barry aka Anna from the Op-Shop for Ep 270 This podcast is proudly supported by Red Energy - Awarded Australia's most trusted energy provider by Canstar three times. Isn't it time you switched to Red? Head to www.redenergy.com.au SHOW NOTES This week on the show Corrie and Anna share some of their favourite Winter Warmer tips from weekend getaway spots, wardrobe essentials and ways to keep warm. In The Cocktail Cabinet for Prince Wine Store Myles Thompson joins to highlight the next Regional Tasting Series event. You can book your spot HERE to taste some of the wonderful wines from the Heathcote VIC region on Saturday June 17th. Plus Myles shares some wonderful tips for storing wine even if you don't have a wine fridge or cellar. Use the promo code MESS at www.princewinestore.com.au or instore for your 10% listener discount. And for our interstate poddies – Prince Wine Store can deliver Australia wide. BSF for Red Energy The Book Binder of Jericho by Pip Williams The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams also recommended The Anniversary by Stephanie Bishop Yellow Face by Rebecca Kuang Bank of Dave – now screening nationally at selected cinemas Funny Woman on Foxtel Pandore on SBS on Demand Total Control on ABC iView  Chicken in a Pot with Lemon and Orzo by Nigella (recipe HERE ) Sweet Winter Slaw by Yotam Ottolenghi (recipe HERE note - Anna doesn't use the mango or papaya) Dear Caro and Corrie is back - send us your question or dilemma to feedback@dontshootpod.com.au and each week a lucky listener will receive a gift from Ello Botanicals - all natural Australian made facial oils. Email feedback@dontshootpod.com.au or join us on Instagram or Facebook.   This podcast is produced by Corrie Perkin and Caroline Wilson and produced, engineered and edited by Jane Nield for SEN.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to follow the Moody Blues into the 1980s. After a long hiatus and a disappointing comeback album, the Moodies reconvened with a new keyboard player and a new producer to start a new decade in their long career. Music production styles had changed quite a lot since their classic period in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and the new personnel came with a new aesthetic that sounds quite different from the Moody Blues music we're all used to. However, if you can forgive Patrick Moraz for not being Mike Pinder, and Pip Williams for not being Tony Clarke, and the ‘80s for not being the ‘70s, you'll find that there is some fantastic music to be found on Long Distance Voyager. And there is also “Veteran Cosmic Rocker.” Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, Phil Maddox, John McFerrin, Amanda RodgersComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/119-the-moody-blues-long-distance-voyager-1981Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/user/discordpodSupport the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

We discuss the first five stories in G.K. Chesterton's debut outing with his most iconic detective, Father Brown. An innocuous preacher with an eye for the human spirit, Father Brown cares less for the wrong and right of the law, than the soul. In The Blue Cross, the great detective Valentin hunts down the notorious Flambeau, one of the world's most famous criminals, only to be met with a curious trail of evidence on the tail of two men of the cloth. How Father Brown's clergy led him to learn all he has about the human soul, we may never truly know. Also, check out Flex's interview with Pip Williams on Final Draft Great Conversations ahead of this year's Sydney Writers' Festival.

The first time she came across the intricate 'dance' that was traditional book binding, Pip Williams was fascinated.

David and Perry discuss Perry's recent overseas trip, and then talk about their recent reading, including several books which take existing stories and look at them from a different viewpoint. Introduction (06:51) Perry's trip to Morrocco (04:06) David's news (02:28) General News (16:29) Death of Martin Amis (06:08) Nebula Award Winners (04:12) Miles Franklin Award Longlist. (03:06) New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (03:00) What we've been reading lately. (50:13) David's reading slow-down (01:27) Five Decembers by James Kestrel (08:59) Unknown Shore by Robert Ruby (05:02) A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (04:38) The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. (04:28) Spear by Nicola Griffith (06:43) Fire With Fire by Candice Fox (04:15) Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk (04:07) Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (04:57) Top Gun Maverick (05:32) Windup (00:59) Illustration generated by Wombo Art

David and Perry discuss Perry's recent overseas trip, and then talk about their recent reading, including several books which take existing stories and look at them from a different viewpoint. Introduction (06:51) Perry's trip to Morrocco (04:06) David's news (02:28) General News (16:29) Death of Martin Amis (06:08) Nebula Award Winners (04:12) Miles Franklin Award Longlist. (03:06) New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (03:00) What we've been reading lately. (50:13) David's reading slow-down (01:27) Five Decembers by James Kestrel (08:59) Unknown Shore by Robert Ruby (05:02) A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (04:38) The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. (04:28) Spear by Nicola Griffith (06:43) Fire With Fire by Candice Fox (04:15) Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk (04:07) Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (04:57) Top Gun Maverick (05:32) Windup (00:59) Click here for more info and indexes. Illustration generated by Wombo Art

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. In this special presentation Felix Shannon, host of Death of the Reader sits down with Pip Williams to discuss her new novel The Bookbinder of Jericho. Pip Williams is the much loved author of The Dictionary of Lost Words In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambitious and dreams of studying at Oxford University, but for most of her life she has been told her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has. She is extraordinary but vulnerable. Peggy needs to watch over her. When refugees arrive from the devastated cities of Belgium, it sends ripples through the community and through the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can use her intellect and not just her hands, but as war and illness reshape her world, it is love, and the responsibility that comes with it, that threaten to hold her back. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/ 

