Podcasts
Stay in touch with the bookshop through The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director Adam Biles the show features conversations with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded live from the bookshop.
Murder, Mannerism and the Medicis with Laurent Binet
19 February 2026
Recorded live in the bookshop, this conversation dives into the inventive world of Perspectives, Laurent Binet’s historical novel that transforms Renaissance Florence into the scene of a gripping whodunnit. The...
George Saunders: Fiction, Free Will, and the Question of Redemption
05 February 2026
George Saunders returns to the Shakespeare and Company Podcast to talk with host Adam Biles about Vigil, his long-awaited new novel. Set on the threshold between life and death, Vigil...
Narrative Amid Trauma: Emily LaBarge in conversation
22 January 2026
In this wide-ranging and deeply thoughtful conversation, writer Emily LaBarge speaks with host Adam Biles about Dog Days, her groundbreaking new work of nonfiction. Rooted in the 2009 hostage event...
See It, Say It, Sorted: Jonathan Coe’s Genre-Bending Novel
08 January 2026
In this episode, Adam Biles welcomes Jonathan Coe to Shakespeare and Company in Paris for a rich, funny, and wide-ranging conversation about Coe’s genre-bending novel The Proof of My Innocence...
Books Matter More Than Ever: A Conversation with Ian Patterson
25 December 2025
In this episode of the Shakespeare and Company Podcast, Adam Biles speaks with poet, translator and critic Ian Patterson about Books: A Manifesto, his passionate defence of reading in all...
John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, with Ian Leslie
11 December 2025
In this live conversation at Shakespeare & Company in Paris, Adam Biles speaks with writer Ian Leslie about John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, Leslie’s acclaimed exploration of...
When Stories Fall Apart: Miriam Robinson on Love, Loss, and Truth
27 November 2025
In this intimate conversation recorded at Shakespeare and Company, novelist Miriam Robinson joins Adam Biles to discuss her remarkable debut, And Notre Dame Is Burning. Together, they explore the novel’s...
Margo Berdeshevsky reads from It Is Still Beautiful to Hear the Heart Beat
17 November 2025
Poet Margo Berdeshevsky joined us for a magical evening of readings from her scintillating new collection It Is Still Beautiful To Hear The Heart Beat....