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Interviews
The following sections preserve some of his most illuminating interviews; when possible, transcripts are provided as well as video or audio files. See Site Info for playback and software advice.
Martin Amis Interviews at BBC Four (Real) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Martin Amis Presentations at 2006 PEN World Voices
Martin Amis Interviews with Charlie Rose SEARCH | Also see below: 5 Feb 2007, 18 Nov 2003, 5 June 2000, 17 Feb 1999
Select Recent Interviews, 2006-present Because Amis's interviews routinely inspire additional public appearances or commentary, users of the Martin Amis Web should also consult the Commentary page for additional links. In general, public appearances and readings will be catalogued there; one-on-one interviews will be listed on this page.
Feminism's Unlikely Ally, and Radical Islam's Foe LINK | PDF Interviewed by Margaret Wente for the Globe and Mail, 13 November 2009.
Martin Amis at Book Now Festival LINK | PDF Will Gore on the forthcoming publication of The Pregnant Widow, Epsom Guardian, 10 November 2009.
Q & A with Martin Amis LINK | PDF Interviewed by Mark Medley in The National Post, 1 August 2009. See also Medley's profile of Amis's creative writing classes: LINK | PDF
Me and My Terrible Twin LINK | PDF Speaking with Harry de Quetteville in the Telegraph, 19 June 2009.
In Conversation with Martin Amis LINK1 | PDF1 | FLV1 | LINK2 | PDF2 | FLV2 | LINK3 | PDF3 | FLV3 | LINK4 | PDF4 | FLV4 Interviewed by James Crabtree for Prospect Magazine, 13 May 2009.
Interviewed by Christina Patterson for the Independent, 10 April 2009.
Interviewed by James Knight for Vice Magazine, The Fiction Issue/December 2008.
Martin Amis is Feeling Vulnerable LINK | PDF | MP3 (3MB) Interviewed by Elizabeth Renzetti in The Globe and Mail, 2 May 2008.
On the BBC’s The Interview program. LINK | WMV (4MB) Interviewed by Carrie Gracie, 8 February 2008.
Martin Amis: interview LINK | PDF With Jonathan Derbyshire. Time Out (London), 4 February 2008.
Amis and J. G. Ballard LINK | RAM (20MB) With Philip Dodd on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves program, 30 January 2008.
The Two Faces of Amis LINK | PDF | FLV (5MB) | HARI Interviewed by Johann Hari for The Independent, 29 January 2008. See also the additional commentary from the interview in the same day's coverage. LINK | PDF
On the Start the Week Program LINK | MP3 (19MB) For BBC Radio 4, 28 January 2008.
Amis rejects 'anti-Islam' claims LINK | PDF | WMV (4MB) Profile and interview by Razia Igbal for BBC News, 26 January 2008.
Speaking with Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, 2 November 2007.
Amis Interviewed on Channel Four LINK | LINK2 | STREAM | WMV (35MB) Speaking with Jon Snow about Islamism, literature, and the Terry Eagleton controversy 17 October 2007. For commentary on this interview see Laura Clark & Tahira Yaqoob in The Daily Mail, 18 October.
Martin Amis Leaps Back into the Ring LINK | PDF1 | PDF2 | PDF3 Amis's first interview on the Eagleton controversy. Interviewed by Kate Summerscale in The Telegraph, 15 October 2007.
Amis v. Eagleton Controversy Select links from the furor surrounding Terry Eagleton's comments about Kingsley and Martin Amis in the revised edition of his book Ideology: An Introduction.
Initial Coverage, The Independent, 4 October 2007 LINK | PDF Nigel Reynolds, The Telegraph, 5 October 2007 LINK | PDF Michael Henderson, The Telegraph, 6 October LINK | PDF John Sutherland, The Guardian Arts Blog, 4 October LINK Letters from relatives in defense of Kingsley Amis LINK | PDF Philip Hensher on Kingsley Amis, The Independent, 9 October LINK | PDF Geoffrey Levy, The Daily Mail, 11 October 2007 LINK | PDF Robert Baird on the digital emunction blog LINK | PDF
Terry Eagleton responds in The Guardian, 10 October LINK | PDF Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in The Independent, 8 October LINK | PDF Amis replies to Alibhai-Brown, The Independent, 12 October LINK | PDF Alibhai-Brown replies in The Evening Standard, 18 October LINK | PDF Amis speaks at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, 15 October LINK | PDF More coverage from Cheltenham LINK | PDF Amis's letter to the Guardian, 12 October LINK | PDF Richard Lea, The Guardian, 12 October LINK | PDF "Enough ... for now," The Guardian, 13 October LINK | PDF "Hero or Villain?" The Independent, 21 October LINK | PDF "The Truth Stirrer," Scotsman.com, 3 November LINK | PDF Elizabeth Jane Howard in the Daily Mail, 1 November LINK | PDF
A "cultural conversation" with Amy Finnerty in the Wall Street Journal, 25 April 2007.
