Posts Tagged ‘interview’

A Largehearted Boy

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Do you know the Largehearted Boy website? Terrifically smart and cool website that cross-promotes literature and music, and, in a 21st century way, reminds me of that BBC classic, Desert Island Discs, on Radio 4 in Britain. (Celebs are asked to come on to talk about what music or books they would have by their side if they were stranded on a desert island.) Largehearted Boy similarly just asked me to add my “book notes.” Check it out here. Was a lot of fun to think of The Hundred-Foot Journey in musical terms.

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Woohoo. US paperback in stores.

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

I’m as excited as if the Beaujolais Nouveau just arrived at the stores, and it’s not just because the stock market recovered a hefty chunk of losses today. The real reason? The U.S. paperback of The Hundred-Foot Journey was officially released today.

In celebration, I am reposting The New York Times‘ “editor’s choice” review that ran last year. To read the piece in its entirety, click here.

And I am also posting a link to the interview I gave NPR’s wonderful, The Diane Rehm Show. Click here and hit the “listen” toggle after the page has loaded.

In Britain, The Hundred-Foot Journey can be had at a terrific bargain price, along with an exclusive essay, through the Mail On Sunday‘s book store, where the book is the UK newspaper’s, Book Of The Month for August. For full details, click here.

And, finally, I warmly welcome any and all to join my facebook page where I routinely post updates and answer questions about The Hundred-Foot Journey and my next novel, Buddhaland, Brooklyn. Please do so by clicking here.

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Win A Free Copy Of UK Edition

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

In celebration of May’s launch of The Hundred-Foot Journey in the UK, the Bookhugger website is running a competition to give away a copy of the British edition published by Alma Books. Also running a Q&A with me and some writerly gasbagging.

Check it out here – and snag the free copy for yourself!

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Nailed by the Sun Herald (Sydney)

Monday, February 21st, 2011


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Behind the scenes: The Book Show on ABC National Radio

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Ex-journalists don’t normally make good interviews, because they know the tricks of the trade and tend to be wary, but it’s amazing how a pro can gently pull details out without me being aware they are doing it. I usually only recognize this after the interview is over. Anita Barraud on ABC National Radio’s The Book Show in Australia is in that category: she did a first-rate job peeling my onion and giving her audience a behind the scenes glimpse into my little book.

To listen to our interview hit the “Download The Audio” link on The Book Show.

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17th Virginia Festival Of The Book

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

One of the better literary festivals around the country is the Virginia Festival Of The Book, organized by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The 17th Virginia book festival is held in elegant Charlottesville and runs from March 16-20. It’s sucking in top-drawer writer-folk, among them: Kathryn Stockett (bestseller, The Help), Kathy Reichs (author of the books behind Bones, the TV series), and Jim Lehrer (anchor of PBS Newshour and prolific novelist.) This is the kind of festival where John Grisham is asked to moderate a panel.

So pretty neat that I have been asked to sit on a panel entitled “The Novel Of Families: Eat, Laugh And Love.” Also on the panel are some very witty and wise women: Kerry Reichs (Leaving Unknown) and Ruth Pennebaker (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough). Should be a whole lot of fun.

Come join us if you can. Or check out the festival at large. Our “Novel Of Families” panel will be held on Friday, March 18th, at 4pm at Barnes & Noble on Emmet Street. Details to be found here.

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The Courier Mail Interview

Friday, November 26th, 2010

From The Courier Mail

“Richard C Morais has climbed into the skin of an Indian Muslim chef to write a great yarn through food, using imagery so vivid you can feel and taste it.” That’s the lede from David Gilchrist’s feature-length article and interview in the Courier Mail in Melbourne. For the full article click here.

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Video from Penn’s The Kelly Writers’ House

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Earlier this fall I read at the University of Pennsylvania’s The Kelly Writers’ House, where so many literary heavyweights have over the years read from their work. Pretty sweet to be included. Click here for the video of my Kelly Writers House reading. Or if you just want to hear the audio recording, that’s publicly available too, but be forewarned the master of ceremonies wasn’t close enough to the mike, so you probably wont hear anything until 30 seconds or so into the audio tape, when I start talking. Click here for audio only.

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WHYY interview for NPR’s A Chef’s Table

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

WHYY's widely distributed, A Chef's Table

The urbane producer of A Chef’s Table, Lari Robling, had me into the WHYY’s studios in Philadelphia for a chat about my novel. A Chef’s Table is the hugely informative foodie program aired on NPR stations across the nation, usually on a Saturday. For those who missed it, here’s the relevant A Chef’s Table podcast.

The segment on The Hundred-Foot Journey starts roughly at minute 25 on the hour-long program, which you can jump to by sliding the underlying toggle, but Jim Coleman’s earlier two interviews – on Mediterranean cooking for diabetics and how to prepare tofu – are really very informative. Special thanks to WHYY’s Therese Madden for arranging the segment.

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Author Of The Month

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Alma's cover for the UK

The Hundred-Foot Journey is heading out across the globe on its own journey. As part of the book’s road trip, my UK publisher, Alma Books, has put together a profile for their Author Of The Month.

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