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The Shakespeare and Company Interview

The Shakespeare and Company Interview


The Shakespeare and Company Interview

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136 episodes
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English
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast.Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles.Discover all our upcoming events here.If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here.Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali Smith, Har Kunzru, Rachel Kushner, Katie Kitamura, Elif Shafak, Claire-Louiose Bennett, Leïla Simoni, Ian Dunt, David Runciman, Richard Powers, Eimear McBride, Armando Iannucci, Lauren Grodd, Lauren Elkin, Recebcca Solnit, John Berger, Hollie McNish, Michael Pedersen, Rob Doyle, Philippe Sands, George Saunders, Edouard Louis, Rachel Cusk, Preti Taneja, Alejandro Zambra, DBC Pierre, Meg Mason, Sandra Newman, David Simon, Joshua Cohen, Geoff Dyer, David Wallce-Wells, Emul Saint-John Mandel, Mohsin Hamid, Tess Gunty, A.M. Homes, John Higgs, Miriam Toews, Kamila Shamsie, Annie Ernaux, William Boyd, David Keenan, Jonathan Coe, Coco Mellors, Tom Mustill, Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Churchwell, Katy Hessel, Don Paterson, Elizabeth McCracken, Meena Kandasamy, Aleksandar Hemon, Catherine Lacey, Xiaolu Guo, M. John Harrison, Dolly Adderton, Hernan Diaz, Kathryn Scanlan, Ben Lerner, Isabel Waidner, Nick Laird, Adam Thirlwell, Mark O'Connell, Marie Darrieussecq, Jo Ann Beard, C Pam Zhang, Naomi Klein...and many, many more. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ottessa Moshfegh on bringing Eileen to the screen

A few weeks ago we welcomed Ottessa Moshfegh to Shakespeare and Company. That night we’...

62 minutes
Apr 24, 2024

Percival Everett on James, his subversive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn

James—the new novel by Percival Everett—retells, reframes, and reimagines Mark Twain’s ...

34 minutes
Apr 10, 2024

On Allen Ginsberg: His life, his work and his archives, with Pat Thomas and Peter Hale

We were joined by countercultural historian Pat Thomas, and Peter Hale, manager of the ...

40 minutes
Mar 27, 2024

Bidding adieu to Freeman’s literary journal, with Jakuta Alikavazovic, Deborah Landau, Juan Gabriel Vazquez, and John Freeman

On this very special January night, editor extraordinaire John Freeman was joined by th...

54 minutes
Mar 13, 2024

On Friendship, with Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen

In early February, we hosted a riotous, tender, enchanting and uplifting evening of poe...

57 minutes
Feb 29, 2024

Love in the Time of Creative-Writing Classes, with Brandon Taylor

Our guest this week is Brandon Taylor, whose new book The Late Americans is a stark ret...

51 minutes
Feb 14, 2024

Annabelle Hirsch, A History of Women in 101 Objects

Last week, we were joined in the bookshop by Annabelle Hirsch whose new book A History ...

52 minutes
Jan 31, 2024

☕Proust Questionnaire: Holly McNish & Michael Pedersen☕

In advance of their event at Shakespeare and Company this February 8th, poets Hollie Mc...

83 minutes
Jan 17, 2024

BLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL | THE DEAD

Our Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, “Joycension Day”, to discuss The Dead : the ...

100 minutes
Jan 05, 2024

?On Witold Gombrowicz’s The Possessed, with Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Adam Thirlwell?

This episode we’re discussing The Possessed, the great, almost-lost novel by Witold Gom...

65 minutes
Jan 03, 2024