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Code To CloudCTRL - ALT - RESIST: DevOps, SRE, and the Road Ahead with David Beale🎙️In this episode of Code to Cloud, we sit down with legendary engineer David Beale—a name synonymous with early DevOps tooling, deep infrastructure know-how, and a rebellious spirit that refuses to settle for the status quo.
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We dive into David’s career journey—from the early Jenkins and Chef days to navigating the evolving landscape of Site Reliability Engineering. Along the way, David unpacks what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what tech pros need to thrive in 2025 and beyond.
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2025-06-2342 min
TalkingPFASEp 46 Season 7 PFAS in Turtles QLD with David Beale also for QLD SL oral historyWelcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast. If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you. I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. Last episode I brought you a very interesting discussion with Dr Cheng Zhang from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland in Australia. We spoke about many things but mainly we discussed how his team of researchers have discovered that retrieved PFAS can be used in batteries. I highly recommend you have a listen to that episode to find out more. ...
2025-06-231h 08
The ET Stand - a Cronulla Sharks Fans PodcastWarriors Prview + Boldo RefelectionsSad Boldo, The Beale Bowl, and the Big Warriors PreviewThis week on the ET Stand, things get real. Boldo’s had time to reflect after the Roosters loss – and he’s brought along all his personalities to help. We open the show with Sad Boldo’s State of the Sharks Address: 8 brutally honest truths we all needed to hear (but maybe didn’t want to).Joining David Boldeman are co-hosts Matt Williams and Scott Latino, plus a special guest from Wahs Up TV, Levon, here to preview Saturday’s showdown against the Warriors – or as we’re now c...
2025-06-051h 20
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid McKnight on Collecting The BeatlesSome 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 David's enthusiasm, and I was really impressed by the catalogue he'd produced. Shortly after our conversation I learned that he didn't just collect Canadian poetry, he was also a serious Beatles collector. We stayed in touch. I drove down to Philadelphia where David hosted me at his home for a weekend. We got a lot done. Took the train into New...
2025-03-281h 08
So Many Sequels: A Movie PodcastNetwork (1976) - Was It Satire, Or Prophecy? | Movie ReviewNearly 50 years later, Network still feels like it was made for today's media landscape. In this episode of So Many Sequels, we break down the chilling relevance of the 1976 Oscar-winning satire, from Howard Beale's mad prophet act to the rise of infotainment and emotion-driven news.We explore Howard Beale's unforgettable descent, Faye Dunaway's ice-cold performance as the power-hungry network exec, and the film's razor-sharp commentary on corporate control, sensationalized news, and the blurred lines between entertainment and journalism.Have you seen Network? What stuck with you? Drop your thoughts in the comments! SUBSCRIBE for more film deep-dives!...
2025-03-2337 min
Face2Face with David PeckLeft Behind - The Fight for Literacy & JusticeIn this episode join David Peck, host of Face2Face, as he chats with filmmakers Anna Toomey and Sian Edwards Beale about their powerful documentary Left Behind, which sheds light on the struggles of children with dyslexia and the fight for literacy education reform. They explore the emotional impact of storytelling, the challenges of filmmaking, and why access to education is a civil rights issue. Join us for an insightful conversation on activism, community-driven filmmaking, and the transformative power of stories.Synopsis:Left Behind is a powerful documentary by filmmaker Anna Toomey that exposes the...
2025-03-1944 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid McKnight on Collecting The BeatlesSome 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 David’s enthusiasm, and I was really impressed by the catalogue he’d produced. Shortly after our conversation I learned that he didn’t just collect Canadian poetry, he was also a serious Beatles collector. We stayed in touch. I drove down to Philadelphia where David hosted me at his home for a weekend. We got a lot done. To...
2025-02-231h 08
99 Dev Problems99 Dev Problems with David BealeIn this heartfelt episode of 99 Dev Problems, Tessa Kriesel sits down with David Beale, a self-taught technologist and Site Reliability Engineer at PayNearMe, to explore his incredible journey through adversity, creativity, and the tech industry.David shares his story of resilience, beginning with a challenging childhood and unconventional start to his career, building from skateboarding websites and MySpace themes to leading impactful technical initiatives at companies like Etsy and Glossier. He reflects on the lessons learned from roles in DevOps, sales engineering, and site reliability, emphasizing the importance of grit, adaptability, and the connections we form along...
2025-01-1653 min
Piano, finallyEpisode 24 - Music is HopefulWelcome to another musical adventure! In this episode of the Piano, Finally podcast, our host, David Reidy, takes listeners on a journey through his experiences as a budding pianist while also sharing recent piano news, reflecting on music’s role in challenging times, and giving a unique piano bench review.David opens with updates on his piano practice, including correcting a chord mistake in Adele’s Someone Like You. He also discusses his excitement for an upcoming live recording of No Such Thing as a Fish, one of his favorite podcasts, showing that live experiences feed his musi...
2024-11-0911 min
ArtalogueHangama Amiri: Textile NarrativesHangama Amiri, an acclaimed Afghan-Canadian textile artist, joins us to share her remarkable journey from painting to textiles, drawing deeply from her Afghan heritage and personal history. In our conversation, Amiri explains how she transforms fabrics to tell a story with her art and how powerful the medium is to express authenticity and connection.We also shine a light on the resilience of Afghan women through salon culture, a fascinating aspect of Amiri's experiences during her visits to Afghanistan that have become prominent in her work. These salons are more than spaces for beauty—they are bastions of...
2024-10-2639 min
Changelog Master FeedA learning mindset, starting with COBOL (Ship It! #123)The ability to learn on the job has been a critical skill for David Beale throughout his career. Is the job market not allowing that anymore?
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2024-09-271h 16Ship It! Cloud, SRE, Platform EngineeringA learning mindset, starting with COBOLThe ability to learn on the job has been a critical skill for David Beale throughout his career. Is the job market not allowing that anymore?
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2024-09-271h 16
Football Insights Academy PodcastEp41 - Sunderland A.F.C. Season Review - What Now?In this episode we talk through the 2023/24 season of Sunderland AFC. On the back of an outstanding previous season you got the feeling that expectation was to be back fighting for at least a play off place. But things didn't quite go to plan.....Tony Mowbray was ushered out of the dugout with the team comfortably in the top half of the table, and replaced by Michael Beale..... the less said the better really. There didn't seem to be any connection between the fans and Mr Beale throughout his short but infamous tenure at the...
