Women's prize winner Tayari Jones and Sandra Newman – books podcast
On this week’s show, we meet the author of An American Marriage fresh from her win, and speak to...
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Women's prize winner Tayari Jones and Sandra Newman – books podcast
On this week’s show, we meet the author of An American Marriage fresh from her win, and speak to...
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Jason Reynolds and JD Salinger's posthumous return – books podcast
Jason Reynolds talks about tackling difficult subjects for children, and we discuss the ‘new’...
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Sophie Hannah on the recipe for a perfect crime novel – books podcast
The crime writer joins us to discuss the mechanics of mystery novels, plus Margaret Atwood at the...
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Halloween reading with Andrew Michael Hurley – books podcast
As nights grow darker, we share our favourite horror novels and ghostly tales – and the author of...
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The most disturbing books we've ever read, with Alice Clark-Platts – podcast
On this week’s show, thriller fan Alison talks to Alice Clark-Platts about her terrifying novel...
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Maaza Mengiste on the Ethiopian women who fought Italy – books podcast
The novelist explains how she discovered her family was woven into history, plus the new wave of...
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'What if Gandalf joined The Sweeney?': Ben Aaronovitch on Rivers of London – books podcast
On this week’s show, the bestselling fantasy author talks about how he came to invent a magical...
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George Saunders's Man Booker win and Valeria Luiselli – books podcast
We discuss whether Lincoln in the Bardo really is the best novel of 2017, and Mexican writer...
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Ben Lerner and Meena Kandasamy on autofiction – books podcast
Ben Lerner and Meena Kandasamy talk about drawing on their most embarrassing and vulnerable...
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Salman Rushdie on The Golden House, Trump and more – books podcast
Speaking with Mark Lawson, Rushdie looks back on his career and discusses his latest book, set in...
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Penelope Lively on MR James' Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad – books podcast
You’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story,...
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Neil Gaiman on Rudyard Kipling's The Gardener – books podcast
Neil Gaiman introduces Rudyard Kipling’s The Gardener, a melancholy tale from 1925, as part of...
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Zadie Smith on Giuseppe Pontiggia's Umberto Buti – books podcast
Zadie Smith shares why she loves this almost ‘anti-Italian’ story from Giuseppe Pontiggia, then...
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Edinburgh book festival with Colson Whitehead and others – books podcast
Edinburgh book festival with Colson Whitehead and others – books podcast
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Colm Tóibín in conversation – books podcast
The acclaimed Irish novelist talks to Charlotte Higgins about House of Names, his reimagining of...
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Kamila Shamsie and Preti Taneja on reimagining classics - books podcast
The two novelists have used Greek tragedy and Shakespeare respectively to tell tough stories of...
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Colm Tóibín in conversation – books podcast
The acclaimed Irish novelist talks to Charlotte Higgins about House of Names, his reimagining of...
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Orhan Pamuk and Nicole Krauss - books podcast
The Turkish Nobel winner and American novelist talk about their new books, The Red-Haired Woman...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ama Ata Aidoo – books podcast
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares why she admires the ‘old-fashioned social realism’ of the...
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Ally Carter talks about her new Embassy Row series – children's books podcast
The best-selling Gallagher Girls author spills the beans on All Fall Down, the first in her...
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