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Razgledi in razmislekiPesnica in pisateljica Kapka Kassabova: "Takrat se začne čarovnija. Ko si popolnoma navzoč. In to je začetek preseganja ločitev."Kapka Kassabova je mladost preživela v Bolgariji, pozneje se je s starši preselila na Novo Zelandijo, danes pa živi v Škotskem višavju. Kassabova s svojimi deli zarisuje pozabljene pokrajine in kulturni mozaik regije, ki je pogosto razumljena popreproščeno ali pa je reducirana na klišeje o Balkanu. Z avtorico se je pogovarjala Petra Meterc, tudi prevajalka njenih del.
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ton in montaža Robert Markoč.2025-07-0232 min
Women of LettersA geographical mind: In conversation with Kapka KassabovaThe only word that can be used to adequately describe Kapka’s work is ‘mesmerizing.’ The effect either of reading her writing or of listening to her speak is one of being swept into what feels like an alternate dimension, where everything is tinged with a kind of numinosity and wonder.To experience the vividness of her perspective once is to seek its repeated encounter — and, fortunately for us, it can be found throughout what are currently more than a dozen of her published books and countless interviews. I’m delighted, with our conversation, to have added to this ri...2025-06-2449 min
Ars aktualnoV Novi Gorici gostuje pisateljica Kapka KassabovaNovo Gorico je v sklopu Festivala Kompleksnosti, ki predstavlja skupni literarni program festivala Mesto knjige in Evropske prestolnice kulture GO! 2025, obiskala Kapka Kassabova, večkrat nagrajena bolgarska avtorica, katere knjiga Meja je pri založbi Beletrina izšla lansko pomlad v okviru festivala Fabula.2025-05-3004 min
Gone To TimbuktuSeries 2 Ep 10: Kapka KassabovaDiscussing Anima, the final book in her decade-long quartet, awardwinning author and poet Kapka Kassabova takes us on a journey into a wild corner of the Balkans to meet the the last true pastoralists of Europe. This is a powerful conversation about love, freedom and nomadism. 2025-05-2943 min
Timpul prezentKapka Kassabova: „În călătoria mea pe graniță am învățat să-i ascult cu adevărat pe oameni”Scriitoarea Kapka Kassabova ne propune în volumul „Frontiera” o călătorie de-a lungul graniței unde Bulgaria se învecinează cu Turcia și Grecia. În periplul ei, autoarea cunoaște oamenii locurilor, adevărate personaje care îi dezvăluie istoriile acestui spațiu complex, marcat de traume colective dar și de povești despre supraviețuire. Cartea „Frontiera” este ea însăși o construcție de frontieră: între ficțiune și literatură de călătorie, între relatare jurnalistică și carte de istorie și se citește ca un roman de aventuri. Kapka Kassabova a participat la Festivalul Internațional de Literatură și Traducere...2024-11-2230 min
Vous lisez quoi ? FB NordElixir de Kapka Kassabova ed. Marchialydurée : 00:02:15 - Elixir de Kapka Kassabova ed. Marchialy2024-08-0502 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookAnima: A Wild Pastoral Audiobook by Kapka KassabovaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 774441
Title: Anima: A Wild Pastoral
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16:29:19
Language: English
Release date: 07-11-24
Publisher: PGRH UK
Genres: Non-Fiction, Travel, Europe, Social Science
Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin.
The spellbinding new book by the prizewinning writer Kapka Kassabova tells the story of her time with the last moving pastoralists in Europe: a gripping portrayal of human-animal interdependence, and a plea for a different way of living.
Living with one of these communities over the course of one summer, Kassabova experiences the...2024-07-114h 29
Get New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceAnima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka KassabovaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/774441to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Anima: A Wild Pastoral
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes
Release date: July 11, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. The spellbinding new book by the prizewinning writer Kapka Kassabova tells the story of her time with the last moving pastoralists in Europe: a gripping portrayal of human-animal interdependence, and a plea for a different way of living. Living with one of these communities over the course of one summer, Kassabova experiences the intensity, brutality, beauty and isolation of their...2024-07-114h 29
Get New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceAnima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka KassabovaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/774441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anima: A Wild Pastoral Author: Kapka Kassabova Narrator: Natalie Pela Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 11, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The spellbinding new book by the prizewinning writer Kapka Kassabova tells the story of her time with the last moving pastoralists in Europe: a gripping portrayal of human-animal interdependence, and a plea for a different way of living. Living with one of these communities over the course of one summer, Kassabova experiences the intensity, brutality, beauty and isolation of...2024-07-1105 min
Experience Your Ears To A Game-Changing Full Audiobook.Anima by Kapka KassabovaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62236to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Anima
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 07-11-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
