VINTAGE BOOKS
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Waves of Feminism ᛫ Meg Wolitzer
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke to Meg Wolitzer about her new book, The Female Persuasion http://po.st/uogZyBFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our boo...
007 is dead...
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win pri...
What makes a spy? ᛫ Roland Philipps
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Maclean, code name Orphan, was the most enigmatic member of the infamous Cambridge spies. Like the rest of that extraordinary group, Maclean wa...
Remembering Angela Carter ᛫ Carmen Callil
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to publisher, editor and friend of Angela Carter, Carmen Callil.Where to start with Angela Carter: http://po.st/WhereToStartACarterFollow us o...
The Head and the Heart ᛫ Christie Watson & Suzanne O'Sullivan
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A nurse and a doctor walk in to a recording studio... and ask if medicine an art or a science, wonder what they would change about the health care sys...
'This is the worst life decision I have ever made!' Cat Person, a short story
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the release of Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian we have a very specialaudiCheck out the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116767/cat-...
Translating a love story ᛫ THE EDITING ROOM ᛫ Nicky Harman & Nick Skidmore
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We talk translation, Chinese culture and love with translator Nicky Harman and editor Nick Skidmore.Our Story by Rao Pingru, Nicky Harman (Translator)...
Off to Italy with The Leopard
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Leopard, Revised and with new material by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa http://po.st/uUd8wpFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to...
Talking Trump and Borders with Francisco Cantú and Misha Glenny
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Line Becomes A River by Francisco Cantú http://po.st/rnpATdFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hea...
Samantha Harvey on writing the 15th Century
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leena Norms talks to Samantha Harvey about her book The Western WindFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to...
The Editing Room | Kirsty & Liz
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsty Logan and her editor Liz Foley hash out the editing process and how Kirsty's New Book, The Gloaming, came to be.Follow us on twitter: twitter.c...
A beginners guide to Trainspotting...
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Never read Trainspotting? There's never been a better time. In preparation for the release of Dead Men's Trousers, we learn a little bit about the con...
Drawing Suffragettes... with Mary and Bryan Talbot
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate International Women's Day we're revisiting one of our favourite interviews - Mary and Bryan Talbot discuss how they wrote the story of Sa...
Things you'll know if you're a bookworm... with Lucy Mangan
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clark and Lucy Mangan discuss best-beloved books, their extraordinary creators, and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives. ...
Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clark meets Richard Lloyd Parry, whose new book tells the story tells of how a nation faced a catastrophe, and the bleak struggle to find consola...
Being Brit(ish) with Afua Hirsch
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Afua Hirsch talks to Leena Norms all about race, belonging and the British crisis of identity.Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to...
Mythologies and Debuts | Imogen Hermes Gowar and Kerry Andrew
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking mermaids, folksong and mythology with two of our new Vintage voices; Imogen Hermes Gowar and Kerry Andrew.The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by...
Julian Barnes reads from The Only Story
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
'Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.'Author...
Mince pies...and murder... a classic festive crime story
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A classic mystery for the festive season: mulled wine, mince pies...and murder. We bring you an extract from Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan ht...
Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Her house is on Montpelier Parade – just across town, but it might as well be a different world...This week on the Vintage Podcast we bring you an e...
Charles Dickens | Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and Helen Simpson join Alex Clark
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Where would we be without Charles Dickens? The biographer and academic Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and short story writer Helen Simpson join Alex Clark f...
A True Story of Monstrous Deception...
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For lovers of Serial, a special audio extract from the Sunday Times best seller The Adversary by Emmanuel CarrèreFind out more about the book he...
Do fish feel fear? | Surprising truths about animals with Stephen Moss and Peter Wohlleben
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We meet animals experts and authors Stephen Moss and Peter Wohlleben talk about the strange and wonderful inner life of robins, crows and horses we mi...
How To Stop Brexit - Nick Clegg tells us how...
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Keep calm – but do not carry on. A special audio extract from Nick Clegg's new book, How To Stop Brexit.Download from audible: po.st/HowToStopB...
Ghost writing and criminal minds | Richard Flanagan on the Vintage Podcast
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
'I only realised this later, much later, when I came to fear that the beginning of that book was also the end of me.'Alex Clark talks to Man Booker Wi...
