The Book Collector Podcast

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Beloved by bibliophiles for nearly seventy years, The Book Collector is a quarterly journal and digital archive filled with erudite articles, beautiful illustrations, reviews, news, auction results and more. Subscribe at www.thebookcollector.co.uk

  1. Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini, by Victoria Dailey

    05/10/2024

    Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini, by Victoria Dailey

    This article, 'Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini', written by Victoria Dailey, was a popular inclusion in our Winter 2023 PMM special issue and is read by Kate Fleming. The podcast includes the full recipe for John Carter's Dry Martini read by James Fleming.

    23 min
  2. Visualising Dracula, by Simon Cooke

    10/26/2023

    Visualising Dracula, by Simon Cooke

    Written for our Summer 2021 issue, Visualising Dracula takes a look at the various illustrative interpretations of the iconic villain. It was written by Simon Cooke, and is read by Sarah Bennett

    18 min
  3. Bond Behind the Iron Curtain - Audiobook Teaser

    09/15/2023

    Bond Behind the Iron Curtain - Audiobook Teaser

    “One of the best things I have ever read on Bond” - The Guardian, 6/10/2021. Bond Behind the Iron Curtain, written and read by James Fleming. Ian Fleming's nephew explores previously unseen material translated from the languages of Russian and its communist satellites, detailing their attack on capitalism and the character and morals of the Western hero, 007. An astonishing story.

    10 min
  4. Shadowing Bond, by Philip Gooden

    07/26/2023

    Shadowing Bond, by Philip Gooden

    This article was published in The Book Collector's Summer 2023 issue. Written and read by Philip Gooden, it takes a look at some great works of Spy Fiction, the authors, characters and storylines that followed in the footsteps of Ian Fleming and James Bond.

    32 min
  5. Anthony Trollope and the Man from Wall Street, by John Saumarez Smith

    06/21/2023

    Anthony Trollope and the Man from Wall Street, by John Saumarez Smith

    Written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector's Autumn 2009 issue. Read by James Fleming. Visit www.thebookcollector.co.uk for more information about our quarterly journals and how to subscribe.

    14 min
  6. Tools of Execution, by John Saumarez Smith

    05/17/2023

    Tools of Execution, by John Saumarez Smith

    The first article written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector, from our Spring 2008 issue, looking at the library sales of some great collectors.

    13 min
  7. The Destruction of the Country House Library, by John Saumarez Smith

    05/03/2023

    The Destruction of the Country House Library, by John Saumarez Smith

    The latest in the JSS series from The Book Collector, this time read by James Fleming. John recalls the destruction of two country house libraries - Dropmore and Hampden in 1939 - in this article from The Book Collector's Spring 2009 issue.

    21 min
  8. Is this Mr Gulbenkian? by John Saumarez Smith

    04/12/2023

    Is this Mr Gulbenkian? by John Saumarez Smith

    Part of our 'JSS' series as Neil Pearson reads 'Is This Mr Gulbenkian?' from the Winter 2015 Issue, and a special copy of 'Poor Poems and Rotten Rhymes' by A. P. Herbert.

    13 min
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Beloved by bibliophiles for nearly seventy years, The Book Collector is a quarterly journal and digital archive filled with erudite articles, beautiful illustrations, reviews, news, auction results and more. Subscribe at www.thebookcollector.co.uk

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  • Creator
    The Book Collector
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    91
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