About this episode

The episode features a discussion about Pierre Bayard's book on discussing unread literature with guests Ben Moor and Cathy Rentzenbrink.

Recorded back in 2018 at Port Elliot festival, Andy and John are joined on stage by writer, actor and comedian Ben Moor, author of More Trees to Climb (Granta) and whose comedy show ‘Book Talk Book Talk Book’ first premiered at that years Festival, and writer and journalist Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love and the forthcoming The Agatha Christie Cure and is currently at work on her first novel. The book under discussion is Pierre Bayard’s How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read, first published in France as Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus? by Editions du Minuit in 2007, and in the UK by Granta in a translation by Jeffrey Mehlman. * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes and exclusive writing, become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/backlisted *You can sign up to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy, John

Guests: Ben Moor, Cathy Rentzenbrink

Topics covered

• book discussion
• literature
• comedy
• writing
• reading culture

Keywords

• Pierre Bayard
• books
• reading
• literature
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Granta, Editions du Minuit

Books & works: How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read, More Trees to Climb, The Last Act of Love, The Agatha Christie Cure

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