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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Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished Novel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
Deepa Anappara, Helen Fielding on Hemingway, Rob Doyle and Finnish literature
Journalist turned novelist Deepa Anapara on her debut set in contemporary India
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Ann Petry's The Street, gay love in 1980s Poland
Jeanine Cummins on American Dirt, and forgotten classic The Street with Tayari Jones
100 Novels; Love and Romance with Marian Keyes, David Nicholls, Sara Collins
Marian Keyes on new novel Grown Ups
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Magic Realism, The Foundling
Colum McCann, George Orwell, new fiction set in Windrush-era London
Colum McCann discusses his new book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Apeirogon.
Kiley Reid, Lucy Foley and Abir Mukherjee, Peter Swanson
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kiley Reid about Such A Fun Age.
Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
Mariella talks to author of The Slap Christos Tsiolkas about his latest novel, Damascus.
Petina Gappah
Mariella Frostrup talks to Petina Gappah about her book, Out of Darkness, Shining Light.
