What I’m listening to: The Slightly Foxed Podcast – Episode 3: Stet

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From the Episode Notes:

In Episode 3: Stet, Gail, Hazel and Anna discuss the art of editing with author and creative writing teacher Sue Gee, and Helen Bourne delves into the dark side of Beatrix Potter.

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What I’m listening to: The Slightly Foxed Podcast – Episode 2: The Oldest Paper in the World

From the Episode Notes:

In Episode 2: The Oldest Paper in the World Gail, Hazel and Jennie talk to Frances Wood, librarian, sinologue and former head of the Chinese Collection at the British Library; Andrew Hawkins recounts the story of the oldest paper in the world; and we find out which books our readers are hoping for this Christmas. www.foxedquarterly.com/pod

Books Mentioned

    Germain Greer’s White Beech is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please get in touchfor details
    Katie Stewart’s Times Cookery Book is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please get in touch for details

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What I’m listening to: The Slightly Foxed Podcast – Episode 1: Kindred Spirits

From the Episode Notes:

In the first episode of The Slightly Foxed Podcast, SF founders Gail Pirkis, Hazel Wood and Steph Allen meet author Jim Ring round the kitchen table at No. 53 to remember how it all began, and Veronika Hyks gives voice to Liz Robinson’s article on Anne Fadiman’s well-loved Ex Libris.

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Books Mentioned

    Second-hand copies of Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader are available. Please get in touchfor details
    James Lees Milne’s memoirs are out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please get in touch for details

Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations

    Veronika Hyks reads Liz Robinson’s article Kindred Spirits, which can be read in full here
    The article on The British Seagull, The Best Outboard Motor for the World was written by Ben Hopkinson and appeared in Issue 26 of Slightly Foxed
    The article on Modesty Blaise was written by Amanda Theunissen and appeared in Issue 11 of Slightly Foxed
    The articles on Proust were written by Anthony Wells and appeared in Issues 56, 57 and 58 of Slightly Foxed
    The article on M. R. James was written by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and appeared in Issue 4 of Slightly Foxed
    Jim Ring’s articles have appeared in Issues 14, 18, 27 and 43 of Slightly Foxed. His article on Swallows and Amazons can be read here, and on Erskine Childers here

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What I’m Listening to: The Slightly Foxed Podcast – Trailer: Reading off the Beaten Track

From the Episode Notes:

The independent-minded quarterly that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it’s more like a well-read friend than a literary magazine.

Come behind the scenes with the staff of Slightly Foxed to learn what makes this unusual literary magazine tick, meet some of its varied friends and contributors, and hear their personal recommendations for favourite and often forgotten books that have helped, haunted, informed or entertained them. […]

Gail, Hazel, Steph and SF director Jim Ring meet round the kitchen table at No. 53 to remember how it all began and Veronika Hyks gives voice to Liz Robinson’s article on Anne Fadiman’s well-loved Ex Libris.

Podcast available at iTunes Podcast and Audioboom. See more information at The Foxed Quarterly website.