Podcast appearances and mentions of sylvia townsend warner

*This is the Free Content version of my interview with Dr. Sue Terry. To access the entire episode, please consider becoming a Tier 2 'Groves of Orpheus' member, or you can purchase this episode for a one-time fee. My guest for the month of April is Dr. Sue Terry. Sue Terry is a writer, researcher, conference speaker and lecturer. Her PhD research in occult literary modernism focused on women's empowerment in novels by early twentieth-century women authors, Florence Farr, Mary Butts, Sylvia Townsend Warner and P.L. Travers.  Dr. Sue is ‘The Esoteric Academic', at www.sueterryacademic.comHer article, ‘The Myth of Family: Friendship and Sexual Impropriety in the Feminist Occult Grail Narratives of Mary Butts's Armed With Madness' was published in leading literary journal English Studies (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0013838X.2023.2291909). Sue's current research is centered on literary evidence for occult communication with non - human intelligences/spirits and the cultural impact of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 20th century Britain that continues today.  Sue runs Owl House Seminars (www.sueterryacademic.com/courses-events)online and in person, from weird fiction to ghosts, occultism, ley hunters, UFOs, urban high strangeness, witchcraft and practical skills in tarot and numerology. Sue welcomes invitations to speak at events and is thrilled to return to ‘Rejected Religion'.On July 7th 2025 she is co-producing The Third Florence Farr and the Magical Imagination Conference in London, with Caroline Wise, author and esoteric publisher (Starfire Books), at The College of Psychic Studies South Kensington (https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/special-events/esoteric/florence-farr-and-the-magical-imagination/?id=5551)Meeting people to talk about weird stuff is one of Sue's most favorite things. In this interview, I talked with Sue about her dissertation, “Occult Modernism and the Radical Reform of the Family: Female Empowerment in the Magical Fiction of Four Women Writers, 1890-1940" in which she writes about Florence Farr, Mary Butts, Sylvia Townsend Warner and P.L. Travers. (We didn't have enough time to cover Travers, sadly, but Sue will be coming back in the future to do so!)Sue shares some of her research findings surrounding Farr, Butts, and Townsend Warner. In doing so, Sue beautifully emphasizes the important work of each woman, and their significant contributions. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did, and my apologies for the delay in getting this uploaded!PROGRAM NOTESMain titles mentioned in this interview:Florence Farr, The Dancing Faun The Dancing Faun - Florence Farr - Hermetic LibraryMary Butts, Armed with Madness #15 - Armed with madness, by Mary Butts - Full View | HathiTrust Digital LibrarySylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes Lolly Willowes : Warner Townsend Sylvia : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveMusic and Editing: Daniel P. SheaEnd Production: Stephanie Shea

This week, we're joined by Harriet Baker, winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award; and Helen Scales tunes into the sonic marvels beneath the surface of the sea.'Rural Hours: The country lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann', by Harriet Baker'Sing Like a Fish: How sound rules life under water', by Amorina KingdonProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you get out of a spiral of shame and guilt and try to make the world a better place?Today we meet Max Yeshaye Brumberg-Kraus and we're talking about the queer book that saved their life: The Once and Future King by T.H. White.Max studied classics and theatre at Beloit College, received their MA in Theology and the Arts from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. They are the author of The(y)ology: Mythopoetics for Queer/Trans Liberation with Punctum Press and the collection of poems Visions of Divine Love with AC Books, which brings together Julian of Norwich with Divine the Drag Queen. Their work explores memory, historiography, gender/sexuality, and myth through embodied practices.Terence Hanbury "Tim" White was an English writer. He is best known for his Arthurian novels, which were published together in 1958 as The Once and Future King. One of his best known is the first of the series, The Sword in the Stone, which was published as a stand-alone book in 1938. Despite leading a single and very private life, Sylvia Townsend Warner argued in her definitive 1967 biography of white that he was gay.The Once and Future King retells the saga of King Arthur, a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations.Connect with Maxwebsite: maxyeshaye.comfacebook: facebook.com/max.brumbergkrausinstagram: @cicadalamourFor ticket info for Incident at Peckerpah Ridge on March 21 and 22 head to: squirrelhausarts.com/eventsOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookBuy your own copy of The Once and Future King: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780441627400Buy The(y)ology: Mythopoetics for Queer/Trans Liberation: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781685710866Become an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change)Executive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Terry D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonHey, so I'm going through a name change. If you've wondered what the JP in J.P. Der Boghossian stands for, well it's John Parker. And that is the name I'll be moving to over the next few weeks. Read more about it here: thisqueerbook.com/name-change.Save the date! We'll be hosting a live version of the podcast at Brooklyn Public Library - DeKalb branch on April 10 at 6pm with Mia Arias Tsang and Chloe Caldwell! Support the show

The ‘Book of the Month Club' was first launched, on March 10th, 1826. Its inaugural selection, ‘Lolly Willows' by feminist Bloomsbury author Sylvia Townsend Warner, underscores the transformative power that such clubs would go on to have (via celebrity endorsements such as Oprah and Richard & Judy): Warner leveraged her selection as a springboard for wider literary recognition in the United States. The visionary behind the Book of the Month Club, Harry Sherman, recognised the untapped potential of marketing literature to broader audiences. Leveraging his marketing acumen and passion for reading, Sherman had pioneered innovative strategies to democratise access to books, first partnering with Whitman Candy to distribute the ‘Little Leather Library'; miniature classics posted to readers alongside a box of chocolates, which became a popular gift to give soldiers during World War I. In this episode, The Retrospectors explain the importance of the Book Club's discerning editorial panel; reveal the literary sensations first given the limelight via Sherman's company; and consider how shifting market dynamics and the advent of digital platforms diminished the club's relevance - but then bought it back again… Further Reading: • ‘A New Reading Experience: Book of the Month Club' (Pennsylvania Center for the Book, 2010): https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/new-reading-experience-book-month-club • ‘Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes is 'a great shout of life'' (The Guardian, 2016): https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/dec/28/sylvia-townsend-warners-lolly-willowes-is-a-great-shout-of-life • ‘Comparing the Most Popular Book Box Subscriptions

Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. Before diving into the story itself, Ivan and John marvel at STW's weird greatness--and great weirdness. Like Hilary Mantel, she is drawn to the deep strangeness of other people. Prompted by John to think about these fairy stories as posthuman, Ivan notes the "dehumanization ceremonies" fairies perform on stolen changelings. John builds on the idea by bringing up the rise (in the 1960's) of alien abduction narratives. Do they form an invisible subtext to the abduction that begins the story? David Trotter's "Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner" explores Warner's taste for non-human perspectives in e.g. The Cat's Cradle Book. Warner's own line on her stories--"bother the human heart, I'm tired of the human heart"--signals to Ivan her knowledge that the animals we share the world with see things quite differently: his own cat, he suspects, might let him die without too much emotion. John respects Charles Foster's Being a Beast for his decision to live like a badger (worm-eating and all) rather than just imagining it. Literature cited: Ivan has a piece in praise of STW's 1926 Lolly Willowes. John and Ivan also revere Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927), The Corner That Held Them (1948) and The Flint Anchor (1954). When the two compare STW to Hilary Mantel they are thinking of historical fiction (Wolf Hall especially) as well as her biting novel of the Thatcher era, Beyond Black. Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) comes up in the posthumanism discussion. Randall Jarrell, "The Sick Child" ("all that I've never thought of--think of me!") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. Before diving into the story itself, Ivan and John marvel at STW's weird greatness--and great weirdness. Like Hilary Mantel, she is drawn to the deep strangeness of other people. Prompted by John to think about these fairy stories as posthuman, Ivan notes the "dehumanization ceremonies" fairies perform on stolen changelings. John builds on the idea by bringing up the rise (in the 1960's) of alien abduction narratives. Do they form an invisible subtext to the abduction that begins the story? David Trotter's "Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner" explores Warner's taste for non-human perspectives in e.g. The Cat's Cradle Book. Warner's own line on her stories--"bother the human heart, I'm tired of the human heart"--signals to Ivan her knowledge that the animals we share the world with see things quite differently: his own cat, he suspects, might let him die without too much emotion. John respects Charles Foster's Being a Beast for his decision to live like a badger (worm-eating and all) rather than just imagining it. Literature cited: Ivan has a piece in praise of STW's 1926 Lolly Willowes. John and Ivan also revere Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927), The Corner That Held Them (1948) and The Flint Anchor (1954). When the two compare STW to Hilary Mantel they are thinking of historical fiction (Wolf Hall especially) as well as her biting novel of the Thatcher era, Beyond Black. Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) comes up in the posthumanism discussion. Randall Jarrell, "The Sick Child" ("all that I've never thought of--think of me!") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. Before diving into the story itself, Ivan and John marvel at STW's weird greatness--and great weirdness. Like Hilary Mantel, she is drawn to the deep strangeness of other people. Prompted by John to think about these fairy stories as posthuman, Ivan notes the "dehumanization ceremonies" fairies perform on stolen changelings. John builds on the idea by bringing up the rise (in the 1960's) of alien abduction narratives. Do they form an invisible subtext to the abduction that begins the story? David Trotter's "Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner" explores Warner's taste for non-human perspectives in e.g. The Cat's Cradle Book. Warner's own line on her stories--"bother the human heart, I'm tired of the human heart"--signals to Ivan her knowledge that the animals we share the world with see things quite differently: his own cat, he suspects, might let him die without too much emotion. John respects Charles Foster's Being a Beast for his decision to live like a badger (worm-eating and all) rather than just imagining it. Literature cited: Ivan has a piece in praise of STW's 1926 Lolly Willowes. John and Ivan also revere Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927), The Corner That Held Them (1948) and The Flint Anchor (1954). When the two compare STW to Hilary Mantel they are thinking of historical fiction (Wolf Hall especially) as well as her biting novel of the Thatcher era, Beyond Black. Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) comes up in the posthumanism discussion. Randall Jarrell, "The Sick Child" ("all that I've never thought of--think of me!") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. Before diving into the story itself, Ivan and John marvel at STW's weird greatness--and great weirdness. Like Hilary Mantel, she is drawn to the deep strangeness of other people. Prompted by John to think about these fairy stories as posthuman, Ivan notes the "dehumanization ceremonies" fairies perform on stolen changelings. John builds on the idea by bringing up the rise (in the 1960's) of alien abduction narratives. Do they form an invisible subtext to the abduction that begins the story? David Trotter's "Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner" explores Warner's taste for non-human perspectives in e.g. The Cat's Cradle Book. Warner's own line on her stories--"bother the human heart, I'm tired of the human heart"--signals to Ivan her knowledge that the animals we share the world with see things quite differently: his own cat, he suspects, might let him die without too much emotion. John respects Charles Foster's Being a Beast for his decision to live like a badger (worm-eating and all) rather than just imagining it. Literature cited: Ivan has a piece in praise of STW's 1926 Lolly Willowes. John and Ivan also revere Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927), The Corner That Held Them (1948) and The Flint Anchor (1954). When the two compare STW to Hilary Mantel they are thinking of historical fiction (Wolf Hall especially) as well as her biting novel of the Thatcher era, Beyond Black. Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) comes up in the posthumanism discussion. Randall Jarrell, "The Sick Child" ("all that I've never thought of--think of me!") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. Before diving into the story itself, Ivan and John marvel at STW's weird greatness--and great weirdness. Like Hilary Mantel, she is drawn to the deep strangeness of other people. Prompted by John to think about these fairy stories as posthuman, Ivan notes the "dehumanization ceremonies" fairies perform on stolen changelings. John builds on the idea by bringing up the rise (in the 1960's) of alien abduction narratives. Do they form an invisible subtext to the abduction that begins the story? David Trotter's "Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner" explores Warner's taste for non-human perspectives in e.g. The Cat's Cradle Book. Warner's own line on her stories--"bother the human heart, I'm tired of the human heart"--signals to Ivan her knowledge that the animals we share the world with see things quite differently: his own cat, he suspects, might let him die without too much emotion. John respects Charles Foster's Being a Beast for his decision to live like a badger (worm-eating and all) rather than just imagining it. Literature cited: Ivan has a piece in praise of STW's 1926 Lolly Willowes. John and Ivan also revere Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927), The Corner That Held Them (1948) and The Flint Anchor (1954). When the two compare STW to Hilary Mantel they are thinking of historical fiction (Wolf Hall especially) as well as her biting novel of the Thatcher era, Beyond Black. Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) comes up in the posthumanism discussion. Randall Jarrell, "The Sick Child" ("all that I've never thought of--think of me!") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/fantasy

Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and one about Jennifer Egan. For this episode of Recall This Story, Ivan reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle.” It was first published in The New Yorker in 1975 and became the final story in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. Before diving into the story itself, Ivan and John marvel at STW's weird greatness--and great weirdness. Like Hilary Mantel, she is drawn to the deep strangeness of other people. Prompted by John to think about these fairy stories as posthuman, Ivan notes the "dehumanization ceremonies" fairies perform on stolen changelings. John builds on the idea by bringing up the rise (in the 1960's) of alien abduction narratives. Do they form an invisible subtext to the abduction that begins the story? David Trotter's "Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner" explores Warner's taste for non-human perspectives in e.g. The Cat's Cradle Book. Warner's own line on her stories--"bother the human heart, I'm tired of the human heart"--signals to Ivan her knowledge that the animals we share the world with see things quite differently: his own cat, he suspects, might let him die without too much emotion. John respects Charles Foster's Being a Beast for his decision to live like a badger (worm-eating and all) rather than just imagining it. Literature cited: Ivan has a piece in praise of STW's 1926 Lolly Willowes. John and Ivan also revere Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927), The Corner That Held Them (1948) and The Flint Anchor (1954). When the two compare STW to Hilary Mantel they are thinking of historical fiction (Wolf Hall especially) as well as her biting novel of the Thatcher era, Beyond Black. Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) comes up in the posthumanism discussion. Randall Jarrell, "The Sick Child" ("all that I've never thought of--think of me!") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

Nigeria: un'educazione alla salute mestruale basata sull'arte dà potere alle ragazze adolescenti di Kano.La casa della suffragetta Susan B. Anthony diventa un seggio a New York. In Inghilterra una statua per la poeta Sylvia Townsend Warner.https://www.radiobullets.com/notiziari/29-ottobre-2024-notizie-donne-mondo/

1917: Virginia Woolf arrives at Asheham, on the Sussex Downs, immobilized by nervous exhaustion and creative block.1930: Feeling jittery about her writing career, Sylvia Townsend Warner spots a modest workman's cottage for sale on the Dorset coast.1941: Rosamond Lehmann settles in a Berkshire village, seeking a lovers' retreat, a refuge from war, and a means of becoming 'a writer again'.Harriet Baker describes in Rural Hours (Allen Lane) how three very different writers, more often associated with city living, found solace and inspiration in the English countryside. She was in conversation with Lauren Elkin, author of Art Monsters and Flâneuse and translator of Simone de Beauvoir's The Inseparables. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late June. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola, translated with introduction and notes by Roger Pearson L'Assommoir by Émile Zola, translated by Brian Nelson and edited by Robert Lethbridge Germinal by Émile Zola, translated by Peter Collier and With an Introduction by Robert Lethbridge The Masterpiece by Émile Zola, translated by Thomas Walton and translation revised and introduced by Roger Pearson Nana by Émile Zola, translated by Helen Constantine and Edited by Brian Nelson Pot Luck by Émile Zola, Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Brian Nelson Doctor Pascal by Émile Zola, translated by Julie Rose, edited by Brian Nelson The Octopus by Frank Norris Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Wool, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rosamond Lehmann by Harriet Baker Henry, Henry by Allen Bratton The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken The Wedding by Dorothy West You might also be interested in: “Is It Even Good? Brandon Taylor Reads Zola” - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n07/brandon-taylor/is-it-even-good Further pursuing your knowledge of literary zombie novels Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.     Read More  

