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Making it new? Literature of the Twenties Special
Johny Pitts explores the 20s with Alison MacLeod, Bill Goldstein, James Clammer & Jo Hamya
Colson Whitehead
Elizabeth Day talks to Colson Whitehead in a feature length interview about Harlem Shuffle
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman talks to Johny Pitts about Endgame
Rabih Alameddine, English PEN at 100 with Philippe Sands and Elif Shafak, Editors' Pick
Johny Pitts speaks to Rabih Alameddine about his new novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope
Jonathan Franzen, Amitav Ghosh, Nina Mingya Powles
Jonathan Franzen talks to Elizabeth Day about his novel Crossroads.
Lauren Groff
Johny Pitts speaks to Lauren Groff.
Sarah Hall
Elizabeth Day talks to Sarah Hall about her latest novel, Burntcoat.
Friendship in Fiction: a special programme from London Literature Festival
Elizabeth and Johny present a special programme from LLF on literary friendship.
The diaries of Patricia Highsmith; Contemporary views of the American West
Chris Power talks to Stella Duffy and Anna Von Planta about Patricia Highsmith's diaries
Teaching teenagers with J J Bola; cutting the environmental footprint of books
JJ Bola speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, The Selfless Act of Breathing.
Love, relationships, and road trips with Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout talks to Elizabeth Day about her new novel, Oh William!
Behind locked doors with Claire Keegan; Alan Cumming's book he would never lend
Claire Keegan talks to Chris Power about her new book, Small Things Like These.
Twelve days of Christmas with Laura Barnett, A literary postcard from Moscow; Best of 2021's non-fiction
Laura Barnett on her novel Gifts, and recommended non-fiction books of 2021.
Open Book's highlights for 2021
Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts look back at the highlights of their first year at the helm.
Life in a parallel New York with Hanya Yanagihara: Book highlights for Spring 2022
Hanya Yanagihara speaks to Chris Power about her new book, To Paradise.
Open Book's guide to Ulysses
A guide to reading James Joyce's Ulysses from those who understand it best
Free Love, Richard Beard on Time, Bookshops as Social Spaces
Elizabeth Day speaks to Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love.
Gary Shteyngart's tragicomedy set in lockdown; A new collection exploring South Asian identity
Johny Pitts speaks to author Gary Shteyngart about his new novel, Our Country Friends.
The ‘new boom’ of feminist Spanish-language literature
We meet the new wave of Spanish and Latin American writers who are breaking with the past.
A love story from Trinidad; Toni Morrison's only short story
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo talks to Johny Pitts about her debut novel, When We Were Birds
The Power of Language: Audrey Magee, short stories from Afghanistan and India
Elizabeth Day talks to Audrey Magee about her latest novel The Colony.
A life in books with Marlon James
Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.
Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant, Lisa Taddeo on Fever Dream
Johny Pitts talks to Karen Joy Fowler about the infamous Booth family
Here Again Now, Readers guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry
Elizabeth Day talks to Okechukwu Nzelu about his novel Here Again Now.
Belfast in the Blitz
Two historic novels about Belfast, literary spinsters, and dissident Russian writers.
Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writers
Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart about his new novel, Young Mungo
Julian Barnes; How Words Get Good; Bangkok Postcard
Julian Barnes talks to Elizabeth Day about his new novel Elizabeth Finch.
About A Son; Book Banning; The Water Statues
David Whitehouse on his creative non-fiction work About a Son.
Neurodiversity
Johny Pitts and guests discuss neurodiversity in contemporary fiction.
Atticus Lish, Jean Rhys, Maggie Shipstead
Chris Power talks to Atticus Lish about his new novel The War for Gloria.
Benjamin Myers
Johny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his new book, The Perfect Golden Circle.