Anima is an extraordinary portrayal of pastoral life, where humans and animals exist in profound interdependence. Kassabova conjures the spirit of this remarkable place with intimacy and empathy, and helps us imagine how we might all begin to heal our broken relationship with the natural world.2024-07-114h 29
Personal LandscapesKapka Kassabova: Europe’s last nomadic pastoralistsDonate to Personal Landscapes.Kapka Kassabova writes about marginal places and the interdependence of humans and animals in traditional societies. In her last four books, she has made the Balkans her subject — a region I love visiting for its rugged geography and people. She’s one of today’s most interesting writers on place, and one whose work will stand the test of time.We spoke about her newest book Anima: A Wild Pastoral, the interdependence of humans and animals, and what it’s like to live as a shepherd in a vertical world.2024-07-021h 04
Incroci On AirIncroci 24: Kapka KassabovaKapka Kassabova è nata a Sofia, si è trasferita da giovane in Nuova Zelanda con la famiglia e vive da svariati anni nelle Highlands scozzesi: lei è un vero e proprio incrocio di civiltà. Al festival Incroci di Civiltà 2024, la scrittrice ha dialogato con Sara circa il suo ultimo lavoro, Elisir, un'opera in cui natura, ecologia, cultura e magia si fondono insieme.L'intervista è in lingua inglese.La musica che accompagna l'episodio è Celtic di Crowander, da Free Music Archive.2024-06-2512 min
Sobotno branjeKapka Kassabova: Meja - potovanje na rob Evrope»Ta knjiga pripoveduje zgodbo o zadnji evropski meji. Tam se, kot je to pri mejah, stikajo in razhajajo Bolgarija, Grčija in Turčija. To je tudi mesto, kjer se začne nekaj podobnega Evropi in konča nekaj, kar ni povsem Azija.«Kapka Kassabova v romanu Meja: potovanje na rob Evrope, ki je nedavno izšel pri založbi Beletrina, pred nami na resnično živ način zarisuje življenje ob meji, kjer se prepletajo različne religije, jeziki in pisave ter dediščina cele množice različnih zgodovinskih obdobij in dogodkov, ki so tamkajšnje ljudi včasih povezovali in...2024-05-1123 min
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 78: The Great American NovelThe idea of the Great American Novel is controversial, passé, hubristic, and . . . always fascinating to talk about. This week, inspired by a recent list of potential candidates for the Great American Novel published in The Atlantic, we dive in and talk about the concept, the history, the list, and our votes for other contenders. What book(s) would get your vote?ShownotesBooks* The MANIAC, by Benjamin Labatut* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, by Kapka Kassabova* Elixir: In the V...2024-04-181h 36
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 77: PoetryHow do we love poetry? Let us count the ways. This week, we’re joined by Anthony Garrett to kick off National Poetry Month with a wonderful conversation about our favorite poems and poets, how and when we read poetry, and a discussion about how to approach this sometimes intimidating part of the literary landscape. Does poetry play a part in your reading life?We also announce the winners of our latest giveaway, so please join us!ShownotesBooks* Averno, by Louise Glück* The Obscene Bird of Night, by...2024-04-041h 42
普通读者Ep 64. 迟到的秋季指南：苹果、烛光，以及很多很多书这一期我们聊一聊秋季的书单，秋季的饮品，秋季的食物和秋季的电影。非常非常多的推荐和安利。在寒冷的深秋初冬，希望给大家带来一丝丝的温暖。
时间节点：
0:00-1:01 Intro
1:01-6:00 秋天大家喜欢做什么
6:00-12:33 秋天大家喜欢读什么类型的书
12:33-22:02 H推荐的两本书：
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, by Amy Bloom
The Vet’s Daughter, by Barbara Comyns
22:02-28:43 徐慢懒推荐的两本书：
《樱桃园》- 契诃夫
《浮云》- 林芙美子
28:43-33:07 JS推荐的两本书：
August Blue, by Deborah Levy
Blaue Frau, by Antje Rávic Strubel
33:07-40:13 堂本推荐的两本书：
Night Side of the River : Ghost Stories, by Jeanette Winterson
Minor Detail, by Adania Shibli
40:13-48:31 “普通读者”播客上曾经推荐过的书
《激情耗尽》薇塔·萨克维尔-韦斯特
《狐狸的灼心》妙莉叶·芭贝里
《长日将尽》石黑一雄
《克拉拉与太阳》石黑一雄
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, by Tananarive Due
A Ghost in the Throat, by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Marschlande, by Jarka Kubsova
Lanny, by Max Porter (《中文？》）
Stoner, by John Williams (《斯通纳》)
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
《一度青春》帕特里克·莫迪亚诺 （以及...2023-12-0658 min
BookmarksSabina Minardi - Bookmarks- Ritratto di coppia di Naoise DolanSabina Minardi - Bookmarks- Ritratto di coppia di Naoise DolanIn questo podcast:-La coppia felice di Naoise Dolan (Blu Atlantide)-Ognuno per sé e Dio contro tutti di Werner Herzog (Feltrinelli)-Elisir di Kapka Kassabova (Crocetti editore)-il podcast Ignifughe di Federica Fabrizio e Giorgia Soleri (Storytel)2023-10-0605 min
Travel Writing PodcastElixir: Interview with Kapka KassabovaIn this episode, Kapka Kassabova joins us for a conversation about her most recently published book, Elixir, the third in what will soon be a quartet set in the southern Balkans. She speaks about how the heartbreak that she found during her journey for the first book in the quartet prepared her emotionally for Elixir, why she always seeks out a guide during her travels, and why it's important for every traveler (and writer) to "own your wounds and your hopes."2023-09-2943 min
The Fire These Times141/ How the EU Criminalizes Solidarity with Migrants w/ Border Violence Monitoring NetworkJoey is joined by Anas & Elena from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to talk about the way in which the European Union is criminalizing solidarity with migrants and how the EU has turned the Mediterranean into a giant graveyard for people who look like me.
You can support The Fire These Times on patreon.com/firethesetimes with a monthly or yearly donation and get a lot of perks including early access, exclusive videos, monthly hangouts, access to the book club, merch and more.
