Granta

Granta Magazine

From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each themed issue of Granta turns the attention of the world’s best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now. Our podcasts bring you readings and in-depth discussions with highly acclaimed authors and rising stars from the quarterly magazine of new writing.

  • 44 minutes 43 seconds
    Lauren Oyler, The Granta Podcast

    In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist and critic Lauren Oyler, author of No Judgement (2024) and Fake Accounts (2024), about living in Berlin, the boundary between our private and public selves, and the trajectory of autofiction.

    We also discuss Oyler’s essay, ‘Last Week at Marienbad’, which appeared in Granta 165: Deutschland.

    You can read ‘Last Week at Marienbad’ here.

    Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

    Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. His first novel will be published in 2024.

    Josie Mitchell is online editor at Granta. 

    30 April 2024, 10:00 am
  • 50 minutes 46 seconds
    Brandon Taylor, The Granta Podcast

    In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to the novelist Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life (2020) and The Late Americans (2023), about naturalism, the future of fiction, and the connection between Émile Zola and The Sims.

    We also discuss Taylor’s short story ‘Stalin, Lenin, Robespierre’, which appeared in Granta 166: Generations.

    You can read ‘Stalin, Lenin, Robespierre’ here.

    Follow these links to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

    22 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 13 seconds
    Jamaica Kincaid, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 111

    In 2022 Jamaica Kincaid spoke to editor Josie Mitchell about childhood, the concept of memory and her early love of Paradise Lost.

    Jamaica Kincaid grew up on the island of Antigua. She began writing for the New Yorker and went on to publish many books, including the novel Annie John and the collection of stories At the Bottom of the River. A number of her books have recently been reissued, or are forthcoming, from Picador in the UK.


    19 May 2023, 8:00 am
  • 46 minutes 23 seconds
    Claire-Louise Bennett, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 110

    Last year Claire-Louise Bennett and editor Josie Mitchell talked about rereading, resisting homogenisation and committing to the process of unravelling.

    Claire-Louise Bennett is the author of Pond, a collection of short stories, and the 2021 novel Checkout 19.

    Read an extract of Bennett's novel here.

    5 May 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 56 seconds
    Lynne Tillman, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 109

    In 2022 Lynne Tillman and editor Josie Mitchell discussed the afterlife of novels, haunted houses and the sexual revolution. 

    Lynne Tillman is the author of many books, including the 2006 novel American Genius: A Comedy and the 2014 essay collection, What Would Lynne Tillman Do?  Two of Tillman’s early works are now published in the UK by Peninsula Press: Weird Fucks and Haunted Houses.

    Read an excerpt from Tillman’s memoir Mothercare here.

     


    28 April 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 38 minutes 21 seconds
    Vanessa Onwuemezi, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 108

    In 2022 Vanessa Onwuemezi spoke to editor Josie Mitchell about Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring, sitting with strangeness and the joy of trying out new sounds on the page.

    Vanessa Onwuemezi is a writer and poet living in London, her story ‘At the Heart of Things’ won the White Review Short Story Prize in 2019. Her debut story collection, Dark Neighbourhood, was published in 2021 by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

    Read ‘Cuba’, a short story from Dark Neighbourhood, here.  

    21 April 2023, 11:00 am
  • 39 minutes 42 seconds
    Anthony Anaxagorou, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 107

    In 2022 Anthony Anaxagorou and editor Josie Mitchell talked about heritage, national identity and poetry that cannot keep still.

    Anthony is the author of several volumes of poetry, non-fiction and a collection of short stories. His latest book, Heritage Aesthetics, draws on family migratory histories between Cyprus and the UK to interrogate patriarchy, xenophobia and national divides.

    Purchase a copy of Anthony Anaxagorou’s new poetry collection, Heritage Aesthetics, here. You can also read poems from his 2019 collection, After the Formalities, here



    7 April 2023, 3:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 42 seconds
    Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 106

    In 2022 Ayanna Lloyd Banwo spoke to editor Josie Mitchell about a fear of forgetting, Lapeyrouse Cemetery and our cultural traditions around death.

    Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago currently living in London. Her debut novel When We Were Birds was named one of the Observer’s Best Debuts of 2022 and one of the Economist’s Best Books of 2022.

    Read an excerpt from When We Were Birds here.

    31 March 2023, 3:00 pm
  • 40 minutes 16 seconds
    Mary Gaitskill, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 105

    In 2022 Mary Gaitskill talked to editor Josie Mitchell about her fascination with the idea of hell, returning to past creative work and writing characters with different experiences from her own.

    Mary Gaitskill is the author of Bad Behavior; Two Girls, Fat and Thin; Because They Wanted To; Veronica; Don’t Cry; The Mare; Somebody with a Little Hammer; and This is Pleasure. Her new book, The Devil’s Treasure, is a hybrid work of criticism, memoir and mythography.

    Her essay ‘Lost Cat’, first published in Granta 107, is available to read here.

    23 March 2023, 3:00 pm
  • 38 minutes 28 seconds
    Eula Biss, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 104

    In 2021 Eula Biss talked to editor Josie Mitchell on the distortions of capital, bartering with Pokémon cards and the conditions necessary for creativity.

    Eula Biss is the author of four books, including On Immunity and Notes from No Man’s Land. Her most recent book, Having and Being Had, looks at our beliefs about class and owning property.

    Read an excerpt from Having and Being Had on granta.com. 

    17 June 2022, 2:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 9 seconds
    Stephanie Sy-Quia, The Granta Podcast, Ep. 103

    Last year Stephanie Sy-Quia spoke to online editor Josie Mitchell about modern cathedrals, telling her grandmothers’ stories and the impulse to categorise.

    Stephanie Sy-Quia’s debut poetry collection Amnion was selected as a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Her writing has appeared in the FT Weekend, the TLS, the Economist, the Spectator and TANK magazine, and has twice been shortlisted for the FT Bodley Head Essay Prize.

    You can read an excerpt from Amnion on granta.com. 

    10 June 2022, 2:00 pm
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