The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

Hosted ByNigel Beale

THE BIBLIO FILE is one of the world's leading podcasts about "the book" and an inquiry into the wider world of book culture. Hosted by Nigel Beale it features wide ranging conversations with authors, poets, book publishers, booksellers, book editors, book collectors, book makers, book scholars, book critics, book designers, book publicists, literary agents and other certified bibliophiles.


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Matt Dorfman on the best book covers of 2020

  is an internationally recognized designer and illustrator. He is the art director of the New York Times Book Review and former art director of the New York Times Op-Ed page. Additionally, he maintains a one-person office specializing in work…

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Richard Nash on the Business of Literature, Part ll

 is a coach, strategist, and serial entrepreneur. He led partnerships and content at the culture discovery start-up  and the new media app Byliner. Previously he ran independent publishers Soft Skull Press and Red Lemonade where he published…

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Will Schwalbe on the benefits of reading and talking about books

has spent most of his life in publishing: at William Morrow, and then at Hyperion, where he was Editor in Chief. In January 2008 he left Hyperion to found a startup called and ran that for six years. It’s now part of Macmillan Publishers, where he…

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Jason Rovito: One of the New Antiquarians

Since 2012, has been working with institutional and private collectors to grow the documentary value of their collections “because the Cloud forgets.” Subject strengths include: the avant-garde, design, the human sciences, and visual culture …

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Richard Ovenden on the fragility and importance of Libraries

Richard Ovenden ​has been ​Bodley’s Librarian (the senior executive position of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) since 2014. ​He is a ​ Fellow​ at the​ Society of Antiquaries and Royal Society of Arts; ​a ​​member​…

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Dan Mozersky on how to build a successful chain of bookstores

Dan Mozersky enjoyed a long and fruitful career in the retail book industry. As a founding member of Indigo Books & Music’s executive team he was instrumental in turning the company’s vision into reality ( we talk about this in Part ll of our…

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Mary Newberry on the Joys of Indexing. Yes, Indexing.

is a Toronto-based freelance editor, indexer, and teacher. Her early passion was dancing. The self-discipline she learned from it is today one of her greatest assets. She works mostly with humanities-related texts: academic, government, literary,…

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Jonathan A. Hill on the importance of bookseller catalogues

The son of prominent book collector Kenneth E. Hill, Jonathan A. Hill grew up in a house filled with old books.  After graduating from university in 1974 he served a classic apprenticeship, working for four leading antiquarian booksellers in San…

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