The Libreria Podcast

We discuss poet Carolyn Forché's fascinating new memoir, covering her journey to El Salvador in the lead up to the horrific civil war beginning in 1979. While Ellen Pearson was at the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and caught up with artist Laia Abril, whose work tackles critical women's rights issues.  

Author of Pure, Rose Cartwright, chats with Michael Pollan (How to Change Your Mind). They discuss Michael's book and the perils of employing language to describe the extraordinary experience of a full blown trip.  

In this episode Paddy Butler welcomes author Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other) and publisher supremo Sharmaine Lovegrove - together they discuss major issues concerning diversity in both publishing and academia.

For this extended interview Paddy Butler talks to author of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis - they discuss some of the more surprising and hidden influences across Ellis’s work, including that of Joan Didion and Terence Malick

Paddy Butler interviews legendary Italian author Roberto Calasso about the Greek myths and the critical importance of philosopher Simone Weil. He also catches up with curator of the epic Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Design Museum. Subscribe to the podcast here.

In the latest podcast edition Paddy Butler looks at illness, empowerment and the creative process - speaking with author of Constellations, Sinéad Gleeson and co-director of Cabinet Gallery, Martin McGeown on Dada artist Antonin Artaud. 

In this episode of the Libreria podcast we take a look at different aspects of creativity and the role of machines in human expression.  Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy talks to Paddy Butler about his new book on the evolution of human creativity and machine learning. While Lara Monro speaks with the curator of a new exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery, Marie Muracciole, on the legacy of the late...

In this episode Libreria's Paddy Butler catches up with to two very different authors who share interesting similarities in terms of subject-matter. Josh Cohen's non-fiction title, Not Working, looks at our overworked compressed lives and explores alternative philosophical routes to happiness. Cult author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh, discusses some of the ideas behind her d...