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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John Cole on the history of the Library of Congress

Historian John Cole started working at the Library of Congress as a young man in 1966. Most of his books since have dealt with this venerable institution. We talk here about it’s influence on American political and cultural life, about Thomas…

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Stephan Delbos on Prague and Poetry

Stephan Delbos is a New England-born writer living in Prague, where he teaches at Anglo-American University and Charles University. His poetry, essays and translations have appeared internationally in journals such as Absinthe, Agni, Oxonian Review,…

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Jean Louis Maitre on Printing and Typographie in Tours, France

Series: Biblio File in France Better known for its wines, the perfection of its local spoken French, it’s cathedral and chateau, the city of Tours France also has a surprisingly rich historical connection with printing and typography. I was in Tours…

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Lauren Elkin on her book Flaneuse

I interviewed Lauren Elkin about her new book Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London at her apartment in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris. Stepping off a rather ordinary, noisy street through a large pair of…

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Jo Furber on Dylan Thomas and why you should visit Wales

Yes, the background voices are distracting, but what do you expect, we’re in a Welsh pub for crying out loud! Well, actually we’re upstairs at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea at a bar surrounded by revellers who have just attended a hilarious …

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David Esslemont on Thomas Bewick, Wood Engraver

Wikipedia tells us that “Thomas Bewick (1753 – 1828) was an English engraver and  author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving , making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating children’s books. He…

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Gaylord Schanilec on his press Midnight Paper Sales

Gaylord Schanilec is an American wood engraver, printer, designer and illustrator. He is the proprietor of Midnight Paper Sales press. Schanilec has “set the standard for contemporary artist’s books over the last 30 years.” His highly…

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David Esslemont on the history of the Gregynog and Solmentes Presses

David Esslemont is an artist, designer, printmaker and bookbinder. He makes books from scratch, most recently about food, and publishes under his Solmentes Press imprint. He was Artistic Director of the University of…

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Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace, Harvard and Kingston

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