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Jon McGregor
Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Jon McGregor and explores WH Auden's life in Scotland.
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Balli Kaur Jaswal
Topical short stories and Balli Kaur Jaswal.
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George Saunders, Kathleen Collins
Mariella Frostrup talks to George Saunders about his long-awaited first novel.
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Helen Dunmore
Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore.
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Mohsin Hamid, North Korean short stories
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Mohsin Hamid about his new book, Exit West.
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Age gap relationships; Dorthe Nors
Clark talks to award-winning Danish novelist Dorthe Nors.
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12/02/2017
Joanna Trollope talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel City of Friends.
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Yaa Gyasi
Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Homegoing.
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Tessa Hadley, Female friendships, The Russian Revolution
Award-winning author Tessa Hadley talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short stories.
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James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.
Mariella Frostrup talks to James Lasdun.
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Nadeem Aslam
Mariella Frostrup talks to Nadeem Aslam about his new book The Golden Legend.
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Literary Postcards
A special edition of Open Book - literary postcards from around the world.
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A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson
Mariella Frostrup and guests look at the life and work of Shirley Jackson.
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Henrietta Rose-Innes, Literary heroes, Shusaku Endo and silence
Writer Henrietta Rose-Innes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel Nineveh.
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Writers Helen Garner and Charlotte Wood, Authors' manuscripts, Chris Cleave, The history of audio books
Charlotte Wood and Helen Garner.
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David Grossman and Steve McCurry
Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book.
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Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands
Margaret Drabble on her new novel.
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Brit Bennett, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark on their collaboration, Three Little Monkeys.
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Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka
Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End.
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Graham Norton, Close reading Henry James, Michelle Paver on the Himalayas
Graham Norton talks to Mariella Frostrup about his debut novel, Holding.
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Tommy Wieringa, Flemish and Dutch literature, Fashion in fiction, Stewart Lee on Ithell Colquhoun
Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa talks to Mariella Frostrup.
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Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf
Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on their new collection of short stories Sex and Death.
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Donal Ryan, Reader's Guide to Elizabeth Jane Howard
Mariella Frostrup talks to Irish novelist Donal Ryan about his new novel All We Shall Know
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.
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Crime Writing: Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee and Lucy Ribchester
A special edition of Open Book from Edinburgh, devoted to crime writing.
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Edinburgh Special: Raja Alem and Richard T Kelly
Politics and fiction: a special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh Book Festival.
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Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Night of Fire.
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Reading Europe: Italy
Mariella Frostrup presents a programme exploring contemporary literature from Italy.
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Evelyn Waugh, DBC Pierre, a literary postcard from Sweden
Open Book offers a guide to the works of Evelyn Waugh, as a new biography comes out.
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Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai
Mariella Frostrup presents a special programme celebrating children's literature.