Simon Schama and the story of the Jews
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Jewish story is a history that is about, and for, all of us. Alex Clark speaks to Simon Schama about his new book Belonging, shortlisted for the&n...
Vintage Poetry | Part Two | Michael Symmons Roberts
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our Poetry Special - part two! This time we're talking to Michael Simmonds Roberts about his new poetry collection,Mancunia...Read an extract from the...
Vintage Poetry | Part One | Ocean Vuong & Kayo Chingonyi
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gearing up for National Poetry Day, we talk to two of our favourite poets and hear some of their poetry.Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuonghttp:...
Roddy Doyle talks school days, pubs and finding the perfect title
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An honest conversation with Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments, Two Pints, The Barrytown Trilogy and now, his new book, Smile. Take a look at...
Driving a short distance with Joff Winterhart
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vintage Podcast goes on the road with graphic novelist Joff Winterhart to talk about illustration, storytelling and see the sights of London!Take a lo...
Vintage Summer Podcast | Part Two
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the second instalment of our Summer Read Two-Part Special here on the Vintage Podcast. Come rain, showers or maybe even a bit of ...
Vintage Summer Podcast | Part One
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On a quest to find you something to read in the sun, Alex Clark joins Brian van Reet, Elif Batuman and Laurent Binet to give you a taster of the best ...
David Grossman on A Horse Walks into a Bar
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
'If you are able to make fun of yourself, you are not a victim. The situation that previously has paralysed you lost its power.' WINNER OF THE 2017 MA...
The Outsider
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This May we celebrate outsiders: the people on the fringes; those who go against the grain. Irvine Welsh joins us to discuss his friendship with Howar...
The Vintage Podcast with Yanis Varoufakis
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
'The people of Britain chose Brexit – they did not choose which Brexit' Yanis Varoufakis, author most recently of Adults in the Room: My Battle with...
Dystopias: Trump’s First 100 Days
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's podcast we look at President Trump's first hundred days in office and the concurrent rise of interest in dystopian fiction. Will Rycro...
Scottish Books with Annalena McAfee, Rory Stewart and Denise Mina
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Scottish independence is back in the news at the same time as we're all still struggling to get our heads around what Brexit might look like. With wav...
February Podcast part 2 - Édouard Louis and Ross Raisin
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with part two of our February podcast and it's wonderful to have two authors to help us take a fresh look at masculinity and sexuality in t...
February Podcast part 1 - James Lasdun and John Burnside
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We were always going to mention love in our February podcast but worry not, there's no pink hearts or teddy bears here - only great books and authors ...
Costa Book Awards special
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vintage were thrilled to see Keggie Carew win the Biography category of the Costa Awards for Dadland whilst Alice Oswald scooped the Poetry award for ...
Xiaolu Guo on her moving memoir Once Upon a Time in the East
28 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born her parents hand her over to a c...
Vintage Classics: The Russians, Anne Brontë and Angela Carter
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're beginning 2017 with a bumper podcast filled with classic goodness. Translator Robert Chandler and author Cathy Rentzenbrink join Alex Clark to d...
2017 New fiction: Karl Geary on his debut Montpelier Parade
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The debut novel from Karl Geary introduces us to Sonny and Vera, a young man and an older woman who meet and forge an unconventional relationship in t...
2017 preview with Jen Campbell
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Midnight approaches and we're about to welcome in a new year. The great news is that a new year means new books, oodles of them. Alex Clark and Will R...
Christmas with Jeanette Winterson and Ruth Padel
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A stocking crammed full of goodness this month with a Books of the Year chat with Jen Campbell; Ruth Padel on her new collection, Tidings, and Jeanett...
Murakami on Music - Vintage Podcast Live at Spiritland
15 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the publication of Haruki Murakami’s Absolutely on Music, VINTAGE held an afternoon of music and discussion at Spiritland in King’s C...
Antoine Leiris and Cathy Rentzenbrink in conversation
13 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
One night last winter, Antoine Leiris was at home looking after his son while his wife, Hélène, was at a concert with friends. Suddenly he started r...
Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan on Transformations
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Two authors take their inspiration from Shakespeare and create something entirely new. This month's podcast looks at transformations and allows you th...
Irvine Welsh and Marlon James in conversation
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Winner of the Man Booker prize in 2015, Marlon James, met with Irvine Welsh at the Hay Festival this year and they both spoke with Alex Clark about th...
Far & Away by Andrew Solomon - Off The Page
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a fascinating interview Andrew Solomon, a journalist and essayist of remarkable perception and prescience, talks about the single conversation that...
Man Booker Prize 2016 - David Szalay on All That Man Is
13 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate its place on the shortlist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize we have an interview with David Szalay about his novel All That Man Is. Is the m...
Yuval Noah Harari on Homo Deus
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of ch...
The Gardener and The Carpenter by Alison Gopnik - Off The Page
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call ‘parenting’ is a surprisingly new invention. In The Gardene...
Against Elections by David Van Reybrouck - Off The Page
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Fear-mongering populists, distrust in the establishment, personality contests instead of reasoned debate: these are the results of the latest election...
Flaneuse by Lauren Elkin - Off The Page
22 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to talk about Flâneuse than to walk the streets of London with author Lauren Elkin. We stroll through Bloomsbury to talk about Virgin...
SUMMER READING with Andrew Solomon, Simon Savidge, Emma Cline, Ruth Ware and more
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clark and Will Rycroft are joined in the studio by blogger Simon Savidge to discuss what makes the perfect summer read; we go around the world wi...
The Girl Who Beat ISIS - Off The Page
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mount...
June Podcast - Sport with Raphael Honigstein, Danny Kelly, Richard Askwith, and Anders Ericsson
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A summer of sport beckons and we have a podcast to compete. Raphael Honigstein and Danny Kelly talk football ahead of Euro 2016; how did Germany effec...
May Podcast: MEN with Rose Tremain, Rebecca Asher, Juno Dawson and David Szalay
20 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a crisis in masculinity? What does male friendship look like? Do gender norms harm both sexes and what can we do to challenge them? A wide-ra...
The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon - Off The Page
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Haddon reads from and talks about his debut story collection, The Pier Falls. Why has it taken him so long to want to write in the short form and...
April Podcast: Greece with Yanis Varoufakis, Owen Jones, Alex Andreou and Caroline Alexander
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking you to Greece in this month's podcast and also on another journey through time. Yanis Varoufakis talks with Owen Jones about his life as ...
Alex Andreou, The Magic Bayleaf - Off The Page
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Andreou, winner of the inaugural Jane Grigson Trust Award, chats to Alex Clark and Will Rycroft about the food of his childhood, his mother's str...
Juliet Nicolson, A House Full Of Daughters - Off The Page
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this special podcast Alex Clark is given a unique tour of Sissinghurst Castle by Juliet Nicholson, whose new book, A House Full of Daughters, detai...
March Podcast: Anthony Quinn, Sarah Bakewell and Juliet Nicolson
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
1930's Paris, post-war London and the '60s in Sissinghurst; we've slipped the shackles of the studio for this month's podcast and gone on location for...
February Podcast: LOVE with Louis de Bernières, Lucy Kalanithi and Anna Jean Hughes
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
No flowers, no chocolates, but all the right words. This is what we talk about when we talk about love - on the Vintage podcast. This month Alex Clark...
Podcast Special: Julian Barnes and Suzanne Dean
22 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author Julian Barnes and Vintage Creative Director Suzanne Dean have been working together for 20 years. To mark the publication of their latest colla...
January Podcast: DJ Taylor, Sarah Howe, Julian Barnes and 2016 preview
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone's a critic in this month's podcast. Alex Clark and Will Rycroft get tips from London's booksellers on the hot titles to look out for this yea...
Christmas Podcast: 2015 Review with Anne Enright, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie & Andrew McMillan
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Vintage Podcast is ringing the changes; new music, new format - same great authors and books. Join Alex Clark and Will Rycroft as they look back a...
Podcast: Hogarth Shakespeare with Jeanette Winterson and Howard Jacobson
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the launch of the Hogarth Shakespeare project, in which today's best-loved authors create new novels based on the plays of Shakespeare, w...
