American facts and fictions: Lawrence Wright and Amy Bloom – books podcast
On this week’s show, we interview Pulitzer-winning author Wright about his history of Texas, as...
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Podcasts de fiction
Nikesh Shukla and Julia Kingsford on The Good Agency, plus Tony White - books podcast
Writer Nikesh Shukla and agent Julia Kingsford share their plans for a literary agency for...
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What is it like being a first-time novelist today? – books podcast
On this week’s show, we discuss the challenges – and joys – of becoming an author with Paula...
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Paul Kildea on Chopin and Amy Sackville on Velázquez – books podcast
Paul Kildea explores how Frédéric Chopin wrote his Preludes and what became of them after his...
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Glenn Patterson and what to read while self-isolating – books podcast
On this week’s show we talk to the Northern Irish writer about his new novel and discuss how...
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Myth-making with Sarah Perry and Maria Dahvana Headley – books podcast
We talk to The Essex Serpent author Perry about the spine-tingling Melmoth and take Beowulf into...
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Who was St Paul? With Christos Tsiolkas and Tom Holland – books podcast
On this week’s podcast, we talk to Tsiolkas about his novel on the life of St Paul and the...
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Jim Crace on The Melody – books podcast
On this week’s show, Jim Crace talks about his latest novel and we discuss the different ways we...
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Kate Atkinson on her new novel, Transcription – books podcast
We sit down with the one and only Kate Atkinson, author of modern classics including Life After...
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Are we too reverent with William Shakespeare? – books podcast
On this week’s show, we sit down with Shakespeare expert Emma Smith and novelist Tash Aw talks...
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Jonathan Coe and Sara Collins on their Costa-winning novels – books podcast
We welcome not one but two Costa winners, as the victors in the novel and the debut fiction...
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Jennifer Egan and M John Harrison – books podcast
On this week’s show, we examine the writing life with a Pulitzer winner who is not afraid to...
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Edward St Aubyn's King Lear and the future of literary fiction - books podcast
The author explains how he reimagined Shakespeare’s thundering patriarch as a modern media baron...
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Samantha Harvey on The Western Wind, plus how to define science fiction – books podcast
On this week’s show, a recent Brian Aldiss binge gets us talking about science fiction and...
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Karl Ove Knausgaard on the end of My Struggle – books podcast
As the final volume of his autobiographical novel arrives in English, the Norwegian literary...
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Crime and passion with Sara Paretsky and André Aciman – books podcast
This week, it’s Claire’s birthday so she’s meeting with two of her favourite authors: crime...
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Does 'the English canon' still shape what we read? – books podcast
Writers including Penelope Lively, Caryl Philips, Howard Jacobson and Yomi Sode explore how this...
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Jeanine Cummins on her explosive new novel, American Dirt
The novelist explains her sudden decision to write her controversial thriller, and we hail TS...
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Max Tegmark and Ken MacLeod on artificial intelligence – books podcast
How would it feel to be outperformed by a machine? We discuss the AI revolution with physicist...
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Penelope Lively on MR James's Oh Whistle and I'll Come to you, my lad - short story podcast
You’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story,...
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