2024-05-3146 min
Beale Street Caravan#2821 - Edward David Anderson and CATLBlues, Soul, and Rock and Roll continue to evolve and inspire. While BSC tends to favor the veterans and living legends, this week we have two acts, Edward David Anderson and CATL that have dynamic, innovative and fresh approaches, yet deep love and reverence for the traditions of yesterday.
BSC contributor William Lee Ellis returns to continue his series, Religion and the Blues.
2024-03-1858 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeNovelist David Mitchell on What he Does and How he Does itI was in Ireland recently to interview two of the best novelists on the face of the planet. John Banville, in Dublin, and David Mitchell, in Cork. As a cost-cutting measure I decided to ask them both the same questions: What do you do? How do you do it? Why do you do it? And: Why does it matter? I got diametrically opposed answers. So much for my cherished ambition of capturing definitive, unified explanations of what the best novelists (in this case) do, and how they do it at t...
2023-08-1856 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastNovelist David Mitchell on What he Does and How he Does itI was in Ireland recently to interview two of the best novelists on the face of the planet. John Banville, in Dublin, and David Mitchell, in Cork. As a cost-cutting measure I decided to ask them both the same questions:What do you do?How do you do it?Why do you do it? And:Why does it matter?I got diametrically opposed answers. So much for my cherished ambition of capturing definitive, unified explanations of what the best novelists (in this case) do, and how they do it at the dawn of the 21st...
2023-08-1656 min
Redefine Relentless#96 Never Finished - David GogginsWe dive into Goggins' extraordinary journey from a challenging childhood to becoming a Navy Seal, iconic endurance athlete, and motivational (discipline) speaker. The episode explores key concepts from Goggins' book, such as embracing pain, the 40% Rule, the Accountability Mirror, and Taking Souls. Listeners are encouraged to push their limits and tap into their untapped potential to achieve greatness. We summarize Goggins' life lessons and mindset, leaving you inspired and motivated (more importantly having discipline) to face your own fears and challenges. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to redefine their understanding of mental toughness, resilience, and personal...
2023-03-2044 minRedefine Relentless#96 Never Finished - David GogginsWe dive into Goggins' extraordinary journey from a challenging childhood to becoming a Navy Seal, iconic endurance athlete, and motivational (discipline) speaker. The episode explores key concepts from Goggins' book, such as embracing pain, the 40% Rule, the Accountability Mirror, and Taking Souls. Listeners are encouraged to push their limits and tap into their untapped potential to achieve greatness. We summarize Goggins' life lessons and mindset, leaving you inspired and motivated (more importantly having discipline) to face your own fears and challenges. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to redefine their understanding of mental toughness, resilience, and personal...
2023-03-2044 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeKen Whyte and Jack David on the lessons of Canadian Book PublishingJack David launched the publishing house ECW in 1974 as the journal Essays on Canadian Writing - from which came the E, the C, and the W. For the next ten years the company focused on scholarly projects and occasionally dabbled in more accessible trade books and biographies. The breakthrough came when it decided in the early 90s to publish books about non-literary folk, the key title being a biography of country singer k.d. lang. The book broke out in the American market and illustrated to ECW that it could be successful publishing trade titles with universal appeal. ECW has fo...
2021-08-3056 min
The Keyboard ChroniclesVeronica Lewis, Solo ArtistVeronica Lewis is a great player in the early years of what looks like will be an amazing career. Veronica tells the story of her discovery of the blues and boogie woogie, her work to date and her thoughts on her future.
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2021-06-0635 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Frum on why he thinks about C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower every dayDavid Frum is a Canadian-American political commentator and a senior editor at The Atlantic. He is the author of ten books, most recently TRUMPOCALYPSE: Restoring American Democracy (HarperCollins, 2020). His first book, Dead Right, won praise from William F. Buckley as "the most refreshing intellectual experience in a generation" and from Frank Rich in the New York Times as "the smartest book written from the inside about the American conservative movement." He is a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and authored the first book about Bush's presidency written by a former member of the administration. A...
2021-04-2245 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeMatt Dorfman on the best book covers dust jackets of 2020 Matt Dorfman is an internationally recognized designer and illustrator. He is the art director of the New York Times Book Review and former art director of the New York Times Op-Ed page. Additionally, he maintains a one-person office specializing in work for publishers, film, theater and various cultural institutions. I talked with Matt recently about his selection of the best book covers of 2020 for the New York Times Book Review - dissecting his decision-making process and judgement calls. Among other things we discuss the differences between designing the book review and op-ed sections, the delays between creating a jacket design and...
2021-03-2949 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeWill Schwalbe on the benefits of reading and talking about booksWill Schwalbe has spent most of his life in publishing: at William Morrow, and then at Hyperion, where he was Editor in Chief. In January 2008 he left Hyperion to found a startup called Cookstr.com and ran that for six years. It's now part of Macmillan Publishers, where he has worked since 2014. His books include Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better with his friend David Shipley. The End of Your Life Book Club, about the books he read with his mother when she was dying. And Books For Living, about the...
2021-03-141h 08
The Gold Dust PodcastMichael Beale - It's About How You Make People FeelMichael Beale, First Team Coach at Rangers FC, features on this weeks podcast. Mick's vast experiences include working at Liverpool FC, Chelsea FC and also Sao Paulo, where he was the Assistant Manager. Mick openly shares his knowledge and pearls of wisdom with us on this episode.
2021-02-051h 08
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Gilmour on Truman Capote's slow descent into HellLast year at about this time David Gilmour and I sat down together to talk about "Mojave" one of Truman Capote's greatest short stories. We enjoyed ourselves so much we decided to do it again, this time with "Shut a Final Door." Capote wrote this story when he was only 23 years old. David contends that it strongly foreshadows how Truman's actual life would unfold - as a slow, messy descent into hell. Perfect fare for the holiday season. Merry Christmas everyone. Thanks for listening! Photo by Jack Mitchell
2020-12-251h 00
Warrior Mindset & Motivation PodcastInterview with Army combat veteran and private contractor David BealeMy name is David Beale, I am a US Army veteran and security professional. I am currently working in Europe as a Private Military Contractor and Close Protection Operative. I was born in British Columbia Canada and immigrated to the United States when I was 4 years old. I grew up in the Seattle area and tried out college and various jobs before deciding on joining the Army at age 25.
