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.
I’m in Prague for the Summer. Going to be participating in one of the world’s leading creative writing programs. I interviewed its founder Richard Katrovas. Why listen to Richard? Having run the Prague Summer Program for Writers for more than…
Why did I interview Mark Andrews? Because he’s a fellow Canadian, he’s an exceptional book collector who brings an engineer’s mind to the task, and he’s just published a beautiful book featuring selections from his book collection, entitled The…
Why am I interviewing Mark Samuels Lasner for a third time? Because he’s a recognized and respected book collector who knows how to speak intelligently and amusingly about books. And though we’ve already talked about his impressive collections…
I came across Kat McKenna’s name in an . I’d googled Tik Tok’s “Book-Tok” because I’d heard it was moving a lot of YA books and wanted to learn more. Kat was quoted in Alison’s piece. It was clear she knew what made BookTok tick. I contacted her and…
Stephen Enniss is director of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin. Previous posts include Head Librarian at the Folger Shakespeare Library and Director of Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library where he…
Sarah Miniaci is a freelance book publicist with fifteen years of experience in the New York and Toronto markets. Ken Whyte’s Sutherland House is one of her clients. Ken interviewed Sarah for a recent issue of Shush, his excellent Substack newsletter…
Bob Rae is a Canadian diplomat, lawyer, former Premier of Ontario, and former interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. A Rhodes Scholar and graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, he is currently Canada’s Ambassador to the United…
Author/historian Stuart Kells has been chasing rare books and other bookish treasures since childhood. In the 1980s he went for classic sci-fi paperbacks from Ace and Dell, and authors such as Philip K. Dick and Robert Heinlein. When he moved…
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail sectors, has evolved from an business dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. This transformation has often been a less-than-smooth…
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