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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Bruce Crawford on the Grolier Club, book collecting and Charles Dickens

Founded in 1884, the is America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts. Named after Jean Grolier (1489/90-1565), the collector renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club’s objective is to…

Jerry Kelly on some of the all-time great type and book designers

Jerry Kelly is a calligrapher, book and type designer. His work has been honored many times – his designs have been selected more than thirty times for the AIGA “Fifty Books of the Year.” In 2015 he was presented with the Goudy Award from The…

Sarah McNally & Jeff Deutsch with all you need to know about Bookselling

McNally Jackson Books is an independent bookstore based in New York City owned and operated by Sarah McNally, a former editor at and the daughter of Holly and Paul McNally, founders of based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sarah opened her first of seven…

Chip Kidd on designing dust jackets and book identities

Chip Kidd is an American graphic designer best known for his book covers. Based in New York City, Kidd is arguably the most famous dust jacket designers in the world. He has been credited by many as having spawned “a revolution in the art of America…

Peter Koch on his career and the craft of fine press printing

Bay Area letterpress printer, designer, and publisher  is recognized as one of the most accomplished printers and typographic designers of his generation. Here he is in his own words: “For the past thirty-two years I have cultivated a cross-media…

Ann Kirkland on Literary Tourism, Travel and Tours

is a cultural and educational travel company based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in small group literary travel and learning vacations. It provides adventures for the mind and travel for the soul – to places like Hemingway’s Paris, Joyce’s Dublin,…

Steven Heller on the History of the American Book Jacket 1920-1950

wears many hats and has written and/or published many books (190+ to date). For 33 years he was an art director at the New York Times, originally on the OpEd Page and for almost 30 of those years with the New York Times Book Review. Currently, he…

Charlotte Gray on Robert Caro, and writing biography and history

is one of Canada’s best-known writers, and author of ten acclaimed books of literary non-fiction. Born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, she began her writing career in England as a magazine…

Marc Côté with a candid survey of Canadian Book Publishing, past and present

Marc Côté is the publisher of , “a literary house noted for the discovery and development of Canadian writing talent and the publishing of Québécois fiction translated into English.” He has won Canada’s Libris Award for Editor of the Year twice…

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