I joined the Army October 2010 as a 13B cannon crew member. I served for 8 years in 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Cavalry Regiment. After 4 years being very cold in New York...
2020-12-0735 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Mason on his memoir The Pope's Bookbinder, Part llSly, sparkling, and endearingly gruff, David Mason is an engrossing conversationalist; a giant in the book trade whose infectious enthusiasm, human insight, commercial shrewdness, and deadpan humour are all on display here in our discussion about his memoir The Pope's Bookbinder. This episode will delight bibliophiles for decades to come. David's partner Debbie Dearlove joins us mid-stream to provide some clarification - as far as this is possible - on book appraisals and tax credits, and such. Listen to Part l here
2020-12-051h 39
The Ultimate Entrepreneur263 - What Is Stopping Smart People From Implementing Life and Business Improving Optimizations? with David BealeGet the Exclusive Executive Whole Life Coaching offer from David here: https://www.insideoutleadershipgroup.com/In this episode, Jay has a pre-interview conversation with David Beale, and the insights and reflections were profound. David Beale is an executive coach who supports his clients with leadership development, team building, public speaking, training, management, and business consulting.David shares what he discovered while doing a deep-dive into the consulting space and why he believes people never reach their full potential. You’ll learn why his measure of success isn’t just performance-based but also takes into account happiness and...
2020-11-2139 minThe Ultimate Entrepreneur262 - David Beale, What Do You Stand For? An Insight Into Preparing for an InterviewToday’s episode offers a unique listen to how Jay digs in to find the gold that will benefit you the listener the most. Jay was doing a pre- interview with David Beale to discover how they could add the most value to you and their conversation was too good not to share.Jay Frames the background gathering with this question -What do you stand for? Who do you stand for and what does standing for it mean?David gets into the insights he gained from a deep dive into the consulting space, he re...
2020-11-1635 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeTiphaine Guillermou on 20th Century French Book DesignTiphaine Guillermou is an editor with Graphéine, a design agency with offices in Paris and Lyon. While researching 20th century French book design - so that I'd have some books to hunt down while visiting bookstores in France - I came across a terrific article Tiphaine had written for Graphéine's blog, here. It was exactly what I was looking for - filled with all sorts of great book collecting leads. I was so impressed with the article I decided to interview Tiphaine about it. Listen as we talk about Pierre Faucheux, Robert Massin, Gallimard, Stock, Whi...
2020-10-2057 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Frum on Donald Trump eating CrocodilesDavid Frum is a senior editor at The Atlantic. From 2014 through 2017, he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush; in 2007-2008, as senior adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaigns. Frum is the author of ten books, most recently Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (the putative topic of our conversation). The memoir of his service in the George W. Bush administration, The Right Man, was a New York Times bestseller, as was his 2018 b...
2020-07-2047 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Frum on Donald Trump eating CrocodilesDavid Frum is a senior editor at The Atlantic. From 2014 through 2017, he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush; in 2007-2008, as senior adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaigns. Frum is the author of ten books, most recently Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (the putative topic of our conversation). The memoir of his service in the George W. Bush administration, The Right Man, was a New York Times bestseller, as was his 2018 b...
2020-07-2047 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Schurman on Bloomsday CelebrationsOf course Dublin is where the biggest Bloomsday Festival takes place each on June 16th, with celebrations set in many of the "original sites" sited in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. But did you know that the second biggest celebration in the world takes place every year in Montreal? It's grown quickly over the past four or five years, and is now a five-day affair. Dave Schurman is the president of the Festival Bloomsday Montreal. Along with his wife Judith and a team of enthusiastic volunteers, they've created "a celebration of the words and wit of Joyce, and...
2020-06-1236 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Gilmour and I gush over Truman Capote's short story MojaveDavid Gilmour is a Canadian novelist and former television journalist and film critic. Born in London, Ontario, Gilmour later moved to Toronto for schooling. He is a graduate of Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. In 1980 he became managing editor of the Toronto International Film Festival, a post he held for four years. In 1986 he joined CBC Television as a film critic for The Journal, eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night arts and entertainment show. In 1990, he began hosting Gilmour on the Arts, an arts show series on CBC Newsworld. In 1997 he left the CBC to concen...
2020-04-261h 02
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Gilmour and I gush over Truman Capote's MojaveDavid Gilmour is a Canadian novelist and former television journalist and film critic. Born in London, Ontario, Gilmour later moved to Toronto for schooling. He is a graduate of Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. In 1980 he became managing editor of the Toronto International Film Festival, a post he held for four years. In 1986 he joined CBC Television as a film critic for The Journal, eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night arts and entertainment show. In 1990, he began hosting Gilmour on the Arts, an arts show series on CBC Newsworld. In 1997 he left the CBC to concen...
2020-04-261h 02
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeRobert Darnton on why Book History is so ExcitingRobert Darnton is Harvard University's Carl H. Pforzheimer Professor, Emeritus and University Librarian, Emeritus He was educated at Harvard and Oxford (where he was a Rhodes scholar). After a brief stint as a reporter for The New York Times, he became a junior fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard. He taught at Princeton from 1968 until 2007 when he came to fill the roles mentioned above. Among his honors are a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, election to the French Legion of Honor, the National Humanities Medal, and the Del Duca World Prize in...
2020-03-3055 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Emblidge on four famed American BookstoresDavid Emblidge spent his childhood in Buffalo, New York and "on the sunny beaches of Ontario's Lake Erie." After university he worked at the Associated Press as a reporter covering everything from the "disappearance of rural doctors to hog futures, and one murder." Before entering the publishing trade as a second career he spent ten rewarding years as a professor following on degrees in English (Univ. of Virginia) and American Studies (Univ. of Minnesota). He worked in publishing for nearly twenty-five years – as acquisitions editor, book packager, publishing consultant, editor in chief, and publisher. The hous...
