Kazuo IshiguroEvery podcast appearance, updated as new ones drop

Welcome to another special edition of How to Fail, where I revisit conversations from the How to Fail archives. Each week, we shine a light on a particular theme, hopefully offering inspiration, perspective and comfort through the words of past guests. This week’s theme is on writing - appropriately, because my new book ‘One of Us’ is out this week (25th September)! So it felt only fair that I re-shared a couple of my favourite authors who have guested on How to Fail in the past. First up, you’ll hear from Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, whose episode originally aired in March 2021. He shares thoughtful reflections on creativity, memory and the way stories help us explore both truth and imagination. Then, we turn to Salman Rushdie, in an excerpt from our original conversation back in June 2024, where he discusses his extraordinary book ‘Knife’ and reflects on the role of stories in making sense of life’s most difficult moments. I hope these highlights remind you of the power of storytelling, not only as a means of escape but also as a way to process, connect and endure Listen to Salman Rushdie’s full episode of How to Fail here: https://link.chtbl.com/OE63hsrn Listen to Kazuo Ishiguro’s full episode of How to Fail here: https://link.chtbl.com/zu0kLq-0 🔗 LINKS + MENTIONS: ‘One of Us’ is out on 25th September: lnk.to/OneOfUsElizabethDay Salman Rushdie’s books: www.salmanrushdie.com Kazuo Ishiguro’s books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/14137/kazuo-ishiguro/ Elizabeth’s Substack: https://theelizabethday.substack.com/ Join the How To Fail community: https://howtofail.supportingcast.fm/#content 💌 LOVE THIS EPISODE? Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts Leave a 5⭐ review – it helps more people discover these stories 👋 Follow How To Fail & Elizabeth: Instagram: @howtofailpod @elizabday TikTok: @howtofailpod @elizabday Website: www.elizabethday.org Have a failure you’re trying to work through for Elizabeth to discuss? Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Motherhood, you’ve been on our minds, to misquote Bob Dylan… so it’s only fitting that in this week’s episode Monica and Emma are joined by Jessamine Chan, the author of the New York Times Bestselling début novel The School for Good Mothers (2022). Together we cook up a not-at-all-dystopian (believe it or not) imaginary dinner party for one of our literary heroes, Kazuo Ishiguro. The 2017 Nobel Laureate for Literature (there will be champagne), Sir Ishiguro’s brilliant and wide-ranging oeuvre includes The Remains of the Day (1989, winner of the Booker Prize), Never Let Me Go (2005), and most recently, Klara and the Sun (2021). From Chicago (Jessamine), Paris (Monica), and Toronto (Emma), we plan a Notting Hill soirée that, if not quite up to Darlington Hall standards, will certainly end on a memorable note. Write to us at fanfarefanmail@gmail.com Monica Ainley DLV @monicaainleyDLV Emma Knight @emmalknight Jessamine Chan @jessamine.chan Dinner with Ishiguro playlist on Spotify by DJ Monica DLV Books we mention: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan The oeuvre of Kazuo Ishiguro , including The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Movies we mention : The Remains of the Day (1993), a Merchant Ivory Production, costumes (crucially) designed by Jenny Beavan and John Bright Never Let Me Go (2010), directed by Mark Romanek, costumes by Rachel Fleming and Steven Noble What’s cooking: Emma’s Scottish Oatcakes recipe is in The Greenhouse Cookbook and sadly not on the inter webs, but here’s another from Healthy Little Foodies Ditto Emma’s miso-glazed eggplant recipe (nasu dengaku), but here is a similar one from Pickled Plum Hasselback butternut squash with maple and Fresno chilies via Bon Appetit Gomae , aka blanched spinach with toasted sesame seeds and sesame dressing from Just One Cookbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been named the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2015, he spoke with WGN Radio’s Steve Bertrand about his novel The Buried Giant : Kazuo Ishiguro, who has won the Man Booker Prize and been awarded the O.B.E., has been called one of Britain’s most important living novelists. His latest, The Buried Giant , examines the frailty of collective memory with the story of an elderly post-King Arthur era couple on their way to visit their long lost son. Their memories aren’t altogether reliable. In this interview with Steve Bertrand on Books, Ishiguro says ours aren’t either. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/3407393/3407393_2017-10-05-154233.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Steve Bertrand on Books <div class="article-list__content" data-module-type="steve-bertrand-on-books" data-playlist-config="[{"contentMetadata":{"videoId":"3071614","videoTitle":"Tips to stay healthy this flu season","program":"Top Stories - Default Program","fullEpisode":true,"framerate":"30","airDate":"1538520032","videoDuration":"204","originalVideoTitle":"Tips to stay healthy this flu season"},"id":"3071614","poster":"https:\/\/c104216-pcdn.mp.lura.live\/expiretime=2082787200\/2f7f3854e070861e97dfbd413121d2a70a1c6cbb96cb946e97957e9aab0f37b7\/iupl_lin\/070\/AD7\/070AD72AEE1B4C21ACB6C605B49777C3","sources":[{"src":"https:\/\/tkx.mp.lura.live\/rest\/v2\/mcp\/video\/3071614.m3u8?anvack=Rawk5AaXamlYMHRoV0UeKfkdB3KQ0dnD&eud=NExlctJX0MT7X8mwrM3XdzqUHVjPM0Frsq9TRUEb4akQBDZ1%2FDGB%2BwrBd7aPyoOaTyO8KsbFw40vgX8hrw%2Bxqw%3D%3D","videoType":"playlist","renderMethod":"static"}],"title":"Tips to stay healthy this flu season","error":null},{"contentMetadata":{"videoId":"3066502","videoTitle":"A Look At Online Boutiques","program":"News","fullEpisode":true,"framerate":"30","airDate":"1538339100","videoDuration":"44","originalVideoTitle":"A Look At Online Boutiques"},"id":"3066502","poster":"https:\/\/c104216-pcdn.mp.lura.live\/expiretime=2082787200\/809fdb5164c5a1f38ea8f312c856cc17d4dbb592c8b1070a39d2c3377f396a10\/captures\/D8B\/E63\/D8BE63DA180A4B3ABCE9A443672D31FB.jpg","sources":[{"src":"https:\/\/tkx.mp.lura.live\/rest\/v2\/mcp\/video\/3066502.m3u8?anvack=Rawk5AaXamlYMHRoV0UeKfkdB3KQ0dnD&eud=NExlctJX0MT7X8mwrM3XdzqUHVjPM0Frsq9TRUEb4akQBDZ1%2FDGB%2BwrBd7aPyoOaTyO8KsbFw40vgX8hrw%2Bxqw%3D%3D","videoType":"playlist","renderMethod":"static"}],"title":"A Look At Online Boutiques","error":null},{"contentMetadata":{"videoId":"3059326","videoTitle":"Officials discuss city campaign sign regulations","program":"News","fullEpisode":true,"framerate":"30","airDate":"1538017200","videoDuration":"197","originalVideoTitle":"Officials discuss city campaign sign regulations"},"id":"3059326","poster":"https:\/\/c104216-pcdn.mp.lura.live\/expiretime=2082787200\/ce1fc9d0fbdb7530f666199d8e877be9df04c1a45efddf6cb4f8f8b3087e7aba\/iupl_lin\/1C9\/5CD\/1C95CDDD77A14EF08F427036FBA2191C","sources":[{"src":"https:\/\/tkx.mp.lura.live\/rest\/v2\/mcp\/video\/3059326.m3u8?anvack=Rawk5AaXamlYMHRoV0UeKfkdB3KQ0dnD&eud=NExlctJX0MT7X8mwrM3XdzqUHVjPM0Frsq9TRUEb4akQBDZ1%2FDGB%2BwrBd7aPyoOaTyO8KsbFw40vgX8hrw%2Bxqw%3D%3D","videoType":"playlist","renderMethod":"static"}],"title":"Officials discuss city campaign sign regulations","error":null},{"contentMetadata":{"videoId":"3054062","videoTitle":"Pilgrimage Festival frustrations","program"

Half a dozen years ago, I was delighted to be asked by Faber & Faber to interview Kazuo Ishiguro for a special two-part podcast to mark the publication of his first collection of short stories, Nocturnes. In the first part, we focused on the new book, and in the second I asked him about his background, previous novels, and the effects of early success (and intriguingly, he makes what I think must have been one of his first public indication that he was working on an idea which would become the 2015 novel, The Buried Giant). To listen to the podcasts, click on the links below. To whet your appetite, here are a couple of extracts from our conversation. Kazuo Ishiguro Early on, when I was six or seven, I very much thought of Japan as my home and I very much thought we were about to return at any moment. And I was much more in touch with Japanese culture then. I was being sent comics and books so there was an attempt to …