Send us a Text Message.In this special catch-up episode, we take a breather to share updates and insights from our recent reads, including works by Sylvia Townsend Warner and Radclyffe Hall. Amy introduces a quirky new business idea inspired by  silent disco and Shakespeare, and we invite listeners to text feedback using a new ‘text us' feature. Plus, we tease upcoming episodes, including one on screenwriter Elaine May, and announce exclusive bonus content for Patreon members. Tune in for a mix of literary chat and listener engagement!Discussed: A Chance Meeting: American Encounters by Rachel CohenA Strange and Sublime Address by Amit ChaudhuriSummer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend WarnerLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (Episode 158)The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond LehmannOne Year's Time by Angela MilneMitz by Sigrid NunezThe Vulnerables by Sigrid NunezThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallThe Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove DitlevsenA Place of Greater Safety by Hilary MantelThe Saga of Gösta Berling by Selma LagerlöfPodcast Episodes:Episode 158: Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerOther Mentions:David Melville and the Independent Shakespeare CompanyMarcel Duchamp's urinal sculpture and the debate over its true creatorJudy Chicago's art installation The DinSupport the Show.For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comDiscuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

An ancient Sussex church - home to a medieval anchorite and the cottage where William Blake received the poetic spirit of Milton are two of the places explored in the new book from Alexandra Harris, as she returns to her home country Sussex and consults sources ranging from parish maps, paintings by Constable to records of the fish caught on the River Arun. In her new book Harriet Baker explores the impact of a move away from city life on three twentieth century writers - Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann. Julien Clin talks about his research into place in contemporary London writing and ideas of heimat in the work of Heidegger. Shahidha Bari hosts the conversation.Producer: Torquil MacLeodRural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann by Harriet Baker is published April 2024 The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape by Alexandra Harris is out now. You can hear her in other Free Thinking discussions exploring trees in art and twilight available as Arts & Ideas podcasts. She has also written Essays for Radio 3 exploring A Taste for the Baroque, Dark Arcadias, and a series of walks for Radio 4 in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf. Julien Clin is a researcher based at Kingston University London working on a project about the poetics of place in contemporary London writing.

Una puntata di Halloween tutta dedicata alle streghe inaugura la quinta stagione di Fika: tante novità, ma sempre lo stesso spirito. Oggi parliamo di "Lolly Willowes", primo romanzo di Sylvia Townsend Warner edito in Italia da Adelphi. Lesbica, femminista e comunista, nelle sue opere Sylvia Townsend Warner affronta in particolare le tematiche dello stravolgimento delle norme sociali e il bisogno di emancipazione femminile, oltre che il rifiuto della Chiesa e l'ambiguità sessuale, temi che ritroviamo fin nel suo primo romanzo, "Lolly Willowes", che racconta la vita semplice e priva di emozioni di una zitella di mezza età, e del suo... patto col Diavolo.

Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Lolly Willowes” (1926) holds a coveted spot on The Guardian's list of the top 100 English language novels and acclaimed director, Greta Gerwig, is also a fan. Author Sarah Watling joins us to discuss how the novel critiques societal constraints placed on single women and its connection to Townsend Warner's activism. Watling's latest work, "Tomorrow Perhaps the Future," is a multi-subject biography that delves into the political stance of literary figures, including Townsend Warner, during the Spanish Civil War. Discussed: Greta Gerwig Lucy Scholes "Lolly Willowes" (or "The Loving Huntsman") by Sylvia Townsend Warner"Noble Savages: The Olivier Sisters; Four Lives in Seven Fragments" by Sarah Watling"Tomorrow Perhaps the Future" by Sarah WatlingD. H. LawrenceNancy Cunard (Writer and political activist)Virginia Cowles (War reporter)Ernest HemingwayGeorge OrwellFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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Sylvia Townsend Warner, Elizabeth Bowen, linear narratives – welcome to episode 114! In the first half of this episode, we use a suggestion from listener Sarah – do we prefer linear or non-linear narratives? In the second half we look

On this day in 1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner's debut novel, Lolly Willowes, was published by Viking Press.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest episode of the Hatchards podcast our guest was the historian Sarah Watling, author of Tomorrow Perhaps the Future, an enthralling group biography of a handful of female writers and rebels who aided the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War during the 1930s.Nancy Cunard, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Martha Gellhorn, Gerda Taro and Josephine Herbst – among others – all felt compelled, to varying degrees, to aid the spirited but ultimately doomed defence against Franco's fascist regime. But what was it about this particular conflict – more so than most others in history – that prompted such widespread and fierce solidarity from the outside? And what kind of legacy did the war leave on these women who travelled to a war zone and risked their lives for a cause they felt morally compelled to support?We spoke to Sarah about the role of the writer in war; explored some of the fascinating personalities featured within her book – most notably the pioneering American journalist Martha Gellhorn; the Spanish Civil War in the popular imagination, and why it is so stubbornly synonymous with just a handful of famous men; parallels between the war in Spain and contemporary causes such as the Ukraine war and Black Lives Matter; and whether or not Nancy Cunard would be an entertaining or insufferable presence on Twitter.Tomorrow Perhaps the Future was published by Vintage on February 9 and is available from Hatchards.co.uk as well as our shops on Piccadilly, at St. Pancras Station and in Cheltenham.

