by Penguin Random House UK
On the Road with Penguin Classics is a podcast that takes a stroll around the world's favourite books. In each episode, author and editor Henry Eliot travels to a different literary location to explore a brilliant book in the company of a remarkable reader.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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February 1, 2024
<p>William Blake’s poetry and prose. We visit Sir Philip at home to discuss the poet who has ‘inspired and intoxicated’ him for the last sixty years. In Philip’s book-lined sitting room we discuss Blake’s most loved works: his <em>Songs of Innocence and of Experience</em>, <em>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell </em>and <em>Auguries of Innocence</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Pullman has written frequently about Blake and previously served as President of the William Blake Society.</p><p> </p><p>Blake’s <em>Selected Poems </em>(Penguin Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33866/selected-poems-blake-by-william-blake-ed-professor-g-e-bentley-series-editor--christopher-ricks/9780140424461" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33866/selected-poems-blake-by-william-blake-ed-professor-g-e-bentley-series-editor--christopher-ricks/9780140424461</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/48HX8yM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/48HX8yM</a></p><p> </p><p>Naxos Audiobooks edition of Blake’s poetry, read by Robert Glenister, Michael Maloney and Stephen Critchlow</p><p><a href="https://naxosaudiobooks.com/blake-william-selections/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://naxosaudiobooks.com/blake-william-selections/</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/3tRg676" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3tRg676</a></p><p> </p><p>Sir Philip Pullman</p><p><a href="https://www.philip-pullman.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.philip-pullman.com/</a></p><p> </p><p><em>Daemon Voices</em> by Philip Pullman</p><p><a href="https://www.davidficklingbooks.com/shop/ItemDetails.php?pubID=190" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.davidficklingbooks.com/shop/ItemDetails.php?pubID=190</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/4aVkHpC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/4aVkHpC</a></p><p> </p><p>Audiobook edition of <em>Daemon Voices</em></p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309349/daemon-voices-by-pullman-philip/9780241372906" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309349/daemon-voices-by-pullman-philip/9780241372906</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/47NE6Gl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/47NE6Gl</a></p><p> </p><p>The Blake Society</p><p><a href="https://blakesociety.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blakesociety.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Presenter – Henry Eliot: <a href="https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/</a></p><p>Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: <a href="https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
January 25, 2024
<p>James Baldwin in Paris. On the rain-soaked boulevards, the novelist Caryl Phillips discusses Baldwin's exquisite same-sex love story, drinking in the Cafe de Flore and exploring Saint Germain des Prés.</p><p> </p><p>Phillips, who knew James Baldwin, wrote the introduction to the Penguin Modern Classics edition of <em>Giovanni’s Room</em> and an unfilmed screenplay of the novel for Merchant Ivory productions.</p><br><p>2024 marks 100 years since Baldwin was born</p><p> </p><p><em>Giovanni’s Room</em> by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57368/giovannis-room-by-james-baldwin-introduction-by-caryl-phillips/9780141186351" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57368/giovannis-room-by-james-baldwin-introduction-by-caryl-phillips/9780141186351</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/3Hnscrz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3Hnscrz</a></p><br><p>Penguin Audio edition of <em>Giovanni’s Room –</em> available June 6th 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56260/giovannis-room-by-baldwin-james/9781802067224" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56260/giovannis-room-by-baldwin-james/9781802067224</a></p><br><p>Calliope Author Readings – James Baldwin</p><p><a href="http://calliopeauthorreadings.com/james-baldwin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://calliopeauthorreadings.com/james-baldwin/</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/4aTk0go" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/4aTk0go</a></p><p> </p><p>Caryl Phillips</p><p><a href="https://www.carylphillips.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.carylphillips.com/</a></p><p> </p><p><em>The European Tribe</em> by Caryl Phillips</p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/130570/the-european-tribe-by-caryl-phillips/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/130570/the-european-tribe-by-caryl-phillips/</a></p><p> </p><p>Presenter – Henry Eliot: <a href="https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/</a></p><p>Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: <a href="https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
January 18, 2024
<p>John Donne’s poetry and prose in London. The scholar and children’s author Katherine Rundell traces the life and paradoxical career of John Donne from the street where he was born, through the palaces and colleges where he worked to the cathedral where he preached and now lies buried.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022 Rundell won the Baillie-Gifford Prize for her biography of Donne, <em>Super-Infinite.</em></p><br><p>Donne's prose masterpiece <em>Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions</em> was published 400 years ago in January 1624.</p><p> </p><p>Donne’s<em> Selected Poems</em> (Penguin Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33860/selected-poems-donne-by-john-donne-ed-professor-ilona-bell-series-editor--christopher-ricks/9780140424409" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33860/selected-poems-donne-by-john-donne-ed-professor-ilona-bell-series-editor--christopher-ricks/9780140424409</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/48S5406" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/48S5406</a></p><p> </p><p>Donne’s <em>Selected Prose</em> (Penguin Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34100/selected-prose-by-donne-john/9780141396712" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34100/selected-prose-by-donne-john/9780141396712</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/47NE1m1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/47NE1m1</a></p><p> </p><p>Naxos audiobook edition of Donne’s poetry, read by Geoffrey Whitehead and Will Keen</p><p><a href="https://naxosaudiobooks.com/john-donne-selections/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://naxosaudiobooks.com/john-donne-selections/</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/3vHDpk8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3vHDpk8</a></p><p> </p><p>Katherine Rundell</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Rundell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Rundell</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/katherine-rundell/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/katherine-rundell/</a></p><p> </p><p><em>Super-Infinite </em>by Katherine Rundell (Faber)</p><p><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571345922-super-infinite/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571345922-super-infinite/</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/47DGDCx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/47DGDCx</a></p><p> </p><p>Audiobook edition of <em>Super-Infinite</em></p><p><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571378258-super-infinite/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571378258-super-infinite/</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.co/3TSyR4I" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3TSyR4I</a></p><p> </p><p>Lincoln’s Inn</p><p><a href="https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>St Dunstan in the West</p><p><a href="https://www.stdunstaninthewest.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.stdunstaninthewest.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>St Paul’s Cathedral</p><p><a href="https://www.stpauls.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.stpauls.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Presenter – Henry Eliot: <a href="https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/</a></p><p>Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: <a href="https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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