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The Wandering Book CollectorDaljit Nagra on his sense of mischief; on abandoning 30 line poems; on his first language Punjabi; on listening to Miles Davis; on fully expecting to fail; on the nine-metre man and snake gods; and on straight bananas — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Daljit Nagra to discuss his latest collection of poetry, Indiom.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously planned journeys into hard-to-reach wildernesses and cult...2023-08-3036 min
The Wandering Book CollectorKhashayar J Khabushani on hyphenated identity; on Dodgers jerseys and drinking beer; on memoir v fiction; on belonging where we are born; on hopefulness and youthfulness; on the myth of LA; and on missing hearing Farsi — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Khashayar J Khabushani to discuss his debut, I Will Greet the Sun Again.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:Cox & Kings — Arranging captivating travel experiences for...2023-08-0245 min
The Wandering Book CollectorHanne Ørstavik on love, love and more love; on travelling with her books; on openness and vulnerability as two sides of the same thing; on 16 books written as one big novel; on the power of silence in Mexico; and on embarrassing notebooks — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Hanne Ørstavik to discuss her book, Ti Amo. It is her 16th novel.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast: Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously planned journeys into hard...2023-07-1747 min
The Wandering Book CollectorDamian Le Bas on rambunctious families; on van life; on slag heaps and rubbish tips; on lecturing kids; on the only seasons of summer and winter; on the question “where are you from?”; and on looking like a Division 4 Swedish footballer — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Damian Le Bas to discuss his debut, The Stopping Places. Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously planned journeys into hard-to-reach wildernesses and cultures.If you’re enjoying the podcast, I’d lo...2023-06-1147 min
Arts & IdeasNature MemoirsFrom Pakistan to Bulgaria to swimming the waterways of Britain: Rana Mitter is joined by a panel of writers to look at our relationship with particular landscapes and the natural world. Kapka Kassabova’s latest book Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time details her stay in a remote valley by the River Mesa in Bulgaria and the knowledge of herbalism she finds there. Patrick Barham's latest book is about Roger Deakin, the environmentalist who co-founded Common Ground and was passionate about wild swimming. New Generation Thinker Noreen Masud from the University of Bristol has written a me...2023-05-3144 min
The Wandering Book CollectorSophie Ward on experimental education; on flaws and frailties and guilt; on saying “my wife”; on child acting; on the US-Vietnam War; on her superpower; on writing more about Detective Sergeant Carter; on outliers; on travelling to Mars — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Sophie Ward to discuss her novels, The Schoolhouse, and her debut Love and Other Thought Experiments, long listed for the Booker. Before that, a work of non-fiction, A Marriage Proposal: The Importance of Equal Marriage and What it Means for All of Us. Please consider supporting your lo...2023-05-1739 min
Don’t Miss This Unforgettable Full Audiobook — Perfect While Cooking.Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time by Kapka KassabovaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676597to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 28 minutes
Release date: May 16, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place Over several seasons, Kassabova spends time with the people of this magical region. She meets women and men...2023-05-165h 28
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookElixir: In the Valley at the End of Time Audiobook by Kapka KassabovaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 676597
Title: Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17:28:17
Language: English
Release date: 05-16-23
Publisher: PGRH UK
Genres: Health & Wellness, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Naturopathy & New Age
Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin.
Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place
Over several seasons, Kassabova spends time with...2023-05-165h 28
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Title: Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 28 minutes
Release date: May 16, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place Over several seasons, Kassabova spends time with the people of this magical region. She meets women and men...2023-05-165h 28Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Medicine & NaturopathyElixir: In the Valley at the End of Time by Kapka KassabovaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676597to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Natalie Pela
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 28 minutes
Release date: May 16, 2023
Genres: Medicine & Naturopathy
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place Over several seasons, Kassabova spends time with the people of this magical region. She meets women and men...2023-05-165h 28
The Wandering Book CollectorNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o on riding matatus in Kenya; on the community he misses most; on torture and imagination; on the fun of writing a book on toilet paper; on birds, bees and butterflies; on which book is next; on where he wants to retire — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to discuss his life's works including Wrestling with the Devil, which reflects on his imprisonment back in 1978. Also, his first novel Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ, in English, Devil on the Cross, which he wrote in prison. And Weep Not, Child; The Rive...2023-04-2952 min
The Book Club ReviewFree and The Snow Ball • Book Club, episode #140We're joined by friend and journalist Phil Chaffee to discuss FREE by Lea Ypi, a memoir of her Albanian childhood and of life amid the collapse of Communism. The book won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize and was on many a best-book of 2022 list. Both our book clubs read this one, but what did they make of it? We'll be reporting back. We’re also discussing THE SNOW BALL by Brigid Brophy, a swirling, sensual feast that takes place over one night at a New Year...2023-04-0641 min
The Wandering Book CollectorDoreen Cunningham on Arctic ice; on bullying; on community as hope; on the fact there are whales singing in the sea still, in spite of it all; on Amtrak trains; on bank loans and luck; on mothering; on the gray whales of the Puget Sound— with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer Doreen Cunningham to discuss her debut, SOUNDINGS: Journeys in the company of whales. From the lagoons of Mexico to Arctic glaciers, Doreen followed the route of the gray whale on one of the longest mammalian migrations — with Max, her little boy, by her side. Her...2023-03-2947 min
