Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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“Numbers go on and on, but what does mathematics help? In any human life there is really only one of everything.” In this video, Damon Galgut reads from his novel The Promise (Chatto & Windus, 2021), for which he won the 2021 Booker Prize.
Tags: Fiction | Damon Galgut | The Promise | Chatto & Windus | 2021 | Booker Prize -
In this behind-the-scenes video, copies of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Testaments (Nan A. Talese, 2019), a sequel to her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, journey through the printing process.
Tags: Fiction | Margaret Atwood | The Testaments | Nan A. Talese | 2019 | Vintage | Chatto & Windus | Booker Prize | The Handmaid's Tale -
“I went through a Philip Glass phase, but I’m out of that now. Lately I write to silence, usually.” In this Vintage Books interview, Kayo Chingonyi answers questions about his literary and pop culture influences, daily routine, and books he thinks everyone should read. Chingonyi won the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut poetry collection, Kumukanda (Chatto & Windus, 2017).
Tags: Poetry | Kayo Chingonyi | Kumukanda | Chatto & Windus | 2017 | International Dylan Thomas Prize | 2018 | Vintage | 2019 -
“I think something like garage or grime or rap, hip-hop, appeals to me because they’re very metrical, rhyme-based forms.” Zambian British poet Kayo Chingonyi talks about his path to poetry, his interests and influences, and internationalism and Anglophone literature for Writers’ Centre Norwich. Chingonyi won the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut poetry collection, Kumukanda (Chatto & Windus, 2017).
Tags: Poetry | Kayo Chingonyi | 2017 | 2018 | Chatto & Windus | Kumukanda | International Dylan Thomas Prize | Writers' Centre Norwich -
Yan Lianke talks about his writing life and issues around the censorship of literature in China. Yan’s novel The Explosion Chronicles (Chatto & Windus, 2017), translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas, is longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.
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In part one of an extended interview, Man Booker Prize–winning author Iris Murdoch discusses the differences between writing literature and philosophy. Two of her most celebrated novels, A Severed Head (Chatto & Windus, 1961) and The Sea, the Sea (Chatto & Windus, 1978), have just been rereleased in a combined hardcover edition by Everyman's Library.
Tags: interview | Iris Murdoch | A Severed Head | Everyman's Library | The Sea, the Sea | Chatto & Windus | Fiction