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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
Ann Patchett, plus Magical Historical Fiction with SJ Parris and Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Octavia Bright talks to Ann Patchett about her new novel, Tom Lake
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen speaks to Johny Pitts about her new book, The Wolf Hunt.
George Orwell Now
Chris Power surveys Orwell's complex legacy with Anna Funder, Adam Biles and Sandra Newman
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith talks to Elizabeth Day about her new historical novel, The Fraud.
Ben Lerner and Anne Enright on poetry and fiction
Johny Pitts explores poetry and fiction with Anne Enright and Ben Lerner.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus Judith Kerr's centenary with Nicolette Jones and Oliver Jeffers
Johny Pitts talks to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about her new book for children.
Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis, literary conclusions.
Daniel Mason
Chris Power speaks to Daniel Mason about his new novel, North Woods.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Chris Power speaks to Karl Ove Knausgård about his new book, The Wolves of Eternity.
AI and the Novel
Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts discuss AI and the Novel.
Teju Cole
Chris Power speaks to Teju Cole about his new novel, Tremor.
Femi Kayode
Crime writer Femi Kayode s Johny Pitts.
Alexis Wright
Australian writer Alexis Wright, on new novel Praiseworthy
Ron Rash
Ron Rash and AL Kennedy, with presenter Johny Pitts.
Janice Hallett
Janice Hallett on her book The Christmas Appeal. Plus literary gems to put under the tree.
The Year in Fiction
Chris Power looks back at some of our highlights from 2023.
Endings and New Beginnings
Chris Power is ed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Aminatta Forna and Lucy Caldwell.
Hisham Matar
Hisham Matar talks to Chris Power about his new novel, My Friends.
Gerald Murnane
In a rare radio interview, the Australian writer Gerald Murnane talks to Chris Power.
