{"podcast":{"title":"London Review Bookshop Podcast","slug":"london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718","podcast_index_feed_id":169718,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LRB9506044622","website_url":"https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a0235112-4cf4-11f0-a58e-839ac5045320/image/56e731f5542e0a416d601baecaa8d802.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"London Review Bookshop","episode_count":711,"summary":"Listen to the latest literary events recorded at the London Review Bookshop, covering fiction, poetry, politics, music and much more. Find out about our upcoming events here More from the Bookshop: Discover our author of the month, book of the week and more: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/bkshppod⁠⁠ From the LRB: Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subsbkshppod⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crbkshppod⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobooksbkshppod⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storebkshppod⁠ Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:18:51.997866+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718"},"episode":{"title":"Michael Symmons Roberts & Hannah Westland on John Burnside","slug":"michael-symmons-roberts-hannah-westland-on-john-burnside","published_at":"2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718/michael-symmons-roberts-hannah-westland-on-john-burnside","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3395161088.mp3?updated=1775546479","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3395161088.mp3?updated=1775546479","summary":"The Empire of Forgetting (Cape) is the final collection of the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist John Burnside, who died in May last year. Fellow poet Kathleen Jamie describes him as ‘a titan of literature…. His passing leaves a gap not only in our literature, but in our ability to exist in the world. He increased the possible ways of our being.’ To coincide with this publication, Cape are reissuing Burnside’s three volumes of memoir, A Lie About My Father, Waking Up in Toytown and I Put a Spell on You with new introductions. Poet and essayist Michael Symmons Roberts and editor Hannah Westland paid tribute to Burnside and celebrated his life and work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The Empire of Forgetting (Cape) is the final collection of the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist John Burnside, who died in May last year. Fellow poet…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3617,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718/episodes/michael-symmons-roberts-hannah-westland-on-john-burnside/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718/michael-symmons-roberts-hannah-westland-on-john-burnside.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}