2020-03-1556 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Emblidge on four famed American BookstoresDavid Emblidge spent his childhood in Buffalo, New York and "on the sunny beaches of Ontario’s Lake Erie." After university he worked at the Associated Press as a reporter covering everything from the "disappearance of rural doctors to hog futures, and one murder." Before entering the publishing trade as a second career he spent ten rewarding years as a professor following on degrees in English (Univ. of Virginia) and American Studies (Univ. of Minnesota). He worked in publishing for nearly twenty-five years – as acquisitions editor, book packager, publishing consultant, editor in chief, and publisher. The ho...
2020-03-1556 min
Theme Park PulseHeads Of Heads Of State | Theme Park Time Machine One summer day in the late 1990s, a Houston-based sculptor named David Adickes was returning home from a trip to Canada. Along the way, he drove past the Black Hills of South Dakota, and in the distance, got a glimpse of Mount Rushmore. Four massive presidents' faces struck into a granite cliff is enough to catch anyone's attention, but Adickes had the very same thought that I was just pondering...why play favorites? For the rest of the drive home, Adickes did some dreaming, envisioning a sprawling park with every president represented. He loved the idea of...
2020-02-2513 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeInterviewing Guru John Sawatsky on how to interview an authorJohn Sawatsky is a Canadian author, journalist and interviewing consultant. Born in Winkler, Manitoba, he attended Simon Fraser University in the late 1960s graduating in political science. He started his career as an investigative reporter in the 1970s. While working as Ottawa correspondent for the Vancouver Sun he published a series of articles on misdeeds of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for which he received the 1976 Michener Award. He left daily journalism in 1979 to write books, among them a biography of Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney published 1991. In 1982, Sawatsky began teaching classes in investigative...
2019-11-041h 04
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeLeslie Hurtig & Jan Walter on Patriotic Canadian Publisher Mel HurtigLeslie Hurtig was born into a house of books and has had a long, successful career in Canada's book industry. She has worked for some of Canada's best bookstores, acted as a sales representative and publicist for some of North America's great publishers, and worked as a foreign rights and contracts manager at Raincoast Books. Leslie sat on the Board of Directors for the Vancouver Writers Fest before taking on her "dream job" position as Artistic Director. Jan Walter has spent her life around books: selling, editing, publishing, promoting. She began as a bookseller at Mel Hurtig's s...
2019-10-141h 01
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastLeslie Hurtig & Jan Walter on Patriotic Canadian Publisher & Bookseller Mel HurtigLeslie Hurtig was born into a house of books and has had a long, successful career in Canada’s book industry. She has worked for some of Canada’s best bookstores, acted as a sales representative and publicist for some of North America’s great publishers, and worked as a foreign rights and contracts manager at Raincoast Books. Leslie sat on the Board of Directors for the Vancouver Writers Fest before taking on her "dream job" position as Artistic Director. Jan Walter has spent her life around books: selling, editing, publishing, promoting. She began as a bookseller at Mel...
2019-10-141h 01
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Moscrop on how to make wise voting decisions during political elections David Moscrop is a political theorist and SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa. He studies democratic deliberation, political decision-making, and digital media, and is a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, and a writer for Maclean's Magazine He also provides regular political commentary for television and radio. His first book Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones was published by Goose Lane Editions in March 2019. We met at the University of Ottawa to discuss his book, ju...
2019-08-111h 06
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Moscrop on how to make wise voting decisions during political elections David Moscrop is a political theorist and SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa. He studies democratic deliberation, political decision-making, and digital media, and is a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, and a writer for Maclean's Magazine He also provides regular political commentary for television and radio. His first book Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones was published by Goose Lane Editions in March 2019. We met at the University of Ottawa to discuss his book, ju...
2019-08-111h 06
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Robinson on copyright, book publishing and fair dealing in CanadaDavid Robinson is executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. He has been with CAUT since 1999, when he was first hired as director of communications. Prior to joining CAUT, Robinson was the senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canada’s leading progressive think-tank. He has also been a lecturer at Simon Fraser University, and Carleton University in Ottawa. He is the author of numerous articles, reviews, and reports on higher education and research policy, vocational education and training, and international trade and investment agreements. I met with him at his offices in O...
2019-06-0437 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Robinson on copyright, book publishing and fair dealing in CanadaDavid Robinson is executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. He has been with CAUT since 1999, when he was first hired as director of communications. Prior to joining CAUT, Robinson was the senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canada's leading progressive think-tank. He has also been a lecturer at Simon Fraser University, and Carleton University in Ottawa. He is the author of numerous articles, reviews, and reports on higher education and research policy, vocational education and training, and international trade and investment agreements. I met with him at his offices in Ot...
2019-06-0437 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeBarry Moser on his Print Making, Book Illustration and Book DesignIn 1967 Barry Moser moved from Tennessee to New England to teach at The Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He was soon introduced to Leonard Baskin with whom he studied at Baskin's Gehenna Press. In the spring of 1969 Moser was commissioned to illustrate a trade book, The Flowering Plants of Massachusetts (it wasn't published until 1979). He became fascinated with plants and plant lore and as a result named his press Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). It produced a small number of books over the next decade. In 1977 Moser met Andrew Hoyem, who asked if Moser would be interested in illustrating the...
2019-05-201h 30
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid McKnight on Collecting Canadian Little Magazines and Small PressesDavid McKnight is an accomplished librarian and book collector, "imbued with remarkable passion and resolve." As Director of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), at the University of Pennsylvania David is responsible for insuring stewardship, management, discovery, and preservation of the collection and for maintaining the visibility of RBML within and outside of the Penn community. At the Penn Libraries, he has also served as Curator of the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image. Before coming to Penn, he headed the Rare Books and Special Collections Division at McGill University Libraries and was...
2019-05-071h 33
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid McKnight on Collecting Canadian Little Magazines and Small PressesDavid McKnight is an accomplished librarian and book collector, "imbued with remarkable passion and resolve." As Director of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), at the University of Pennsylvania David is responsible for insuring stewardship, management, discovery, and preservation of the collection and for maintaining the visibility of RBML within and outside of the Penn community. At the Penn Libraries, he has also served as Curator of the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image. Before coming to Penn, he headed the Rare Books and Special Collections Division at McGill University Libraries and was...
