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Libreria Bookshop
Libreria, a bookshop by Second Home, is an independent bookshop in Shoreditch, London. We help you discover new books and ideas to encourage interdisciplinary thinking. In the shop, we curate our books to maximise serendipity – our shelves are arranged according to broad themes like 'Wanderlust', ‘Enchantment for Disenchanted’ and ‘The City’, so you’re constantly encountering titles you might not have come across otherwise.
In this podcast, Libreria does the same for your ears – interviewing interesting writers and thinkers to discover their influences and ideas.
Bret Easton Ellis
For this extended interview Paddy Butler talks to author of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis - they discuss some of the more surprising and hidden influences across Ellis’s work, including that of Joan Didion and Terence Malick
22:5110/06/2019
Roberto Calasso & Stanley Kubrick
Paddy Butler interviews legendary Italian author Roberto Calasso about the Greek myths and the critical importance of philosopher Simone Weil. He also catches up with curator of the epic Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Design Museum. Subscribe to the podcast here.
27:4430/05/2019
Sinéad Gleeson & Antonin Artaud
In the latest podcast edition Paddy Butler looks at illness, empowerment and the creative process - speaking with author of Constellations, Sinéad Gleeson and co-director of Cabinet Gallery, Martin McGeown on Dada artist Antonin Artaud.
24:4010/05/2019
Marcus du Sautoy & Allan Sekula
In this episode of the Libreria podcast we take a look at different aspects of creativity and the role of machines in human expression. Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy talks to Paddy Butler about his new book on the evolution of human creativity and machine learning. While Lara Monro speaks with the curator of a new exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery, Marie Muracciole, on the legacy of the late photographer and theorist, Allan Sekula.
22:4203/04/2019
Josh Cohen & Ottessa Moshfegh
In this episode Libreria's Paddy Butler catches up with to two very different authors who share interesting similarities in terms of subject-matter.Josh Cohen's non-fiction title, Not Working, looks at our overworked compressed lives and explores alternative philosophical routes to happiness. Cult author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh, discusses some of the ideas behind her darkly comic novel.
25:4103/04/2019