CBC Radio’s Writers & Company have broadcast a brand new interview with John le Carré:
CBC Writers and Company: John le Carre 2013 mp3
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Published May 27, 2013
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Published May 24, 2013
Another Hipster In The Business: God Help Me
CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition profiles Sarah McNally, owner of McNally-Jackson in Soho, New York:
Comments closedMcNally-Jackson opened in December 2004, just as mega booksellers Barnes and Noble and Borders were expanding and online booksellers were rapidly gaining ground. More than 1,000 independent bookstores stores, one in every two, closed down. But Sarah McNally was cocky and figured she could make it… The lessons Sarah McNally learned as a daughter of booksellers on the Canadian prairies continue to help her survive in the Manhattan jungle.
Published September 18, 2012
Susan Sontag on Writers and Company
Eleanor Wachtel’s conversation with the late American writer and critic Susan Sontag, originally recorded in 2000, was recently rebroadcast by CBC Radio’s Writers and Company:
CBC Radio Writers and Company: Susan Sontag mp3
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Published March 26, 2012
Edward St. Aubyn on Writers & Company and Bookworm
In a fascinating conversation, Eleanor Wachtel talks to Edward St. Aubyn about his Patrick Melrose novels on CBC Radio’s Writers and Company:
CBC Radio Writers & Company: Edward St. Aubyn mp3
KCRW’s Bookworm also recently broadcast a two-part interview with St. Aubyn about the books.
Part One:
KCRW Bookworm: Edward St. Aubyn Part One mp3
Part Two:
KCRW Bookworm: Edward St. Aubyn Part Two mp3
Full disclosure: The collected edition of the first four Patrick Melrose novels has just been published in the US by Picador Books who are distributed in Canada by my employer Raincoast Books. At Last, the latest Patrick Melrose novel is published separately by Farrah, Strauss & Giroux who are distributed in Canada by Douglas & McIntyre (not my employer).
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Published October 11, 2011
Ted Striphas on Algorithmic Culture
In this interview for CBC Radio show Spark, Ted Striphas, associate professor in the Department of Communication & Culture at Indiana University and author of The Late Age of Print, talks to Nora Young about algorithmic culture and the social implications of leaving discovery and serendipity to complex math:
CBC RADIO SPARK: Ted Striphas on Algorithmic Culture
Striphas has written a series of posts about algorithmic culture on his blog (also called The Late Age of Print funnily enough).
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