The Wandering Book CollectorKylie Moore-Gilbert on her most treasured possession in prison; on training herself to memorise everything in a room, and on recall; on solitary confinement, hope and freedom; on how it feels to be in an airport immigration queue — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I’m joined by the writer and scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert to discuss her book, THE UNCAGED SKY: My 804 days in an Iranian prison. Kylie was arrested at Tehran Airport in September 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards and convicted of espionage. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but released early in...2023-02-2234 min
Start the WeekAncient knowledgeThe theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli celebrates the life of an ancient Greek philosopher, in Anaximander And The Nature Of Science (translated by Marion Lignana Rosenberg). He tells Adam Rutherford that this little known figure spearheaded the first great scientific revolution and understood that progress is made by the endless search for knowledge. Anaximander challenged conventions by proposing that the Earth floats in space, animals evolve and storms are natural, not supernatural.The travel writer Kapka Kassabova has gone searching for ancient knowledge about the natural world in her latest book, Elixir: In the Valley at the End...2023-02-2041 minThe Wandering Book CollectorOsman Yousefzada on writing about a community that didn’t want to be documented; on illiteracy; on being polite; on his photographic memory and eye for detail; on being on an eternal road; on the right passport and the wrong passport — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Osman Yousefzada to discuss his debut The Go-Between: A portrait of growing up between different worlds. It’s a coming-of-age memoir, reflecting on his early life in Birmingham, a childhood within the embrace of an ultra-conservative community of immigrants from Pakistani Pashtun.Please co...2023-02-0737 minThe Wandering Book CollectorFrances Stonor Saunders on stamp-collecting; on Alzheimer’s and collective amnesia; on folding maps the wrong way; on what you would take if you were fleeing; on subversive humour; on inanimate objects; on never writing another book again — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Frances Stonor Saunders to discuss her book The Suitcase, Six Attempts to Cross a Border.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously pl...2023-01-1245 minThe Wandering Book CollectorJustin Marozzi on what makes a city great; on wanting to live in Istanbul, but not Jerusalem; on finding your bearings in time and space; on pilgrimages; on feeling like an outsider more than ever; on waking up in an unknown city alone — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Justin Marozzi to discuss his book Islamic Empires: Fifteen cities that define a civilisation.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously planned jo...2022-12-1842 min
Books On The GoEp 229: Best Books of 2022Anna, Annie and Amanda discuss our best books of 2022. Our favourite reads were: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig Border by Kapka Kassabova Devotion by Hannah Kent Love Marriage by Monica Ali Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi translated by Elena Pala The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide translated by Eric Selland Limberlost by Robbie Arnott Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras , @mr_annie...2022-12-1630 minThe Wandering Book CollectorRoger Robinson on roadtripping around Britain's coastline; on the white light of Trinidad; on Black Joy; on what he sees looking at the sea; on moving to Marseille, or anywhere; on police knees on throats; on creative citizenship — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Roger Robinson to discuss his book, Home Is Not A Place, a collaboration with photographer and writer Johny Pitts — it’s a free-form composition of Roger’s words with Johny’s images, reflecting on Black Britishness and its resilience.Please consider supporting your local bo...2022-12-0144 minThe Wandering Book CollectorAnthony Sattin on nomadic thinking; on whether one plus one really does equal two; on the survival of the hunter-gatherer; on assabiyah; on digital nomads; on Bruce Chatwin’s unpublished writing; on telling stories around campfires — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Anthony Sattin to discuss his book, NOMADS: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World. It documents the history of people who’ve lived their lives on the move, beyond walls and beyond borders — exploring how and how much nomads have contributed to human progress and development.2022-11-1140 minThe Wandering Book CollectorAriana Neumann on inherited memory; on getting angry in Spanish; on wanting to speak Czech and have a little house on the Vltava; on the migrant crisis in Venezuela; on betrayal and hope; on travelling and feeling the wind on your face — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Ariana Neumann to discuss her book, When Time Stopped: A memoir of my father’s war and what remains. It documents Ariana’s journey to discovering her family’s Jewish roots and their efforts to survive World War II in their homeland of Czechoslovakia, yet as so...2022-10-2346 minThe Wandering Book CollectorMother & daughter Karen Joy Fowler and Shannon Leone Fowler on historical fact, the imagination and the revision of memory; on childhood freedoms and unstructured time; on keeping a journal; on the heroics of librarians — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I talk to the mother and daughter pairing Karen Joy Fowler and Shannon Leone Fowler, to discuss their books: Booth, and Travelling with Ghosts, respectively.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:...2022-10-0249 minThe Wandering Book CollectorTim Mackintosh-Smith on the settled v the wanderer; on capital letters and capital cities; on his hometown San’a; on mesmerising language, the heft of translation and sonorous tripe; on libraries, scud missiles and alabaster window panes — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith to discuss his latest book, Arabs: A 3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires.His body of work includes: Yemen, Travels in Dictionary Land; a trilogy on the 14th-century traveller Ibn Baṭṭūṭah who, in his words, may well be the most wi...2022-09-1846 minThe Wandering Book CollectorMona Arshi on transitioning from lawyer to poet to novelist; on silence; on the energy of adolescence; on not wanting to be persuasive; on listening to birdsong and hearing Punjabi; on writing on trains; on “tornado poems” — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Mona Arshi to discuss her debut novel: Somebody Loves You, a coming-of-age story about a British girl, born to Indian parents, growing up in the suburbs of London. Mona’s novel follows a body of work in poetry, including Dear Big Gods, and before that Sm...2022-09-0337 minThe Wandering Book CollectorWinnie M Li on the author as activist; on sexual assault and consent and #metoo; on writing both perspectives — of perpetrator and victim; on the memories we can choose, and those foisted upon us; and on getting back on the road — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Winnie M Li to discuss her books: Complicit, a novel exploring sexual assault and consent in the US filmmaking industry, at the time of the #MeToo movement. It follows her first novel, Dark Chapter, a fictionalised retelling of her own experience of rape....2022-08-0736 minThe Wandering Book CollectorJennifer Steil on unexpected connections between places; on "in between-ness"; on friendship in Yemen; on the Jewish diaspora in Bolivia; on the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan; on living in a permanent state of nostalgia; and on gallons of gin — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Jennifer Steil to discuss her book, Exile Music, a historical novel written from the perspective of a young Jewish girl, who flees Austria in the 1930s for La Paz, Bolivia — a country that offers her family refuge, as the Nazis rise up in Europe....2022-07-2436 minThe Wandering Book Collector"War Child" Emmanuel Jal on a special edition of The Wandering Book Collector, including the title track of his new album ShangahWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this special edition, I speak with Emmanuel Jal to discuss War Child, a memoir of his years growing up in Sudan, when his country was being rocked by civil war. Emmanuel was separated from his family and forced to become a child soldier. Up to two million people were killed in this...2022-07-1031 minThe Wandering Book CollectorKathryn D. Sullivan on our oceans; on an adventurous childhood; on maps and plotting journeys; on moving in microgravity; on time travel; on a ticket to Mars; on Moscow during the Cold War; and on losing sight of Planet Earth, literally — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Kathryn D. Sullivan to discuss her book, Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention, about deploying the revolutionary telescope, and about the people who made it work.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to...2022-06-0833 minThe Wandering Book CollectorPreti Taneja on finding the words; on collective grief; on Partition; on the question of home and how prison is never home; on the inevitability of political writing; on anguish; on the necessary fiction that is trust — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer Preti Taneja to discuss her book, AFTERMATH, which has just been published. It’s a work of fragmented non-fiction, of life after the terrorist attack at Fishmongers’ Hall in London in 2019. Preti knew one the victims of the attack and the perpetrator of the crime.2022-05-2230 minThe Wandering Book CollectorRebecca Mead on the to-ing and fro-ing between New York and London; on being mis/understood; on migration in your 20s v your 50s; on Trieste; on eavesdropping on buses — with TWBCWelcome to The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the journalist and writer Rebecca Mead to discuss her latest book — Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return. It recounts her personal to and fro, leaving her childhood home in England, moving to New York, and then returning 30 years later to London, this time with her husband and son....2022-05-0437 min
The Wandering Book CollectorHoratio Clare on madness, mania and healing; on migrating swallows; on keeping a diary; on being the other in othering; on "the love of many things" and Van Gogh — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the inimitable travel writer Horatio Clare to discuss his latest book — Heavy Light: A Journey through Madness, Mania and Healing. It recounts Horatio’s personal breakdown, his sectioning, his psychiatric treatment, and his recovery. His body of work includes memoir, stories of nature and children’s literature, such a...2022-04-2037 minThe Wandering Book CollectorBrigid Delaney on restlessness, on the mania around wellness, on Seneca and stoicism, on Australia's tough lockdown and where she is choosing to go first (Bali), not forgetting cockatoos — with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the travel writer and columnist Brigid Delaney to discuss her latest book Wellmania: Misadventures in the search for wellness, which is currently being turned into a Netflix comedy-drama series airing worldwide later this year. This follows her novel Wild Things, and her debut This Restless Life: Churning...2022-04-0733 minThe Wandering Book CollectorSara Wheeler on Russia and its writers of the Golden Age: Pushkin, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, and on language, translation, etymology and bathmats across nine time zones -- with TWBCWelcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler to discuss her book — Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age. Among Sara’s body of work are O My America!: Six Women and their Second Acts in a New World, and book...2022-03-1346 min
Vorbitorincii-Baricade-LeadersVorbitorincii #28 Convorbiri de pace în piața publicăBine v-am regăsit și în momente complicate. Discutăm despre ce se întâmplă în Rusia și despre lumea orwelliană de la Moscova. Un invitat încântător ne vorbește despre piețele publice și rostul lor. Și continuăm vechile obiceiuri legate de muzică și mâncare bună. Cu toate că vorbim acum de mâncare englezească. 00:00 Începuturile unui război sunt șocante. Dar avem piesă cu rezonanță 12:34 Rusia și Ucraina. Trăim oare un conflict al civilizațiilor? 36:05 - Profesorul Cătălin D. Constantin ne invită în piața publică și ne arată istoria sa. 1:19:00 Neașteptările sunt chiar un pic aparte, da...2022-03-042h 20The Wandering Book CollectorKapka Kassabova on the Balkans, on growing up behind the Iron Curtain, on the inheritance of pain, on writing by water, on alchemistry, on healing -- with TWBCHalf-way into the first season, welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the writer and poet Kapka Kassabova whose body of work on the Balkans becomes even more critical and urgent at this time. TO THE LAKE: A Journey of War and Peace explore the shadowlands of the triple border between Albania, the Republic...2022-03-0236 min
VLEEL - Varions Les Éditions En LiveVLEEL 157 - Festival Un Week-end à l'est, Guéorgui Gospodinov, Kapka Kassabova, Théodore Ushev21/11/2021 : VLEEL reçoit les auteurs Gueorgui Gospodinov pour son roman Le pays du passé aux éditions Gallimard, Kapka Kassabova pour son ouvrage " Le lac" aux éditions Marchialy, Théodore Ushev cinéaste, pour le festival Un week-end à l'est qui consacré cette édition à la Bulgarie.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.2022-01-011h 45
Beaux-Arts de ParisUn Week-end à l’Est - Une voie, des voix pour SofiaPour clore la 5e édition du festival « Un Week-end à l’Est » consacrée à Sofia, un regard sur la Bulgarie actuelle et sa capitale, sa place au sein de l’Europe, ses inquiétudes, ses espoirs. Avec l’écrivaine Kapka Kassabova (L’Écho du lac, traduit de l’anglais par Morgane Saysana, Marchialy, 2021) et les politologues et essayistes Ivan Krastev et Jacques Rupnik.
Une rencontre animée par Thibaut Sardier, journaliste au service "idées" de Libération.
