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The Guardian Books Podcast

A weekly podcast presented by the Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead, for author interviews, readings and discussions - plus a full recording of our monthly book club.

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    Modernism in 1915 and 2015 – books podcast

    How do the masterpieces of modernism still inspire us in ...

    How do the masterpieces of modernism still inspire us in the 21st century? Robert McCrum and Lara Feigel examine the legacy of DH Lawrence and Ford Madox Ford

    Jun 12, 2015 Read more
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    Lampedusa by Anders Lustgarten - audio drama

    In an audio play specially commissioned for the Guardian by ...

    In an audio play specially commissioned for the Guardian by Soho Theatre, a fisherman confronts the tide of refugees sweeping across the Mediterranean

    Jun 11, 2015 Read more
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    Colm Tóibín on the women in his fiction – books podcast

    We catch up with the novelist Colm Tóibín at the ...

    We catch up with the novelist Colm Tóibín at the Charleston festival, and explore why women are so often at the centre of his work

    Jun 5, 2015 Read more
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    Life and death questions with Caitlin Doughty and Anuradha Roy – books podcast

    We confront the most difficult subjects with the novelist Anuradha ...

    We confront the most difficult subjects with the novelist Anuradha Roy and mortician Caitlin Doughty

    May 29, 2015 Read more
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    László Krasznahorkai – books podcast

    We talk to the winner of the 2015 Man Booker ...

    We talk to the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International prize, the visionary Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai

    May 22, 2015 Read more
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    Extract: Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh – podcast

    Raj Ghatak reads the first chapter of Amitav Ghosh's latest ...

    Raj Ghatak reads the first chapter of Amitav Ghosh's latest novel, Flood of Fire

    May 22, 2015 Read more
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    Books that talk to each other – podcast

    We explore the connections between Patrick Gale's novel A Place ...

    We explore the connections between Patrick Gale's novel A Place Called Winter and a memoir from Barbara Taylor, The Last Asylum

    May 15, 2015 Read more
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    Freedom and market slavery with Julian Baggini and Joanna Biggs – books podcast

    We explore constraints on free will from the workplace and ...

    We explore constraints on free will from the workplace and the realm of ideas with Julian Baggini and Joanna Biggs

    May 8, 2015 Read more
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    Libraries: the inside story – books podcast

    From the depths of the British Library to the top ...

    From the depths of the British Library to the top of Manchester's great domed Central Library, we explore the inner workings of our most precious treasure houses of knowledge

    May 1, 2015 Read more
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    Nature writing with Sarah Hall and John Lewis-Stempel – books podcast

    We follow the call of the wild with Thwaites Wainwright ...

    We follow the call of the wild with Thwaites Wainwright prizewinner John Lewis-Stempel and novelist Sarah Hall

    Apr 24, 2015 Read more
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