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Tune in to hear Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch (Costa Book of the Year 2020), in conversation with editor Jeremy Poynting from Peepal Tree Press.You can find out more about The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey here: https://bit.ly/33W5Rl3Subscribe to get notifications about future episodes!Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune into hear Ossian Ward in conversation with Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows. This conversation was recorded in partnership with Penguin Live and Manchester's HOME.You can find out more about 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows here: https://bit.ly/3Cyazk5Subscribe to get notifications about future episodes!Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South African writer Damon Galgut, author of The Promise, speaks to Ted Hodgkinson (Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre) just days before it is announced that The Promise has won the 2021 Booker Prize.You can find out more about The Promise here: https://bit.ly/306y1rpBooks and authors mentioned:Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf https://bit.ly/3BWMjHXHowards End by E. M. Forster https://bit.ly/2ZYO22UWilliam Faulkner https://bit.ly/3bOdCK7Patrick White https://bit.ly/3kfQ7OFSubscribe to get notifications about future episodes!Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with an artist who writes and a writer whose subject is often art, Celia Paul and Julian Barnes.You can find out about Celia Paul’s work here: https://bit.ly/2XEZAqFAnd about Julian Barnes’s work here: https://bit.ly/3B8PADQJulian recommends They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell Celia Paul recommends The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Bookseller article on the history of Jonathan Cape: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9wHost Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuIThis was the final episode of Cape in Conversation; do go back and listen to the other episodes in the Vintage Books Podcast feed if you missed them.Stay tuned for the next episode of the Vintage Books Podcast. Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can find out more about Sugar by Bernice McFadden here: https://bit.ly/3B4DtbzThis episode contains explicit language.Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode of the Vintage Books Podcast features an extract from the audiobook of Greek Myths by Charlotte Higgins, illustrated by Chris Ofili.Content notice: this episode contains mentions of rape and sexual violence.You can find out more about the book here: https://bit.ly/greekmyths_CsFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China Room by Sunjeev Sahota is the story of Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, and that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its china room locked and barred. To celebrate its publication and being longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, in this episode, Ted Hodgkinson talks to Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota about China Room, authorship, writing histories, and more.You can find out more about China Room by Sunjeev Sahota here: https://bit.ly/33lucwPYou can find out more about Kamila Shamsie's books here: https://bit.ly/3DQbDBFFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes. Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two authors, Alison Bechdel and Anne Enright. You can find out more about Alison Bechdel's work here: https://bit.ly/37IDGUV And about Anne Enright's here: http://bit.ly/3bXotQM You can find out more about the history of Jonathan Cape here: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9w Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuI Shahidha will be back for Cape in Conversation on the Vintage Books podcast in six weeks, where she’ll be talking to two more writers, Celia Paul and Julian Barnes.Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode features an extract from the audiobook of GO BIG: How To Fix Our World by Ed Miliband.You can find out more about GO BIG here – https://bit.ly/2UJFZUSTune into the Cheerful Book Club and join Ed Miliband, Geoff Lloyd and friends for a conversation about the biggest ideas in non-fiction books – https://bit.ly/3y4QJM2Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode features a special extract from the audiobook of Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal, author of the bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes.You can find out more about Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal here: https://bit.ly/3vdOft0Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? We Can Do Better Than This is an anthology in which 35 extraordinary voices share their stories and visions for the future. The editor, Amelia Abraham, talks to two of the contributors, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Naoise Dolan, about the power of queer reading.You can find out more about the books here:We Can Do Better Than This: https://bit.ly/3gYSDI1Life as a Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi: https://bit.ly/3w19DRYExciting Times by Naoise Dolan: https://bit.ly/3A2J6HaFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Marverine Cole talks to two of Vintage's new fiction writers, Jo Hamya, author of Three Rooms, and Anna Glendenning, author of An Experiment in Leisure.You can find out more about Three Rooms here:https://bit.ly/3xycFOPYou can find out more about An Experiment in Leisure here:https://bit.ly/3vIZPvZFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music by puremusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes. Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two authors, Salman Rushdie and Katie Kitamura. You can find out more about Katie Kitamura's work here: https://bit.ly/3oYsriY And about Salman Rushdie's here: https://bit.ly/3idjpgT You can find out more about the history of Jonathan Cape here: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9w Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuI Shahidha will be back for Cape in Conversation on the Vintage Books podcast in six weeks, where she’ll be talking to two more writers, Afua Hirsch and George Packer.Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode features a special audiobook extract from Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.You can find out more about Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn here: https://bit.ly/2ODyN9UTo listen to a previous episode, 'Symbiosis and Psychedelics ᛫ Edward St Aubyn & Merlin Sheldrake', tune in here or search on your podcast app: https://bit.ly/3fgMiqWFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books Podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes. Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with two Booker Prize shortlisted authors, Ottessa Moshfegh and Rachel Kushner. You can find out more about Rachel Kushner’s work here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1072533/rachel-kushner.html?tab=penguin-books And about Ottessa Moshfegh’s here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1077359/ottessa-moshfegh.html Bookseller article on the history of Jonathan Cape: https://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/news-stays-news-1249336 Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1080750/shahidha-bari.html?tab=penguin-books Shahidha will be back for Cape in Conversation on the Vintage Books podcast in six weeks, where she’ll be talking to two more novelists, Salman Rushdie and Katie Kitamura.Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features a short story from the new collection, First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel. The audiobook is read by Kotaro Watanabe.You can find out more about the collection here: http://bit.ly/FPS_HMYou can also find our previous episode, 'Translating Murakami ᛫ Ted Goossen' here – https://bit.ly/3eCj2s5To hear an extract from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, check out our previous episode here – https://bit.ly/3kK8CYZFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CN contains mentions of hallucinogenic drugsYou can find out more about Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn here: https://bit.ly/2ODyN9UYou can find out more about Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake here: https://bit.ly/2GNsRa9To listen to a previous episode in which Merlin discusses 'Entangled Life', search 'Vintage Books Podcast: Discovering the world of fungi ᛫ Merlin Sheldrake' on the podcast platform you're currently using or click here: https://bit.ly/2JKaap5Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What will the environmental legacy which we leave for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren look like? In an extract from What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik, one of the world's most influential economists and Director of the London School of Economics explores climate change and the social contract.You can find out more about What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik here: bit.ly/whatweoweeachotherFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arts journalist and author of the Pages & Co. series, Anna James, talks to two of Vintage's new fiction writers, Pip Williams, a writer and researcher who discusses her debut historical fiction novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words, and Megan Nolan, a writer and journalist who is publishing her first novel, Acts of Desperation.You can find out more about The Dictionary of Lost Words here:https://bit.ly/3qL2DHnYou can find out more about Acts of Desperation here:http://bit.ly/2NG7SJAFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we share a special extract from the audiobook of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.You can find out more about Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. here, now available in paperback, ebook and audiobook:http://bit.ly/36PzseaWondering where to start reading James Baldwin's works? Check out this reading list:http://bit.ly/2XFoXFqFollow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.