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The Book Club
Literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented weekly by Sam Leith.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.5 stars from 312 ratings
Excellent podcast for book lovers
Always interesting, with a wide range of books and authors. Highly recommended.
gileden via Apple Podcasts · Israel · 08/30/24
A Fleet St nepo baby par excellence, Sam Leith is the OE wet who failed ever upwards. This podcast is dross but it is at least marginally better than his dribble p- output for the Speccie.
Miscellany via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/29/23
One of the very best
Sam Leith is a charming and terrifically informed and thoughtful reader and interviewer. This podcast never disappoints and is the best books cast I’ve found.
dbev79 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/12/22
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My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the writer, musician and editor Michael Moorcock, whose editorship of New Worlds magazine is widely credited with ushering in a 'new wave' of science fiction and developing the careers of writers like J G Ballard, Iain Sinclair, Pamela Zoline, Thomas M...
Published 11/13/24
Published 11/13/24
On this week's Book Club podcast we're celebrating the 100th anniversary of a landmark in children's publishing, When We Were Very Young — which represented the first collaboration between A A Milne and E H Shepard, who would (of course) go on to write an illustrate Winnie-the-Pooh. Sam Leith is...
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