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Crédit photos : droits réservés ; Marcin...2021-12-061h 15Arts & IdeasThe British Academy Book Prize 2021Racial injustice in USA; ghost towns in post-industrial Scotland; how maritime history looks from the viewpoint of Aboriginal Australians and Parsis, Mauritians and Malays; the roots of violence that has plagued postcolonial society. These are topics covered in the books shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Rana Mitter talks to the four authors who are:Cal Flynn for Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. for Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
Mahmood Mamdani for Neither Settler nor Native: The Making an...2021-10-0645 min
Les podcasts d'Ombres BlanchesKapka Kassabova - L'écho du lacKapka Kassabova2021-09-231h 05
Radio 2 Arts Show with Jonathan RossEd Harcourt & his Buried Treasure plus Kapka Kassabova, Anneka Rice, Issy Van Randwyck and harpist Fraya ThomsenEd Harcourt & his Buried Treasure plus Kapka Kassabova, Anneka Rice, Issy Van Randwyck and harpist Fraya Thomsen2021-08-0653 min
Past – Forward: The Wapping Project at 20with Kapka KassabovaIn this episode of ‘Past – Forward’, curator and writer Gareth Evans is in conversation with writer Kapka Kassabova about story hunting on borders, her personal connection to the shadows of borders that she keeps on returning to in her writing, and borders’ superficial binary simplicity which obscures their dynamic, multi-layered and ambiguous nature.
The podcast features a reading of Kapka Kassabova’s essay ‘To Step Across the Line’ by actor Lia Williams, commissioned and first published by The Wapping Project in 2018.
Hosted by Gareth Evans
Featuring Kapka Kassabova
Reading by actor Lia Williams
Sound edit...2021-04-3031 min
Unfolding Maps#25: A Journey to the Edge of Europe - with Kapka KassabovaA childhood in the shadow of a Cold War border - this is how Kapka Kassabova grew up in Sofia, Bulgaria.After studying in Sofia and emigrating with her family to New Zealand, Kapka Kassabova, now a writer, poet and journalist, lives in the Scottish Highlands. From 2013 until 2015 she returned to the Balkans and embarked on a special journey into the (and her) past to finally explore the "forbidden borderland" of her childhood. Along the way, she met soldiers, (former) spies, fugitives, and the people living there – "ordinary people" on the ground, many of whom have an ex...2021-04-2852 min
Reading for our timesOur Year in Reading--Wrapping up 2020In all the uncertainty and anxiety of 2020, we continued to find sustenance, refuge, learning and enjoyment in books. On walls, they lent gravitas to Zoom calls, and contributed to year-end Christmas cheer as they danced into tree-like piles. But most of all, they lent warmth to the hands and delight to the eyes and mind, whether on the backlit screens of kindles or in varied font on creamy rag.
In this special episode of Reading for our Times, a few readers look back at their year in books—what they meant, what they gave, and why reading is...2020-12-2531 min
Reading for our timesOur Year in Reading--Wrapping up 2020In all the uncertainty and anxiety of 2020, we continued to find sustenance, refuge, learning and enjoyment in books. On walls, they lent gravitas to Zoom calls, and contributed to year-end Christmas cheer as they danced into tree-like piles. But most of all, they lent warmth to the hands and delight to the eyes and mind, whether on the backlit screens of kindles or in varied font on creamy rag.In this special episode of Reading for our Times, a few readers look back at their year in books—what they meant, what they gave, and why rea...2020-12-2531 minArts & IdeasNayef Al-Rodhan Prize 2020The tribe of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, having a Jamaican Welsh identity, the idea of freedom and anti-colonial resistance, the alarming rise of youth suicide among Indigenous people in Canada and how a group of pioneering cultural anthropologists – mostly women – shaped our interpretation of the modern world: these are the topics tackled in the shortlist for the 2020 prize for a book fostering global understanding. Rana Mitter talks to the authors.Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands by Hazel V. Carby
Insurgent Empire – Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent by Priyamvada Gopal
Lakota America: A New History of Ind...2020-09-2944 min
Grab An Unforgettable Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.To the Lake by Kapka KassabovaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/37172to listen full audiobooks.
Title: To the Lake
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Cat Gould
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Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
Release date: 09-29-20
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Essays
Publisher's Summary:2020-09-291h 09
Expand Your Mind With Our Engaging Free AudiobookTo the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace Audiobook by Kapka KassabovaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 393292
Title: To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Cat Gould
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:09:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-29-20
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Europe, Travel, History & Culture
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Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two ancient lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that seem to hold both the turbulent memories of the region's past and the secret of its enduring allure. Two lakes that have played a central role in Kapka Kassabova's maternal family.
As she journeys to her...2020-09-291h 09
Get BookedWhere Is My GavelAmanda and Jenn discuss graphic novels for kids, wanderlust reads, grown characters in fantasy, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by The History of Literature – A Podcast, Traitor by Amanda McCrina with Fierce Reads, and Flatiron Books, publisher of The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of b...2020-09-1747 min
Hay Festival PodcastS2, Ep10 The Future of EuropeFive inspiring women writers Elif Shafak, Leila Slimani, Kapka Kassabova, Janne Teller and Hilary Cottam offer their visions for the future of Europe on the event of our digital Hay Festival Europa28.
The Hay Festival Podcast is supported by Baillie Gifford Investment Managers. Full-length Festival events can be watched over at hayfestival.org/hayplayer. Contact us at publicity@hayfestival.org or on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @hayfestival.
#ImagineTheWorld2020-09-1700 min
The Comma Press Podcast2.4 Europa28 with Sophie Hughes, Janne Teller & Kapka KassabovaThe fourth episode of Series 2 of the Comma Press Podcast, which this series is on the theme of FUTURES.
In this episode, guest host and co-editor of the Europa28 anthology, Sophie Hughes, is in conversation with contributors Kapka Kassabova and Janne Teller about Comma's recent anthology, Europa28: Writing by Women on the Future of Europe, a Hay Festival Project.
Recorded remotely via Zoom due to the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, our three guest discussed writing about Europe amidst an ongoing refugee crisis, a global pandemic and in a nationalistic, post-Brexit world - what can we learn and take forward...2020-08-111h 01Arts & IdeasRevisit: Rachel Carson's Silent SpringPresenter Rana Mitter is joined by guests Tony Juniper, Emily Shuckburgh, Dieter Helm and Kapka Kassabova to discuss Rachel Carson’s passionate book, Silent Spring, first published in 1962 and said to be the work which launched the environmental movement. Recorded at the 2019 Hay Festival. Tony Juniper is a campaigner, sustainability adviser and writer of work including Saving Planet Earth and How many lightbulbs does it take to change a planet?
