Interviews & Live Events

Dermot O’Leary interviews a range of people he greatly admires from the worlds of sport, fashion, politics and entertainment....

J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best known as the author of fantasy works like The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings....

Broadcaster, comedian and writer Mark Dolan interrogates the most intriguing people imaginable. Prepare yourselves for a comedic exploration of the eclectic, odd and strange....

John O’Donohue’s friend and frequent collaborator John Quinn collects a series of talks and essays from the poet-philosopher on humanity’s relationship with the land, the ache of absence, our place in an often mysterious universe, and the great adventure of death itself....

These never-before-published interviews with Jerry Garcia reveal his thoughts on religion, politics, his personal life, and his creative process....

Author Zadie Smith discusses her much-anticipated third novel....

Of all the heavy metal bands, Metallica are the ones with intelligence behind their lyrics. "They just don't sing about death, they sing about intelligent things in your life,"says an ardent fan....

The storyteller who gave us the extraordinary best seller The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on The New York Times best seller list, talks with MJ Franklin (MashReads) about his long-awaited new novel - an unforgettable and sweeping family saga....

Essayist and author Sloane Crosley is joined by award-winning writer Zadie Smith (Swing Time) in a conversation on Crosley's newest essay collection, Look Alive Out There....

What would life be like if you believed that every crisis is a blessing, that you're guided to meet the people who cross your path, and that everything happens for a reason....

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element....

It's easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don't have a lot of academic and historical knowledge....

Sit back and immerse yourself in the power of voice, as stories, ideas and characters come to life in this live recording of performances from the Audible Live Stage at Wilderness Festival....

Mr. Rushdie reads from his newest novel, Shalimar the Clown....

At the age of 18, Iceberg Slim was initiated into "the life". Predominately in Chicago, he was incarcerated several times for pimpng, along with several other crimes....

Anthony Bourdain, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Eric Ripert are all well established, accomplished chefs. Here, they share their early cooking experiences and what made them want to be chefs forever....

Marilynne Robinson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling second novel....

The team behind the best-selling books that serve as prequels to J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan talk about the fourth installment in their Starcatchers series, with middle graders ages 9 and up....

The award-winning author discusses her unforgettable novel, first published in 1975, with author Gregory Maguire (Wicked)....

Springsteen on Broadway is the solo acoustic performance written and performed by Tony Award, Academy Award, and 20-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen. Based on his worldwide best-selling autobiography Born to Run....

The music of Janis Joplin lives forever, but just who was this brash young woman from rural Texas? In this exciting audio event, author Giuliano takes up the task....

It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember....

Amor Towles joins us for an evening of conversation with Liesl Schillinger on this thrilling new work. With a reading by Tony Award-winning actor Boyd Gaines....

Dubbed "the poet laureate of medicine" by The New York Times, Dr. Oliver Sacks is one of the great medical writers and storytellers of our time....

In the second interview in the monthly audio interview series presented by The Telegraph, Matthew Stadlen talks to the actor about his obsession with smell, growing up in Swaziland and more....

Edwidge Danticat discusses her deeply personal new memoir, a National Book Award finalist for 2007, with her friend, director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs)....

Join Nicole Chung, as she discusses her debut memoir All You Can Ever Know with fellow Toast alumna Nicole Cliffe. In her much-anticipated first book, Chung explores with depth, compassion and even humor, her upbringing as an adopted child in a white family and more....