The Guardian Books Podcast

Fair Field: Piers Plowman's dreamworld - books podcast

In episode one of a three-part series, the medieval ‘poem of crisis’ reveals a world of...

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Fair Field: Piers Plowman's world of work - books podcast

In the second of three original podcasts, William Langland’s 14th-century poem is brought into...

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Fair Field: Piers Plowman's Truth - books podcast

In the last of three original podcasts based on William Langland’s poem, our hero goes in search...

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Reni Eddo-Lodge and Juno Dawson - books podcast

We discuss race, gender and identity with activist Reni Eddo-Lodge and the writer Juno Dawson

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Scottish crime fiction with Ann Cleeves and Chris Brookmyre – books podcast

We investigate the murky world of tartan noir, and look into this week’s headline honours, the...

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Scottish crime fiction with Ann Cleeves and Chris Brookmyre – books podcast

We investigate the murky world of tartan noir, and look into this week’s headline honours, the...

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The Legend of the Almond Trees, read by Andrew Scott – Travel folktales for kids podcast

Prince Ibrahim’s Nordic bride yearns for the snow-covered fields of home. But they live in the...

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Richard Ford discusses his family memoir – books podcast

The Pulitzer prize-winning author talks to Sarah Churchwell about his new memoir, Between Them:...

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The Dragon of Palma de Mallorca, read by Andrew Scott – Travel folktales for kids podcast

The Spanish island city is terrorised by a fearsome dragon. But is it really a dragon, or...

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The Dragon of Palma de Mallorca, read by Andrew Scott – Travel folktales for kids podcast

The Spanish island city is terrorised by a fearsome dragon. But is it really a dragon, or...

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Hay festival 2017: Cory Doctorow, Helen Fielding and Shashi Tharoor – podcast

We gaze uneasily to the future with Doctorow, look back on the history of the British Raj with...

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The wandering knight of Zagreb, read by Andrew Scott – Travel folktales for kids podcast

A knight loses his way in a haunted forest and is close to death – until salvation arrives in the...

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Islands and literature, from Iceland to Jamaica - books podcast

As the Brexit boat prepares to set sail, writers from islands around the world explain what it...

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Pinocchio and the Field of Miracles, read by Andrew Scott – Travel folktales for kids podcast

The little wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy was born in Tuscany. The second of our...

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Funny memoirs with Patricia Lockwood – books podcast

We talk to the poet-turned-memoirist about Priestdaddy, her account of growing up with a Catholic...

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Jack, the Giant Killer, read by Andrew Scott – Travel folktales for kids podcast

Cormoran is a bloodthirsty giant who preys on a Cornish village – until a brave little boy named...

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Tony Harrison at 80 - books podcast

Vanessa Redgrave, Blake Morrison and Melvyn Bragg are among the stars of page and stage who...

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Writing about the working class with Lisa McInerney and Lynsey Hanley – books podcast

Writing about the working class with Lisa McInerney and Lynsey Hanley – books podcast

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Neil Gaiman on American Gods, Norse Mythology and more – books podcast

Neil Gaiman on American Gods, Norse Mythology and more – books podcast

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The shadows of war in Primo Levi and Xan Brooks - books podcast

Seventy years on, Philippe Sands discusses the abiding relevance of If This Is a Man, and we meet...

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