2019-05-071h 33
Catching Up Podcast36 UsUs, o novo filme de terror do Jordan Peele, foi menos unânime que sua estréia, Get Out. Mesmo assim, rendeu uma boa conversa, principalmente na sessão pós-spoilers. Antes, falamos de vários documentários recentes, incluindo o aterrorizante Leaving Neverland, sobre os abusos sexuais do Michael Jackson em crianças. Também: Documentary Now!, a excelente série do IFC que parodia documentários famosos. Border, um filme sueco que apostamos que vai pegar todo mundo de surpresa, Alita: Battle Angel e o belo filme que tinha faltado do Oscar: If Beale Street Could Talk...
2019-04-031h 35
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeJames King on one of Canada's greatest publishers, Jack McClellandJames King is the author of six novels and nine biographies, including books on David Milne, Margaret Laurence, Jack McClelland, and Lawren Harris. His biography of Herbert Read, The Last Modern, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, James lives in Hamilton, Ontario. And that's where I met him to discuss his biography of Jack McClelland, Jack, A Life with Writers. Among other things we talk of publicizing Canadian authors, happy childhoods, Patrick Crean, Esi Edugyan, magnetic personalities, P.T. Barnum, swearing, multi-national publishing houses, Canadian literature, Gabriel R...
2019-03-2556 min
Ride Home Reactions69. (Nice.) If Beale Street Could TalkBetsy Stockwell joins Jill and David to talk violence against women, actor-ing, and Jewish Dave Franco.
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2019-01-1121 min
Spoilerpiece TheatreEpisode #234: "Bird Box," "The Favourite," and "If Beale Street Could Talk"Happy New Year Spoilerpiece fans! This week the guys start out by revealing their unconventional New Year's Eve plans. For films, there are three on the docket, and everyone has seen them, which makes for lively discussion! First, the guys review THE FAVOURITE (4:48), a period piece by Yorgos Lanthimos that Kris and Dave loved, but Evan couldn't stand. Next they cover IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (17:37), the beautiful Barry Jenkins movie they all agree is fantastic because the theme of love permeates it. Lastly, the guys take on the much-discussed Sandra Bullock Netflix original BIRD BOX (30:17), a tense horror...
2019-01-0457 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeHannah Knowles on the role of the commissioning editorHannah Knowles, Senior Commissioning Editor at Canongate Books in London, tells me what she does. I question her with the help of Geoffrey Faber. We talk, among others things, about track records, The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump, books with legs, back-lists, bestsellers, Robert Webb's How Not to be a Boy, selling rights internationally, inclusive lists, illustrated books, the right length of a book, redundant and obscure passages, the first 50 pages, popular culture, being on the writer's side, auctions, lizards and sex in Cold Skin, Rob Sears, libel, parody, the wallpaper in Canongate's London boardroom, editorial and acquisition meetings...
2018-12-2447 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Frum on Trumpocracy, and Trump: The NovelDavid Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic. In 2001 and 2002, he was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. We met in Ottawa and talked about, among other things, his father Murray, a Bernini bronze, African art, reference books, Linda Frum's biography of her (and David's), mother Barbara, the mistrust of optimism, Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and women, loyalty, how to become an expert in almost anything, the shock of the Great Depression, 2008, immigration, the deterioration of democracy, the role of political books, Trumpocracy, discovery and thre...
2018-12-031h 07
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Frum on Trumpocracy and Trump: The NovelDavid Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic. In 2001 and 2002, he was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. We met in Ottawa and talked about, among other things, his father Murray, a Bernini bronze, African art, reference books, Linda Frum's biography of her (and David's), mother Barbara, the mistrust of optimism, Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and women, loyalty, how to become an expert in almost anything, the shock of the Great Depression, 2008, immigration, the deterioration of democracy, the role of political books, Trumpocracy, discovery and thre...
2018-12-031h 07
The Spoiler Warning (MP3)Review 522: If Beale Street Could Talk
Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review If Beale Street Could Talk.
Directed by Barry Jenkins. With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, and Regina King. A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller
Featured Review:
• If Beale Street Could Talk
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat)
• Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat)
Music for this Episode:
• Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Sou...
2018-10-2430 minThe Spoiler WarningReview 522: If Beale Street Could Talk
Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review If Beale Street Could Talk.
Directed by Barry Jenkins. With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, and Regina King. A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller
Featured Review:
• If Beale Street Could Talk
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat)
• Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat)
Music for this Episode:
• Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Sou...
2018-10-2430 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeMichel Tremblay on his play Hosanna, Quebec and SeparationMichel Tremblay was born in Montreal in 1942. He studied graphic arts and became a linotypist like his father and brother. He wrote his first play Le Train in 1959 and with it won the 1964 Radio Canada Young Author's Competition. But it was his second play Les Belles-Sœurs that established him as an important writer - the first play to use Joual and feature working class women on the stage, the first of a cycle of plays set in the Plateau Mont Royal district of Montreal. He went on to write a series of novels chronicling life in the Plateau. T...
2018-10-081h 11
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeAdrian King Edwards on selling 2nd-Hand & Antiquarian Books in MontrealAdrian King Edwards is the proprietor of The Word Bookstore near McGill University in Montreal; has been for more than 40 years. I met with him at his home to talk books, second-hand versus used, the John Schulman scandal in Pittsburgh, trust, stories, longevity, authors' obscure childrens' books, policemen checking the spices, David McKnight's collection of Canadian literary periodicals, Canadian poetry, letterpress books, changing values, changing definitions of rare, Glenn Goluska, clean organized bookstores, the aging bookseller population, Wescott Books and the student rush.
2018-09-1747 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeGlenn Horowitz on the sale and placement of author archivesGlenn Horowitz is an agent in the sale and placement of culturally significant archives to research institutions throughout the United States. Authors, artists, musicians, designers, and photographers he has represented include Norman Mailer, James Salter, Deborah Eisenberg, David Foster Wallace, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Grushkin, the Magnum Group, Nadine Gordimer, and Danny Fields. I met Glenn in his Manhattan offices. We talked about, among other things, the imaginative packaging of authors' archives, the maturing of research institutions, kaboosing like collections, natural sympathies, technology coming on line, letterpress printing as a nostalgic gasp, the shift to digital, Bob Dylan's...