Emily Shuckburgh is a climate scientist and mathematician at the British Antarctic Survey and the co-author (with the Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper) of the Ladybird Bo...2020-04-2243 min
The Europeans | European news, politics and cultureLakes and dogsCalming things are much needed this week, so we're talking about lakes and we're talking about dogs. Our guest is the poet and author Kapka Kassabova, whose latest book To The Lake is a beautiful account of life on the borders of Greece, Albania and North Macedonia. We're also celebrating cleaner skies, human-canine relationships, and putting booze to good use.
Thanks to the amazing people who support this podcast on Patreon, especially in these uncertain times. If you have a couple of dollars to spare each month, you can chip in at patreon.com/europeanspodcast.
...2020-03-2531 minStart the WeekLove of homeDan Jackson celebrates the distinctiveness of north-east England. He tells Andrew Marr how centuries of border warfare and dangerous industry has forged a unique people in Northumberland. With recent changes in political allegiance in towns and countryside across the region, Jackson questions whether the area can reassert itself after decades of industrial decline, indifference from the south, and resurgence north of the border.The economist Colin Mayer is looking at how to harness the power of patriotism and regional pride to revitalise areas like the North East. He sees a much greater role for the private sector...2020-02-1742 min
Foreign CorrespondenceKit Gillet - Romania - FreelanceEver wonder about the right formula for being an international freelancer? Kit Gillet (@kitgillet), a freelancer for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Economist and any number of magazines and newspapers, seems to have figured it out. He has reported from more countries than just about any other journalist I know, freelancing for the last eight years first in China and then in Romania. A willingness to go places where few other journalists go is certainly a key element to international freelance success as well as talent, ambition and maybe a bit of naivety.
We talk...2019-12-011h 09Arts & IdeasLandmark: Rachel Carson's Silent SpringRachel Carson’s passionate book, Silent Spring, first published in 1962 is said to be the work which launched the environmental movement. But how does it speak to us now? For a recording of Free Thinking’s Cultural Landmark series at the Hay Festival, presenter Rana Mitter is joined by guests Tony Juniper, Emily Shuckburgh, Dieter Helm and Kapka Kassabova.Tony Juniper is a campaigner, sustainability adviser and writer of work including Saving Planet Earth and How many lightbulbs does it take to change a planet?
Emily Shuckburgh is a climate scientist and mathematician at the Brit...2019-05-2946 min
For Real#26 International Women's DayThis week Alice and Kim talk about a ton of March new releases and books to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm audiobooks and The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara from Hanover Square Press.Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura.NEW BOOKSSkeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone by Brian SwitekDevices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick a...2019-03-0544 minArts & IdeasReligious divisions, puppet shows and politics.The exile of English Catholics 450 years ago, suffragette Punch and Judy plus Shahidha Bari interviews Kapka Kassabova, the winner of a prize for fostering global understanding.The British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding was announced this week. The winner Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova is out in paperback.Dr Lucy Underwood teaches at the University of Warwick and is the author of Childhood, youth and religious dissent in post-Reformation England. Dr Caroline Bowden is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of History at...2018-10-3145 min
Get BookedLet's Talk About Faith and Also Your DogAmanda and Alice talk nonfiction about the Civil Rights movement, memoirs of interesting people, and more in this week’s (all nonfiction!) episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s TBR, Nobody Real, and LibraryReads.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.B...2018-09-1347 min
A Good ReadLoyd Grossman and SkinFood lover Loyd Grossman and singer Skin from rock band Skunk Anansie join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by W Somerset Maugham, Colston Whitehead and Kapka Kassabova. Cakes and Ale by W Somerset Maugham
Publisher: VintageThe Underground Railroad by Colston Whitehead
Publisher: Fleet Twelve Minutes of Love: A Tango Story by Kapka Kassabova.
Publisher: Portobello Books First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.2018-07-0327 min
Auckland Writers FestivalThe Edge Of Europe (2018)Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by NZ expat-Bulgarian Kapka Kassabova is described by the LA Review of Books as “that rarest of things: a travel book with a conscience that is also a compendium of wonders”. It has won the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, the Scottish Book of the Year, and been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction Award. An accomplished writer of nonfiction, fiction and poetry, Kassabova explored the borderlands of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece, a region shaped by forces of history, and in so doing has...2018-06-1159 min
Get BookedI'm An Onion, I Have LayersAmanda and Jenn discuss Hallmark movie read-alikes, gift recommendations, kids’ London reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by Libby and Bookaxe.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.Books Discussedbookriot.com/bookriottop20...2017-12-2151 min
Get BookedSmall Press and Lit in Translation CentennialAmanda and Jenn discuss their favorite small press and translated titles in this week’s special 100th episode of Get Booked!This episode is sponsored by Because I Was a Girl, edited by Melissa de la Cruz, and 27 Hours by Tristina Wright from Entangled Teen.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Get Booked Bingo Card – enjoy!Guillotine PressThe Queue by Basma...2017-10-0457 min
Enter a New World Through Your Headphones With Free AudiobookBorder: A Journey to the Edge of Europe Audiobook by Kapka KassabovaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 316285
Title: Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Corrie James
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:47:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-05-17
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Biography & Memoir
Summary:
In this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl twenty-five years previously, to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece. When she was a child, the border zone was rumored to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall, and it...2017-09-0511h 47Experience Free Audiobook in Travel & Adventure, Adventure & ExplorationBorder by Kapka Kassabova | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Border
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Corrie James
