![]() ![]() “If there isn’t justice for everybody then there is no justice for anybody.”– David Mitchell #3bookspodcast ![]() “Booksellers are front line workers of the mind.” – David Mitchell #3bookspodcast On studying different languages: “It is the access to the treasure chest of wisdom and wit that is there in the etymology of words.” - David Mitchell #3bookspodcast On Emily Dickinson: “She did not travel and yet you can still find infinity and eternity in her poems.”- David Mitchell #3bookspodcast On writers and ageing: “I’ve got a metaphorical compost heap in my head.” - David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “The same way a cellist can play more than one string at the same time with one stroke of the bow, I try to make scenes do more than one thing and lines do more than one thing.” - David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “All books want to be used, if I was a book, I would want to be used.” - David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “Trust the advice of your local independent bricks and mortar booksellers of the kind that actually pay tax and have a role in the community.” – David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “It should raise no eyebrows if the writer wishes to treat genre as an organ of the novel” - David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “Genre is analogous to a paintbox” - David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “Art should be an anti-snobbery force.” – David Mitchell #3bookspodcast ![]() “The internet never forgets.” – David Mitchell #3bookspodcast “A day doesn’t feel well spent without the writing in it.” – David Mitchell #3bookspodcast Who are The Russians and how does one properly wade into them?Īnd, of course, what are David Mitchell’s three most formative books? What’s the relationship between health care policy and good writing? How do writers build trust with their readers? How does the metaphor of a TV box set apply to books? Why doesn’t snobbery belong in the world of books? These are just some of the topics we touch on with loving father, master craftsman, mentor to many, and endlessly erudite bibliophile David Mitchell. Which fantasy author trumps Tolkien and why? What is the power and meaning of the metaphysical? What is it like raising a child who is non-verbal? How writers build trust with their readers? How books can stop minds from scratching themselves raw? Get ready for a ramble across Middle Earth, Russia, Ireland, and Japan as we discuss things like: Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, prepare to go deep into one of the world’s deepest minds in the world. If anything, his grace, humility, and wit only elevated the pedestal higher into the cosmos. I was indeed worried, but after spending two and a half hours talking to David (in what I think may be the longest feature-length interview with him anywhere and his first podcast interview in years) I am pleased to say no specks of gold came off in my fingers. ![]() The Boston Globe calls David Mitchell, “one of the most electric writers alive”, Esquire calls him, “a genre leaping, mind bending, world-traveling, puzzle-making, literary magician”, and the New York Times Book Review declared him “a genius who writes as though at the helm of a perpetual dream machine.” TIME even declared him one of the world’s “ 100 Most Influential People”. It’s no wonder five of his books have been long- or short-listed for the Booker Prize.Īnd it’s not just me or the Booker committee, either. Every book broke new genre territory while consistently offering vividly realistic characters, leaping plotlines, and hints towards a larger scale multiverse tying everything together. ![]()
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