Stephanie [00:00:16]:Hello, everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's Dish, the podcast where we talk to people that have written unique, amazing, and in this case, super fun books about food. I'm here with Judith Chishon, and she is a friend of a friend sister, which is fun to talk with her, too. Susie Mindrum is her sister, who's a good friend of our families and has been so kind to me and my stepmom. So it's fun to talk with you, Judith. She reached out and said, Would you ever want to talk to my sister? She has this funny book called “Romaine Wasn't Built in a Day”.Judith [00:00:53]:Sister in law.Stephanie [00:00:54]:Okay. Sister in law. It's amazing.Judith [00:00:58]:Yeah.Stephanie [00:00:59]:So do we call you? Is it an entomologist? The person who studies the nature of words?Judith [00:01:08]:Yeah. Etymologist no, n otherwise people might think it pertains to bugs.Stephanie [00:01:16]:Yes, that's right. So etymology is the derivative of words.Judith [00:01:22]:Yeah, right.Stephanie [00:01:24]:How did you think of putting this book together? Because why don't you describe it in your own words? Okay.Judith [00:01:31]:A somewhat short answer as to how it came about. I specialized in Old English and Middle English in graduate school, and as a professor, I had the great good fortune to teach history of the language, which, of course, included many discussions about the immense vocabulary of English and where all those words came from. And over the course of many, many years, I had amassed a huge pile of notes about interesting word histories. And then when the Pandemic hit, I put them all together into a book.Stephanie [00:02:17]:Isn't it amazing how many books were spawned by the pandemic?Judith [00:02:22]:Yes, really, it is.Stephanie [00:02:26]:And do you have a personal love of food or why this focus specifically on food words?Judith [00:02:33]:Yeah. Well, that's a good question. Yes. I love food. I am very interested in the history of food. I taught a course once long ago on food and literature, and often even in other courses, talked about the role that literature, that food played in a book. But the first love, I guess, was words. Even as a kid, I mean, all kids love to play with words, rhyming and punning and doing Dr. Susan kinds of things. And if I can indulge in one anecdote that's popping into my head right now about a love of language, even as a kid, I don't know how old I was maybe seven, eight, something like that. We were sitting around the table at my grandmother and grandfather's house, and he was holding forth with an anecdote, the punchline to, which was in Norwegian. And everybody burst out laughing, probably including me, though I didn't understand what he had said. I had a few words of Norwegian, that was it. But it really stands out in my head that a kind of moment of paying attention to the medium, perhaps, rather than the message that it was funny for everybody, maybe because literally what he said, but also because he said it in another language. We call that code switching now, and I wouldn't have articulated the whole business the way I am now, but it was a fun moment of awareness of I'm going to call it the ludic quality of language meaning the playfulness and all the things that we can do with language. Like tell jokes.Stephanie [00:04:39]:Yeah. And the lyricism of it. Right.Judith [00:04:42]:Yes. And I was a dictionary reader even at a young age. I don't know why exactly.Stephanie [00:04:50]:It makes me laugh that you just said that, like we're all dictionary readers. You read the dictionary as a young kid.Judith [00:04:58]:Yeah. I remember looking up words and making marks in the book. And I love the word pugnacious. Who knows why?Stephanie [00:05:09]:Right.Judith [00:05:10]:And naughty words were sometimes in there. Although I admit I was using a very old punk and wagon's dictionary, which did not have very many naughty words. Yeah. I've just always really loved digging around in the dictionary.Stephanie [00:05:28]:Have you by chance read and I think the book is called The Book of Words. It's about the writing of the dictionary from the female perspective.Judith [00:05:39]:Well, I've read a number of books like that. Is it the one by Corey Stamford? Word by word?Stephanie [00:05:48]:Maybe. Oh, I just read it, and I'm sorry that I don't know the name of the author. I will try and find it.Judith [00:05:57]:Okay. I've got it sitting here in this big pile of books.Stephanie [00:06:03]:Yeah. It was basically just this idea of how the dictionary came to be and how they chronicled and cataloged the words. And it was fiction.Judith [00:06:15]:It was fiction.Stephanie [00:06:17]:It was but I think it was based in historical fiction, and it was just something go ahead.Judith [00:06:25]:No, that sounds fantastic.Stephanie [00:06:27]:Yeah. It was just something I had never really thought about. Here's the name of it. It is called lost words. I'm going to find it. Sorry. I just think you would really like it. And it was absolutely very beautifully written. The Dictionary of Lost Words is what it was called. And it was written by a woman named Pip Williams. K. Okay. Pip Williams. And the idea was they sort of chronicled this historical fiction of the creating of the dictionary. But also what was unique about the book was this idea that women had their own language and women of the aristocracy, their language was different than women that were working in the homes or were working in the markets and were lower caste women, as it were. So she became enamored with chronicling and cataloging the words that women use that didn't make it into the original dictionaries.Judith [00:07:35]:Interesting. Well, I definitely want to read it. And she was talking about English, or was she talking worldwide?Stephanie [00:07:43]:It was in England, and it was the Oxford Dictionary compilation.Judith [00:07:49]:Okay, so it's a story about The OED.Stephanie [00:07:51]:Correct.Judith [00:07:53]:Okay. Yes.Stephanie [00:07:54]:I think you'd like it.Judith [00:07:55]:Yeah, I read the Madman story about the OED, but I haven't read this one specifically. Do you know if she has a lot of food words?Stephanie [00:08:06]:There is some, but it's not a lot that I could pick up because I think I would have recalled that. And when we were talking about preparing for this book, you were talking about the funny. We talked about rhubarb in particular because I'm obsessed with rhubarb. What is the origination of the word rhubarb?Judith [00:08:27]:It comes from a Greek word that means, well, the vegetable. But it means barbarous, too. So it's a foreign thing. That word foreign. And barbarous is in there. That's the barb part of rhubarb, which seems to me kind of fun and funny.Stephanie [00:08:47]:Yeah.Judith [00:08:49]:So I'm curious about your obsession with it. Food so often, of course, has emotional associations. And my association with rhubarb is a very positive one. Not only because my husband likes to make rhubarb pie and I love rhubarb pie, but it makes me think of my grandmother and her backyard in Northfield, Minnesota and a big rhubarb patch and the admonition that we should not ever even think about eating those leaves.Stephanie [00:09:26]:Yeah. Because they're poisonous.Judith [00:09:27]:Poisonous. And you'll die. But in spite of that, I mean, that only made it all more thrilling.Stephanie [00:09:34]:I think what I am fascinated by with rhubarb is that it's sort of this ugly looking weed in a lot of respects, and then it's not. If you just pull a stalk and eat it without a ton of sugar, it's not awesome. And then when you cut the leaves off and you boil that down or you cook it in a pastry and you add sugar, you make something completely transformative out of what is, in a lot of sense, zoeed I think that's what appeals to me, yes.Judith [00:10:03]:Well, wow. That is the magic, the transformation, right. That we can eat that stuff, but then it has to be cooked. Yeah. And when I think of rhubarb, I think of recipes that promise this transformation. I just love recipes, though I am not a recipe writer. I mean, I'm certainly not a cookbook writer. So I'm full of admiration for anybody who has written books with lots of recipes in them and all that that entails. But I just love the idea that you can have a list of rules and ingredients that promise transformation and something tasty and wonderful. And I think of it, too, in another way that's maybe kind of odd. I think of recipe cards that I have in my little old recipe card thingy holder, and I think of the handwriting that's on them. So in some cases, it's my mother's very neat handwriting. The Palmer method, that was not long ago. And in other cases, it's my grandmother's handwriting, the one who had rhubarb in the backyard. And hers tended to be shorter. I mean, she wouldn't give well, this doesn't account for the length of the recipe, but she wouldn't give a precise number for the oven setting. She would say hot oven