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British Gothic
Mariella Frostrup discusses the best British gothic writing.
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Orhan Pamuk on A Strangeness in My Mind
Mariella Frostrup talks with Orhan Pamuk about A Strangeness in My Mind.
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Bill Clegg on Did You Ever Have a Family
Mariella Frostrup talks to Bill Clegg about his book Did You Ever Have a Family.
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John Banville and Children's Literature in Translation
John Banville discusses his latest novel The Blue Guitar and the search for perfection.
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Pat Barker
Novelist Pat Barker dicusses writing about men, women and the deep damage of war.
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Literary Landscape: The Coast
A special programme from Lyme Regis exploring the literature of the coast.
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Leila Aboulela
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Leila Aboulela.
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Why We Read
Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the pleasures of reading.
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Petina Gappah, Michael Foreman, Duelling in literature, Food fiction
Mariella Frostrup talks to author Petina Gappah about her novel The Book of Memory.
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Virginia Baily - Early One Morning, Jacqueline Wilson on What Katy Did
Jacqueline Wilson talks to Mariella about updating children's classic What Katy Did.
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Judy Blume
Judy Blume talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel, In the Unlikely Event.
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Rachel Johnson and Sean Michaels
Award-winning Canadian novelist Sean Michaels talks about his book Us Conductors.
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Reader's Guide to Milan Kundera
Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Markovits and discusses Southern Gothic and Harper Lee
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Sunjeev Sahota
Sunjeev Sahota talks about his startling new novel The Year of the Runaways.
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Laura Barnett
Mariella Frostrup talks to debut novelist Laura Barnett about her book The Versions of Us.
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Steve Toltz on Quicksand
Novelist Steve Toltz discusses his book Quicksand, and Jenny Erpenbeck on The End of Days.
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Ryan Gattis on All Involved
Ryan Gattis talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel All Involved.
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Julian Barnes - Keeping an Eye Open
Mariella Frostrup talks to Julian Barnes about his book Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
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Anne Enright on The Green Road
Anne Enright talks about her novel The Green Road. Presented by Mariella Frostrup.
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Caryl Phillips on The Lost Child
Mariella Frostrup talks to author Caryl Phillips and reveals why Kafka is current.
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Mexican Literature and the London Book Fair
Mexican writers Valeria Luiselli and Jorge Volpi on their country's literary heritage.
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Christopher Bollen on Orient
American novelist Christopher Bollen talks about his book Orient.
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on her novel Dust
Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Dust.
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Chigozie Obioma
Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma discusses his debut novel The Fishermen.
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Children's Literature
Mariella Frostrup on a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.
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Robert Macfarlane on his new book Landmarks
Robert Macfarlane on his latest book, which celebrates the language of the landscape.
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Rabih Alameddine on his new novel An Unnecessary Woman
Rabih Alameddine talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel An Unnecessary Woman.
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Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread.
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SJ Watson on his new novel Second Life
SJ Watson, best-selling author of Before I Go to Sleep, discusses new novel Second Life.
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David Lodge on his memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born
Writer David Lodge discusses his new memoir, plus a librarian from the Orkney Library.
