Writing
The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Sarah Fielding. Audio, 14 minutes
Lucy Powell asks why history has forgotten the achievements of novelist Sarah Fielding.
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- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Ben Okri. Audio, 30 minutes
In the Studio enters the creative mind of the celebrated Nigerian poet Ben Okri.
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- Available for over a year
Open Book. Caleb Azumah Nelson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Black Britain: Writing Back. Audio, 28 minutes
Johny Pitts talks to Caleb Azumah Nelson about Open Water, his hotly anticipated debut.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Country. Julia Blackburn and the Suffolk coast. Audio, 24 minutes
Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline.
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- Available for over a year
Open Book. Kate Mosse, Books on TV, Writing in prisons. Audio, 28 minutes
Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears.
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- Available for over a year
Profile. Russell T Davies. Audio, 14 minutes
Mark Coles on the life of the screenwriter behind some of the most popular TV series.
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- Unavailable
In the Studio. Leila Aboulela: Writing the Stories of Scotland and Sudan. Audio, 32 minutes
The Sudanese writer on developing a story about the rebuilding of Khartoum
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- Available for over a year
The Radio 3 Documentary. The Apple and the Tree. Audio, 44 minutes
Carlo Gébler, son of Edna O’Brien, asks why the children of writers often become writers
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- Available for over a year
Open Book. Raven Leilani. Audio, 28 minutes
Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Viet Thanh Nguyen: The art of memoir. Audio, 30 minutes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes on a new, deeply personal challenge
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
One to One. The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard meets author Debbie Bayne. Audio, 14 minutes
The long-standing arts journalist asks what success and failure really mean.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies. Audio, 28 minutes
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Rob Rinder on Jessica Mitford. Audio, 28 minutes
Jessica Mitford is championed by Robert Rinder.
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- Available for over a year
In Touch. A Writers' Special. Audio, 19 minutes
Three visually impaired writers offer their tips for aspiring authors.
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- Available for over a year
A Plague On All Our Houses. Audio, 28 minutes
How Covid is making us think differently about Shakespeare.
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- Available for over a year
Arthur Cares. Kash. Audio, 14 minutes
People with minor problems seek the advice of 12-year-old Arthur.
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- Available for over a year
Witness History. The life and work of Chester Himes. Audio, 9 minutes
The African-American crime writer Chester Himes first found widespread success in France
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- Available for over a year
Grounded with Louis Theroux. 11. Michaela Coel. Audio, 67 minutes
Louis speaks to actor and writer Michaela Coel.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Should biographers imitate their subjects? Audio, 14 minutes
The perils of writing biographies of scientist JS Haldane & Indian mystic Mother Meera
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- Available for over a year
