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• Read along with us - a list of books discussed in each programme

  

• Books and Authors Podcast

  Open Book for author interviews and A Good Read for recommended reads

  

• Jenny Erpenbeck - Winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize

  Jenny Erpenbeck talks to Octavia Bright about her novel Kairos.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Listen now to books on 大象传媒 Sounds

  Escape with books & stories

  

• Open Book in New York; including Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt

  Owen Sheers presents an edition of the books programme from New York.

  

  Duration: 30:00

• Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction

  Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about her Dickens-inspired book Demon Copperhead.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Martin Amis

  Elizabeth Day talks to the author of Money and London Fields in his final interview

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Paul Murray - Author of Booker Nominated The Bee Sting

  Alex Clark explores tragicomic writing with Paul Murray, Katherine Heiny and Josie Long.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Margaret Atwood, Sam Selvon

  Johny Pitts explores the work of two writers who have combined comedy with tragedy.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Bret Easton Ellis

  The author of American Psycho discusses his first novel in 13 years, The Shards.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga

  Johny Pitts talks to Leila Slimani about her new novel Watch Us Dance.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Colm T贸ib铆n

  The Irish author discusses illness, banned books, religion and Shirley Hazzard

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca F. Kuang and Andrew Lipstein

  Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Best of Young British Novelists 2023

  Octavia Bright explores Granta's once-in-a-decade list of new writing talent.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Orhan Pamuk

  Johny Pitts talks to the Turkish author about his new book, Nights of Plague.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• A life in books with Marlon James

  Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Time and Time Travel with Emily St. John Mandel, Carlo Rovelli and Audrey Niffenegger

  Johny Pitts discusses time with three writers who have explored it in very different ways

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Ian McEwan

  Chris Power talks to Ian McEwan about his new book, Lessons.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Making it new? Literature of the Twenties Special

  Johny Pitts explores the 20s with Alison MacLeod, Bill Goldstein, James Clammer & Jo Hamya

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Damon Galgut - Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize

  Elizabeth Day speaks to Damon Galgut about his Booker Award winning novel, The Promise.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Listen to Classic Stories on 大象传媒 Sounds

  20 complete audiobooks of famous novels and 100 short stories to explore for free here

  

• Paterson Joseph on the incredible life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first black Briton to vote

  The actor-turned-author discusses the radical historical figure behind his new novel

  Duration: 11:08

• The 2022 Woman's Prize winner, Ruth Ozeki

  Ruth Ozeki chooses The Riverside Shakespeare as the book she would Never Lend.

  Duration: 5:31

• Richard Beard on time: Fictional journeys in the future tense

  Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the future tense.

  Duration: 3:39

• Richard Beard on time: The power of the present tense

  Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the present tense.

  Duration: 3:41
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