Listen to the latest literary events recorded at the London Review Bookshop, covering fiction, poetry, politics, music and much more. Find out about our upcoming events here https://lrb.me/bookshopeventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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If you love book recs with a touch of sass, and are even a little curious about what it‘s like to run a bookshop and be part of a thriving literary community, this is the podcast for you!
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Literati Press is a creators-led literary community located in the historic Paseo Arts District in Oklahoma City. Founded in 2010 as a scrappy boutique publishing company to herald innovative storytelling throughout the state, we steadily expanded through the years, opening a brick and mortar bookshop in 2016 and a creative writing center in 2024. This podcast series focuses on the booksellers, storytellers, and other amazing voices within our widening community.
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Mandy Jackson-Beverly is a confessed bibliophile who believes independent bookshops are the gems of communities and authors are the rock stars of the literary world. As an author and book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books, Mandy profoundly understands and appreciates what it takes to write a book and present it to readers. She is instinctively curious and enjoys connecting with her guests. Learn more at mandyjacksonbeverly.com and thebookshoppodcast.com. And remember to subscribe to ...
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We help you satisfy your curiosity in a community of readers--bringing the authors of Connecticut to the world, and the authors of the world to northwest Connecticut. The Curious Cat Bookshop is the independent bookstore of Winsted, CT, offering curation, selection, expertise, and a place to meet with bookish friends at our book clubs, author events, and storytimes. This podcast is our in-store events feed, combined with remote interviews with authors who live elsewhere.
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In Arcade Bookshop, listen to Bryce Johle and Caleb James blab about the stories in video games and books. As writers and gamers, the co-hosts want to emphasize the importance of stories told in all forms, as well as the artists behind them. Play and read along every other Monday!
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‘In The Bookshop’ is a podcast about books, recorded in an actual bookshop - George Street Community Bookshop - in Glossop, Derbyshire, UK. We invite guests in to the bookshop with their favourite books to talk about them. We are an independent, second-hand bookshop, owned and run by the community, showcasing a huge range of genre fiction, collectibles, local interest books and children’s literature. Established in July 2018, we are breathing new life into this local treasure.
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We invite you to turn your laptop on, plug in your earphones, and spend a half hour in the company of books and the team at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, an independent bookshop located in Bath.
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Bring to you an array of books. Talking about the must reads, the classic collections, the contemporaries to look out for, the romances to have beside your bedside and the ones that are bursting the chart numbers. Having always had a fondness for reading. Tavisha Sawhney aims to create a reading community for she wants to make the world into a reader's club.
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Ch. 73: Crystal Chats Books & Chartier
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21:47"It is said that Negronis are like breasts: “One is not enough, two is perfect, and three is just too many.” Today I am tempted to see what happens if I drink four.” ― Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food Who doesn't enjoy a good meal, served in a space that makes you sigh with delight? We are fortunate to have Chartier as our neighbors in ou…
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Legacy Russell & Rene Matić: Black Meme
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49:54In Black Meme (Verso) Legacy Russell, award-winning author of the groundbreaking Glitch Feminism, explores the “meme” as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to the present, mining both archival and contemporary media. Through imagery, memory, and technology, Black Meme shows us how images of Blackness have always been central to our understand…
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From Bookshop to Publishing House: Jean-Paul L. Garnier's Literary Journey
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31:38Send us a text In this episode, I speak with sci-fi writer, editor, and publisher Jean-Paul L. Garnier, who shares his journey from avid reader to the owner of Space Cowboy Books, a thriving indie bookstore and publishing house in Joshua Tree, California. He reveals how science fiction offers writers complete creative freedom to explore human psych…
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Can generative AI be ethical? Lori Fena & Martha Brockenbrough on consent, control, compensation
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1:01:45What does all this generative artificial intelligence mean for authors, artists, and other creators? Is anyone in the AI world paying attention to ethics or accountability? Join us for a discussion of these issues and more with acclaimed author Martha Brockenbrough, author of Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change …
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This Month in Literati Press: March