or the precise measurement of, I don't know, flour is just scant. And somehow I liked that, that they were kind of abbreviated because she assumed you knew what to do.Stephanie [00:11:52]:Yeah. That's so funny, because in a lot of the recipes that my grandma left behind when I was writing a cookbook, trying to decipher what scamped was or what simmer, and just thinking about okay, like, a gas oven operates different than an electric oven. And so much of cooking can be intuitive. And I'm pretty good about intuiting, but I try to write it for my sister, who, if you don't say, ten minutes at 425 and test it with a toothpick, and if there's crumbs on there, keep going. She just has no idea. She has no intuition at all when it comes to cooking.Judith [00:12:34]:Yeah, well, I'm a little bit more in that category.Stephanie [00:12:38]:Yeah. And you have to spell it all out when we talk about some of the words in your book. What are some of your three to five favorite food words that you covered?Judith [00:12:50]:Okay, let me think for a minute, because those words change as to which is the favorite. At the moment, I am thinking of the word barbecue because I don't know a bunch of reasons. It comes from the Caribbean Arowakan word that means a frame that has many uses, but one of them is for roasting food. But there's a common theory about what barbecue means, that it comes from the French for barb, a cou, meaning beard to tail, presumably referring to the way you would spit the pig. Not a very pleasant idea.Stephanie [00:13:40]:Yes, you'd spirit from tip to tail.Judith [00:13:42]:Right. But there isn't any evidence for that, whereas there is evidence for this derivation from the Arawakan language. And to me, I just like to remember both. I'm very interested in false etymologies, or if you don't want to call them that, stories about words, because they suggest something interesting, too. I mean, in this case, it's a clever idea. It's based only on sound similarity. Sounds, of course, are incredibly important in trying to figure out the etymology, but that's not enough. And for dictionaries, there has to be written evidence, too. So I like the word barbecue. I like the word zydeco. I've been thinking about that a lot. The music from southern Louisiana. It's the Louisiana Creole pronunciation of lasarico, the French words for beans. The beans. And it apparently comes from a song title written by Clifton Sheny. And the title, or anyway, it's a line in the song, is something like Lazarico, pronounced zydaco son Pasale are not salted. I don't know what that means. I've dug around trying to get translations and explanations, and somebody said it means it's when you're serving just the beans and there's no meat or something.Stephanie [00:15:19]:Yeah, potentially, like a salt pork is missing.Judith [00:15:23]:Yeah. So I think that's fun. Zydeco means beans. That music. And I associate the word, then with the instruments, some of which are stringed instruments. I think of them as green beans.Stephanie [00:15:36]:Then I think about the actual artist named Buckwheat Zydeco, who sings zydeco.Judith [00:15:41]:Okay. I have to look.Stephanie [00:15:43]:Yeah, he's pretty great. He's from Orlando.Judith [00:15:47]:First name?Stephanie [00:15:48]:Yeah. He's just a great musician.Judith [00:15:52]:Okay. Thank you for that. And I like the word marathon because it's a toponym. The race named after a place in Greece where there was a famous marathon. And I like it because it has food hidden in the word. I mean, hidden to us, if we don't know Greek, it means fennel. In Greek, maratho. So it's food connected and toponym. That's interesting. Named after a place. Yeah.Stephanie [00:16:20]:What is a toponym? I've never heard of that term before.Judith [00:16:24]:A word that's named after a place. Okay. And there are also lots of eponyms words named after people, like, say, sandwich, which is a famous one, of course. Sandwich, just to confuse the issue, is also a place. Yes. And there's no evidence, really, that he did what he supposedly did, which was right. Hold a big sandwich, put all the meat and stuff between two pieces of bread, and hold it while he gambled with the other hand. So, in this case, it's a story. It's not the actual etymology. Nevertheless, it's clear that the word goes back to his name, his title. So, yeah, it's a word named after a person. I like words that have food hidden in them, too, like, seersucker, which comes from the Persian. That means milk and sugar.Stephanie [00:17:26]:Okay. And originally were suckers made with milk?Judith [00:17:33]:No, I think it's a pure coincidence that it sounds like sucker. Okay. It's from the Parisian, and I'd have to look up the precise words and pardon my inability to pronounce them, but it's like sugar and sugar. I mean, it's a word that means that means sugar, but in this case, it refers to the look of the material. Those words just got mushed together. Sucker. And the material looks like an alternating pattern of colors and maybe ones that have little bumps up and then the flat one, because Searsucker has those little material.Stephanie [00:18:24]:How long did it take you to research romaine wasn't built in a day, or were these just from the notes, and you had them all handy?Judith [00:18:32]:It's both. I did have notes for virtually all these words, but I checked them all. So it took day and night for a little more than a year, which seems to me pretty fast, but it was like day and night, and there's so much more I wanted to write, but I had a word limit.Stephanie [00:18:52]:Yes. Okay. One other question for you. You mentioned early on that you have taught classes about food literature and food books. Can you share with us, like, three of your favorite pieces of food literature or food books?Judith [00:19:09]:Okay, so this is just off the top of my head. I might have a longer and better answer if I thought about it. But I love The Odyssey for the references to food, much of which is all about being pious and giving food to the gods. They are constantly stopping to have what we would call a barbecue.Stephanie [00:19:35]:Sure.Judith [00:19:35]:It sounds as if they eat nothing but cow meat.Stephanie [00:19:40]:Yeah.Judith [00:19:41]:But it's all about piety and being civilized. And on the other hand, creatures they encounter, we might say people they encounter who don't do this. But somehow, invert the whole process of being host and guest, they are marked then as uncivilized. Like Polyphemus, who eats his guests.Stephanie [00:20:07]:Right.Judith [00:20:10]:And so many of the Greek myths that are just so fantastic about food and their use of food. But also, of course, The Canterbury Tales, because I love Chaucer.Stephanie [00:20:23]:Sure.Judith [00:20:23]:So in The Canterbury Tales, food is part of the original impetus for talking. They are about to set out on a journey, these nine and 20 in a compenia, these pilgrims. And at the end of it, there will be a meal, which is their reward, or it's especially a reward for the person who tells the best tale. So it's a competition and a thing that draws you on. And the thought of eating that makes you talk. Of course, they never do get to that meal. Yeah, that's a different story. What else? Well, I love the food in Tom Jones, that famous scene between him and the woman he's what, maybe for a second, thought to be the son of. And it's famous in its film version, the original film version, where she's eating oysters in seductive way and lots of 20th century literature. Can I think of even one? Salman Rushdie's book, Midnight's Children has fantastic interesting uses of food like pickles. And so that after a while you question, what does it mean to be pickled? Yeah, so many books.Stephanie [00:21:54]:I love it. Well, I never have thought about that book in that way. So I like that you got me to think about that. Your book has had a lot of interest. I was looking just at your reviews on Amazon and people are really loving it. It is. Romaine wasn't built in a day, and it's by Judith Chishon. And I'm impressed. I think it's really a fun book. And I love talking to you and thinking about all the things like COVID was such a weird time for so many of us, but also so prolific in the creative aspects.Judith [00:22:31]:Yes. When you had to be shut off from the world, at least somewhat. Yeah.Stephanie [00:22:38]:We found other things to do with our time. So do you think you have another book in you?Judith [00:22:45]:Yes, I feel like I have a bunch. I have many unfinished books, and I can't even say what's on the horizon. I have to hurry up and decide.Stephanie [00:22:59]:I understand. Well, it's been fun to talk to you. Thanks for spending time with me today. Talking about Romaine wasn't built in a day. It's real sweet.Judith [00:23:08]:Thank you. Thanks, Judith.Stephanie [00:23:10]:We'll talk soon.Judith [00:23:11]:Okay, bye. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stephaniehansen.substack.com/subscribe

