The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale


Latest Episodes

Christopher Long on the Genius Graphics of Lucian Bernhard
April 08, 2024

Lucian Bernhard (1883-1972) was one of the great founders of modern graphic design. In a career spanning nearly five decades in Berlin and New York, Bernhard laid the foundation for a new language of

Nick Anthony on AI, and writing his first Novel
March 07, 2024

about his experience writing a first novel and getting parts of it work-shopped. Today I catch up with him to find out what hes been doing and where hes at now on the road to getting his first book

John Sargent on beating Amazon & Google, and saving Books
February 06, 2024

John Sargent was too young to fight in WW ll but he spent years battling Amazon and Google in the trenches on behalf of publishers and authors, protecting copyright and defending book prices. John gre

Joshua Doležal on being a Book Coach
January 26, 2024

, AND...he's a book coach. Whats a book coach? We met via Zoom to answer this question. Topics discussed include: the roles of a book coach and the qualifications you need to be one; writ

Andrew Franklin "the best of the best in U.K. publishing"
November 15, 2023

James Daunt calls him "the best of the best in U.K. publishing, constantly challenging the industry to move on when it drags its feet." Listen to my conversation with Andrew Franklin to learn why. And

Michael Schmidt on 50+ years publishing poetry
November 15, 2023

Heres how thedescribes him:Michael SchmidtFRSL, poet, scholar, critic and translator, was born in Mexico in 1947; he studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford, before settling in England.

Andrew Nash on the value of Publishers' Archives
October 08, 2023

Andrew Nash is Reader in Book History at the Institute of English Studies, University of London (a leading book history scholar in other words) and Director of the London Rare Books School. We sat dow

Sir Tim Waterstone on Building a Bookselling Empire
September 14, 2023

Biblio File best practitioner interview

Novelist David Mitchell on What he Does and How he Does it
August 18, 2023

I was in Ireland recently to interview two of the best novelists on the face of the planet., and David Mitchell, in Cork. As a cost-cutting measure I decided to ask them both the same questions: Wha