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16:23In March, we have workshops on plotting stories using math as well as memoir writing. Our Writers Co-Op is humming with all kinds of programming, book signing of Constance Squires's latest novel on March 21. And so many book clubs... Support the show Literati Press will release three episodes a month including: This Month in Literati Press Book Con…
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Thurston Moore & Jack Underwood: Sonic Life
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1:15:00In his memoir Sonic Life (Faber), Thurston Moore recounts a life that has been defined by music. Following a childhood rock ’n’ roll epiphany in the early 1960s, his infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave led him to move to New York City, where he immersed himself in the underground music and art scenes. In 1981 he co-found…
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"You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at." - W.H. Auden When I started with the booktruck, I could never have dreamed that we would have as many fun bookish in-store events, or host such incredible authors as we have already done. Last autumn, we had the pleasure of welcoming NY Times Bestselling Author TJ Klune to our bookshop f…
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Rachel Kushner & Adam Thirlwell: Creation Lake
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1:00:37Described by Mick Herron as ‘seductive, entrancing, and quite off the wall’, Rachel Kushner’s fourth novel Creation Lake (Cape) reaffirms her position as one of America’s most exciting and accomplished writers of fiction. In a reimagining of the spy novel for an age of ecological crisis, Kushner leads us to a remote Neanderthal cave in rural France…
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The Layers of Legacy in Nayantara Roy's Debut Novel The Magnificent Ruins
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32:27Send us a text Discover the intricate layers of family dynamics and cultural identity in The Magnificent Ruins, the debut novel by Nayantara Roy. Set against the vibrant backdrops of Brooklyn and Kolkata, the story centers around Lila, a millennial who inherits her grandfather's crumbling mansion, unleashing a wave of family secrets and legacies th…
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So you want to start a bookstore! Six things you need to know when starting your bookstore business
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33:44I'm sure you've seen the meme running around bookish circles: the bookish urge to quit your job/retire, start a bookstore, and read all day. But if you go beyond the dreaming, what does it look like to start a bookstore? Stacy Whitman--owner of The Curious Cat Bookshop and former publisher/now editor-at-large--dives into an overview of what you nee…
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Iona Heath & Sally Potter: John Berger – Ways of Learning
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1:08:32In ‘a wonderful book about looking and learning’ (Gavin Francis) retired GP Iona Heath relates the importance that John Berger’s work and friendship had on her working life as a doctor in a deprived London borough. Five decades of engagement with Berger’s work and twenty years of friendship with the man himself made her, she is convinced, a better …
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Ch. 71: A Balanced Life in Chaos
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19:49"Some days you eat salads and go to the gym, some days you eat cupcakes and refuse to put on pants. It's called balance." We are all doing the best we can to check items off our lists and still be SANE. I get it. Running 2 bookstores and trying to have a vibrant life that supports that requires a lot of saying NO to people, which I am totally fine …
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Michelle Tea & Jeremy Atherton Lin: SLUTS
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1:08:30Taking us from the awkwardness of middle school to the transcendence of a sex club, SLUTS: Anthology (Cipher Press) presents a diverse collection of writing – fiction and non-fiction, pro and con, philosophical and compulsive – exploring the eternally controversial word. Whether an insult or badge of honour, an identity or a state of mind, SLUTS en…
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Society of Raconteurs: February 18, 2025
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50:25In this month's Society of Raconteurs: Cynthia Calloway celebrates Oklahoma City civil rights legend Clara Luper MOOSE ONDLAUCE dishes about roller derby Charles J. Martin assures us We Are Not Robots Keith Coast reveals his fool proof plan to win love through a scavenger hunt Support the show Literati Press will release three episodes a month incl…
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Kett's Books: A Community's Triumph in Wymondham, UK
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28:17Send us a text The story of Kett's Books reveals how a community rallied to keep a beloved local bookshop in their town. Through the values of collaboration and empathy, the bookshop has become a thriving center for readers and volunteers alike, bridging the gap between literature and community. • Discussion of the closure of the original local boo…
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Friends, lets face it. We are all trying to figure this thing out. Supporting a local Canadian small business has never been more important. Thanks for joining me on the adventure of post-booktrucking and writing about it while I run 2 bookshops. What a ride! xo B Let's get social - follow Daisy Chain Book Co. on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, or …
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Vigdis Hjorth & Lauren Oyler: If Only
