Ian Patterson
Poet, translator and critic best known for his literary scholarship and translations, including the final volume of Penguin's Proust; author of Books: A Manifesto and winner of the Forward Prize for Best Poem.
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Dec 24, 2025 • 52min
Books Matter More Than Ever: A Conversation with Ian Patterson
Ian Patterson, poet, translator of Proust and author of Books: A Manifesto, reflects on building and losing a private library. He talks about the intimacy of marked books, why slow reading matters, translating Proust, and defending reading against speed culture. Short, personal stories about ownership, guilty pleasures, and how books reshape memory and judgment.
Feb 25, 2026 • 1h 12min
Party Going with Ian Patterson
Ian Patterson, poet, translator and editor of Nemo's Almanac, reflects on Henry Green's Party Going. He examines the novel's strange language and foggy, liminal setting. Conversation touches on class and gender tensions, design and cover choices, recurring bird and bathing imagery, and the book's haunting ambiguity and stalled social energy.
