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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Mark Abley on why poet Duncan Campbell Scott’s reputation is in tatters

Although E.K. Brown, a highly admired literary critic, once called poet and bureaucrat Duncan Campbell Scott “one of the chief masters of Canadian literature,” Scott’s reputation today lies in tatters.  Mark Abley in his fascinating…

Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler

Top Literary Things to do in Buenos Aires

Kit Maude is a Spanish-to-English translator. He received a bachelor’s degree in Comparative American Studies from the University of Warwick. In 2009 he moved to Buenos Aires where he currently lives. His translations have been featured…

Sharp talk from Jonathan Rose on the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing

is the William R. Kenan Professor of History at Drew University in Madison, NJ. His fields of study are British history, intellectual history and the history of the book (in which he happens to be a giant). His books include The Intellectual Life…

Ana Maria Cabanellas on the Pleasures and Perils of Publishing in Argentina

Ana María Cabanellas began her career as a lawyer, after which she joined the family-owned publishing company Editorial Heliasta as a partner. In 1979, she became President of Editorial Claridad which specializes in legal dictionaries, as well…

Liliana Heker on writing under a repressive regime

Series: Biblio File in Buenos Aires Liliana Heker was born in 1943 in Buenos Aires. Her writing career began at age 17 thanks to a letter she wrote Abelardo Castillo requesting a job at a magazine he edited. During Argentina’s so…

Guillermo Martinez, acclaimed Argentinian novelist and short story writer, on Mathematics, Borges and Writing

Series: Biblio File in Buenos Aires Guillermo Martínez is an Argentine novelist, detective fiction and short story writer. He earned a PhD in mathematical logic from the University of Buenos Aires, after which he worked for two years…

Canadian Book Designer Tania Craan on her Career, Freelancing and Some Favourite Titles

Tania Craan’s career as an art director and designer spans more than three decades. For the past 25 years, she has run her freelance graphic design studio. She started her career working as a designer at Penguin Books Canada and then went on to…

Irish Novelist Eimear McBride on her work and getting it published

Eimear McBride is an Irish novelist whose debut novel, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. She wrote the book in six months,…

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