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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Poet Julie Bruck on Monkey Ranch

Julie Bruck is the author of three collections of poems from Brick Books, Monkey Ranch (2012) The End of Travel (1999), and The Woman Downstairs (1993).  Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Ms,  Ploughshares, The Walrus, The Malahat…

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Linda Spalding on her novel The Purchase

Born in Topeka, Kansas, Linda Spalding (née Dickinson) is a Canadian writer and editor who has, over the years, worked as a professor of English and writing at numerous universities. She currently lives in Toronto, is an editor with Brick magazine,…

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Charlie Foran on Wingham, Ontario and Alice Munro

Well known Canadian author/biographer Charlie Foran, playing the Literary Tourist, travelled to Wingham, Ontario and environs to spend a little time in Alice Munro country. I talked to him recently about his experience.  Photo credits: © James…

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Stephanie Hlywak on Poetry magazine and the Poetry Foundation

I met with Stephanie Hlywak, Media Director at the Poetry Foundation, one hundred years after Poetry magazine was launched in Chicago to the month. We talk about the history, mandate, approach and architecture, not only of the magazine, but also…

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Crime Novelist Jason Webster on Valencia and Chief Inspector Max Camara

Jason Webster is an Anglo-American crime novelist, travel writer and critic. Born in California he now lives in Valencia, Spain. Webster was educated in England, Egypt and Italy. In 1993 he graduated from Oxford University (St John’s College) with a…

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Eric Timmreck on the Shared Inquiry method of discussing great books

Shared Inquiry is a discussion method employed by the Great Books Foundation, which, according to its website provides ” a teaching and learning environment, and a way for individuals to achieve a more thorough understanding of a text by discussing…

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Terry Fallis meets The Literary Tourist on Parliament Hill

While researching an article on Literary Tourism for an upcoming issue of Ontario magazine, I got to meet and greet some stellar Canadian authors at sites across the province that feature, variously, in their works. Here, it’s Terry Fallis, and his…

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Top 10 Literary things for you to do in Houston

Attention Literary Tourists! I met with Kristi Beer from Inprint Houston, a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring readers and writers in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1983, Inprint fulfills its mission through the nationally renowned Margarett…

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Randall Speller on Canadian Book Design and collecting

Randall Speller was for 29 years a librarian in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Combining his career in art librarianship with an interest in Canadian literature and book collecting, he has done extensive research into the history of Canadian…

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