The Granta Podcast
Summary: The Granta podcast: author readings and interviews with the magazine's editors, as well as recordings from our events. Granta is the world's leading literary magazine, publishing the best in new fiction, reportage, poetry and photography four times a year. Visit www.granta.com for more.
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In this edition of the Granta Podcast we select some of the best readings of 2011, including Binyavanga Wainaina reading from his memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, Robert Coover’s reading of his online story‘Vampire’ and Granta debut contributor Taiye Selasi's reading of ‘The Sex Lives of African Girls’, from The F Word. After the readings stay tuned for some outtakes and extras, including an extract from a Liars League performance of New Voice Bilal Tanweer’s story ‘After That We Are Ignorant’,Lavinia Greenlaw reads her online poem ‘Saturday Night’ and Don DeLillo has an encounter with an unruly microphone.
In this edition of the Granta Podcast we select some of the best readings of 2011, including Binyavanga Wainaina reading from his memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, Robert Coover’s reading of his online story‘Vampire’ and Granta debut contributor Taiye Selasi's reading of ‘The Sex Lives of African Girls’, from The F Word. After the readings stay tuned for some outtakes and extras, including an extract from a Liars League performance of New Voice Bilal Tanweer’s story ‘After That We Are Ignorant’,Lavinia Greenlaw reads her online poem ‘Saturday Night’ and Don DeLillo has an encounter with an unruly microphone.
Don DeLillo and Paul Auster read from their work in Granta 117: Horror and discuss writing about 'impoverished characters' and living and writing about New York.
Don DeLillo and Paul Auster read from their work in Granta 117: Horror and discuss writing about 'impoverished characters' and living and writing about New York.
Binyavanga Wainaina talks to Ellah Allfrey about his memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, managing the expectations of an African readership and what to do with a negative review
Binyavanga Wainaina talks to Ellah Allfrey about his memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, managing the expectations of an African readership and what to do with a negative review
A recording from the London launch of Granta 117: Horror on November 2, featuring readings from contributors Mark Doty and Will Self and their discussion with Granta publisher Sigrid Rausing about blood, Dracula and the nature of addiction. The recording also features the questions and answers with the audience at Foyles bookshop.
A recording from the London launch of Granta 117: Horror on November 2, featuring readings from contributors Mark Doty and Will Self and their discussion with Granta publisher Sigrid Rausing about blood, Dracula and the nature of addiction. The recording also features the questions and answers with the audience at Foyles bookshop.
On this edition of the Granta fortnightly podcast, Robert Coover reads his story ‘Vampire’ (available on granta.com) and talks to Ted Hodgkinson about the intersection of myth and the modern world.
On this edition of the Granta fortnightly podcast, Robert Coover reads his story ‘Vampire’ (available on granta.com) and talks to Ted Hodgkinson about the intersection of myth and the modern world.
Lavinia Greenlaw reads several poems from her latest collection, The Casual Perfect and talks to Online Editor Ted Hodgkinson about her involvement in a new sound work, Audio Obscura.
Lavinia Greenlaw reads several poems from her latest collection, The Casual Perfect and talks to Online Editor Ted Hodgkinson about her involvement in a new sound work, Audio Obscura.
The Granta Fortnightly Podcast: the following is a recording of an event at Khaas House, Islamabad, at which Granta contributor Declan Walsh read from his essay ‘Jihad Redux’, which you can read in full in Granta 116: Ten Years Later and writer Cyril Almeida read from Tahar Ben Jelloun’s essay, ‘A Tale of Two Martyrs’, also in the issue.
The Granta Fortnightly Podcast: the following is a recording of an event at Khaas House, Islamabad, at which Granta contributor Declan Walsh read from his essay ‘Jihad Redux’, which you can read in full in Granta 116: Ten Years Later and writer Cyril Almeida read from Tahar Ben Jelloun’s essay, ‘A Tale of Two Martyrs’, also in the issue.
The Granta Fortnightly Podcast: Ellah Allfrey talks to writer Pico Iyer about his run-ins with security officials the world over, both pre and post-9/11. This recording was from a live event at Asia House as part of the launch for Ten Years Later.
