Papertrail Podcast

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Papertrail Podcast Podcast

Papertrail is a monthly interview series with writers and creatives about the books they love. Writers suggest three books which have made an impression on them and then discuss all three with the show's hosts. Perfect for avid readers looking for book recommendations and insights into their favourite authors.

  1. Papertrail Christmas Episode - 2019

    25/12/2019

    Papertrail Christmas Episode - 2019

    Season's greetings, everyone! Join Sophie and Alex as they discuss some of their favourite books from the year, including a round-up of what they read for the show in 2019. Papertrail is going on hiatus for the first half of 2019, but there are plenty of episodes in the back-catalogue so gorge yourself on them and we'll see you in the future for 'season 2'. Happy holidays! Sophie's Choices: Cassandra At The Wedding - Dorothy Baker Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich Thus Were Their Faces - Silvina Ocampo From the show: Prater Violet - Christopher Isherwood This Is Not A Novel - David Markson Constellations - Sinéad Gleeson Alex's Choices: Ombria in Shadow - Patricia A McKillip The Fisherman - John Langan Doggerland - Ben Smith From the show: Homesick For Another World - Otessa Moshfegh Grief Is The Thing With Feathers - Max Porter The Snow Leopard - Peter Matthiessen   MUSIC BY: SCOTT GRATTON

    1h 17m

  2. 09/12/2019

    Lucia Osborne-Crowley on Sophie Mackintosh, Sinéad Gleeson, and Leslie Jamison

    Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a writer and journalist. Her news reporting and literary work has appeared in Granta, the Sunday Times, HuffPost UK, the Guardian, and others. ‘I Choose Elena’ is her first book. Lucia's Book Choices: Make It Scream Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison Constellations: Reflections from life by Sinéad Gleeson The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh You can follow Lucia on twitter @LuciaOC_ If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

    1h 23m

  3. 25/11/2019

    Anna Sherman on Sanshiro, Ghosts of the Tsunami, and The Snow Leopard

    Anna Sherman was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied Greek and Latin at Wellesley College and at Lincoln College, Oxford. The Bells of Old Tokyo is her first book. Anna's Book Choices: Sanshiro by Natsume Sōseki Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Parry The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen You can follow Anna on twitter @anna_charlbury If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

    60 min

  4. 14/10/2019

    Season Butler on Toni Morrison, Leonora Carrington, and Aldous Huxley

    Season is a London and Berlin-based writer, performance artist and teacher, and an associate producer of the I'm With You art collective. She works as a dramaturg, mentor, sensitivity editor and workshop facilitator in Creative Writing, Performance Practice and Theory, and difference-consciousness training for the arts and heritage sector. Cygnet is her first novel. Season's Book Choices: Island by Aldous Huxley The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison You can follow Season on twitter @season_butler If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

    1h 0m

  5. 17/09/2019

    Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou on Alan Moore, Craig Thompson, and Mike Figgis

    Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is a Writer, a Comics Letterer, and the Eisner Award-Winning Editor of PanelxPanel. He has written for screen and for comics, and also runs the excellent Strip Panel Naked on YouTube. Hass's Book Choices: Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons Blankets by Craig Thompson Digital Filmmaking by Mike Figgis You can follow Hass on Twitter @HassanOE If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

    1h 3m

  6. 12/08/2019

    Hannah Sullivan on: Rachel Cusk, Christopher Isherwood, and Robert Lowell

    Hannah Sullivan is a poet and academic currently working at Oxford University. Her first collection of poetry, Three Poems, was published in 2018 and won the T.S. Eliot Prize. Hannah's Book Choices: Coventry: Essays by Rachel Cusk Prater Violet by Christopher Isherwood Notebook by Robert Lowell You can find out more about Hannah on her website. If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

    60 min

  7. 15/07/2019

    Fiona Mozley on: Ursula K LeGuin, Cormac McCarthy, and Amy Sackville

    Fiona’s debut novel, Elmet, is set in Yorkshire and explores what happens when a family’s idyllic, self-sufficient life is interrupted by the world outside of them. The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Ondaatje Prize and was also longlisted for the Dylan Thomas and Womens prize. Fiona is currently working on her second novel. Fiona's Book Choices: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. LeGuin Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Painter To The King by Amy Sackville You can follow Fiona on twitter @fjmoz If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show. You can also support us financially by donating to our Patreon/Steady page, or by buying a book through our affiliate programme. For more information. Click here.

    53 min

  8. 11/06/2019

    Nicole Flattery on: Maggie Nelson, Mary Gaitskill, and Lorrie Moore

    Nicole is a fiction and non-fiction writer, her work has appeared in The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, The Irish Times, and on BBC 4. She won the 2017 White Review Short Story Prize with her short story ‘Track’. Her short story collection, ‘Show Them A Good Time’ is out now. Nicole's Book Choices: Veronica by Mary Gaitskill The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson Self-Help by Lorrie Moore You can follow Nicole on Twitter @nicoleflattery Please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

    59 min
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Papertrail is a monthly interview series with writers and creatives about the books they love. Writers suggest three books which have made an impression on them and then discuss all three with the show's hosts. Perfect for avid readers looking for book recommendations and insights into their favourite authors.

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  • Creator
    Alex Blott
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2019
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Papertrail Podcast

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