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Delving into the art world. Julian Barnes and Celia Paul: Cape in Conversation
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This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.
Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with an artist who writes and a writer whose subject is often art, Celia Paul and Julian Barnes.
You can find out about Celia Paul’s work here: https://bit.ly/2XEZAqF
And about Julian Barnes’s work here: https://bit.ly/3B8PADQ
Julian recommends They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell
Celia Paul recommends The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Bookseller article on the history of Jonathan Cape: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9w
Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuI
This was the final episode of Cape in Conversation; do go back and listen to the other episodes in the Vintage Books Podcast feed if you missed them.
Stay tuned for the next episode of the Vintage Books Podcast. Follow us on Twitter @vintagebooks ᛫ Sign up to the Vintage newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: sign up here
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