The Faber Podcast
The Faber Podcast 7: Kathleen Burk & Michael Bywater
Our December podcast is a festive special. As consumption reaches its annual peak, Kathleen Burk and Michael Bywater, co-authors of Is This Bottle Corked?, share with us their love of wine and the stories wine inspires, and make us thirsty along the way.
The Faber Podcast 6: Paul Auster & Nadeem Aslam
In the sixth edition of the Faber Podcast, recorded before Barack Obama's victory at the polls, Paul Auster discusses his latest novel 'Man in the Dark', set in an America following a different course after a fictional, alternative 2000 Presidential Election result. We also speak to Nadeem Aslam about 'The Wasted Vigil' and the brutal realities of Afghanistan's recent history.
The Faber Podcast 5: James Bradley & Mark Thompson
'The White War' is Mark Thompson's fascinating study of the forgotten Italian front during WWI. For our latest podcast Thompson explores further the repercussions of the conflict on the Italian nation - psychological, cultural and political. We also speak to James Bradley about his gothic chiller 'The Resurrectionist' and the grisly subjects of grave robbing and dissection.
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A Faber Podcast Special: An Interview with Sebastian Barry
In this extended interview, Sebastian Barry speaks about the many histories of Ireland and, even closer to home, remnants of his own family history to be found in his new book 'The Secret Scripture' in the fictional shape of Roseanne McNulty, one of the novel's two narrators, confined to an asylum for sixty years.
The Faber Podcast 4: Andrew Sean Greer & Stephen Armstrong
In this month's Faber Podcast our interviewer, George Miller, talks to authors Andrew Sean Greer about 'The Story of a Marriage', in which 1950s American suburban lives are turned upside down by the arrival of a stranger, and to Stephen Armstrong, whose new book 'War plc' exposes the rise of the new corporate mercenary.
The Faber Podcast 1: Richard T. Kelly, Jenna Bailey & Hanif Kureishi
In the first Faber Podcast Richard T. Kelly discusses 1990s Britain and the North-East in 'Crusaders'; Jenna Bailey reveals more about the Cooperative Correspondence Club featured in 'Can Any Mother Help Me?'; and Hanif Kureishi divulges more about mid-life crisis and his new novel, 'Something To Tell You'.
The Faber Podcast 2: Adam Mars-Jones, Frances Wilson & Peter Carey
In the second Faber Podcast we speak to Adam Mars-Jones about the long-anticipated 'Pilcrow'; biographer Frances Wilson tells us more about the poet's wife, Dorothy Wordsworth; and double Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey, on a visit from New York, drops in to tell us more about Australia and counterculture in 'His Illegal Self'.
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The Faber Podcast 3: Sebastian Barry & Stefan Merrill Block
Recovering the past, from forgetting and suppression, is a central theme of both books by authors featured in the third Faber Podcast. In the Booker-longlisted 'The Secret Scripture' Sebastian Barry tries to make sense of Ireland's past through Roseanne McNulty, whilst in 'The Story of Forgetting' Stefan Merrill Block weaves a genetic history of early-onset Alzheimer's through his characters' lives.
A Faber Podcast Special: An Interview with Junot Diaz
In this special Faber Podcast recorded in March 2008, we spoke to Junot Diaz about his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao', discussing ideas of race and identity, and Central American mythology.