Nurses have never been more important. In this episode, author Christie Watson is in conversation with Marverine Cole, discussing her nursing career of twenty years, motherhood, coping with life during a pandemic, and her new book. The Courage to Care is about inspirational nurses, and the bravery of patients and families, from the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness. In The Courage to Care Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' work. We benefit from nurses'...

In this episode we are celebrating Haruki Murakami, a writer who has been delighting readers with his unique blend of the surreal and the familiar for over 40 years. To mark the publication of new audio editions of Murakami's beloved works, here is a special extract from Norwegian Wood, a novel published in 1987, which turned him into a literary phenomenon and which continues to delight readers new and old. To find out more about the new audio editions of Murakami's works, you can search...

As part of our celebrations for Black History Month we are celebrating and spotlighting the stories from the book, Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant. Here's a special extract from the book which draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Find out more about Homecoming here: http://bit.ly/Homecoming_CG Listen to the Vintage...

Biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life, joins us on the Vintage Books Podcast to tell us more about the amazing world of fungi. We are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Vintage Books Podcast! Thank you so much for supporting us on this journey. Get in touch to share your favourite episode from the podcast! You can find us @vintagebooks on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook You can find out more about Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake...

Looking for your next Autumn read? Here's a special extract from There There by Tommy Orange! Find out more about the book here: http://bit.ly/ThereThereTO ᛫ Listen to the Vintage Books Podcast episode when we chatted to author Tommy Orange here: http://bit.ly/TommyOrangeVBP or search for 'How do you rewrite the story of a people? ᛫ Tommy Orange ᛫ Vintage Books Podcast' ᛫ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see...

We speak to Mohsin Zaidi all about his memoir, A Dutiful Boy ᛫ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant ᛫ Read the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1084998/mohsin-zaidi.html   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk to the translator of Stalingrad, the Russian Classic that is Vasily Grossman's prequel to Life and Fate ᛫ Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter ᛫ Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant ᛫ Read the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1090800/stalingrad/9780099561361.html   See acast.com/privacy...

Huge thanks to Tiffany Tsao (https://tiffanytsao.com) and Elisabeth Jaquette (http://www.elisabethjaquette.com) ᛫ Books mentioned:  Elizabeth’s translation of The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous ᛫ Tiffany’s translation of Paper Boats by Dee Lestari  ᛫ The Wandering by by Intan Paramaditha ᛫ More links to check out:  ᛫ Intersastra: https://www.intersastra.com/blog/unrepressed ᛫ Borderless book club: https://www.peirenepress.com/borderless-book-club/ ᛫  ᛫ Follow us on twitter:...

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We talk to the author of The See-Through House My Father in Full Colour about home, grief and what she's reading https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118046/the-see-through-house/9781784743109.html Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant   See acast.com/privacy for...

Crime writer Ruth Ware and Publicist Ryan talk all things crime, assumptions about genre and what's really lurking behind the curtains of one of the world's favourite genres! Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out...

What Have I Done? https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1117973/what-have-i-done-/9781529110210.html Write Now! penguin.co.uk/writenow  Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk to author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, David Quammen, about the current corona virus pandemic and break down it's key causes. Read the book! https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1079469/spillover/9780099522850.html Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Follow us on instagram: http://instagram.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes:...

Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Come and listen to Mother Ship: The Podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/3X0EcDBZVpPN29cm2ldars Mother Ship: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116702/mother-ship/9781784709464.html Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant For information regarding your data privacy,...

Actress by Anne Enright: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1118568/actress/9781787332065.html Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Check out Let Me Not Be Mad by A K Benjamin https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1082821/a-k-benjamin.html?tab=penguin-books Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We meet Deepa Anappara & An Yu, two incredible new debut authors from VINTAGE. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter Music is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episodes featured: Nine strangers and a natural catastrophe ᛫ Richard Powers https://play.acast.com/s/vintagepodcast/4eee90f4-8ae5-46ce-98a8-80eba4061611 The Testaments Book Club ᛫ Atwood's new novel discussed by Helen Lewis, Sanne Vliegenthart, Bookseller Jessica and Leena Norms https://play.acast.com/s/vintagepodcast/2f29d6ae-c378-4ad3-b41b-035bec599c99 Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive...

Thanks to West Sussex Libraries and Liverpool Library! Follow West Sussex libraries! ·     Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WestSussexLibraries ·     Twitter: @WSCCLibraries ·     Website: www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries Follow Liverpool Library! ·     Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/liverpoollib/ ·     Twitter: https://twitter.com/CentralLibrary_ ·     Website: https://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/central-library/ Books discussed:  Olive, Again by Elizabeth...

Take a look at all five in the Vintage Japanese Classics... https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/vincjap/vintage-classic-japanese-series.html Thanks to our guests:  Polly Barton https://twitter.com/pollyfmbarton https://www.pollybarton.net/ and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan  https://twitter.com/rowanhlb https://rowanhisayo.com/ Episode mentioned with Intan Paramaditha ... https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PfL1WDt2l4RXamDIb2V5N Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our...

Colin Grant talks about his passion to capture the stories of Windrush, and his incredible book Homecoming, which draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Take a closer look at the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116148/homecoming/9781787331051.html Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all...