Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali Smith, Har Kunzru, Rachel Kushner, Katie Kitamura, Elif Shafak, Claire-Louiose Bennett, Leïla Simoni, Ian Dunt, David Runciman, Richard Powers, Eimear McBride, Armando Iannucci, Lauren Grodd, Lauren Elkin, Recebcca Solnit, John Berger, Hollie McNish, Michael Pedersen, Rob Doyle, Philippe Sands, George Saunders, Edouard Louis, Rachel Cusk, Preti Taneja, Alejandro Zambra, DBC Pierre, Meg Mason, Sandra Newman, David Simon, Joshua Cohen, Geoff Dyer, David Wallce-Wells, Emul Saint-John Mandel, Mohsin Hamid, Tess Gunty, A.M. Homes, John Higgs, Miriam Toews, Kamila Shamsie, Annie Ernaux, William Boyd, David Keenan, Jonathan Coe, Coco Mellors, Tom Mustill, Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Churchwell, Katy Hessel, Don Paterson, Elizabeth McCracken, Meena Kandasamy, Aleksandar Hemon, Catherine Lacey, Xiaolu Guo, M. John Harrison, Dolly Adderton, Hernan Diaz, Kathryn Scanlan, Ben Lerner, Isabel Waidner, Nick Laird, Adam Thirlwell, Mark O'Connell, Marie Darrieussecq, Jo Ann Beard, C Pam Zhang, Naomi Klein...and many, many more. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 1 for... Ulysses by James Joyce. The unabridged text, read by more than a hundred writers, artists, comedians and musicians Season 2 for... Bloomcast. A deep-dive into the text with Adam Biles, Alice McCrum and Lex Paulson, as well as other bonus episodes. To celebrate a hundred years since Sylvia Beach published James Joyce’s Ulysses, and to encourage readers to engage (or re-engage) with this spirited, funny, life-changing book, Shakespeare and Company, Paris—in partnership with Penguin Classics and Hay Festival—created an ensemble recording of the unabridged text, released as a free podcast between the centenary of the publication on 2nd February 2022 and Bloomsday on June 16 2022. Read by more than a hundred writers, artists, comedians and musicians from all over the world— including Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Fry, Pete Buttigieg, Kae Tempest, Ben Okri, Ali Smith, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley and many, many more... (full cast list below)—Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses is a polyphonic and diverse celebration of this Modernist masterwork. Conceived and produced by Adam Biles, Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company, Paris Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com Buy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulysses Find out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/home Featuring (in order): Will Self Jeanette Winterson Paul Murray Ishion Hutchinson Caoilinn Hughes Eddie Izzard Lola Peploe Nathan Englander Joe Dunthorne Kate Stables Jarred McGinnis Nicholson Baker Richard Barnett Amy Sackville Chigozie Obioma Erica Wagner Patrick Marber Claire-Louise Bennett Aleksandar Hemon Ryan Van Winkle Cressida Brown Holly Pester Adam Thirlwell Catherine Lacey Ciaran Farrell Lauren Elkin Andrew Hankinson Conor Horgan Andy Miller Preti Taneja Salena Godden Sinéad Gleeson Luke Kennard Sophie Gorman Nicole Flattery John Freeman Aysegul Savas Daniel Levin Becker John Butler John Mitchinson Sigrid Rausing Max Porter Eimear McBride Keith Ridgway Philip Hoare Deborah Landau Karthika Nair Cerys Matthews DBC Pierre Katharina Volckmer  Mark O’Connell Marcel Theroux Sylvia Whitman & David Delannet Lenny Kaye Sarah Churchwell Olivia Laing Katie Kitamura Ali Smith Keri Walsh Lesley Blume Patrick Hastings Ben Okri Colm Toibin Chloe Aridjis Stephen Fry Douglas Stuart Pete Buttigieg Tara Mulholland Paul Muldoon S&Co Table Readers (Anne Bielec, Ben Brown, Amanda Dennis, Linda Fallon, Heather Heartley, Octavia Horgan, Conor Lee Bourke, Lex Paulson, Kate Poston, Francesca Reece) David Keenan Tom McCarthy David Szalay Jesse Ball Carter Bays James Gregor Will Burns Declan McCavana Greg Proops Jennifer Canada Sam Jordison Eloise Millar Hollie McNish Michael Pedersen Jonathan Safran Foer Sasha Foer Ethan Hawke Rob Doyle Roisin Kiberd Lucy Sante Caitlinn O Keefe Deborah Levy Meena Kandasamy Joanna Lumley Susan Philipz Sylvia Whitman Bonnie Greer Emilie Pine Margaret Atwood Kae Tempest Lou Doillon Sally Rooney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.