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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Christopher Lyons on Sir William Osler, Book Collector

Christopher Lyons, is the head librarian of rare books and special collections at McGill University’s McLennan Library. He was formerly in charge of  which holds the collection of it’s founder, Sir William Osler (1849–1919). A major…

Bruce & Vicki Heyman on Justin Trudeau, the Arts, and the Canada-U.S. Relationship

Ambassador Bruce Heyman is an American businessman and served as  under Barack Obama from 2014 until 2017. He appears regularly on CBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, CTV, CNBC, and other media outlets as an expert on trade and bilateral issues….

Bob Rae on What’s Happened to Politics

Bob Rae is senior counsel with the law firm Olthuis, Kleer Townshend and teaches public policy and governance at the University of Toronto. He was the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and was the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada…

Ricardo Cayuela on Books & Reading, Publishing & Bookstores in Mexico

Ricardo Cayuela is a writer, essayist, and founding editor of Letras Libres (“The New Yorker of Mexico”). In 2013 he was appointed Director General of Publications by the Mexican government. Today he is the president of Random…

Jody Wilson Raybould on Justin Trudeau, telling the truth and keeping promises

Jody Wilson-Raybould, also known by her initials JWR and by her Kwak’wala name Puglaas, is a Canadian politician and the Independent Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver…

Cory Doctorow on Copyright and Writing Science Fiction

Cory Doctorow is an activist, science fiction author and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is also a special advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He favours liberalising copyright laws and is a proponent of the Creative Commons…

Claudia Pineiro on crime fiction, and the difference between writing novels and screenplays

Claudia Piñeiro is an Argentine novelist and television scriptwriter best known for writing literary crime novels, most of which are best sellers in Latin America. She was born in Buenos Aires and has won…

Alberto Manguel on Packing My Library and the Idiocy of Honesty in Politics

David Moscrop on how to make wise voting decisions during political elections

David Moscrop is a political theorist and SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa. He studies democratic deliberation, political decision-making, and digital media, and is a contributing columnist for…

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