John Freeman reads from The Park

Welcome back to the Shakespeare and Company Podcast. We’re thrilled to return with a reading from a dear friend of the bookshop, John Freeman, reading from his new book of poetry The Park, a collection inspired by the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. * Thanks for listening! We're now able to ship orders again. If you want to support Shakespeare and Company through this tough period, and bring a little taste of the bookshop to wherever you are in the world, please consider placing an order for a book or a gift, subscribing to a Year of Reading, or purchasing a gift voucher for future use. Visit our website www.shakespeareandcompany.com

Joris-Karl Huysmans at the Musée d’Orsay, with Andy Miller

In this episode Adam Biles joins Andy Miller—one of the presenters of the brilliant Backlisted podcast and author of The Year of Reading Dangerously—on a visit to the recent Huysmans exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, picking up their discussion of Huysmans’s novel A Rebours, begun two years earlier on episode 57 of Backlisted. Listen to Backlisted: https://www.backlisted.fm Find out more about the Husymans exhibition at Musée d’Orsay: https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/events/exhibitions/in-the-museums/exhibitions-in-the-musee-dorsay/article/huysmans-critique-dart-47721.html?tx_kleemobileredirection=1&cHash=3f98abcf21

Jonathan Coe

In the first of a special series of podcasts, we sat down with Jonathan Coe a few days after the UK left the EU, to catch up about the European reception to his novel Middle England, his hopes and fears post-Brexit, and the dangers when politics and nostalgia mix.

Chigozie Obioma on An Orchestra of Minorities

We were joined by Chigozie Obioma to discuss the mesmerising epic An Orchestra of Minorities, his second novel to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Lucy Ellmann on Ducks, Newburyport

We were joined by Lucy Ellmann to discuss her “extraordinary . . . astounding . . . amazing” (Irish Times) new novel, the Booker-shortlisted Ducks, Newburyport.

Guy Gunaratne on In Our Mad and Furious City

We were joined by Guy Gunaratne for a reading from his searing debut In Our Mad and Furious City, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize.

Nathan Englander on kaddish.com

We were joined by the brilliant Nathan Englander to discuss his “rollicking, generous-hearted tale of faith, identity and family” (FT) kaddish.com.

John Freeman on Dictionary of the Undoing

We were joined by John Freeman to discuss his extraordinary Dictionary of the Undoing, described by Publishers Weekly “a protest, a poem, and a plea . . . a pocket manual for informed political dissent and a must-read for all thinking citizens.”

Jeanette Winterson on Frankissstein

We were joined by Jeanette Winterson for a reading from Frankissstein, her riotous reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic.

Rachel Cusk on Coventry

We were joined by Rachel Cusk to discuss Coventry, an expansive and eloquent collection of essays from “one of the smartest writers alive” (New York Times).