On the Bat Segundo Show, 17 March 2007. LINK | POD/MP3
On the Bookwork program LINK | RM Interviewed by Michael Silverblatt, KCRW (California), 15 March 2007.
"Birnbaum v. Martin Amis" LINK | PDF Speaking with Robert Birnbaum for The Morning News, 28 February 2007.
"To Russia, but not with Love" LINK | PDF Simon Haupt in the Globe and Mail, 27 February 2007.
Misc. Links Concerning Amis's Appointment at the University of Manchester Contract Details & Controversy, 25 January 2008. LINK | PDF | LINK | PDF Alexi Mostrous on Amis's salary, 26 January 2008. LINK | PDF Interviewed by Peter Millar, Sunday Times, 18 February 2007. LINK | PDF Interviewed on the Manchester Evening News, 16 February 2007. WAV (50MB) Sarah Walters, Manchester Evening News, 16 February 2007. LINK | WORD Alexander Topping, The Guardian, 15 February 2007. LINK | PDF Yakub Qureshi, Manchester Evening News, 15 February 2007. LINK | WORD Kristy Lang, BBC4's Front Row, 15 February 2007. RM (10MB)
See also the ensuing debate about Amis's rank among "great" living writers: "Who is the greatest of them all?" Guardian, 23 February 2007 LINK | PDF "The best according to ..." Guardian, 23 February 2007 LINK | PDF
"The Bard of Brash" LINK | PDF1 | PDF2 Interviewed by Chris Lehmann for Radar magazine, 16 February 2007.
On the Charlie Rose Show LINK | FLV (127MB) | PREVIEW (6MB) Interviewed by Charlie Rose, 5 February 2007. Also featuring Norman Mailer.
Q & A with Martin Amis LINK | PDF With Lev Grossman, Time magazine, 5 February 2007.
On the Writers and Company Program LINK | RM1 | RM2 Two interviews conducted by Eleanor Wachtel for the Canadian Broadcast Company. 28 January 2007 and 4 February 2007.
Martin Amis: You Ask the Questions LINK | PDF Responding to reader's emails in the Independent, 15 January 2007.
Amis and Zachary Leader Discuss Kingsley Amis LINK Three-part video to promote the release of Leader's authorized biography, The Life of Kingsley Amis. At the London Review Bookshop, 28 November 2006.
Amis on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book LINK | RM Speaking about his father and Zachary Leader's biography, 19 November 2006.
Inteviewed by Silvia Spring in the 6 November 2006 issue of Newsweek International.
Amis speaks with Tony Jones LINK | WMV | PDF On the Lateline program, Australian Broadcast Television, 1 November 2006.
"Martin Amis expects upset with autobiographical novel" LINK | PDF Interviewed by Mike Collett-White for Reuters, 17 October 2006.
"Martin Amis: 30 Things I've Learned about Terror" LINK | WORD Speaking with Alex Bilmes in The Independent, 8 October 2006.
"My life with the unfaithful old devil Kingsley Amis" LINK | PDF Sarah Sands speaks with Hilly Kilmarnock about Kingsley and their children. The Daily Mail, 6 October 2006.
Speaking to Rachel Cooke at the Fonseca family compound in the Hamptons. The Observer, 1 October 2006.
"Still Life in the Old Dog" WORD Rosemary Goring in The Herald [Glasgow], 30 September 2006.
A profile of Amis on BBC2's Newsnight, 28 September 2006. LINK | WMV | RM
"Is Martin Amis Turning Into his Father?" LINK | PDF Geoggrey Levy speaks with Elizabeth Jane Howard and Hilly Kilmarnock in discussing the affinities between Kingsley and Martin Amis. The Daily Mail, 27 September 2006.
