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Damian Barr, Candice Carty-Williams, Beckett's prose
Debut novelists Damian Barr and Candice Carty-Williams presenter Shahidha Bari.
Ali Smith, Easter eggs in fiction, Cate Blanchett's Books to Live By
Ali Smith discusses her new novel Spring, the third instalment of her seasonal quartet.
Working Class Writing
Open Book considers the rich heritage and bright future of working class writing.
Bernardine Evaristo, Victorian showmen in fiction, Graeme Simsion, Faber at 90
Bernardine Evaristo discusses her polyphonic new novel Girl, Woman, Other
Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn on Doggerland; Ghana's literary scene; Rosie Price
Writers Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn discuss their books about Doggerland.
Mia Couto and Wayétu Moore, Mr B's Bookshop, Claire Alexander
Mia Couto and Wayétu Moore discuss two new African novels exploring colonialism and myth.
Pajtim Statovci, Gerald Murnane discussed, Roxane Gay's favourite book, Benjamin Dreyer
Pajtim Statovci discusses his novel Crossing and we explore the work of Gerald Murnane
Carolina Setterwall, Re-reading and what it offers, Shadowplay reviewed, Ahmad Danny Ramadan
Carolina Setterwall discusses her debut novel and we explore the pleasures of re-reading
Kevin Barry on his new novel, and we discuss queer nature writing
Irish writer Kevin Barry, plus Philip Hoare and Mike Parker on queer nature writing.
Will Eaves on Alan Turing; The Moon in Fiction and Poetry; Afrofuturism
Will Eaves discusses Murmur, his award-winning novel about Alan Turing.
Iris Murdoch Special
On the centenary of her birth, Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch.
Ocean Vuong, Bauhaus novels, Sudan literary postcard
Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong discusses his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.
David Nicholls, Ghost writing, Elizabeth Hardwick
David Nicholls discusses his latest novel Sweet Sorrow.
Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Mary Beth Keane, the best novels of 1979
Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce's fraught relationships with their fathers
Benjamin Myers, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Valeria Luiselli
Benjamin Myers discusses his latest novel The Offing.
What are young people writing and reading?
A special edition of Open Book recorded at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Deborah Levy, therapists in fiction, India's richest literary prize, Lorca's symbolism
Deborah Levy discusses her bestselling new novel The Man Who Saw Everything.
Robert Harris
Robert Harris discusses his new novel The Second Sleep and reflects on 30 years of writing
Ann Patchett, Jia Tolentino and USA book picks
A special American-themed edition with Ann Patchett and rising star Jia Tolentino.
Dana Czapnik, Black Death novels, Imani Perry on Corregidora
Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel The Falconer.
Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished Novel
Emma Donoghue discusses her new novel Akin, plus a discussion of the best fiction spies
Literary Norwich Special
A visit to Norwich, England's first Unesco City of Literature
Andrew Michael Hurley, best novels of 1995, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Andrew Michael Hurley talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Starve Acre.
Kathy O'Shaughnessy, George Eliot, Literary Magazines and Jason Reynolds
Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her novel about George Eliot and Literary Magazines discussed
Ben Lerner, Ian Rankin, Auto Fiction
Elizabeth Day talks to Ben Lerner about his novel The Topeka School
Lee Child
Lee Child, Pat Barker, Hanne Ørstavik.
2019 Books, André Aciman and David Bowie
Books of 2019, André Aciman, Bowie's Books
Benjamin Markovits, PG Wodehouse, Family rows in novels and child prodigies
Benjamin Markovits on his novel Christmas in Austin.
Highlights of 2019
Highlights of 2019; Ali Smith, Bernadine Evaristo, Robert Harris, Ann Patchett, Max Porter
Graham Greene Special
Louise Doughty, Lawrence Osborne and Peter James on the great 20th century master of plot
100 Novels That Shaped Our World
100 Novels That Shaped Our World: Identity
