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Highlights of 2011 | Podcast
Ted Hodgkinson
A compilation of some of the best readings of 2011, including Binyavanga Wainaina reading from his memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, Robert Coover’s reading of his online story ‘Vampire’ and Granta debut contributor Taiye Selasi's reading of ‘The Sex Lives of African Girls’.
Hiromi Kawakami | Podcast
Hiromi Kawakami, Anne Meadows & Asa Yoneda
‘Looking back, I never was aware of feeling that close to death, but actually if you think about it, just living every day there is a very small but definitely existing chance of death, whatever you're doing, wherever you are.’
International Prize for Arabic Fiction | Podcast
Saud Alsanousi & Ellah Alfrey
On Tuesday 23 April, in Abu Dhabi, Saud Alsanousi was announced winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
James Lasdun | Podcast
James Lasdun & Ted Hodgkinson
James Lasdun on his memoir, D.H. Lawrence and why finding a close reader can sometimes be a curse.
Jeanette Winterson | Podcast
Jeanette Winterson & Saskia Vogel
Jeanette Winterson reads from her new memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal, and her story ‘All I Know About Gertrude Stein’ from Granta 115: The F Word.
Jeet Thayil | Podcast
Jeet Thayil & Ted Hodgkinson
Jeet Thayil talked to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about being shortlisted for the Booker, the images of Christ woven into his novel Narcopolis and an unexpected digression on Blade Runner.
Jenni Fagan | Podcast
Ellah Allfrey & Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan speaks with Ellah Alfrey about the care system, her days in a band and how a library van nurtured her love of reading.
Jo Shapcott & George Szirtes | Podcast
Jo Shapcott & George Szirtes
Jo Shapcott reads her poem ‘Callisto’s Song’ and talks to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about what drew her to render Callisto’s tragic transformation, and George Szirtes explains why he was compelled by Actaeon’s wayward gaze.
Joanna Kavenna | Podcast
Joanna Kavenna & Ellah Allfrey
Ellah Alfrey talks with Joanna Kavenna about wanderlust, genre-hopping and Nietzsche.
John Barth | Podcast
John Barth
John Barth discusses discovering William Faulkner and Lawrence Sterne as a student, the parallels between writing and arranging music, what happened to postmodernism and waiting for the muse to call.
Jon McGregor | Podcast
Jon McGregor & Ted Hodgkinson
Jon McGregor on reworking his first published story from the female perspective, his enduring fascination with Lincolnshire and his new short story collection, This Isn’t The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You.
