The Libreria Podcast

Libreria, a bookshop by Second Home, is an independent bookshop in Shoreditch, London. We help you discover new books and ideas to encourage interdisciplinary thinking. In the shop, we curate our books to maximise serendipity – our shelves are arranged according to broad themes like 'Wanderlust', ‘Enchantment for Disenchanted’ and ‘The City’, so you’re constantly encountering titles you might not have come across otherwise.In this podcast, Libreria does the same for your ears – interviewing interesting writers and thinkers to discover their influences and ideas.

The Libreria Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Libreria Bookshop, with 58 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Libreria Bookshop hosts The Libreria Podcast, a arts show with 58 episodes published.

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  Episode #61

  Lili Is Crying - Kate Briggs and Holly Pester discuss Hélène Bessette’s work and legacy.

  Aug 24, 202542 minS0

  <p>In this episode we are listening to writer and translator Kate Briggs and poet, writer and scholar Holly Pester discuss Hélène Bessette’s Lili Is Crying, which has been translated by Kate and published in the UK by Fitzcarraldo Editions.</p><p><br>Hélène Bessette (1918–2000) published thirteen novels with Gallimard between 1953 and 1973, won the Cazes prize in 1954 and was twice in the running for the Goncourt prize and the Médicis prize.</p><p>Kate Briggs grew up in Somerset, UK, and lives and works in Rotterdam, NL, where she founded and co-runs the writing and publi...

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  Episode #60

  Learning From Animals – Adam Weymouth and Jay Griffiths, in conversation with Libreria's Lloyd Sowerbutts

  Jul 5, 202532 minS0

  <p>In this episode we are listening to acclaimed writers Adam Weymouth and Jay Griffiths  discuss their new books, Lone Wolf and How Animals Heal Us. which was recorded live in the bookshop. </p><p><br></p><p>From Adam Weymouth, the winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, comes Lone Wolf, an epic walk across the Alps in the footsteps of a wolf, throwing unique light on Europe's mountainous hinterlands at a moment of political and environmental change.</p><p><br></p><p>In 2011, a young wolf named Slavc set out from Slovenia. Tracked by GP...

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  Episode #59

  Spontaneous Acts – Yoko Tawada and Tice Cin, in conversation at Libreria

  May 7, 202538 minS0

  <p>In this episode we are listening to critically acclaimed writer Yoko Tawada and interdisciplinary artist Tice Cin discuss Yoko’s novel Spontaneous Acts. which was recorded live in the bookshop. </p><p><br></p><p>In Spontaneous Acts, Patrik is a literary researcher living in Berlin, a city just coming back to life after lockdown. Though his beloved opera houses are open again, Patrik cannot leave the house and hardly manages to get out of bed.</p><p><br></p><p>He is supposed to give a paper at a conference in Paris, on the poetry collection Threadsuns by Pau...

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  Episode #58

  Entitlement – Rumaan Alam and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversation.

  Nov 11, 202445 minS0

  <p>In this episode we are listening to Rumaan Alam and Lloyd Sowerbutts discuss Rumaan’s recent novel Entitlement, which was recorded in October 2024, at Bloomsbury Publishing’s Headquarters in Central London.</p><p>The discussion touches on money, the role of the state, the value attributed to commodities, canonical authors, and being outwitted by the intentions of a novel.</p><p><br></p><p>Rumaan Alam is the author of four novels: Leave the World Behind, That Kind of Mother, Rich and Pretty, and Entitlement. He also hosts two podcasts for Slate.  Leave the World Behind was acclaimed by book...

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  Episode #57

  Scattered – Aamna Mohdin and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversation

  Aug 15, 20241h 6mS0

  <p>In this episode we welcome Aamna Mohdin to discuss her memoir, Scattered: The Making and Unmaking of a Refugee.</p><p><br></p><p>Aamna is the Guardian’s first community affairs correspondent, reporting on the social, political and economic experiences of the UK’s diverse communities, with a focus on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Aamna spent her early years in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the Netherlands, before arriving in the UK aged seven.</p><p><br></p><p>Aamna is the winner of the British Journalism Award 2022 and her journalism has been s...

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