2018-06-1851 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDave Bull on Japanese Woodblock Carving and PrintingDavid Bull is an ukiyo-e woodblock printer and carver who heads the Mokuhankan ukiyo-e studio in Asakusa, Tokyo. Born in Britain, Bull moved to Canada at age 5 and lived there until 1986 when he relocated with his family to Tokyo to pursue ukiyo-e. He first discovered Japanese woodblocks while browsing an art gallery in Toronto at age 29. Intrigued, he started making his own prints without formal training. He is known for his work on the Ukiyo-e heroes kickstarter crowd-funding project together with Jed Henry, recreating modern video-game scenes in old-style woodblock prints. The Mokuhankan studio has a shop and offers...
2018-04-3057 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeSjon on Poetry and IcelandBorn in Reykjavik in 1962, Sjón is a celebrated Icelandic novelist. He won the Nordic Council's Literary Prize for his novel 'The Blue Fox' (the Nordic countries' equivalent of the Man Booker Prize) and the novel 'From The Mouth Of The Whale' was shortlisted for both the IMPAC Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. His novel 'Moonstone – The Boy Who Never Was' was awarded every Icelandic literature prize, among them the 2013 Icelandic Literary Prize. His latest published work is the definite edition of the trilogy CoDex 1962. Also a poet, librettist and lyricist, Sjón has published nine...
2018-04-251h 02The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Esslemont on Thomas Bewick, Wood EngraverWikipedia tells us that "Thomas Bewick (1753 – 1828) was an English engraver and author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving , making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating children's books. He gradually turned to illustrating, writing and publishing his own books, gaining an adult audience for the fine illustrations in A History of Quadrupeds. His career began when he was apprenticed to engraver Ralph Beilby in Newcastle upon Tyne. He became a partner in the business and eventually took it over. Bewick is best known for his A History of Br...
2018-02-0119 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Esslemont on Thomas Bewick, Wood EngraverWikipedia tells us that "Thomas Bewick (1753 – 1828) was an English engraver and author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving , making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating children's books. He gradually turned to illustrating, writing and publishing his own books, gaining an adult audience for the fine illustrations in A History of Quadrupeds. His career began when he was apprenticed to engraver Ralph Beilby in Newcastle upon Tyne. He became a partner in the business and eventually took it over. Bewick is best known for his A History of Br...
2018-02-0119 minThe Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Esslemont on the history of the Gregynog and Solmentes PressesDavid Esslemont is an artist, designer, printmaker and bookbinder. He makes books from scratch, most recently about food, and publishes under his Solmentes Press imprint. He was Artistic Director of the University of Wales Gregynog Press from 1985–97 and has won many book design awards including the Felice Feliciano International Award in 1991. Esslemont's work can be found in both private and public collections worldwide. (His archive to 2005 is held at the University of Iowa.) I braved the harsh winter weather to visit David at his farm in Decorah, Iowa. We met in his slightly coolish workshop to talk about the history...
2018-01-1746 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Esslemont on the history of the Gregynog and Solmentes PressesDavid Esslemont is an artist, designer, printmaker and bookbinder. He makes books from scratch, most recently about food, and publishes under his Solmentes Press imprint. He was Artistic Director of the University of Wales Gregynog Press from 1985–97 and has won many book design awards including the Felice Feliciano International Award in 1991. Esslemont’s work can be found in both private and public collections worldwide. (His archive to 2005 is held at the University of Iowa.) I braved the harsh winter weather to visit David at his farm in Decorah, Iowa. We met in his slightly coolish workshop to talk about the hist...
2018-01-1746 minBeale Street Caravan#2107 - Edward David Anderson and CATLBlues, Soul, and Rock and Roll continue to evolve and inspire. While BSC tends to favor the veterans and living legends, this week we have two acts, Edward David Anderson and CATL that have dynamic, innovative and fresh approaches, yet deep love and reverence for the traditions of yesterday.
BSC contributor William Lee Ellis returns to continue his series, Religion and the Blues.
2016-11-2858 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Mason on his memoir The Pope's BookbinderI met with David Mason in Kingston to talk about his memoir The Pope's Bookbinder. As the Biblioasis website wordsmiths have it: "From his drug-hazy, book-happy years near the Beat Hotel in Paris and throughout his career as antiquarian book dealer, David Mason brings us a storied life. He discovers his love of literature in a bathtub at age eleven, thumbing through stacks of lurid Signet paperbacks. At fifteen he’s expelled from school. For the next decade and a half, he will work odd jobs, buck all authority, buy books more often than food, and float ar...
2014-07-1135 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Mason on his memoir The Pope's BookbinderI met with David Mason in Kingston to talk about his memoir The Pope's Bookbinder. As the Biblioasis website wordsmiths have it: "From his drug-hazy, book-happy years near the Beat Hotel in Paris and throughout his career as antiquarian book dealer, David Mason brings us a storied life. He discovers his love of literature in a bathtub at age eleven, thumbing through stacks of lurid Signet paperbacks. At fifteen he's expelled from school. For the next decade and a half, he will work odd jobs, buck all authority, buy books more often than food, and float around...
2014-07-1135 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeGeorge Tremlett on Dylan and Caitlin Thomas George Tremlett (born 1939) is an English author, bookshop owner, and former politician. According to his own biography, after leaving King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon, he worked for the Coventry Evening Telegraph from 1957 onward as a TV columnist and pop music reviewer. In 1961 he became a freelance rock journalist and in the 1970s wrote a series of paperbacks on pop stars, including The David Bowie Story, the first bio of the musician. He is a biographer of Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin. He interviewed Caitlin at her home in Catalonia for the book Caitlin: Life with Dylan T...
2014-07-0856 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeAndre Alexis accuses David Gilmour of RacismI met with Andre Alexis to discuss his novella, A (BookThug, 2013). During our conversation we hit, among other things, on literary criticism, book reviewing, 'Good' and 'Baddeley' literary critics, and David Gilmour and his GG Award winning novel A Perfect Night to go to China, and Alexis's contention that racism is contained in the chapter in this novel entitled "The Pigeon". Please note that, as a condition of making the recording of this conversation public, Alexis's essay entitled "Of a Smallness in the Soul" is being made readily available (as it is right here) to visitors to this we...