Romanzi horror e gotici: i miei consigli di lettura. - “Lolly Willowes, o l'amoroso cacciatore” di Sylvia Townsend Warner: se cerchi un romanzo che parli di mistero, soprannaturale, streghe e femminismo, allora questo libro potrebbe fare per te. - “Una storia di fantasmi” di Helen McClory: è la storia di tre vite tra loro intrecciate, tenute insieme da un'instabile legame di ossessioni e illusioni, narrata in un'atmosfera sospesa e attorniata da eventi inspiegabili e misteriosi. - "Il castello di ghiaccio" di Tarjei Vesaas: favola nera del 1963, frutto della penna del plurinominato al Nobel Tarjei Vesaas, è la storia di una ragazza, Unn, outsider di una piccola comunità rurale che vive in uno stato di isolamento sia abitativo che scolare, avvolta da una sorta di aura misteriosa. - “La meridiana” di Shirley Jackson: le vicende di una bizzarra famiglia si sviluppano all'interno di una villa monumentale, e ognuno di questi personaggi concorre alla creazione di uno stravagante carosello da manicomio, dove oltre alla pazzia un altro punto li accomuna: credere a un'imminente crisi apocalittica alla quale solo loro sopravviveranno come autentici eletti. Puoi acquistare i libri che ho consigliato direttamente da questa lista, che contiene gli 80 libri più belli che ho letto negli ultimi anni: https://www.amazon.it/shop/zonalettura Puoi anche supportare questo podcast con un caffè virtuale su Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/zonalettura Se apprezzi il podcast, lasciami una recensione o qualche stellina! Scrivimi per commenti, idee e proposte: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zonalettura/ E-mail: woozingstar@gmail.com Foto di Gabriele Taormina Musica: Acoustic Blues e Saloon Rag, di Jason Shaw, da https://audionautix.com Rendezvous, di Shane Ivers, da https://www.silvermansound.com

Elif Batuman joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Truth and Fiction,” by Sylvia Townsend Warner, which was published in The New Yorker in 1961. Batuman is the author of one book of nonfiction, “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010.

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Sylvia Townsend Warner's novel LOLLY WILLOWES and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss ILL FEELINGS by Alice Hattrick. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner Criminal Trials in Scotland by Robert Pitcairn The Witch Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray Sylvia Townsend Warner by Claire Harman Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner The novels of Henry Green Of Cats and Elfins: Short Tales and Fantasies by Sylvia Townsend Warner Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner Poetry and letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner Bloomsbury's Outsider: A Life of David Garnett by Sarah Knights Lady Into Fox by David Garnett There's Trouble Brewing by Nicholas Blake The Colony by Audrey Magee Berlin Game by Len Deighton Mexico Set by Len Deighton The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

Cette semaine, dans Fracas, on veut vous faire découvrir une sélection d'épisodes de notre podcast Le Book Club, ayant un rapport avec la parole et le langage.Agnès Desarthe est autrice et traductrice. Elle a publié en 2021 L'Éternel Fiancé.En parallèle de l'écriture de son dernier roman, elle a traduit des articles de l'autrice Virginia Woolf pour le magazine britannique le Literary Times Supplement. Écrire ou traduire, traduire et écrire, elle a “toujours exercé ces deux activités en même temps, parfois dans la même journée”. Agnès Desarthe ne saurait dire laquelle de ces deux casquettes elle préfère tant elles sont complémentaires. “L'un repose de l'autre”. Mais dans tous les cas, c'est la lecture qui est au coeur de son travail. Dans cet épisode, Agnès Desarthe nous présente le roman Laura Willowes, de l'autrice américaine Sylvia Townsend Warner. Dans ce livre “étrange” où se mêlent naturel et surnaturel, Laura Willowes, une jeune femme plutôt réservée et docile décide de tout plaquer pour partir s'installer dans la campagne reculée anglaise. Ce livre a beaucoup marqué Agnès Desarthe parce qu'il fait écho à son histoire familiale, à son enfance, à sa grand-mère paternelle. “J'ai toujours eu l'impression que le naturel et surnaturel étaient main dans la main dans mon quotidien”. Laura Willowes, c'est finalement une “ode à la liberté, à l'autonomie, et à la possibilité d'être soi”. On sent paraître le désir d'être proche de la nature, une “nature sauvage” qui pousse le personnage principal à s'affranchir des conventions sociétales imposées à aux femmes. Agnès Desarthe recommande également le roman Martin Eden de Jack London, que la comédienne Lison Daniel nous avez déjà présenté dans un précédent épisode du Book Club. Le Book Club est un podcast présenté par Agathe le Taillandier. Elle a également envoyé les questions de cette interview à Agnès Desarthe. Lucile Rousseau-Garcia a fait le montage de cet épisode. Jean-Baptiste Aubonnet a fait le mixage et Pauline Thomson en a composé la musique. Maud Benakcha est à l'édition et à la coordination de ce podcast.La retranscription de cet épisode est disponible ici. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Abdulrazak Gurnah's 2017 novel Gravel Heart and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah The works of Joseph Conrad (Marlow narration in Lord Jim, Chance, Heart of Darkness) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Another Country by James Baldwin Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons by Jeremy Denk Pilgrimage (13 novels) by Dorothy Richardson Night Train by A. L Snijder, translated by Lydia Davis The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero, translated by Annie McDermott Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.  