Amis on BBC Radio 4's Front Row LINK | MP3 Speaking with Mark Lawson, 26 September 2006.
Amis on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves LINK | RM Interviewed by Isabel Hilton about House of Meetings, 26 September 2006.
"The Voice of Experience" LINK | PDF Interviewed by Ginny Dougary in the Times Magazine, 9 September 2006.
"Londres me llama" Amis in Radar, Pagina/12 LINK | PDF A Spanish-language interview with Andrew Graham-Yooll that offers insight into Amis's thoughts about living in Uruguay and the forthcoming books House of Meetings and The Pregnant Widow. Click here for translation assistance. Or click here for a summary that references the interview's first appearance in the 9 July Buenos Aires Herald.
Amis on Bill Moyers's Faith and Reason LINK | PDF | FLV Preview | RM The episode featuring Amis and Margaret Atwood was broadcast on 28 July 2006. The transcript and video preview are linked above; the full-length broadcast (in streaming media) is available here.
Amis at the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature The PEN American Center, 25-30 April. Visit the World Voices home page for a full listing of the program and other speakers.
LINK to Amis Reading (on Islamism), 26 April 2006 | MP3 (2MB) LINK to Amis Reading his essay "Graham Greene", 27 April 2006 | MP3 (2MB) LINK to Amis's Interview with Patrick McGrath, 27 April 2006 | MP3 (20MB)
Select Interviews, 2000-2005 "Old Martin Amis is In Your Face Again" LINK | PDF Interviewed by Dave Weich for Powells.com (30 November 2004).
"Martin Amis, Author of Yellow Dog, talks with Robert Birnbaum" LINK | PDF From Identitytheory.com (posted 8 December 2003).
"Dirty Little Secrets" LINK | PDF Amis speaks with Justine Elias for Newsweek (4 December 2003).
Amis on the Charlie Rose Show FLV1 | FLV2 | FLV3 | FLV Full (107MB) Amis discusses Yellow Dog and related matters. From the 18 November 2003 episode also featuring Gore Vidal.
"Martin Amis -- the Playboy conversation" LINK | PDF1 | PDF2 | PDF3 | PDF4 Sam Jemielity interviews Amis for Playboy (undated; late 2003).
"Off the Page: Martin Amis" LINK | PDF Carole Burns interviews Amis online for the Washington Post (7 November 2003).
Philip Higgs interviews Amis about Yellow Dog for Nerv.com. LINK | PDF
"It's a mad, mad world that inspires Martin" LINK | PDF Gerald Isaaman interviews Amis at the Cheltenham Festival for the Camden New Journal, 30 October 2003.
Amis discusses Yellow Dog, pornography, and morality; transcript of his 29 October 2003 appearance on the CNBC program Topic A.
Martin Amis and James Wood discuss Saul Bellow on The Connection, WBUR Boston and NPR, 16 October 2003. LINK | RM
"Amis Needs a Drink" WORD | PDF Kate Muir interviews Amis in the wake of negative Yellow Dog reviews (13 September 2003).
Amis on Front Row, speaking about Yellow Dog, 1 September 2003. RM
"Even the Praise is Bad for You" LINK | PDF Martin Amis's new novel Yellow Dog is the most eagerly awaited book of the year, dividing the literary world even before its publication. On the eve of its serialisation in the Guardian, the writer tells Emma Brockes about his style, his critics and why his daughters are so special. The Guardian, 29 August, 2003.
Amis speaking with Clive James, from the Talking in the Library series LINK | WMV
"Bringing out the Dread" LINK | PDF Anthony Quinn interviews Amis for the Daily Telegraph (filed 31 December 2002).
"Laughter in the Dark" WORD | PDF Tishani Doshi interviews Amis about the anniversary of September 11 (from the Hindu Literary Review, 6 October 2002).
Amis on Front Row, speaking about Koba the Dread. LINK | EXCERPT | FULL 2 September 2002.
"It's a bit girly, but it really works" LINK | PDF Amis discusses Pilates with journalist Victoria Lambert in the Telegraph (13 June 2002).
"Pinter's New Companion" LINK | PDF Susannah Herbert weighs in on the preceding interview in the opinions section of the Telegraph (16 June 2002).