Podcast: Wilderness Festival Special
26 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
August skys may have turned to rain but this month's podcast takes you back to a glorious summer weekend and the Vintage Live event at the Wilderness ...
Podcast: The Spirits Special with Richard Godwin and Sipsmith
13 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a special podcast we visit the Sipsmith distillery with Richard Godwin, author of The Spirits, to discover first of all how gin is made, before hea...
Podcast: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 150th Anniversary Special
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This month in 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring John Tenniel's classic illustrations, was published for the very first time (the editio...
Podcast: Page to Screen
11 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This month we have stars in our eyes as Alex Clark talks to Deborah Moggach and Sadie Jones about seeing their work adapted for the screen and to Harr...
Podcast: Fiction special
20 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
May was a bumper month for fiction so this month's podcast focuses on three brilliant novels. Alex Clark talks to Kirsty Logan about her magical debut...
Podcast: Irvine Welsh Special
01 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The latest podcast from Vintage is an Irvine Welsh special. Alex Clark interviews the man himself about his latest novel, A Decent Ride, which sees th...
Podcast: MATHS with Cedric Vallani, Tom McCarthy & Rob Eastaway
31 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Put down your pens and pick up your protractor, this month Alex Clark delves inside the world of maths with Cedric Villani, Tom McCarthy and Rob Easta...
Podcast: LOVE with Nicci Cloke, Philippa Rice and Clancy Martin.
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this love themed podcast, Alex Clark explores why lying might be the key to a successful love life; we’ll be telling love stories in reverse; and...
Podcast: Get Writing!
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Want to start writing in 2015? Alex Clark speaks to the winners and judges of some of Vintage's writing competitions including the Bodley Head and Fin...
Podcast: PRIZES with Richard Flanagan, Helen MacDonald, Anna Krien, Colin Barrett, Liz Berry
11 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clark celebrates a vintage year for literary prizes, interviewing the winning authors of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Samuel Johnson Prize f...
Podcast: Here Come the Boys!
11 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Thirlwell, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Yuval Noah Harari join Alex Clark for a men's special in celebration of International Men's Day.Follow us on t...
Podcast: London Design Week
16 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Join Alex Clark in a special Vintage Design Podcast as she talks to renowned designers Pascal Anson and Dominic Wilcox, whose books Ordinary Made Extr...
Podcast: Ian McEwan & Martin Amis in Conversation
02 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ian McEwan and Martin Amis are two old friends - who also happen to be literary superstars. Listen to them discuss their thought-provoking new books, ...
Podcast: Man Booker Prize Special
26 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clark talks to five Man Booker 2014 shortlisted authors from across Penguin Random House in this special episode featuring past winner Howard Jac...
Podcast: WW1 Centenary with Sebastian Faulks, Emily Mayhew & Brian Turner
19 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A special World War One literature podcast to mark the centenary of when Britain entered the Great War. Alex Clark is joined by Sebastian Faulks, Emil...
Podcast: CYCLING with Tim Moore, Max Leonard & Ellis Bacon
30 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's a bumper year for British cycling as the Tour de France hits our shores. In a cycling special, Alex Clark talks to Tim Moore about slogging aroun...
Podcast: CHINA with Xiaolu Guo, Evan Osnos & Jung Chang
20 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest this June, Alex Clark talks to Xiaulo Guo, one of Granta’s Best of Young British Noveli...
Podcast: FEMINISM feat. The Vagenda & Sally Heathcote: Suffragette
09 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clark charts the UK feminist movement from the Suffragettes to today’s fourth-wave feminism in this podcast special. She talks to the founders ...
Podcast: Irvine Welsh & slang lexicographer Jonathon Green
29 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to listen to an exclusive interview with Irvine Welsh about his new novel The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins and to delve into the world of a slan...
Podcast: International Women's Day Special
14 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the March Vintage podcast with Alex Clark we hear from some on Vintage’s new female authors to celebrate International Women’s Day. With Lauren...
Podcast: David Epstein, Jennifer Clement & Trevor Cox
18 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In our February Vintage Podcast with Alex Clark we explore how and why humans excel with David Epstein, a new novel by Jennifer Clement paints a vivid...