Stephanie [00:00:16]:Hello, everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's Dish, the podcast where we talk to people that have written unique, amazing, and in this case, super fun books about food. I'm here with Judith Chishon, and she is a friend of a friend sister, which is fun to talk with her, too. Susie Mindrum is her sister, who's a good friend of our families and has been so kind to me and my stepmom. So it's fun to talk with you, Judith. She reached out and said, Would you ever want to talk to my sister? She has this funny book called “Romaine Wasn't Built in a Day”.Judith [00:00:53]:Sister in law.Stephanie [00:00:54]:Okay. Sister in law. It's amazing.Judith [00:00:58]:Yeah.Stephanie [00:00:59]:So do we call you? Is it an entomologist? The person who studies the nature of words?Judith [00:01:08]:Yeah. Etymologist no, n otherwise people might think it pertains to bugs.Stephanie [00:01:16]:Yes, that's right. So etymology is the derivative of words.Judith [00:01:22]:Yeah, right.Stephanie [00:01:24]:How did you think of putting this book together? Because why don't you describe it in your own words? Okay.Judith [00:01:31]:A somewhat short answer as to how it came about. I specialized in Old English and Middle English in graduate school, and as a professor, I had the great good fortune to teach history of the language, which, of course, included many discussions about the immense vocabulary of English and where all those words came from. And over the course of many, many years, I had amassed a huge pile of notes about interesting word histories. And then when the Pandemic hit, I put them all together into a book.Stephanie [00:02:17]:Isn't it amazing how many books were spawned by the pandemic?Judith [00:02:22]:Yes, really, it is.Stephanie [00:02:26]:And do you have a personal love of food or why this focus specifically on food words?Judith [00:02:33]:Yeah. Well, that's a good question. Yes. I love food. I am very interested in the history of food. I taught a course once long ago on food and literature, and often even in other courses, talked about the role that literature, that food played in a book. But the first love, I guess, was words. Even as a kid, I mean, all kids love to play with words, rhyming and punning and doing Dr. Susan kinds of things. And if I can indulge in one anecdote that's popping into my head right now about a love of language, even as a kid, I don't know how old I was maybe seven, eight, something like that. We were sitting around the table at my grandmother and grandfather's house, and he was holding forth with an anecdote, the punchline to, which was in Norwegian. And everybody burst out laughing, probably including me, though I didn't understand what he had said. I had a few words of Norwegian, that was it. But it really stands out in my head that a kind of moment of paying attention to the medium, perhaps, rather than the message that it was funny for everybody, maybe because literally what he said, but also because he said it in another language. We call that code switching now, and I wouldn't have articulated the whole business the way I am now, but it was a fun moment of awareness of I'm going to call it the ludic quality of language meaning the playfulness and all the things that we can do with language. Like tell jokes.Stephanie [00:04:39]:Yeah. And the lyricism of it. Right.Judith [00:04:42]:Yes. And I was a dictionary reader even at a young age. I don't know why exactly.Stephanie [00:04:50]:It makes me laugh that you just said that, like we're all dictionary readers. You read the dictionary as a young kid.Judith [00:04:58]:Yeah. I remember looking up words and making marks in the book. And I love the word pugnacious. Who knows why?Stephanie [00:05:09]:Right.Judith [00:05:10]:And naughty words were sometimes in there. Although I admit I was using a very old punk and wagon's dictionary, which did not have very many naughty words. Yeah. I've just always really loved digging around in the dictionary.Stephanie [00:05:28]:Have you by chance read and I think the book is called The Book of Words. It's about the writing of the dictionary from the female perspective.Judith [00:05:39]:Well, I've read a number of books like that. Is it the one by Corey Stamford? Word by word?Stephanie [00:05:48]:Maybe. Oh, I just read it, and I'm sorry that I don't know the name of the author. I will try and find it.Judith [00:05:57]:Okay. I've got it sitting here in this big pile of books.Stephanie [00:06:03]:Yeah. It was basically just this idea of how the dictionary came to be and how they chronicled and cataloged the words. And it was fiction.Judith [00:06:15]:It was fiction.Stephanie [00:06:17]:It was but I think it was based in historical fiction, and it was just something go ahead.Judith [00:06:25]:No, that sounds fantastic.Stephanie [00:06:27]:Yeah. It was just something I had never really thought about. Here's the name of it. It is called lost words. I'm going to find it. Sorry. I just think you would really like it. And it was absolutely very beautifully written. The Dictionary of Lost Words is what it was called. And it was written by a woman named Pip Williams. K. Okay. Pip Williams. And the idea was they sort of chronicled this historical fiction of the creating of the dictionary. But also what was unique about the book was this idea that women had their own language and women of the aristocracy, their language was different than women that were working in the homes or were working in the markets and were lower caste women, as it were. So she became enamored with chronicling and cataloging the words that women use that didn't make it into the original dictionaries.Judith [00:07:35]:Interesting. Well, I definitely want to read it. And she was talking about English, or was she talking worldwide?Stephanie [00:07:43]:It was in England, and it was the Oxford Dictionary compilation.Judith [00:07:49]:Okay, so it's a story about The OED.Stephanie [00:07:51]:Correct.Judith [00:07:53]:Okay. Yes.Stephanie [00:07:54]:I think you'd like it.Judith [00:07:55]:Yeah, I read the Madman story about the OED, but I haven't read this one specifically. Do you know if she has a lot of food words?Stephanie [00:08:06]:There is some, but it's not a lot that I could pick up because I think I would have recalled that. And when we were talking about preparing for this book, you were talking about the funny. We talked about rhubarb in particular because I'm obsessed with rhubarb. What is the origination of the word rhubarb?Judith [00:08:27]:It comes from a Greek word that means, well, the vegetable. But it means barbarous, too. So it's a foreign thing. That word foreign. And barbarous is in there. That's the barb part of rhubarb, which seems to me kind of fun and funny.Stephanie [00:08:47]:Yeah.Judith [00:08:49]:So I'm curious about your obsession with it. Food so often, of course, has emotional associations. And my association with rhubarb is a very positive one. Not only because my husband likes to make rhubarb pie and I love rhubarb pie, but it makes me think of my grandmother and her backyard in Northfield, Minnesota and a big rhubarb patch and the admonition that we should not ever even think about eating those leaves.Stephanie [00:09:26]:Yeah. Because they're poisonous.Judith [00:09:27]:Poisonous. And you'll die. But in spite of that, I mean, that only made it all more thrilling.Stephanie [00:09:34]:I think what I am fascinated by with rhubarb is that it's sort of this ugly looking weed in a lot of respects, and then it's not. If you just pull a stalk and eat it without a ton of sugar, it's not awesome. And then when you cut the leaves off and you boil that down or you cook it in a pastry and you add sugar, you make something completely transformative out of what is, in a lot of sense, zoeed I think that's what appeals to me, yes.Judith [00:10:03]:Well, wow. That is the magic, the transformation, right. That we can eat that stuff, but then it has to be cooked. Yeah. And when I think of rhubarb, I think of recipes that promise this transformation. I just love recipes, though I am not a recipe writer. I mean, I'm certainly not a cookbook writer. So I'm full of admiration for anybody who has written books with lots of recipes in them and all that that entails. But I just love the idea that you can have a list of rules and ingredients that promise transformation and something tasty and wonderful. And I think of it, too, in another way that's maybe kind of odd. I think of recipe cards that I have in my little old recipe card thingy holder, and I think of the handwriting that's on them. So in some cases, it's my mother's very neat handwriting. The Palmer method, that was not long ago. And in other cases, it's my grandmother's handwriting, the one who had rhubarb in the backyard. And hers tended to be shorter. I mean, she wouldn't give well, this doesn't account for the length of the recipe, but she wouldn't give a precise number for the oven setting. She would say hot oven