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The Bookshelf

What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.

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54:08

The Book Club No 6: Italy in translation

The Bookshelf ·

2020/10/02

Elena Ferrante's new novel The Lying Life of Adults, and the 1958 classic, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard

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24:07

Podcast Extra: Sue Miller

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/29

American novelist Sue Miller discusses both her latest novel, Monogamy, and the bookshelf that shaped her

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53:52

Standing on the bridge, wrong side of the rail

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/25

On Craig Silvey’s Honeybee, Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom and Sue Miller’s Monogamy

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29:13

Podcast Extra: Maria Lewis

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/22

Werewolves running nightclubs in Berlin, Supernatural Sydney, witches with attitude and a whole slew of terrific fantasy recommendations from writer Maria Lewis

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57:54

Slipping between worlds and cities, in history,...

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/18

On Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, Ken Follett’s The Evening and the Morning and Edmund White’s A Saint from Texas

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26:55

Podcast Extra: Meg Rosoff

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/15

It was the Summer where everything changed: Meg Rosoff, her new novel and the bookshelf that made her

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23:00

Podcast Extra: Christopher Paolini

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/14

From dragons and mythical origin stories to adventures in the stars, fantasy and SF writer Christopher Paolini has plenty to say about how his genre works

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35:34

Podcast Extra: Sarah Moss & Ian McGuire

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/13

Two writers on this podcast extra edition of the Bookshelf, both of whom write very broadly in a ‘Northern’ English tradition. Sarah Moss and Ian McGuire speak (separately) with Kate Evans

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54:07

Imagined taxonomies of life, love, death and memory

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/11

On Andrew O’Hagan’s Mayflies, Eley Williams’ The Liar’s Dictionary, Pip Williams’ The Dictionary of Lost Words and Rose Tremain’s Islands of Mercy

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21:42

Podcast Extra: Raymond E Feist

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/08

Raymond E Feist on writing, and reading, fantasy fiction. World building, foundational texts, and how the genre has changed

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22:04

Podcast Extra: Dugald Bruce Lockhart

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/07

Stage and screen actor Dugald Bruce Lockhart has now turned to fiction. Here, he reveals the books – and plays – that made him

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53:52

Book Club No 5: Speculative Fiction and N K Jemisin’s...

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/04

The city of New York is coming alive, but its enemies are against it. Urban fantasy, overturning racist narratives, and some very large genre tentacles

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22:43

Podcast Extra: Kester Grant

The Bookshelf ·

2020/09/01

Mauritian writer Kester Grant on her fantasy novel The Court of Miracles (inspired by Victor Hugo) and the books that have shaped her

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29:27

Podcast Extra: Nicholas Shakespeare

The Bookshelf ·

2020/08/31

Biographer, critic and novelist Nicholas Shakespeare on his latest novel (The Sandpit) and the books and writers that shaped him

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56:06

A tricky nemesis or two, the past, and a damp holiday...

The Bookshelf ·

2020/08/28

On Jock Serong's The Burning Island, Sarah Moss's Summerwater and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer with writers Aoife Clifford and Emily Maguire

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54:07

Poisonous plants, talking rabbits, and a roadtrip of...

The Bookshelf ·

2020/08/21

Michaela Kalowski and Kate Evans read Sam Coley’s State Highway One, Jasper Fforde’s The Constant Rabbit and Rebecca Dinerstein Knight’s Hex with writers Christopher Raja and Karina Kilmore

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53:57

Thrillers, wars and labyrinths spiral through fiction

The Bookshelf ·

2020/08/14

On Nicholas Shakespeare's The Sandpit, Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai's The Mountains Sing and Amanda Lohrey's The Labyrinth

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