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Uliana Ch. who has just discovered herself as a writer, has just published her first children book. In this talk, besides recommending her favourite childhood book, we talk about the creative process. She will also give you tips on how to start writing. Her book came into reality with the help of Story One. As for her book, (How I Tamed the Monsters Under My Bed: A Kid's Guide to Fearless Nigh...

Luiz and I are friends for a decade. This talk, we explore not only his own journey with languages but also Brazil. Where do we come from? Where does our language come from? What puts Brazil (South America at all) on the map of the languages? What languages and cultures are connected? Is it really worth looking at the world as an European-centred world? In the second part, we try to find answers t...

Luiz and I are friends for a decade. This talk, we explore not only his own journey with languages but also Brazil. Actually, we talked so much that I had to split the talk in two! It was almost close to 2 hours of material. In the first part, we explore the following questions: What was first? Numbers or language? Which one is more complex? How are they affecting each other? We are no numerologis...

Dreams without a plan is just a dream. Louise Cugola and André Spadeto have founded their own business to escape the rat race of capitalism and to start working for themselves. However, in this episode, we talk more about our financial literacy: how to save, what to save, why to save, and, what kind of self-help or financial books shed some light on their understanding (and thus can shed some on y...

Martin and I graduated from the same small town high school and our aspirations led us to distinct parts of the world. In this podcast, he talks about drama (lots of drama :D ), literature, and travelling around the world. He shares some of his biggest realizations about countries he lived in and his wisdom of what makes life magical for him. Meanwhile, we were also talking about literature like F...

Ha két irodalomszerető összeül, se vége se hossza a pletykának. No, persze semmi rosszindulat nincs benne! Csak, könyvekről! Egyik könyv olvastatja a másikat, és így, egyik történetből a másik történetbe folyik tovább a beszélgetés. Mint ebben az epizódban, dr. Hodásziné Pingitzer Andreával is, aki, Pápa városában sokak számára csak úgy ismerős: ANDI NÉNI. Így, nagybetűvel, mert sokunkat ő vezetet...

Katalin Ferber is an acclaimed economist and writer, well-known in both Europe and Asia. She had spent more than 15 years in one of Japan's most prestigious university, but today, we are taking a deep submerging in her favorite literature and non-fiction. Katalin Ferber shares her world-view and talks about famous economists, like Chalmers Johnson, but she also mentions her appreciation of Sca...

Franciska Donászi has been living in Finland for more than 1O years. In this talk, she is introducing us her first challenges, how it led her to study in Finnish and how this biographical book has led her to different connections between her and its author, Juhana Salonen. Then, she also shares her own writing process. Stay tuned and get inspired by Franciska and her stories! :-)

Tamás Bókkon has done his fair share of travelling. Now he has visited Elzazi's Mundo to inspire us further travelling - and book writing. Besides his own travels, he talks about the following books, as well: Jules Verne: Nemo kapitány (Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas) Jules Verne: A Chancellor (The Survivors of the Chancellor) Bruce Dickinson biography (What does this Button Do) A.J Ja...

Hi! Here is the list of books I'm talking about: Constanza Casati: Clytemnestra; Genki Kawamura: If Cats Disappeared from the World; Diana Wyne Jones: Howl's Moving Castle; Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the coffee gets cold; Jy Yang: The Red Threads of Fortune; Sara Nisha Adams: The Reading List; Corinne Hoffmann: Afrikai Szeretők - trilogy, (The White Massai); Liz Braswell: A Whole New Worl...

Wilson Carrión is a Loja-based artist and writer with whom we talk about his new published book: La Vida No Puede Ser Tan Mala. Besides this, we talk about his favourite book, Cyrano de Bergerac and the difficulties of writing and publishing. You can learn the intriguing differences and similarities between publishing in Europe vs. in Latin-America. If writing is up at your alley, this is a must-h...

Nóri is an active biologist, who likes to experience nature and help species at the verge of extinction. She recently took part in a macaw conversation project in the rainforests of Costa Rica. She talks about her experience in today's podcast, as well as her love to animals and nature. Her favourite book resonates this theme as well, as she brought "The Heritage of the Mongolian Derby&qu...