or the precise measurement of, I don't know, flour is just scant. And somehow I liked that, that they were kind of abbreviated because she assumed you knew what to do.Stephanie [00:11:52]:Yeah. That's so funny, because in a lot of the recipes that my grandma left behind when I was writing a cookbook, trying to decipher what scamped was or what simmer, and just thinking about okay, like, a gas oven operates different than an electric oven. And so much of cooking can be intuitive. And I'm pretty good about intuiting, but I try to write it for my sister, who, if you don't say, ten minutes at 425 and test it with a toothpick, and if there's crumbs on there, keep going. She just has no idea. She has no intuition at all when it comes to cooking.Judith [00:12:34]:Yeah, well, I'm a little bit more in that category.Stephanie [00:12:38]:Yeah. And you have to spell it all out when we talk about some of the words in your book. What are some of your three to five favorite food words that you covered?Judith [00:12:50]:Okay, let me think for a minute, because those words change as to which is the favorite. At the moment, I am thinking of the word barbecue because I don't know a bunch of reasons. It comes from the Caribbean Arowakan word that means a frame that has many uses, but one of them is for roasting food. But there's a common theory about what barbecue means, that it comes from the French for barb, a cou, meaning beard to tail, presumably referring to the way you would spit the pig. Not a very pleasant idea.Stephanie [00:13:40]:Yes, you'd spirit from tip to tail.Judith [00:13:42]:Right. But there isn't any evidence for that, whereas there is evidence for this derivation from the Arawakan language. And to me, I just like to remember both. I'm very interested in false etymologies, or if you don't want to call them that, stories about words, because they suggest something interesting, too. I mean, in this case, it's a clever idea. It's based only on sound similarity. Sounds, of course, are incredibly important in trying to figure out the etymology, but that's not enough. And for dictionaries, there has to be written evidence, too. So I like the word barbecue. I like the word zydeco. I've been thinking about that a lot. The music from southern Louisiana. It's the Louisiana Creole pronunciation of lasarico, the French words for beans. The beans. And it apparently comes from a song title written by Clifton Sheny. And the title, or anyway, it's a line in the song, is something like Lazarico, pronounced zydaco son Pasale are not salted. I don't know what that means. I've dug around trying to get translations and explanations, and somebody said it means it's when you're serving just the beans and there's no meat or something.Stephanie [00:15:19]:Yeah, potentially, like a salt pork is missing.Judith [00:15:23]:Yeah. So I think that's fun. Zydeco means beans. That music. And I associate the word, then with the instruments, some of which are stringed instruments. I think of them as green beans.Stephanie [00:15:36]:Then I think about the actual artist named Buckwheat Zydeco, who sings zydeco.Judith [00:15:41]:Okay. I have to look.Stephanie [00:15:43]:Yeah, he's pretty great. He's from Orlando.Judith [00:15:47]:First name?Stephanie [00:15:48]:Yeah. He's just a great musician.Judith [00:15:52]:Okay. Thank you for that. And I like the word marathon because it's a toponym. The race named after a place in Greece where there was a famous marathon. And I like it because it has food hidden in the word. I mean, hidden to us, if we don't know Greek, it means fennel. In Greek, maratho. So it's food connected and toponym. That's interesting. Named after a place. Yeah.Stephanie [00:16:20]:What is a toponym? I've never heard of that term before.Judith [00:16:24]:A word that's named after a place. Okay. And there are also lots of eponyms words named after people, like, say, sandwich, which is a famous one, of course. Sandwich, just to confuse the issue, is also a place. Yes. And there's no evidence, really, that he did what he supposedly did, which was right. Hold a big sandwich, put all the meat and stuff between two pieces of bread, and hold it while he gambled with the other hand. So, in this case, it's a story. It's not the actual etymology. Nevertheless, it's clear that the word goes back to his name, his title. So, yeah, it's a word named after a person. I like words that have food hidden in them, too, like, seersucker, which comes from the Persian. That means milk and sugar.Stephanie [00:17:26]:Okay. And originally were suckers made with milk?Judith [00:17:33]:No, I think it's a pure coincidence that it sounds like sucker. Okay. It's from the Parisian, and I'd have to look up the precise words and pardon my inability to pronounce them, but it's like sugar and sugar. I mean, it's a word that means that means sugar, but in this case, it refers to the look of the material. Those words just got mushed together. Sucker. And the material looks like an alternating pattern of colors and maybe ones that have little bumps up and then the flat one, because Searsucker has those little material.Stephanie [00:18:24]:How long did it take you to research romaine wasn't built in a day, or were these just from the notes, and you had them all handy?Judith [00:18:32]:It's both. I did have notes for virtually all these words, but I checked them all. So it took day and night for a little more than a year, which seems to me pretty fast, but it was like day and night, and there's so much more I wanted to write, but I had a word limit.Stephanie [00:18:52]:Yes. Okay. One other question for you. You mentioned early on that you have taught classes about food literature and food books. Can you share with us, like, three of your favorite pieces of food literature or food books?Judith [00:19:09]:Okay, so this is just off the top of my head. I might have a longer and better answer if I thought about it. But I love The Odyssey for the references to food, much of which is all about being pious and giving food to the gods. They are constantly stopping to have what we would call a barbecue.Stephanie [00:19:35]:Sure.Judith [00:19:35]:It sounds as if they eat nothing but cow meat.Stephanie [00:19:40]:Yeah.Judith [00:19:41]:But it's all about piety and being civilized. And on the other hand, creatures they encounter, we might say people they encounter who don't do this. But somehow, invert the whole process of being host and guest, they are marked then as uncivilized. Like Polyphemus, who eats his guests.Stephanie [00:20:07]:Right.Judith [00:20:10]:And so many of the Greek myths that are just so fantastic about food and their use of food. But also, of course, The Canterbury Tales, because I love Chaucer.Stephanie [00:20:23]:Sure.Judith [00:20:23]:So in The Canterbury Tales, food is part of the original impetus for talking. They are about to set out on a journey, these nine and 20 in a compenia, these pilgrims. And at the end of it, there will be a meal, which is their reward, or it's especially a reward for the person who tells the best tale. So it's a competition and a thing that draws you on. And the thought of eating that makes you talk. Of course, they never do get to that meal. Yeah, that's a different story. What else? Well, I love the food in Tom Jones, that famous scene between him and the woman he's what, maybe for a second, thought to be the son of. And it's famous in its film version, the original film version, where she's eating oysters in seductive way and lots of 20th century literature. Can I think of even one? Salman Rushdie's book, Midnight's Children has fantastic interesting uses of food like pickles. And so that after a while you question, what does it mean to be pickled? Yeah, so many books.Stephanie [00:21:54]:I love it. Well, I never have thought about that book in that way. So I like that you got me to think about that. Your book has had a lot of interest. I was looking just at your reviews on Amazon and people are really loving it. It is. Romaine wasn't built in a day, and it's by Judith Chishon. And I'm impressed. I think it's really a fun book. And I love talking to you and thinking about all the things like COVID was such a weird time for so many of us, but also so prolific in the creative aspects.Judith [00:22:31]:Yes. When you had to be shut off from the world, at least somewhat. Yeah.Stephanie [00:22:38]:We found other things to do with our time. So do you think you have another book in you?Judith [00:22:45]:Yes, I feel like I have a bunch. I have many unfinished books, and I can't even say what's on the horizon. I have to hurry up and decide.Stephanie [00:22:59]:I understand. Well, it's been fun to talk to you. Thanks for spending time with me today. Talking about Romaine wasn't built in a day. It's real sweet.Judith [00:23:08]:Thank you. Thanks, Judith.Stephanie [00:23:10]:We'll talk soon.Judith [00:23:11]:Okay, bye. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stephaniehansen.substack.com/subscribe

Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney, and now lives in the Adelaide Hills. Her debut novel was the wildly successful The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020), which was based on her original research in the Oxford English Dictionary archives. The Bookbinder of Jericho (2023) is her second work of historical fiction, and exists in the same world as The Dictionary of Lost Words. Her first work was One Italian Summer, a memoir of her family's travels in search of the good life. Read the transcript for this interview here.  About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Twitter and Instagram, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bookbinder of Jericho – Pip Williams   A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club pick The Dictionary of Lost Words.  It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who live on a narrow boat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press.  The Bookbinder is a story about knowledge—who creates it, who can access it, and what truths get lost in the process. Much as she did in the international bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams thoughtfully explores another rarely seen slice of history through women's eyes. White Fox – Owen Matthews   A page-turning thriller about two competing KGB operatives on a race across Russia and against time to uncover the devastating truth behind the assassination of JFK.  1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of President Kennedy's death. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin's new post as director of a gulag camp in the middle of a frozen tundra is far from a promotion. This is where disgraced agents, like Vasin, are sent to disappear and die quietly. But when tensions in the camp mount and a violent revolt breaks out, Vasin finds himself on the run with a mysterious prisoner holding the most dangerous secret in the world: who ordered the murder of President Kennedy.   With masterly storytelling that weaves together a moment of explosive history with the cutthroat machinations of Soviet politics, Owen Matthews's White Fox captures the paradigm-shifting assassination from a unique Soviet point of view. This is a page-turning thriller across Russia, where characters facing impossible odds are forced to decide among truth, justice, and all-out war.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian writer and social researcher Pip Williams' first novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words, was published just as the world locked down due to covid, and became an international best seller. It tells the story of motherless Esme who spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers gather words for the first Oxford English Dictionary. Over time she discovers words relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. She's just published a companion book ,The Bookbinder of Jericho, which is the story of twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Pip Williams was a social researcher with dozens of peer reviewed academic papers in the fields of psychology, sociology, public health, medicine, work and family, and community development. But a few years ago she got fed up with academia, and "the only logical thing to do was give it up and drag the whole family to the other side of the world to work as labourers on organic farms." That adventure was documented in a previous book One Italian Summer. Pip Williams will be appearing at the Auckland Writers Festival next month.