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57:49If Only – first published in Norway in 2001, and now brought into English by Charlotte Barslund – is viewed in Norway as Vigdis Hjorth’s masterpiece, a story of the devastation wreaked on one woman’s life by an ill-advised affair. Hjorth (whose other novels in English include Is Mother Dead?, Will and Testament and Long Live the Post Horn!) is in c…
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Book Concierge Corner: February 2025
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23:00This month, our book concierges are recommending: Howl's Moving Castle Joe Sacco Six Four Bear Town Praying with Jane Eyre Three Body Problem Also, sacred texts such as Alice in Wonderland and Gregor the Overlander! Support the show Literati Press will release three episodes a month including: This Month in Literati Press Book Concierge Corner Soci…
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Friends, we are back. It has been a whirlwind year that I am eager to tell you about, and we are starting back with new episodes, a new commitment to sassy and honest convos, and lots of fun, bookish moments for your ears. www.daisychainbook.co Find us on all the socials: @daisychainbookco Or email me at brandi@daisychainbook.co Our bookstore offer…
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Helen Charman & Lola Olufemi: Mother State
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1:00:15In Mother State (Allen Lane), Helen Charman uses this provocative insight to write a new history of Britain and Northern Ireland. Beginning with Women's Liberation and ending with austerity, the book follows mothers' fights for an alternative future. Here we see a world where motherhood is not a restrictive identity but a state of possibility. ‘Mot…
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From Journalism to Novels: Marissa Stapley on Writing, Grunge, and Creative Success
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31:00Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Marissa Stapley about her novel The Lightning Bottles. The story navigates the intertwined paths of love, fame, and addiction through the lens of the 90s music scene. The episode explores themes of identity, media scrutiny, and the struggle for redemption, highlighting the complex dynamics between its cha…
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Author talk: historical fantasy author Susan J. Morris
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53:04In our interview in October 2024 with fantasy author Susan J. Morris, we discussed her novel, Strange Beasts, which debuted last year to great acclaim, published through the new Bindery Books imprint. In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale—part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery—the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide in a thrill…
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This Month in Literati Press: February
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10:12Support the show Literati Press will release three episodes a month including: This Month in Literati Press Book Concierge Corner Society of Racontuers Unless otherwise noted, all episodes recorded at Literati Press Bookshop at 3022 Paseo in Oklahoma City and produced by Michael C. Martin.על ידי Literati Press
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Sarah Moss & Octavia Bright: My Good Bright Wolf
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54:25Best known for her novels – most recently, 2021’s The Fell – now Sarah Moss has turned her hand to life-writing. My Good Bright Wolf unflinchingly details her experience of girlhood and anorexia in prose described by Jan Carson as ‘part memoir, part confessional, part dark and feverish fairytale’. Moss was in conversation with Octavia Bright, autho…
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How to achieve your writing goals with editor and author Lisa Mangum
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57:23Have you always meant to get started on writing that book? Have you been asked to write an article and you didn't know where to start? Editor and author Lisa Mangum is the expert you need to help you get started and stay on track with your writing goals. Her new book, Write Fearless. Edit Smart. Get Published., combines all her 25+ years of experti…
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Abi Palmer & Zarina Muhammad: Slugs – A Manifesto
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1:08:00Why be a slug? Slugs: A Manifesto (Makina Books) explores a creature that survives by being disgusting. Weaving together manifesto, memoir and poetic language, artist Abi Palmer considers the politics of space, iridescent queerness, and shapeshifting viscous ‘slug time’. In the face of a potential apocalypse, Slugs: A Manifesto envisions a future w…
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Support the show Literati Press will release three episodes a month including: This Month in Literati Press Book Concierge Corner Society of Racontuers Unless otherwise noted, all episodes recorded at Literati Press Bookshop at 3022 Paseo in Oklahoma City and produced by Michael C. Martin.על ידי Literati Press
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Writing a book out of spite: New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis
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55:33If you love books set in space, with magic, or with kissing, Beth Revis's books are for you. She's written more than 20 books for adults and young adults alike, including the Star Wars novel The Princess and the Scoundrel. What's it like to write for so many different age groups, or in so many different contexts? Find out in this podcast conversati…
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Cathy Slater Owner of Dulwich Books, U.K.
