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Colm Tóibín essays, and revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Chris Power talks to Colm Tóibín about illness, the myth of Ireland and banned books.
Barbara Kingsolver, plus the 'Social Novel' with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about her Dickens-inspired book Demon Copperhead.
Cormac McCarthy, Photographing Writers, Derek Owusu
Johny Pitts discusses the new novels from Cormac McCarthy.
Women subverting horror with Mariana Enríquez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White
Octavia Bright asks if there is a new wave of women authors turning to horror fiction.
Open Book: M.R. James
Kate Mosse explores the work of M.R. James, father of the modern English ghost story.
Looking back at 2022 and (re)discovering Bruno Schulz
Chris Power discusses a year in books and gets some seasonal recommendations.
Katherine Rundell and The Golden Mole
Katherine Rundell talks about The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasures.
Agatha Christie at Christmas
Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection with the festive season
Katherine Mansfield
Exploring the writing of Katherine Mansfield a hundred years after her death.
Jane Smiley, and writing gay lives from the past with Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens
Chris Power talks to Jane Smiley, Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens about fictionalising history.
Really Good, Actually
Monica Heisey talks about her debut novel, Really Good, Actually.
Dark Academia with Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg. Plus Saba Sams' Book I'd Never Lend
Chris Power talks to Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg about a ubiquitous new trend
Bret Easton Ellis
The author of American Psycho discusses his first novel in 13 years, The Shards.
Aleksandar Hemon, Roddy Doyle on Soul, and Dorothy Tse on Hong Kong
Chris Power talks to Aleksandar Hemon about his new novel The World and All That It Holds.
Tom Bullough on writing about the climate crisis, and Richard Wright's lost novel
Tom Bullough talks about his book Sarn Helen.
Margaret Atwood, Sam Selvon
Johny Pitts explores the work of two writers who have combined comedy with tragedy.
Eleanor Catton
Chris Power speaks to Eleanor Catton about her new novel, Birnam Wood.
Javier Marías
Chris Power talks about the writing of Javier Marías.
Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight
Octavia Bright explores the exciting new literary voices coming from India.
Best of Young British Novelists 2023
Octavia Bright explores Granta's once in a decade list of new writing talent.
Stephen Buoro
Johny Pitts talks to the debut novelist about The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.
Deborah Levy, Miranda and Kate Morton
Deborah Levy talks about her new novel, August Blue.
Linda Grant
Linda Grant talks to Alex Clark about her novel The Story of the Forest
Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.
Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga
Johny Pitts talks to Leila Slimani about her new novel Watch Us Dance.
Tragicomic Writing
Alex Clark explores tragicomic writing with Paul Murray, Katherine Heiny and Josie Long.
Jenny Erpenbeck
Jenny Erpenbeck talks to Octavia Bright about her novel Kairos.
Richard Ford
Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine.
Megan Nolan, plus crime summer reading recommendations from Vaseem Khan, Laura Wilson and Val McDermid
Johny Pitts speaks to Megan Nolan about her new novel, Ordinary Human Failings.
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Day celebrates the centenary year of the writer Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Birmingham
Johny Pitts makes a literary pilgrimage to the UK's second city
