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The Secret Life of Books
A podcast for classic book lovers with Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole
Launched by Ann Mossop
21 November 2024 starting 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm
Ann Mossop, Artistic Director of Sydney Writers’ Festival, introduces the launch and a live recording of The Secret Life of Books (SLOB): a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast and events program starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly Director of Arts at the BBC.
Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.
In this special launch event, recorded for podcast release, Sophie and Jonty talk about why the classics matter, the secrets they can co