Talking Books
Arts & Culture Podcasts
The world and lived experience of books, their authors and readers - think insight, warmth, imagination, smell, journey and emotion
Location:
Ireland
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
The world and lived experience of books, their authors and readers - think insight, warmth, imagination, smell, journey and emotion
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.newstalk.com/
Episodes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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