Musings on the Book, Literature, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Collecting, Media, Life and the Arts, and Audio Interviews from The Biblio File radio program pertaining to same by a writer, broadcaster, bibliophile.
Below are the names of authors and ‘book people’ who have, over the past several years, been interviewed for The Biblio File RadioShow/Podcast. Conversations typically run for between twenty and fifty minutes .
To listen, simply type a name into the search box to the right, and click on the arrow icon at the bottom of the applicable ‘audio’ post:
AUTHORS
Margaret Atwood of LongPen fame. Tim Parks Italy-based Nobel disdaining British Author James O. Born Crime fiction writer/cop, Elmore Leonard fact checker Wayson Choy, Charming, death defying Trillium Award winner Sherwin Tjia young rousing Rabelasian Montreal poet, wears capes during sex David Gilmour Dynamite GG Award winning Cdn author/broadcaster Tim Winton Booker shorted Aussie icon with home library made from weir wood James Meek, non-Russian Scottish/British Author Andrew Miller IMPAC winning novelist born in Bristol Paul Muldoon Pulitzer prize winning Irish American Poet. Tracy Quan Erudite former prostitute author of Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl Anne DeGrace Canadian novelist whose first did anything but Derek Walcott Nobel Prize winning St. Lucia born poet Amanda Earl, erotica writer Lisa Moore, Unchanging Alligator from Newf Ramona Dearing, Newfoundland Short Story Writer and CBCer Linda Holeman Winnipeg-based Canadian Novelist Madeleine Thien, Graceful Canadian Novelist Peter Behrens Maine livin’ Cdn GG Award Winning Novelist John Burnside, Disarming Scottish Poet, Novelist Michael Crummey, Newfoundland Historical Novelist Christopher Pratt, Renowned Canadian Painter, and poet C.S. Richardson, Much lauded Canadian Illustrator and author Benoit Duteurtre "Anarchic controversial" French novelist ELias Khoury Lebanese Novelist, Journalist. Scott Griffin, Author, Owner Anansi Press, Founder Griffin Prize for Poetry Tom Harpur Writer on religion and ethical issues. Prof. University of Toronto Don Nichol Prof Memorial University Newfoundland, Publishing copyright expert Stephen Weiner Director Maynard Public Library, Mass. Graphic Novels expert Sally Cooper Novelist, interested in fuzzy lines of moral consent Larry McMurtry Book ranching novelist, Oscar-winning screenwriter. Andrew O’Hagan, Charming Scot Glenn Patterson, Place conscious Irishman Donald Antrim, Insightful New Yorker James Meek (2), Ascending Londoner Rawi Hage, IMPACaward winning Lebanese Montrealer Lindsey Davis, Popular Roman Crime Thriller writer Andre Alexis,Thoughtful Canadian/Trinidadian/Ottawan Alaa El Aswany, Best Selling Egyptian Dentist John Hollander, Renowned American Poet/Critic Margot Livesey,Cultured, Scottish, Canadian, American novelistJaap Blonk, Dutch Composer, Sound Poet. Harlan Coben, multi-award winning, hugely popular crime fiction writer Irene Gammel smart, attractive, Lucy Maud Montgomery enthusiast/biographer Mirium Toews uncomplicated, best-selling award-winning Canadian author Patricia K. Macarthy, author of three novels, to date, about vampires Margaret Visser author fascinated by everyday life Michael Lista gifted young Montreal poet Rebecca Rosenblum gifted young Toronto short story writer Joseph Boyden Canadian (!) author, bridging aboriginal-white, North-South gap Nam Le Aussie author of The Boat, winner of the 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize Rivka Galchen Canadian born American M.D. author of Atmospheric Disturbances, Aleksandar Hemon passionate about The Lazarus Project Nadeem Aslam on The Wasted Vigil Joe Dunthorne on Submarine Victoria Glendinning on biography Ross Raisin on Out Backward Tanja Jacobs on Beckett’s Happy Days. Booker Prizewinner Anne Enright, (Nam Le and Rebecca Rosenblum too) on Flannery O’Connor and the short storyJunot Diaz on Oscar Wao and genocide, Andre Brink on Aparthied, Damon Galgot on South Africa, Margie Orford on prisoners writing, Robert Bringhurst on book design, Zoe Heller on belief, Nino Ricci on Piere Trudeau, M.G. Vassanji on Mordecai Richler, Margaret Macmillan on Stephen Leacock, and how to write history, Ha Jin on the immigrant as writer, A.B. Yehoshua on marriage and Friendly Fire, Chris Cleave on dialects, Little Bee and the plight of the refugee, Terry Griggs on comedic mysteries, David Mitchell on the structure of novels and platypus(i)es, Galway Kennel on Poe and Dickenson, Yann Martel on Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Nicholson Baker on the future of the book, Adam Thorpe on Robin Hood, A.L. Kennedy on How to be Funny, Richard Holloway on Religion. Jane Urquhart on Lucy Maud Montgomery,
TRANSLATORS
Mingqiang Xu CEO River Press, Chinese-English Translation Liuse Von Flotow, Translator. Professor, Ottawa University Lydia Davis, Proust translator, Short Story Writer.