Niki and I have been friends for more than a decade. We are bound in our friendship by our passion in travels and analyzing personal relationships to a great extent. Just like this time, when we discuss a psychology book in-depth. She brought a book from the world-famous Canadian pyschologist, dr. Máté Gábor, who, by the way, was born in Hungary. The book's title is: The Myth of Normal -- well...

After one month, finally today there is a new episode featuring on Elzazi's Mundo with Magdolna Magonyi, who is a language teacher, too! She speaks 5 languages fluently and learning Korean at the moment. She was a university classmate of mine so we hint a bit of nostalgia of our university years and meander about history and culture classes, then quickly emerge ourselves into our travel storie...

"Reading is the only time when you can be alone with your own thoughts." Beccy shares her favourite book this episode which has been made into a series recently. We both meander about time and past readings and origins of our book-worminess during this episode, while we are analyzing "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullmann. Join us and come learn about more fantasy reads! You m...

Welcome to the newest episode of Elzazi's Mundo book podcast! Today my guest is Viia who currently lives in Finland but used to live in South America (Ecuador). She brought a book she recently read by the American author, Jeanine Cummings titled American Dirt. What does this book tell us about culture? What does the author think about immigrants? What do you think about immigrants once you read th...

Happy New Year! :-) And welcome to the first ever episode of 2O23 on Elzazi's Mundo Bookclub Podcast! We have recurring guests today: Amy and Mili share the passion for books. Today we discuss about our NYE resolutions (regarding books), mention our past resolutions for 2O22 and if we have completed them (spoiler: yes!), and share a couple of laughs over books we read together or books we are goin...

Happy New Year and Happy birthday Murakami! :-)  To celebrate Haruki Murakami's birthday, enjoy this collection of reading out from his short stories from Men Without Women. Also enjoy the little chat with Móni and Mili, with whom all the 3 of us are huge Murakami fans. Enjoy reading! :-)

Bookworms reunite! This episode is the year 2022 through the spectacles of great books! Both Adam and I give our recommendations what we had read during this year and what we recommend you to pick up soon! Here is a short glimpse of the recommended books:  From Adam:  The Swim in a Pond in the Rain – George Saunders Karl Ove Knausgård Gilead by Marilyn Robinson Moon Witch Spider Came - M...

What connects Echenique, Márquez and Murakami? Listen to the newest episode about a distinctive literary style we discuss with Mili! She is currently living in the U.S., working on her post-grad degree, and loves reading since her childhood. What's more, she loves analyzing magical realistic novels! Her favourite authors are Murakami, and Alfredo Bryce Echenique who both share this special techniq...

Fernando comes from Loja which is said to be the cradle of art of Ecuador, South America. During this talk, we follow the footsteps of some Lojano artists, as well as the evolving of Ecuadorian Spanish literature language, while Fernando talks about his personal favourite books, as well: Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza which is the most famous book from Ecuador, and A La Costa by Luis Alfredo Martínez....

Aye is an avid reader who is also the member of Bangkok Book Club. Today, she recommends her most favorite book, which has the title "How Will You Measure Your Life" by  Clayton M. Christensen - and you'll be surprised how many copies of it she currently has! Aye highly recommends this book if you would like to have a different, business-like approach to your own life. Even if you are no...

"I think there is a writer in everybody." These are words by writer, Reiki healer, writing coach, researcher and teacher Bhavna Khemlani who is an author of 5 books and editor of several others. During this talk, you can listen to Bhavna's empowering journey from the books she liked to the writer group she is co-leading and to her own books that have been published. We talk about what it means to...

Ladányi Klári is a recurring guest on my podcast. She was working on her first translation last time we were talking; so far she has been translating 3 other books for Álomgyár Publisher and currently working on a series (Boston Belles). We talked about her time as a translator in retrospect and meander a bit about a writer's life and how authors can handle their critiques. This time she is readin...

Heather S. McKibbin was born in Zambia and her family moved to South Africa in her mid-teens. She is not only an avid reader but also the author of TiNyiko's Song - a gripping novel about the journey of how a girl faces shattering life events. It took Heather more than 3 years to complete her book, TiNyiko's Song: A compelling story of courage. During this conversation, you can hear about her writ...