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The Book Club: A Publisher's Memoir

The Book Club: A Publisher's Memoir

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

March 12, 202525m 47s

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<div>My guest in this week's <em>Book Club</em> podcast is the publisher Anthony Cheetham, one of the biggest figures in British publishing through the second half of the twentieth century and into this one. In his new book <em>A Life in Fifty Books: A Publisher's Memoir</em>, he looks back on his career. He tells me why he had a soft spot for Robert Maxwell; how he launched Ken Follett's career on the top deck of a bus; how losing a press-up competition changed the landscape of publishing (and upset his then wife); how publishing has changed – and how it hasn't; and why <em>Confessions of a Window-Cleaner</em> has a special place in his heart.</div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>