# Henry James

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Episode 139: Finding the Ending: The Closing Movement of Books

We’ve talked about the promises made as a book opens as well as the strange territory of its middle. In this episode we turn our attention t o the closing movement of a book. How do we know when a novel has started to close? Why do some books gather momentum while others slow down? What makes the e…

Kanen Breen – September 27th, 2026

Victorian Opera brings Benjamin Britten’s haunting chamber opera The Turn of the Screw to the Palais Theatre in St Kilda, with Kanen Breen performing the role of Peter Quint. Running from 29 September to 1 October, the production deepens the eerie tension of Henry James’s novella through Stuart Mau…

Episode 140: A Change of Scenery: Where Have We Been?

It’s been a busy few weeks for both of us! With Paul off exploring England and Trevor moving house, we’ve still managed to do some reading. One thing we learned in our brief time away: we missed this! In this episode, we catch up on where we’ve been, what we’ve been reading, and the various bookis…

Hernan Diaz on PLY

In Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz's Ply, centuries from now, society has adapted to a new way of life as humans mend their relationships to the world…and each other. Hernan joined us live in Philadelphia to talk about subjectivity, selfhood and identity; particle physics; and Charles Dic…

Emily Wilson

Translator extraordinaire Emily Wilson goes deep on everything from proto-YA novels to John Milton. Her latest book is Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea. Support us on Patreon! Books That Made Emily Wilson: Dogsbody, Diana Wynne Jones The Aspern Papers, Henry James Paradise Lost, John Milton Also discus…