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THE BIBLIO FILE is a leading podcast that examines "the book" and book culture. Hosted by NIGEL BEALE it features wide ranging conversations with writers, poets, book publishers, booksellers, book editors, book collectors, book makers, book scholars, book critics, book designers, book publicists, literary agents and other best practitioners who busy themselves with the world of books.Feedback or suggestions? Please email notabenebeale@gmail.com thebibliofile.substack.com
Nigel Beale hosts Nigel Beale's Biblio File Podcast, a arts show with 540 episodes published.
Ever since writing this article on collecting teapots, for my friend Tony Martins, I’ve been thinking about my great uncle Sir Arthur Church. I had no idea he was such a wheel in collecting circles back at the turn of th
Judging from Stephen Miller’s Twitter feed, a ton of immigrants living in the United States are dangerous criminals who need to be incarcerated, exterminated or, at the very least, deported. His is a spigot of malice tha
The first time out we talked about the miracles he worked at Waterstones. Then we looked at his early plans for Barnes & Noble. Now James Daunt and I discuss the future: where his bookstore chains are headed, when B&N is
Bloomsbury Publishing has been in business for almost forty years. Last year it earned £361.0 million. Over the past five years it’s taken in more than £1.4 Billion. It’s one of, if not the most successful publishing ven
Publishing books in Canada is a punishing, risky business. Even if your little enterprise makes it through, surviving years of ups and downs, in the end nobody will buy it. Not even the Americans (who have bought everyth
Interesting mix of shyness and confidence is Ken Whyte. You’ll hear both assert themselves during this conversation. Together they explain his hugely successful career as an editor in Canada over the past 40 years, if yo
Ira Wells' new book, On Book Banning: Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy, was officially released in the U.S. today, June 3, 2025, by Biblioasis. It’s a succinct, well-written,
Roberto Banchik-Rothschild, to use his full, official Mexican name, is the CEO of Penguin Random House ( PRH) Grupo Editorial in Mexico. He also leads the company’s publishing activities in Central America, and is respon
B. Traven's novels and stories have sold more than 30 million copies over the past century, in more than 30 languages worldwide. He was Einstein's favourite novelist. Der Spiegel ranks his The Death Ship as the t
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Some years ago I interviewed David McKnight about a collection of Canadian “little magazines” he’d hunted down and later donated to the University of Alberta’s Bruce Peel Library. It was very easy to get caught up in Dav
Michael Erdman is Head of Middle East and Central Asian Collections at The British Library with overall responsibility for all manuscript holdings in Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chagatai, Coptic, Hebrew, Kurdish, Otto
I first came across Andrés Mario Zervigón’s (Cuban) name while researching a magazine that filled me with awe the first time I looked at it. AIZ, the Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung (Workers Illustrated Magazine) is an ill
The only real acquaintance I’ve had with erotic literature came years ago when I was a teenager. I read My Secret Life, in the fat, purple Grove paperback edition. And re-read and re-read, and re-read it. Man was it exci
Siegfried Lokatis is a retired professor of book history and former head of the University of Leipzig's Institute for Communication and Media Studies. He is the author of Book Covers of the GDR and is currently working
Richard Charkin has held senior posts at many major, and some minor, publishing houses in the U.K. over the past 50 years, including: Harrap, OUP, Pergamon Press, Reed Elsevier, Macmillan, Bloomsbury, and his very own Me
A few years ago I interviewed Larry Grobel about his interviewing technique and some of the great interviews he’s conducted over the years, including the one he did for Playboy magazine with Marlon Brando. Ever since our
A year and a half ago or so I spent the weekend in Old Montreal with my friend Tony Martins. Here’s the view from our hotel window (that development up at the top is called Habitat. It was designed by Moshe Safdie for Ex
When you think of it, content aside, there’s actually quite a bit more to love in a magazine than there is in a book. Take photographs. The January 7, 1966 issue of Life magazine that I recently picked up, features a sto
I'm happy to report that my out-of-control recent /older /"vintage" magazine acquisition campaign continues to rage unabated. Facebook Marketplace, ebay, Maxx Sold, library bookstores, book warehouses, thrift stores, yar
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