Electronic Telegraph, 11 December 2001. "Martin Amis, who is giving a Last Word Lecture tomorrow on his father Kingsley, tells Claudia FitzHerbert how he has come to understand why their attitudes to women, politics and writing were so different."
On The Connection with Christopher Leighton 6 July 2001 RM
On NPR's Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me LINK | RM Playing a game called "Is Your Bathroom Breeding Bolsheviks". 23 June 2001.
On Fresh Air with Terry Gross. WORD Transcript of Amis's 1 June 2001 appearance on NPR's Fresh Air program; discusses Experience and his relationship with Kingsley Amis.
"The Living V-Sign" LINK | PDF Lewis Jones interviews Amis for the Telegraph (26 January 2001).
"The Gender Benders" LINK | PDF On Britain's Radio 4 "In Our Times" program 19 January 2000, Melvyn Bragg interviewed Amis and Prof. Cora Kaplan about feminism and male portraiture in fiction. Lucretia Stewart wrote this 24 January 2000 feature for the Guardian/Observer online.
"Time's Arrows" LINK | PDF1 | PDF2 Chris Wright profiles/interviews Amis for The Portland Phoenix (13-20 July 2000).
Amis on NPR's Morning Edition WORD Speaking with Renee Montague on 6 July 2000.
On the Charlie Rose Show LINK | FLV (111MB) 5 June 2000 (also featuring B. Lewis).
"January Experiences Martin Amis" LINK | PDF Linda Richards profiles Amis for January magazine, June 2000. Good material on Experience, Koba the Dread, fatherhood, laughter, and children.
"Bestial Turbulence" WORD | PDF Mark LePage of the Montreal Gazette interviews Amis during Amis's Canadian Experience tour (23 June 2000).
An interview with Martin Amis in conjunction with the publication of Experience, at the amazon.co.uk web site (2000).
Amis on Canada AM WORD Speaking with Wei Chen, 2 June 2000.
Amis on ABC's 20/20 WORD Transcript of Amis's 15 June 2000 interview with Bill Ritter. Discusses Experience and his relationship with Kingsley Amis.
Select Interviews from the 1990s and Earlier Amis speaking at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Undated, but sometime between 1998 and 2001. LINK | WMV
Romona Koval interviews Amis for headspace #9 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), June 1999. LINK | PDF
On the Charlie Rose Show. LINK | FLV (136MB) A Conversation with Elmore Leonard and Martin Amis, 17 February 1999.
Amis Remembers Iris Murdoch WORD | PDF Transcript of Amis's interview on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, 9 February 1999.
The Sadistic Muse LINK | PDF1 | PDF2 Laura Miller interviews Amis for Salon.com, 10 February 1998.
Amis interviews Elmore Leonard, 23 January 1998. WORD | PDF
Success. Money. Happy? LINK | PDF Tim Adams interviews Amis for the Guardian/Observer online, 12 October 1997.
Amis on NPR's Weekend Edition WORD | PDF Transcript of Amis's 6 May 1995 appearance with Ian Sinclair; interviewed by Michael Goldfarb.
The Prose and Cons of Martin Amis LINK | WORD | PDF Graham Fuller interviews Amis in Interview magazine (v. 25.5, May 1995).
No More Illusions: Martin Amis is Getting Old and Wants to Talk about It. Interview by Alexander Laurence and Kathleen McGee for Alt-X, 1995. LINK | PDF
Will Self interviews Martin Amis for The Mississippi Review, October 1995. LINK | PDF
Amis on the Bookworm program LINK | Interview by Michael Silverblatt, 8 June 1992.
A Satirist Rages at England, America Books LINK [cf. Notable Oldies] | PDF Kevin Allman for the Los Angeles Times, 29 March 1990.
Martin Amis: Down London's Mean Streets LINK | PDF | WORD Mira Stout in the New York Times Magazine, 4 February 1990.
Amis speaking with Don Swaim, 1990. Discusses London Fields, although the recording cuts off because of technical issues. LINK | RM
Amis speaking with Don Swaim, 1985. Discusses Money. LINK | RM
Amis on BBC World Book Club, 1985. Discusses Money. LINK | RM |
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Amis interviewed by Tina Brown
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