EDITORS
Jonathon Green Very amusing, world-renowned expert on slang/jargon. Ian Brookes Editor, Chambers Dictionary John Metcalf Ottawa based writer, sharp as a Porcupine’s Quill. Very Hard Science Fiction editors David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.
DESIGNERS, ILLUSTRATORS
Barbara Reid, Plastacine loving Children’s Book illustrator. C.S. Richardson, one of Canada’s leading book designers. Anke Feuchtenberger, one of Germany’s leading comic illustrator/political poster artists.
THE BOOK TRADE
PUBLISHERS, Etc.
Stephen Page CEO and Publisher of FaberJamie Byng Publisher, Canongate Kensel Tracy Self-Publisher Michael Cader Founder publishersmarketplace.com Curt Mathews CEO, Independent Publishers Group Kevin Smokler Publishing Consultant, Editor Bookmark Now Dave Carhart VP, Director Warehouse Operations, Kathryn Court, President, Penguin Group (USA) Tosca Reno/Robert Kennedy successful self-publishers Les Petriw knowledgeable book distribution expert. Stephen Johnson, Managing Director Random House Struik, South Africa. Tom Doherty, Publisher/Owner Tor/Forge Books.
BOOK CONSERVATORS, PAPER MAKERS, PRINTERS, BOOK ARTISTS Etc.
Kyla Ubbink Book and paper conservator working in Ottawa, Canada David Curruthers, owner proprietor of St. Armand Papers in Montreal. Claire Van Vliet, Proprietor, The Janus Press.
LITERARY AGENTS
Gill Coleridge, British literary agent represents Rushdie, Ishiguro, McEwan…
BOOK SELLERS
Steven Temple, Legendary Proprietor of Steven Temple Books, Toronto Bill Samuel, Director Foyles bookstore, London; nephew of founder. Kate Wright Morris Representative of the ‘most famous bookstore in the world’ Peter Ellis Proprietor, Peter Ellis Bookseller Tony Roe Bookseller specializing in Art Fran Durako, Proprietor, Kelmscott Book Shop Jim Roberts, Proprietor,Book Ends Bookstore Phil Brown Rare Books Manager, Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford John Wronoski, Daring Proprietor, Lame Duck Books, Literary Archives Dealer. Larry McMurtry Word ranching Bookseller, novelist, Oscar-winning screenwriter. Patrick McGahern, much admired Canadian Antiquarian Bookseller. Craig Poile innovative independent Ottawa bookseller. Robert Rulon-Miller Highly regarded Minnesota-based antiquarian book dealer. Bob Fleck, Titan of the Books on Books category. Allen and Pat Ahearn, Famed price guide publishers.
INTERNET BOOK SEARCH & SALES
Greg Greely Vice President, Worldwide Media Division, Amazon Tom Turvey Director of Google Book Search partnerships Thiru Anandanpillai Sr. Product Manager, MSN Search Content Acquisition Boris Wertz former COO AbeBooks
CRITICS/REVIEWERS/MEDIA
Juliet Wragge-Morley Site Manager, www.contemporarywriters.com Martin Levin, Books Editor (Toronto) Globe and Mail Ken Rockburn Cdn. broadcaster CPAC. John Freeman, editor Granta magazine, former President, National Book Critics Circle. David Solway Frighteningly articulateCritic/Poet. Frank Wilson, Former Philly Inquirer Books Editor; brilliant book blogger Ed Pettit, reviewer, writer, Edgar Allan Poe Expert.Bob Hoover, Devoted Pittsburgh Gazette Books Editor. Eric Lorberer, Independent-loving Editor, RainTaxi. Worthy short story writer/editor critic John Metcalf on evaluative criticism. ThoughtfulMontreal poet/critic Carmine Starnino on evaluative criticism.
LIBRARIANS/ARCHIVISTS
Barbara Clubb City Librarian and CEO of the Ottawa Public Library Bernard Margolis President of the Boston Public Library Wendy Duff Dir of Grad Studies Information Studies Prof. Univ of Toronto John Cole Historian, President, Center for the Book, Library of Congress Lise Bissonnette, President and CEO Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec Richard Kuhta, Librarian The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. Derek Dreher, Director, Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia. Serge Belet Head of Exhibitions, Cdn Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Bruno Racine, President Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Rosemary Furtak, Librarian, the Walker Institute, Minneapolis. Keith Michael Fiels, Executive Director, American Library Association, Chicago.
BOOK COLLECTORS
Arthur Galwin has collected clocks and books on clocks for thirty years Dave Carhart, Book Collector, Tom Swift, Rover Boys John Metcalf on Canadian fiction Mark Samuels Lasner on John Lane The Bodley Head.
BOOK FAIRS/WRITERS FESTIVALS
Emma House, Manager London Bookfair Neil Wilson, Founding Director, Ottawa International Writers Festival Maggie Knaus Rockcliffe Bookfair Chairperson, talented photographer Serge Belet Head of Exhibitions, Cdn Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Beryl Barr used book sale guru in Ithaca, New York. Jenny Hobbs, Director, Franschhoek Literary Festival, South Africa.
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