2014-06-0647 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastAndre Alexis accuses David Gilmour of RacismI met with Andre Alexis to discuss his novella, A (BookThug, 2013). During our conversation we hit, among other things, on literary criticism, book reviewing, 'Good' and 'Baddeley' literary critics, and David Gilmour and his GG Award winning novel A Perfect Night to go to China, and Alexis's contention that racism is contained in the chapter in this novel entitled “The Pigeon”. Please note that, as a condition of making the recording of this conversation public, Alexis's essay entitled “Of a Smallness in the Soul” is being made readily available (as it is right here) to visitors to this web page...
2014-06-0647 minThe Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeProf. David Southward on Lionel TrillingLionel Trilling (1905 – 1975) is one of the best known U.S. critics of the twentieth century. A Professor of Literature and Criticism at Columbia University from 1931 - 1975, his teachings focused primarily on the relationships between literature, culture and politics. His first and best known collection of essays, The Liberal Imagination, was published in 1950. I met with David Southward, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, in Gatineau, Quebec at the ACTC Annual Conference to discuss Trilling and his approach to literary criticism.
2013-05-2024 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastProf. David Southward on Lionel TrillingLionel Trilling (1905 – 1975) is one of the best known U.S. critics of the twentieth century. A Professor of Literature and Criticism at Columbia University from 1931 - 1975, his teachings focused primarily on the relationships between literature, culture and politics. His first and best known collection of essays, The Liberal Imagination, was published in 1950. I met with David Southward, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, in Gatineau, Quebec at the ACTC Annual Conference to discuss Trilling and his approach to literary criticism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
2013-05-2024 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Theis on his book Literary HoustonWhile there is no ‘great Houston Novel,’ a lot of good stories have come out of the city, many of which are told in David Theis’s Literary Houston, an anthology of writing on and about 'the Bayou city'. Stories, because Houston is a place where people come to DO things. ‘To fly to the moon, create empires, build fortresses against cancer, and temples to surrealism’ as Theis puts it. I met him recently at a cafe just off Houston's busy Westheimer street. Seems like everwhere we moved something or someone very noisy decided to followed us. Still, we ha...
2012-07-1217 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Theis on his book Literary HoustonWhile there is no 'great Houston Novel,' a lot of good stories have come out of the city, many of which are told in David Theis's Literary Houston, an anthology of writing on and about 'the Bayou city'. Stories, because Houston is a place where people come to DO things. 'To fly to the moon, create empires, build fortresses against cancer, and temples to surrealism' as Theis puts it. I met him recently at a cafe just off Houston's busy Westheimer street. Seems like everwhere we moved something or someone very noisy decided to followed us. St...
2012-07-1217 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Gilmour on his novel The Perfect Order of ThingsIt didn't win any prizes; no awards; didn't make many, if any, long or short lists; but David Gilmour's The Perfect Order of Things is a great novel. The best I read last year. In fact, I think it's one of the best Canadian novels ever written. Deceptively easy to read, the book's 300-odd pages are not only crowded with elegantly crafted sentences, they collectively capture and convey levels of insight and depths of experience one typically finds only in great Russian novels. Perfect Order leaves you invigorated; filled with admiration for the life fully lived. It makes you...
2012-01-0936 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Gilmour on his novel The Perfect Order of ThingsIt didn't win any prizes; no awards; didn't make many, if any, long or short lists; but David Gilmour's The Perfect Order of Things is a great novel. The best I read last year. In fact, I think it's one of the best Canadian novels ever written. Deceptively easy to read, the book's 300-odd pages are not only crowded with elegantly crafted sentences, they collectively capture and convey levels of insight and depths of experience one typically finds only in great Russian novels. Perfect Order leaves you invigorated; filled with admiration for the life fully lived. It makes you...
2012-01-0936 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeMichael Gnarowski on Contact PressProfessor, poet, editor and critic, Michael Gnarowski was born in Shanghai, China in 1934. He received his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Ottawa in 1967. While an undergraduate at McGill, he contributed to, and co-edited, Yes (1956-1970) magazine. He also wrote for and/or edited Le Chien d'or/The Golden Dog (1970-1972), Delta, Golden Dog Press (1971-1985), and Tecumseh Press, and was series editor for McGraw-Hill Ryerson's Critical Views on Canadian Writers Series (1969-1977) and co-edited Canadian Poetry (1977- ) with David Bentley. In 1970 Gnarowski wrote a brief history and checklist of the Contact Press. Here's hi...
2011-05-1939 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastPublisher Jack David on ECW PressECW Press is a North American small press book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canadian literary magazine called Essays on Canadian Writing. Its first books belonged primarily to two series - the Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors (ABCMA) and Canadian Writers and Their Works (CWTW). Throughout the 1980s ECW published a wide range of Canadian literary reference titles, and - in order to stay alive - began to service third-party clients, creating promotional books for corporations. In the 1990s ECW returned to trade publishing...
2011-03-0646 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealePublisher Jack David on ECW PressECW Press is a North American small press book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canadian literary magazine called Essays on Canadian Writing. Its first books belonged primarily to two series - the Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors (ABCMA) and Canadian Writers and Their Works (CWTW). Throughout the 1980s ECW published a wide range of Canadian literary reference titles, and - in order to stay alive - began to service third-party clients, creating promotional books for corporations. In the 1990s ECW returned to trade publishing...
2011-03-0646 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeRoderick Cave on The Golden Cockerel Press The Golden Cockerel Press is one of most important, productive English private presses in the history of fine printing. In 2002 Oak Knoll Press and the British Library co-published the first extensive study of the Golden Cockerel. Written by Roderick Cave, the book is based on interviews and the Press' widely-scattered archives. Responsible in large part for a revival in wood-engraving, Golden Cockerel Press books published between 1920-1960 contain the work of brilliant practitioners such as Robert Gibbings (who owned the Press throughout much of the 20s), Eric Gill, David Jones, Agnes Miller Parker, Eric Ravilious, and John Buc...
