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The world and lived experience of books, their authors and readers - think insight, warmth, imagination, smell, journey and emotion

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Ireland

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The world and lived experience of books, their authors and readers - think insight, warmth, imagination, smell, journey and emotion

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English


Episodes
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Kidnap: Inside The Ransom Business

3/31/2019
This week Susan talks to German researcher and writer Anja Shortland about her fascinating new book 'Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business' published by Oxford University Press.

Duration:00:52:18

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Chapter 245: 'Living with Buildings' with Iain Sinclair

2/4/2019
This week Susan talks to Iain Sinclair about his latest book 'Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts: On Health and Architecture' published by Profile Books.

Duration:00:29:57

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Chapter 243: 'Passing Judgment' with Terri Apter

1/28/2019
This week Susan talks to Psychologist and Writer Dr Terri Apter about her latest book 'Passing Judgment: Praise and Blame in Everyday Life' published by WW Norton.

Duration:00:56:34

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Chapter 244: The Desert and the Sea Michael Scott Moore

1/21/2019
This week Susan talks with Michael Scott Moore about his new memoir 'The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast' published by Harper Collins.

Duration:00:55:23

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Chapter 243: Why We Need Religion with Stephen Asma

1/14/2019
This week Susan talks with American philosopher, writer and teacher Dr Stephen Asma about his latest book 'Why We Need Religion' published by Oxford University Press.

Duration:00:56:33

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Chapter 242: Attention with Joshua Cohen

1/7/2019
This week Susan talks with American novelist, essayist and journalist Joshua Cohen about his new collection of non fiction 'Attention' published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

Duration:00:40:27

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Chapter 240: 'The Happiness Dictionary' with Tim Lomas

12/31/2018
This week Susan talks to British psychologist and writer Dr Tim Lomas about his new book 'The Happiness Dictionary' published by Piatkus.

Duration:00:57:19

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Chapter 241: 'The Book of Common Prayer'

12/25/2018
This week Susan talks to British writer and literary scholar Brian Cummings about his new book 'The Book of Common Prayer: A Very Short Introduction' published by OUP.

Duration:00:58:19

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Chapter 239: 'Music as an Art' with Roger Scruton

12/16/2018
This week Susan talks to English philosopher, writer and musician Roger Scruton about his new book 'Music as an Art' published by Bloomsbury.

Duration:01:05:23

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Chapter 238: Death of a Translator with Ed Gorman

12/10/2018
This week Susan talks to English writer, journalist and editor Ed Gorman about his new memoir 'Death of a Translator' published by Arcadia Books.

Duration:00:47:34

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Chapter 237: Inheritors of the Earth

12/3/2018
This week Susan talks to British evolutionary biologist, ecologist and teacher Dr Chris D Thomas about his new book 'Inheritors of the Earth' published by Penguin Books.

Duration:00:59:22

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Chapter 236: My Country: A Syrian Memoir

11/26/2018
This week Susan talks with Palestinian Syrian Writer and Human Rights Activist Kassem Eid about his memoir 'My Country: A Syrian Memoir' published by Bloomsbury.

Duration:00:35:58

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Chapter 236: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt

11/19/2018
This week Susan talks with American writer, cartoonist and teacher Ken Krimstein about his latest graphic biography 'The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt.

Duration:00:53:40

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Chapter 234: Robert Graves with Jean Moorcroft Wilson

11/12/2018
This week Susan talks with British Writer and Biographer Jean Moorcroft Wilson about her new biography 'Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Goodbye To All That'.

Duration:01:04:16

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Chapter 233: ISLA Festival 2018 - Instituto Cervantes

11/5/2018
This week Susan covers the 2018 ISLA Festival with Chilean novelist, poet and essayist Arturo Fontaine Talavera and Peruvian novelist and journalist Rual Tola.

Duration:01:04:05

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Chapter 231: The Day That Went Missing

10/22/2018
This week Susan talks to Dame Margaret Drabble about her latest book 'The Dark Flood Rises' and meets with British Writer and Teacher Richard Beard.

Duration:00:56:13