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27:02Send us a text Join me in conversation with Cathy Slater, owner of Dulwich Books, as she sheds light on the profound connection between independent bookstores and their communities. Through her journey, Cathy illustrates how booksellers can make a significant impact by understanding readers' needs while emphasizing diversity in literature and the i…
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Sinéad Gleeson & Douglas Stuart: Hagstone
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51:07In her first novel Hagstone (Fourth Estate), Sinéad Gleeson – who has, in the words of Anne Enright, ‘changed the Irish literary landscape through her advocacy for the female voice’ – explores the darker side of human nature and the mysteries of faith and the natural world in the setting of a remote island housing a commune of women seeking refuge …
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Catherine Lacey & Jen Calleja: Biography of X
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1:00:39In Catherine Lacey’s dystopian thriller, recently published in paperback by Granta, CM Lucca, widow of a recently deceased avant-garde artist, sets out to write a biography of the woman she idolised. Her quest leads her, through a maze of pseudonyms, half-truths and outright fabrications, on a journey into the Southern Territory, a fascist theocrac…
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Book Concierge Corner: Episode 1
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16:03Support the show Literati Press will release three episodes a month including: This Month in Literati Press Book Concierge Corner Society of Racontuers Unless otherwise noted, all episodes recorded at Literati Press Bookshop at 3022 Paseo in Oklahoma City and produced by Michael C. Martin.על ידי Literati Press
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Innovative Bookshop Strategies Unveiled With Rosebud Book Barn's GM Matt Lupica
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37:17Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Matt Lupica, General Manager of Rosebud Book Barn, a family-run independent bookstore in Victoria, Australia. We explore the unique relationship between the bookstore and its community, the importance of customer feedback, and the innovative tools that help independent bookstores thrive in today's digital…
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This Month in Literati Press: January
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13:54In their long-awaited return to the podcast world, Kristen and Charles discuss New Years reading/writing resolutions as well as events coming up at Literati Press Bookshop including: National Book Blitz Month Bring Poetry to Word Day--Jan. 2 Red Dirt Poets Book Journaling with Melissa--Jan. 11 Giving It Away! Reading Skills for Writers with Paul Au…
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Yasmin Zaher & Sheena Patel: The Coin
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51:07Palestinian writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher’s debut novel The Coin (Footnote Press) has been hailed as ‘already a masterpiece’ (Slavoj Žižek), ‘a filthy, elegant book’ (Raven Leilani) and ‘bonkers’ (Elif Batuman). A young Palestinian woman, wealthy but stateless and with no access to her wealth, finds her life and sense of self unravelling as sh…
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Eley Williams & So Mayer: Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good
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1:00:51‘There are very few writers with as clear and thrilling a love for the stuff of language as Eley Williams’, writes Jon McGregor. Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good revels in the same inventiveness and experimentation that made her debut collection of short stories, Attrib. and Other Stories, so beloved; courtroom artists, childhood crushes, schola…
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Translating Italian Literature: A Journey with Oonagh Stransky
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35:38Send us a text In this episode, I chat with translator Oonagh Stransky about her love of the Italian language, the importance of small presses, Héloïse Press, and the art of translating books to English. Oonagh Stransky has translated a range of fiction and nonfiction writers, including Roberto Saviano, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giuseppe Pontiggia, and …
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