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Jeremy Mynott, the author of ‘Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience' and ‘Birds in the Ancient World', to ponder 12,000 years of human–bird relations. ‘How is it that, despite a historically deep-rooted veneration, we could also have predated, exploited and depleted bird populations to the point where more than one in ten species is now threatened with extinction?'; and Janet Montefiore, Chair of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society, asks whether this vivid and varied satirical novelist might finally take her place alongside Virginia Woolf and Elizabeth Bowen among the canon of accepted classics? Plus, a Life of the poet Valentine Ackland, still best known as Warner's partner‘Flight From Grace: A cultural history of humans and birds' by Richard Pope ‘Avian Illuminations: A cultural history of birds' by Boria Sax‘Birds and Us: A 12,000-year history: from cave art to conservation' by Tim Birkhead ‘Valentine Ackland: A transgressive life' by Frances Bingham‘Lolly Willowes', ‘Mr Fortune's Maggot', ‘ The True Heart', ‘Summer Will Show', etc, by Sylvia Townsend Warner – for other books by Warner, find Janet Montefiore's article at the-tls.co.uk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paula is back for the last regular episode of the year and we talk about biography, books from the backlist, and books from countries we don't know much about.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 235: Nature of Humanity Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:Wrestling with the Angel by Michael KingOpen Water by Caleb Azumah NelsonThe Owl Service by Alan GarnerSovietistan by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari DicksonChronicle in Stone by Ismaeil Kedare, translated by Arshi Pipa and David BelowOther mentions: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererAn Angel at My Table by Janet FrameFaces in the Water by Janet FrameNormal People by Sally RooneySmall Island by Andrea LevyThe Swing in the Summerhouse by Jane LongtonThe Border by Erika FatlandThe Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana AlexievichLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEmbers by Sandor MaraiRelated episodes: Episode 045 - Worlds Collide with Ross O'BrienEpisode 119 - Bread and Butter Writing with Paula Episode 154 - Is If If with PaulaEpisode 187 - Sentient Snails and Spaceships with PaulaEpisode 210 - Reading Goals 2021Episode 231 - Psychological Terrorism with Reggie Episode 234 - Punctuation Marks with NadineStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Paula is @centique on Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels about magic.  Books discussed: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor  The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 

Lecture - Sylvia Townsend Warner - Laura Willowes by RMF Radio

Sylvia Townsend Warner Lolly Willowes oder der liebevolle Jägersmann Dörlemann Verlag, Zürich 2020 Buch kaufen oder nur hineinlesen Bei Thalia kaufen oder für den Tolino Rezension zum Nachlesen

Jonathan Lethem; Sylvia Townsend Warner; Edna O'Brien

Hay un consenso entre los periodistas más apasionados que dice que Leila Guerriero (Junín, 1967) es una de las grandes referentes del oficio de contar para los otros y también de enseñar cómo hacerlo. En sus crónicas y en sus libros se ha encargado de narrar episodios diversos, muchas veces desde ángulos poco frecuentados, con una gran capacidad de observación y escucha. Los suicidas del fin del mundo. Crónica de un pueblo patagónico, Plano americano, Frutos extraños y Opus Gelber. Retrato de un pianista son algunos de sus libros. El nuevo libro de Leila se llama Teoría de la gravedad (Libros del Asteroide) y reúne cerca de 100 columnas que fueron publicadas en el diario El País de Madrid a lo largo de 5 años. El prólogo es de Pedro Mairal. Se trata de textos breves, luminosos aún aquellos que transitan el duelo, y en los que se destacan las reflexiones sobre la escritura, los recuerdos familiares y los sentimientos que suelen darse en los viajes y a la distancia. Hay una primera persona que en realidad consigue representar emociones que trascienden a quien escribe y consigue atravesar el marco de la narración de modo de llegar al corazón del lector de modo directo y sin desvíos. En la sección Libros que Sí, Hinde recomendó “El último Bioy”, de Lidia Benítez y Javier Fernández Paupy (Editorial Leteo) y  “Diario de la peste”, de Goncalo M Tavares (Interzona) y en La Escondida contó la historia de de la musicóloga, novelista y poeta inglesa Sylvia Townsend Warner. En la sección  Mesita de Luz, el periodista cultural y creador de Pila de libros Nacho Damiano nos contó que está leyendo  “La lectura: una vida” de Daniel Link publicado por Ampersand. y “Hospital Posadas” de Jorge Consiglio editado por Eterna Cadencia y En Voz Alta, el periodista y conductor Franco Torchia leyó un fragmento de  “De donde viene la costumbre”, de Marie Gouiric.

Eine Frau, Ende 40, verlässt den Klammergriff ihrer Familie und zieht an einen entlegenen Ort. Im Debüt von Sylvia Townsend Warner, das 1926 erschien, geht es auf erfrischende Weise um weibliche Selbstermächtigung. Und es kommt der Teufel ins Spiel. Von Edelgard Abenstein www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Buchkritik Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14 Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

