Literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry t
Sam's guest in this week’s Spectator Books is Peter Pomerantsev. Peter lived in Moscow for a decade
In this week’s Spectator Books podcast Sam's guest is Jung Chang — whose latest book is the gripping
Sam's guest in this week’s books podcast is Benjamin Moser, author of an acclaimed new biography of
This week’s podcast features the Israeli writer Etgar Keret, talking about his new collection of sho
Sam's guest in this week’s podcast is the Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, whose latest novel 10 Minute
This week's books podcast was recorded live at a Spectator event in Central London. Sam's guest is t
Eighty years on from the start of the Second World War, Sam's guest in this week’s podcast is Ian Sa
My guest on this week’s Books Podcast is the poet and playwright Lemn Sissay. Lemn’s new memoir My N
Even books editors have to go on holiday sometimes, so Spectator Books is taking a hiatus for a coup
In this week’s books podcast, we’re getting Romantic. Sam is joined by the writer Adam Nicolson and
The star New York Times columnist David Brooks has never been afraid to go beyond the usual remit of
Pigeons: revolting pests who can’t tell the difference between fag-butts and chips, right? Not so, a
There’s nobody who writes true-life spy stories like Ben MacIntyre — and with his latest book The Sp
This year the publishers Faber & Faber celebrate their 90th birthday, and to honour the occasion
In this week’s Spectator Books podcast Sam's guest is Benjamin Dreyer — whose name is pronounced, as
In this week’s books podcast Kit de Waal is here to talk about her new anthology of working-class me
This week’s books podcast promises to be a trip. Sam is joined by Mike Jay to talk about the history
In this week’s books podcast we’re talking about why the Father of English Poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer,
In this week’s books podcast Sam is joined by the physicist Jim Al-Khalili (host of Radio Four’s The