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-05-17
Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books
Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration
Summary:
In this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl 25 years previously, to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece. When she was a child, the border zone was rumored to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall, and it swarmed...2017-09-0511h 45
The Book Club ReviewHag-seed + BorderThis episode features a rare falling out between Kate and her book club over Margaret Atwood's latest novel, Hag-Seed, while Laura's book club appreciate the captivating travel memoir Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Bulgarian emigrée Kapka Kassabova. We also chat with Michael Waldman, a documentary film-maker who tells us about a book so good it made a long journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway pass in a moment. And finally, as always, a few recommendations to help you decide your next book club read. • Get in touch with us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com...2017-05-0546 min
Download Audiobook in Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsStreet Without a Name by Kapka Kassabova | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Street Without a Name
Author: Kapka Kassabova
Narrator: Emily Gray
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-23-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Summary:
Kassabova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and grew up under the drab, muddy, gray mantle of one of communisms most mindlessly authoritarian regimes. Escaping with her family as soon as possible after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, she lived in Britain, New Zealand, and Argentina, and several other places. But when Bulgaria was formally inducted to the...2013-02-2310h 28
GrantaEdinburgh Book Festival: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 42In this special Edinburgh Book Festival edition of the Granta Podcast Laura Barber talks to Kapka Kassabova (Street Without a Name, Twelve Minutes of Love) and Peter Stamm (Seven Years) about the often paradoxical relationship between writing and place.2012-09-0300 min
Scots Whay Hae!Scots Whay Hae! Podcast ⌗13: Kapka KassabovaLucky for us podcast 13 has Ali in conversation with writer Kapka Kassabova. They talk tango, travel, Bulgaria, broken hearts and belonging as Kapka takes us through her physical and psychological journey's around the world before finding contentment in Edinburgh. It's the most interesting hour that we've had in some time, and we hope that you agree.2012-02-1547 min
Excess BaggageTransoceanic Rowing - TangoJohn McCarthy hears about the transoceanic rowing experiences of Roz Savage who has just completed a crossing from Australia to Mauritius making her the first woman to row solo across the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. John also goes cheek to cheek with the tango as he finds out why the dance draws people to its roots in Argentina. He talks to travel writer Kapka Kassabova about its history and hold over her, Sarah Kennedy who went on a tango holiday and Sally Blake who has written a tango guide to Buenos Aires.Producer: Harry Parker.2011-10-2927 min
Scottish Poetry Library Podcast[SPL] October 29th: 52 Episodes Young & HalloweenIn our anniversary edition we look back on the podcasts we've produced over 52 episodes. Featuring a few excerpts from the past year including the Itinerant Poetry Librarian at StAnza, Kim Edgar's musical response to John Glenday, Owen Sheers, Kei Miller, Kapka Kassabova and David O'Docherty. We also feature a brand new Halloween track - the Erlking - by a great friend of the Forest and the podcast, White Heath. Presented by Ryan Van Winkle. Produced by Colin Fraser of Anon Poetry Magazine http://www.anonpoetry.co.uk and @anonpoetry. Email: splpodcast@gmail.com2010-10-3030 min
Scottish Poetry Library PodcastDecember 11th: Kapka KassabovaWe ask the fine people of the Scottish Poetry Library which poetry books they'd recommend for seasonal gifts, and Ryan catches up with multi-talented writer Kapka Kassabova for an scintillating interview. Presented by Ryan van Winkle. Produced by Colin Fraser. Incidental music by Ewen Maclean.2009-12-1125 min
Spring 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLSE Literary Weekend - Roundtable on Migrant LiteratureContributor(s): Kapka Kassabova, Mustafa Kör, Naema Tahir | The migrant intellectual, writes Edward Said, has 'double perspective'. He or she is in a constant dialogue with his or her old and new home. Their writings often convey both a sense of loss and yearning but also display a richness wrought by the integration of multiple cultural identities, unique experiences and diverse modes of expression. These authors will explore what is it like to be migrant writers in their respective societies: what are the points of divergence, what are the commonalities? The authors will be invited to start off the e...2009-02-281h 16Spring 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoLSE Literary Weekend - Roundtable on Migrant LiteratureContributor(s): Kapka Kassabova, Mustafa Kör, Naema Tahir | The migrant intellectual, writes Edward Said, has 'double perspective'. He or she is in a constant dialogue with his or her old and new home. Their writings often convey both a sense of loss and yearning but also display a richness wrought by the integration of multiple cultural identities, unique experiences and diverse modes of expression. These authors will explore what is it like to be migrant writers in their respective societies: what are the points of divergence, what are the commonalities? The authors will be invited to start off the e...2009-02-281h 16Spring 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoLSE Literary Weekend - Roundtable on Migrant LiteratureContributor(s): Kapka Kassabova, Mustafa Kör, Naema Tahir | The migrant intellectual, writes Edward Said, has 'double perspective'. He or she is in a constant dialogue with his or her old and new home. Their writings often convey both a sense of loss and yearning but also display a richness wrought by the integration of multiple cultural identities, unique experiences and diverse modes of expression. These authors will explore what is it like to be migrant writers in their respective societies: what are the points of divergence, what are the commonalities? The authors will be invited to start off the e...2009-02-281h 16
Writers and Readers FestivalsTravel WritingTravel was once seen as a rite of passage for New Zealanders, but today's decision to get on an aeroplane is not so simple. Graeme Lay, Lloyd Spencer Davis and Thomas Kohnstamm explore areas in common to their very different approaches towards travel writing. Kapka Kassabova is in the chair. Graeme Lay's Inside the Cannibal Pot is a new kind of travel book which explores how and why we travel. Lloyd Spencer Davis's Looking for Darwin describes a journey both 'through the heart and mind' and some of the most beautiful and isolated places in the world. After four years...2008-11-0546 min