Agnès Desarthe est autrice et traductrice. Elle a publié à cette rentrée littéraire 2020 C’était mieux après, un roman jeunesse dans lequel elle raconte l’histoire de Vladimir, un petit garçon fraîchement arrivé dans une nouvelle école. Il doit alors s’adapter et surmonter sa timidité pour y trouver sa place. Agnès Desarthe travaille en ce moment à l’écriture de son prochain roman. En parallèle, elle traduit des articles de l’autrice Virginia Woolf pour le magazine britannique le Literary Times Supplement. Écrire ou traduire, traduire et écrire, elle a “toujours exercé ces deux activités en même temps, parfois dans la même journée”. Agnès Desarthe ne saurait dire laquelle de ces deux casquettes elle préfère tant elles sont complémentaires. “L’un repose de l’autre”. Mais dans tous les cas, c’est la lecture qui est au coeur de son travail. Dans cet épisode, Agnès Desarthe nous présente le roman Laura Willowes, de l’autrice américaine Sylvia Townsend Warner. Dans ce livre “étrange” où se mêlent naturel et surnaturel, Laura Willowes, une jeune femme plutôt réservée et docile décide de tout plaquer pour partir s’installer dans la campagne reculée anglaise. Ce livre a beaucoup marqué Agnès Desarthe parce qu’il fait écho à son histoire familiale, à son enfance, à sa grand-mère paternelle. “J’ai toujours eu l’impression que le naturel et surnaturel étaient main dans la main dans mon quotidien”. Laura Willowes, c’est finalement une “ode à la liberté, à l’autonomie, et à la possibilité d’être soi”. On sent paraître le désir d’être proche de la nature, une “nature sauvage” qui pousse le personnage principal à s’affranchir des conventions sociétales imposées à aux femmes. Agnès Desarthe recommande également le roman Martin Eden de Jack London, que la comédienne Lison Daniel nous avez déjà présenté dans un précédent épisode du Book Club. Le Book Club est un podcast présenté par Agathe le Taillandier. Elle a également envoyé les questions de cette interview à Agnès Desarthe. Lucile Rousseau-Garcia a fait le montage de cet épisode. Jean-Baptiste Aubonnet a fait le mixage et Pauline Thomson en a composé la musique. Maud Benakcha est à l’édition et à la coordination de ce podcast.Marion Girard est responsable de productions. Maureen Wilson est responsable éditoriale. Mélissa Bounoua est directrice des productions et Charlotte Pudlowski directrice éditoriale. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wie im England der frühen zwanziger Jahre eine alleinstehende Dame ihre Seele dem Teufel schenkt, um sich aus den Fangarmen ihrer Familie zu befreien – davon erzählt die Britin Sylvia Townsend Warner in „Lolly Willowes oder Der liebevolle Jägersmann“. Die überfällige Wiederentdeckung eines feministischen Klassikers. Rezension von Oliver Pfohlmann. Aus dem Englischen von Ann Anders Dörlemann Verlag ISBN 978-3-038-20079-6 272 Seiten 25 Euro

Es ist ein Meilenstein der feministischen Literatur, der fast 100 Jahre alte Debütroman der britischen Autorin Sylvia Townsend Warner. 1926 erschien das Original über "Lolly Willowes", die sich ein Leben als unabhängige Frau aufbaut. Jetzt ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Ann Anders erschienen, die Katharina Döbler heute zum (Wieder-)Lesen empfiehlt.

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It's a summer reading episode of Backlisted. We are showcasing books John, Andy and the show's producer Nicky have been reading during lockdown. These include A Helping Hand by Celia Dale; A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid; A Boy in the Water by Tom Gregory; The Anthill by Julianne Pachico; That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu; The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas; and English Climate: Wartime Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner. This episode features both newly recorded material and also excerpts from Locklisted, the bonus podcast available exclusively to our Patreon supporters. Please visit patreon.com/backlisted for further details.

Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner whose first novel 'Lolly Willowes' (1926) is a feminist fantasy classic, and whose last collection of short stories, 'Kingdoms of Elphin' (1977) makes play with European fairy traditions. Townsend Warner has recently been rediscovered as one of the most important English women fantasy writers of the twentieth century.

Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Carolyne Larrington introduces the writing of Sylvia Townsend Warner whose first novel 'Lolly Willowes' (1926) is a feminist fantasy classic, and whose last collection of short stories, 'Kingdoms of Elphin' (1977) makes play with European fairy traditions. Townsend Warner has recently been rediscovered as one of the most important English women fantasy writers of the twentieth century.

Tim Pears, a writer rooted in the landscape of Devon, takes Slightly Foxed to the West Country. From working at his local library and reading an author a week instead of taking his A Levels to winning the Hawthornden Prize for his first novel, by way of spells as a farm labourer, nursing assistant and night porter, Tim Pears has written eleven novels, watched blacksmiths at work, walked the routes of his characters, balanced research with imagination and chronicled the past as a realist rather than a romantic. We also travel through the magazine’s archives, along the rivers Taw and Torridge, to uncover the man behind Tarka the Otter, and there are the usual recommendations for reading off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 41 minutes; 20 seconds) Books Mentioned Please note that while many of these titles by other publishers are available to buy from the Slightly Foxed shop, there may be delays in obtaining them from our distributor. We may also be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch (mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com) with Anna for more information. Books by Tim Pears - In the Place of Fallen Leaves (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-in-the-place-of-fallen-leaves/) (5:18) - In the Light of Morning is out of print (13:22) - The West Country Trilogy: The Horseman (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-horseman/) , The Wanderers (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-wanderers/) and The Redeemed  (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-redeemed/) (14:14) Other Books - Slightly Foxed Issue 66 (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-66-published-1-jun-2020/) (1:23) - Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalusia (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/penelope-chetwode-two-middle-aged-ladies-andalusia/) , Penelope Chetwode (1:29) - The Past Is Myself (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christabel-bielenberg-the-past-is-myself-plain-foxed-edition/) , Christabel Bielenberg: Plain Foxed Edition (1:50) - The Empress of Ireland (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christopher-robbins-the-empress-of-ireland/) , Christopher Robbins: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 51 (2:00) -Tarka the Otter (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/henry-williamson-tarka-the-otter/) , Henry Williamson (27:15) - Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan (https://www.nyrb.com/products/omer-pasha-latas?_pos=1&_sid=dd45bae37&_ss=r&variant=6835865583668) , Ivo Andrić (34:14) - Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner is out of print (36:14) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Tarka the Rotter (https://foxedquarterly.com/henry-williamson-tarka-the-otter-literary-review/) , Jonathan Law on Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter in Issue 35 (27:15) - Surprised by Joy (https://foxedquarterly.com/sylvia-townsend-warner-diaries-literary-review/) , Jonathan Law on The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner in Issue 48 (36:14) Other Links - Sign up to the free Slightly Foxed email newsletter here (http://eepurl.com/dmxw1T) to receive articles from the quarterly, extracts from books, latest releases, event invitations, news from behind the scenes at SF and other bookish content several times a month. View past newsletters (https://foxedquarterly.com/category/newsletters/) - Tim Pears: A writer and his dog (https://timpears.com/story/) (25:21) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable (https://www.podcastable.co.uk/)