2010-12-1338 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid R. Godine on the history and collecting, of his publishing housePublisher and book collector David R. Godine is the founder and president of a small, independent, eponymous publishing house, located in Boston, Massachusetts. It produces between twenty and thirty titles per year and maintains an active reprint program. Bio: After receiving degrees from Roxbury Latin School, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University, Godine worked for Leonard Baskin, the renowned typographer and printmaker, and master printer Harold McGrath. Going solo in 1970, from the confines of a deserted barn, using his own presses, Godine printed his first books. Most were letterpress, limited editions, printed on high-quality paper. In 1980, the company...
2010-07-2636 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid R. Godine on the history and collecting, of his publishing housePublisher and book collector David R. Godine is the founder and president of a small, independent, eponymous publishing house, located in Boston, Massachusetts. It produces between twenty and thirty titles per year and maintains an active reprint program. Bio: After receiving degrees from Roxbury Latin School, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University, Godine worked for Leonard Baskin, the renowned typographer and printmaker, and master printer Harold McGrath. Going solo in 1970, from the confines of a deserted barn, using his own presses, Godine printed his first books. Most were letterpress, limited editions, printed on high-quality paper. In 1980, the company...
2010-07-2636 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastProf. David Staines on Northrop Frye and Evaluative CriticismProf. David Staines is a Canadian literary critic, university professor (English at the University of Ottawa), writer, and editor. He specializes in three literatures: medieval, Victorian and Canadian. He is editor of the scholarly Journal of Canadian Poetry (since 1986) and general editor of McClelland and Stewart’s New Canadian Library series (since 1988). His essay collections, include The Canadian Imagination (1977), a book that introduced Canadian literature and literary criticism to an American audience, plus studies on Morley Callaghan and Stephen Leacock. But it’s not for any of this (save a defense of Callaghan in the face of John...
2010-06-2833 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeProf. David Staines on Northrop Frye and Evaluative CriticismProf. David Staines is a Canadian literary critic, university professor (English at the University of Ottawa), writer, and editor. He specializes in three literatures: medieval, Victorian and Canadian. He is editor of the scholarly Journal of Canadian Poetry (since 1986) and general editor of McClelland and Stewart's New Canadian Library series (since 1988). His essay collections, include The Canadian Imagination (1977), a book that introduced Canadian literature and literary criticism to an American audience, plus studies on Morley Callaghan and Stephen Leacock. But it's not for any of this (save a defense of Callaghan in the face of John Metcalf's c...
2010-06-2833 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeScience Fiction Editors David Hartwell and Kathryn CramerDavid Hartwell has worked as a Science Fiction and Fantasy editor for Signet, Berkley Putnam, Pocket (where he founded the Timescape imprint and created the Pocket Books StarTrek publishing line), and Tor (where he headed Tor's Canadian publishing initiative, and introduced many Australian writers to the US market). Since 1995, his title at Tor/Forge Books has been "Senior Editor." He chairs the board of directors of the World Fantasy Convention and is an administrator of the Philip K. Dick Award. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative medieval literature and lives in Pleasantville, New York with his wife Kathryn C...
2009-11-1040 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastScience Fiction Editors David Hartwell and Kathryn CramerDavid Hartwell has worked as a Science Fiction and Fantasy editor for Signet, Berkley Putnam, Pocket (where he founded the Timescape imprint and created the Pocket Books StarTrek publishing line), and Tor (where he headed Tor’s Canadian publishing initiative, and introduced many Australian writers to the US market). Since 1995, his title at Tor/Forge Books has been "Senior Editor." He chairs the board of directors of the World Fantasy Convention and is an administrator of the Philip K. Dick Award. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative medieval literature and lives in Pleasantville, New York with his wife Kat...
2009-11-1040 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Mitchell on experimenting with the novelistic formThis from the incomparable British Council's contemporary writers website: Born in Southport in 1969, David Mitchell grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, studying for a degree in English and American Literature followed by an MAin Comparative Literature, at the University of Kent. He lived for a year in Sicily before moving to Hiroshima, Japan, where he taught English to technical students for eight years, before returning to England. In his first novel, Ghostwritten...
2009-10-0431 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Mitchell on experimenting with the novelistic formThis from the incomparable British Council’s contemporary writers website: Born in Southport in 1969, David Mitchell grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, studying for a degree in English and American Literature followed by an MAin Comparative Literature, at the University of Kent. He lived for a year in Sicily before moving to Hiroshima, Japan, where he taught English to technical students for eight years, before returning to England. In his first novel, Ghostwritten (1999...
2009-10-0431 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealePittsburgh Post Gazette Books Editor Bob HooverFormer Pittsburgh Post Gazette Books Editor Bob Hoover wrote about books with the paper for more than 20 years. We talk here, at a noisy diner in the shadow of the Heinz ketchup factory, about the role of a books editor, Pittsburgh's lively literary arts scene, blogs, the 800-900 review copies Bob receives each month, and keeping readers current about everything book related. We also talk about Bob's connection with authors David McCullough and Michael Chabon, and his disconnect with Philip Roth and Paul Theroux; about Ernest Hemingway's Cuban home, and the reviewing genius of John Updike.
2009-05-072h 33
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastDavid Carruthers on St. Armand PapersDavid Carruthers, owner/proprietor of St. Armand Papers in Montreal takes us through the process of how he produces paper that is used in the letterpress printing of books. We talk about pure fibre rags, old jute coffee bags, cover stock, denim and blue paper, beaters, pulp, and vat-like structures for pulp, and machines that take 95% of the moisture out of the pulp and flatten it so that it can be stored in sheets that look and feel like blotting paper and then treated with substances such as potato starch, clay and/or chalk, depending upon the end use...
2008-11-0527 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeDavid Carruthers on St. Armand PapersDavid Carruthers, owner/proprietor of St. Armand Papers in Montreal takes us through the process of how he produces paper that is used in the letterpress printing of books. We talk about pure fibre rags, old jute coffee bags, cover stock, denim and blue paper, beaters, pulp, and vat-like structures for pulp, and machines that take 95% of the moisture out of the pulp and flatten it so that it can be stored in sheets that look and feel like blotting paper and then treated with substances such as potato starch, clay and/or chalk, depending upon the end use...
2008-11-0527 min