Pip Williams talks to Cheryl Akle about the bestselling success of A Dictionary of Lost Words and the challenges of writing its companion novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, which is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa discusses The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, which is a historic fiction about the development of the Oxford English Dictionary.  Kirkus Reviews describes that this book shows why ‘women needed to be in the room where and when, it's written.' New York Times also discusses the book.  Other books discussed: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon WinchesterFor more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website. *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives 

Tifani and Lindsey discuss The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. Happy Reading!

In this episode we have begun the Creative Journey. We face into the wild unknown and the foreboding blankness of the empty page and take a few tentative steps forward. Perhaps feeling like an imposter in this strange new landscape and longing for the comfort of home, and yet here we find ourselves. Joel McKerrow talks us through how we begin our journey, how we move forward and who to look to for guidance along the way.   Show notes: The books referenced in this episode are: The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp, Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott and The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams.   Our sponsors are The Practice Co. and ACOM. This podcast is hosted by Joel McKerrow & Produced by Richelle Bourne.

Språket handlar om den historiska ordboken SAOB, vars framtid nyligen var hotad. Vår språkexpert förklarar hur en ordbok kan få hjärtat att banka. Och hur är det med förkortningarna i ordlistan SAOL? Veckans språkfrågorNär uppskattas SAOB (Svenska Akademiens Ordbok) vara klar?Ordet inföding blev definierat av SAOB 1933 som i första hand en person av "färgad eller ociviliserad eller halvciviliserad ras". Hur känns den definitionen idag?För den språkintresserade allmänheten, vilken blir den enskilt viktigaste förbättringen av SAOB när den har uppdaterats?Jobbet med SAOB startade på 1800-talet. Hur gick det då till när man skulle hitta alla ord och deras definitioner?Vad avgör vilken sorts förkortningar som tas upp i Svenska Akademiens Ordlista? Varför finns till exempel bh men inte hb?Hur går det till när ord till nya upplagor av ordböcker väljs ut? Vem nominerar ord och vem beslutar om de kommer med?När kom historiens första ordbok ut?Flera av Språkets lyssnare klagar över att SAOB idag är svårläst med tättskrivna sidor och många förkortningar. Kommer SAOB bli mer läsbar framöver?Författaren Pip Williams menar att den engelska ordboken Oxford English Dictionary var jävig till förmån för mäns upplevelser när den skapades för över 100 år sen. I vilken mån kan det stämma även för åtminstone delar av SAOB?Språkvetare Susanna Karlsson, docent i nordiska språk vid Göteborgs universitet övriga medverkande: Bodil Rosqvist, biträdande huvudredaktör för Svenska Akademiens Ordbok Mats Malm, ständig sekreterare Svenska Akademien Pip Williams, författare till romanen De förlorade ordens bok Programledare Jens Möller

Inspired by a suggestion from dear friend, loyal sponsor and regular curiosity muse, Kate McCauley, I've been playing with the idea of an informal, supplemental dip into the stories behind and between my shows. I make no promises yet about how often or enduring this enterprise will be, but I thought I ought to give it a try. Never know until you do! Relying on that old 0.8 Prototyping once again… So, here's a little curiosity to go – what's kicking around in my head right now, and maybe a preview of things to come…. This is how it happens, with serendipity, and a bit of breadcrumbs.... References: The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams (2020) http://pipwilliams.com.au Kate McCauley, The Center for Parents and Teens https://centerforparentsandteens.com 0.8 Prototyping, Presenting Institute https://medium.com/presencing-institute-blog/theory-u-prototyping-integrating-past-present-and-emerging-future-370bd1383aef

It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Finlay Morton to The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Finlay taught himself to play his older brother's Epiphone guitar at 10. His influences vary from blues musician Sonny Terry and Scottish folk act The Corries to classic rockers Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. At 18, he packed up his guitar and moved to London to play in a band. While he played in various band, he worked as 10 Downing Street as its official sound engineer. From 1990 to 2007, Finlay Morton served four British Prime Ministers. He was present when a teary Margaret Thatcher left 10 Downing Street for the last time. He was ‘Tony Blair's Roadie' and was feet away when the former Prime Minister met former US President George W. Bush, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the infamous Muammar Gaddafi. He also advised former Prime Minster Gordon Brown on his first day in office to never forget when he is wearing a microphone, advice that the former British Prime Minister seemingly forgot.In 2004, Finlay had a chance meeting with Moody Blues and Status Quo producer Pip Williams, which resulted in his first self-penned album Interpret This, which was released in 2006. Two singles went to radio with resulting airplay on regional radio stations throughout the United Kingdom along with a successful acoustic tour with guitarist Greg Bone. In 2008, Finlay started working on his second album, Back to Basics, at West London's Wendyhouse Studios. During the mixing process, he suffered a heart attack. Thanks to speedy medical attention, he went back to work only in a few days. His first single, “Scary Monsters,” was released later that year with more radio support. Legendary Los Angeles-based producer John Ryan updated Finlay's masters and the album was re-released as Back to Basics 2009. “The Devil Ain't Getting My Soul,” the album's first single, garnered both US and UK airplay. In addition to his passion for music, Finlay is a co-founder of London internet radio station Soho Radio, which is now, after five years, firmly established. Soho Radio won Mixcloud's “Best Internet Station in the World.” In 2019, Soho Radio also launched in New York City.In this edition of The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Finlay Morton spoke about his experience working at 10 Downing Street and his song: “Move Mountains.”

