Granta
Granta Magazine
From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each themed issue of Granta turns the attention of the world’s best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now. Our podcasts bring you readings and in-depth discussions with highly acclaimed authors and rising stars from the quarterly magazine of new writing.
Episodes
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Oct 8, 2012 • 51min
D.T. Max: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 35
D.T. Max on his biography: 'Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace'.
Aug 13, 2012 • 28min
Claire Vaye Watkins: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 34
Claire Vaye Watkins on her debut story collection Battleborn, finding ritual in relationships and drawing inspiration from cartoons, mythology and Paul Simon.
Jul 19, 2012 • 26min
Peter Stamm: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 33
Pete Stamm reads from his novel Seven Years and discusses imagining his characters as buildings and whether people, in life and in his fiction, can change.
Jul 13, 2012 • 43min
Jo Shapcott & George Szirtes: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 32
Poets Jo Shapcott and George Szirtes on their poems inspired by Titian's interpetations of Ovid.
Jun 29, 2012 • 45min
Sam Byers: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 31
Sam Byers talks about being introduced in Granta 119: Britain, turning office life into fiction and writing women.
Jun 15, 2012 • 27min
Rachel Seiffert: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 30
Rachel Seiffert talks to Yuka Igarashi about her new fiction in the Britain issue.
May 18, 2012 • 41min
Mark Haddon: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 29
Mark Haddon, author of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' talks about his latest novel, 'The Red House' and his story in Granta 119: Britain, 'The Gun'.
May 8, 2012 • 32min
Cynan Jones: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 28
Cynan Jones on writing about adolesence, what we can learn from animals and why he doesn't want to be seen as a Welsh writer.
Apr 19, 2012 • 21min
Mo Yan: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 27
Mo Yan talks to John Freeman at the London Book Fair about writing strong women and avoiding censorship.
Apr 5, 2012 • 58min
Andrés Neuman: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 26
Andres Neuman reads from his novel The Traveller of the Century and discusses translation, writing nineteenth century characters who smell and have sex and using a post modern aesthetic to tell an epic love story.