Happy Friday everyone! I’m continuing the festive theme from last week, and I’m sharing a hilarious thank you letter the British writer Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote to her friend and fellow writer Alyse Gregory, in response to the empty matchbox that Alyse sent for a Christmas present. Read the show notes: teaandtattlepodcast.com/home/teareads28 Get in touch! Email: teaandtattlepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: Miranda ~ @mirandasnotebook and @mirandasbookcase If you enjoy Tea & Tattle, please do rate and leave a review of the show on iTunes, as good reviews help other people to find and enjoy the show. Thank you!

Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman is the deceptively simple novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner, about a woman who after 40 years spent in devotion to taking care of her father, and her brother's family, decides to move to the countryside and become a witch! Does she find freedom, or does she exchange one form of subjugation for another?  If you haven’t read the novel yet, beware - we assume you’ve read it, so here's your spoiler alert! Featuring Aubrey Hicks (@AubreyHi), Lisa Schweitzer (@drschweitzer), and David Sloane (@dcsloane53 ) @BedrosianCenter To listen to the Bedrosian Book Club discussion of Lolly Willowes click the arrow in the player on this post. Or you can download it and subscribe through ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher or your favorite podcasting app! For links to some of the things we talk about, or to our next book: https://bedrosian.usc.edu/bookclub/bonus-episode-lolly-willowes/

On this date in 1926, the first Book of the Month Club selection was published. Here are some things you might not have known about it. The Book of the Month Club was founded by Harry Scherman in New York. Scherman had earlier success selling a collection of 30 leather-bound books for just under $3. Over the course of five years, he sold more than 40 million copies. The club was started as a way to introduce new books to readers. Scherman saw the club as a way to become a tastemaker or what he called a “standard brand.” This would lead to people buying whichever books were selected, based on the trust they had in the club. The first selection was “Lolly WIllowes; or The Loving Huntsman” by Sylvia Townsend Warner. It was sent out to the club’s 4,000 subscribers. One of the club’s selections in the first year was “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway. In its 10th year, the club selected a then-unknown novel by Margaret Mitchell called “Gone With The Wind.” Partly as a result of that selection, “Gone with the Wind” would go on to be made into the highest-grossing film of all time, when adjusted for inflation. The book finished second to the Bible as the most popular book in the United States in a 2014 poll. After 20 years, the club had more than a half a million subscribers. In 1951, the club sent out its 100 millionth book, which was a copy of “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger. In its early days, the club worked as a negative response system. Similar to later record and CD clubs, members had the option to decline a month’s selection, but they would receive the selection automatically if they didn’t respond. It now operates as a box subscription service. Memberships are sold based on a set number of months. Our question: The novel “The Sun Also Rises” is set largely in what country? Today is Harriet Tubman Day and National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the United States. It’s unofficially International Bagpipe Day, Landline Telephone Day, and National Blueberry Popover Day. It’s the birthday of actor Chuck Norris, who is 77; actor Jon Hamm, who is 46; and singer Carrie Underwood, who is 34. This week in 1984, the top song in the U.S. was “Jump” by Van Halen. The No. 1 movie was “Footloose,” while the novel “Pet Sematary” by Stephen King topped the New York Times Bestsellers list.  Now for our weekly question: For which book, later turned into a movie, did James Michener win the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for fiction? The answer and correct respondents are in today's podcast. Thanks to RaidersFan1975 for the five-star review on iTunes. Links Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our website. Also, if you’re enjoying the show, please consider supporting it through Patreon.com Please rate the show on iTunes by clicking here. Subscribe on iOS: http://apple.co/1H2paH9  Subscribe on Android: http://bit.ly/2bQnk3m  Sources http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-book-of-the-month-club-selection-is-published https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Month_Club https://www.bookofthemonth.com/our-story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolly_Willowes https://parade.com/286409/viannguyen/new-poll-reveals-americans-10-favorite-books-of-all-time/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Also_Rises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_10 https://www.checkiday.com/3/10/2017 http://www.biography.com/people/groups/born-on-march-10 http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/numberonesongs/?chart=us&m=3&d=10&y=1960&o= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1984_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Fiction_Best_Sellers_of_1984

Sylvia Townsend Warner's debut novel 'Lolly Willowes' is the main book under discussion in this episode. It's nominated by journalist, author & playwright Samantha Ellis, and she discusses witchcraft, spinsters and the Chilterns with John, Andy and Mathew. Also touched on: epic poetry on Dartmoor in the rain, and J.B. Priestley's influence on David Bowie.

We discuss the Robert De Niro-Anne Hathaway film The Intern, the very last series of Downton Abbey, and Sylvia Townsend Warner’s novel Lolly Willowes. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz). Show notes: http://bit.ly/1hC3Zzj See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Actor Sheila Hancock and columnist Cosmo Landesman talk about the books they love with Harriett Gilbert, including How To Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young, Stoner by John Williams and Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

Colm Toibin reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "The Children's Grandmother," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Children's Grandmother" was published in the November 25, 1950, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Winter in the Air and Other Stories." Colm Toibin's most recent collection of stories is "The Empty Family."

John Crace is cast adrift on the seas of Sylvia Townsend Warner's classic, Mr Fortune's Maggot