This week Vicky is flying solo because of organisation issues so she decided to share 10 books she's read and loved recently. If you're wondering what to read, and how to read, and whether you should be reading books on writing or just books—tune into this episode and sort out your reading plans for the next couple of months. Enjoy!   Key Takeaways: [0:45] Vicky is going solo this week! And the podcast name is changing!  [2:10] If you want to write a book, you need to also read!  [2:35] The more diverse authors you read, the better of a writer you will become.  [3:15] First book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. [4:35] Second book review: Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson. [6:20] Third book review: Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon [7:35] Fourth book review: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw [8:10] Fifth book review: Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson [9:45] Sixth book review: An Idler's Manual by Tom Hodgkinson [10:50] Seventh book review: My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett [12:10] Eighth book review: Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker [13:05] Ninth book review: Their eyes were watching god by Zora Neale Hurston [14:10] Tenth book review: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion [15:25] Vicky highly recommends that you join a book club!    Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Join Vicky's Power Hour Free Writing Prompt Calendar Start Your book Templates Book Breakthrough Jam Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky about 1:1 coaching at: vicky@moxiebooks.co.uk The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays Book by Phoebe Robinson Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon) by Austin Kleon The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson An Idler's Manual by Tom Hodgkinson My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker Their eyes were watching god by Zora Neale Hurston Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

In this episode we welcome heavy metal expert Deborah Frost, Zooming in from her native New York City, and invite her to talk about her career as a writer and musician.Deborah reminisces about the all-girl "female Dolls" Flaming Youth, in which she drummed in the early '70s, and then explains how she came to write her first pieces for Circus in 1977. She talks about her love of hard rock and heavy metal, and about contributing to Rolling Stone and the Village Voice — including her acclaimed 1985 Voice piece 'White Noise: How Heavy Metal Rules', with its unflattering descriptions of the drug-and-groupie-addled Mötley Crüe.From the Crüe we segue into another great "umlaut" metal band, one beloved of Deborah's co-hosts Barney, Martin & Jasper. Yep, we're talking about Blue Öyster Cult, to whose drummer Albert Bouchard our guest was once married. After Barney & Martin attempt to do justice to what made the Cult so uniquely brilliant, we hear clips from 1978 audio interviews with the group's Allen Lanier& Eric Bloom, while Deborah talks about the "rock-critical" role played in the BÖC's development by Sandy Pearlman, R(ichard) Meltzer & punk poetess Patti Smith.An abrupt shift takes us into the amazing world of Grace Jones and her curation of the 2022 Meltdown festival in London. Guest and hosts alike celebrate the iconic Jamaican transgressor, focusing particularly on the Island albums she made at Chris Blackwell's Compass Point studios in the early '80s. Deborah also dumbfounds us with a story about getting naked in a New York sauna with Grace and her beefy boyfriend Dolph Lundgren.There's bonus audio in the form of Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, talking in 2015 to Coup De Main's Pip Williams. Foals fan Jasper introduces the clips and — in the week that sees the release of their new album — explains why he rates his fellow Oxonians so highly. After that, he takes us through recent RBP library pieces added by the holidaying Mark Pringle, including Max Jones' 1959 Melody Maker homage to the departed Billie Holiday and Calvin Bush's 1998 Muzik profile of Jungle king Goldie.Many thanks to special guest Deborah Frost. Find out more about her and her writing on her RBP writers page.Pieces discussed: How Heavy Metal Rules, Rock Criticism as Brain Surgery, Allen Lanier audio, Eric Bloom audio, Grace Jones in 1977, Grace Jones in 1980, Chris Blackwell's Compass Point studios, Foals' Yannis Philippakis audio, Billie Holliday R.I.P., Goldie and Odell's disco.

In this episode we welcome heavy metal expert Deborah Frost, Zooming in from her native New York City, and invite her to talk about her career as a writer and musician.Deborah reminisces about the all-girl "female Dolls" Flaming Youth, in which she drummed in the early '70s, and then explains how she came to write her first pieces for Circus in 1977. She talks about her love of hard rock and heavy metal, and about contributing to Rolling Stone and the Village Voice — including her acclaimed 1985 Voice piece 'White Noise: How Heavy Metal Rules', with its unflattering descriptions of the drug-and-groupie-addled Mötley Crüe.From the Crüe we segue into another great "umlaut" metal band, one beloved of Deborah's co-hosts Barney, Martin & Jasper. Yep, we're talking about Blue Öyster Cult, to whose drummer Albert Bouchard our guest was once married. After Barney & Martin attempt to do justice to what made the Cult so uniquely brilliant, we hear clips from 1978 audio interviews with the group's Allen Lanier& Eric Bloom, while Deborah talks about the "rock-critical" role played in the BÖC's development by Sandy Pearlman, R(ichard) Meltzer & punk poetess Patti Smith.An abrupt shift takes us into the amazing world of Grace Jones and her curation of the 2022 Meltdown festival in London. Guest and hosts alike celebrate the iconic Jamaican transgressor, focusing particularly on the Island albums she made at Chris Blackwell's Compass Point studios in the early '80s. Deborah also dumbfounds us with a story about getting naked in a New York sauna with Grace and her beefy boyfriend Dolph Lundgren.There's bonus audio in the form of Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, talking in 2015 to Coup De Main's Pip Williams. Foals fan Jasper introduces the clips and — in the week that sees the release of their new album — explains why he rates his fellow Oxonians so highly. After that, he takes us through recent RBP library pieces added by the holidaying Mark Pringle, including Max Jones' 1959 Melody Maker homage to the departed Billie Holiday and Calvin Bush's 1998 Muzik profile of Jungle king Goldie.Many thanks to special guest Deborah Frost. Find out more about her and her writing on her RBP writers page.Pieces discussed: How Heavy Metal Rules, Rock Criticism as Brain Surgery, Allen Lanier audio, Eric Bloom audio, Grace Jones in 1977, Grace Jones in 1980, Chris Blackwell's Compass Point studios, Foals' Yannis Philippakis audio, Billie Holliday R.I.P., Goldie and Odell's disco.

If a dictionary provided meaning, instead of mere description, we would be never be lost for words. As it is though, there are a lot of words, and infinitely more meaning, which escape the dictionary's binds. In her historical novel “The Dictionary of Lost Words,” Pip Williams' protagonist Esme sets out to rescue these words, to protect them, to give them the meaning of lived experience. But what is more, many of these lost words find voice among women and the working class at a time when the first Oxford English Dictionary was being written, the women's suffrage movement was at its height and the First World War loomed. In other words, at a time when the meaning of these lost words most needed to be heard. Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams "Metamorphosis" by Ovid “A Swim in the Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesamepagepod_ Email: seamusandblake@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/on.the.same.page.podcast/ ---------- #bookpodcast #podcast #thedictionaryoflostwords #book #novel #debtnovel #pipwilliams #oxfordenglishdictionary #metamorphosis #ovid #poetry #lit #lithub #writing #aswiminthepondintherain # georgesaunders #thedictionaryoflostwords #pipwilliams #literature #books #novels #podbean #spotifypodcasts #applepodcasts #audible #books #novels #audibleau #lit #onthesamepage #whatareyoureading #literaryfacts #podbean