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Marcus Sedgwick, Vintage Twins, Italian Crime Novels, and The Agent
Mariella Frostrup talks to Marcus Sedgewick about his enthusiasm for Arthur Ransome.
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Summer Reading, Sam North, and Sue Townsend
Mariella Frostrup asks three travel writers for their holiday reading recommendations.
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Armistead Maupin, Mark Knopfler, and Are Children鈥檚 Books Just for Children?
Mariella Frostrup talks to Armistead Maupin, whose latest novel revisits old characters.
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John Harvey, Online Publishing, Parent Writing Partnerships, and H Rider Haggard
Mariella Frostrup talks to John Harvey, the winner of this year's Diamond Dagger Award.
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Gordon Brown, Harry Potter, and Summer Reads for Teenagers
Gordon Brown talks to Mariella Frostrup about his five all time favourite books.
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Penelope Lively
Mariella Frostrup talks to Penelope Lively about her long career and new book Consequences
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Michael Chabon, Louise Doughty, and Dayo Forster
Mariella Frostrup meets Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon.
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Peter Carey
Double Booker prize winner Peter Carey talks about his novel Theft: A Love Story.
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31/05/2007
Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Thomas Kenneally at the Hay Festival.
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Thomas Keneally, Gordon Brown, Peter Ho Davies, Dayo Forster, and Rosie Boycott
Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Thomas Kenneally at the Hay Festival.
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24/05/2007
Mariella Frostrup talks to Owen Sheers about his new novel Resistance.
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Owen Sheers, American Book Critics, and Blurbs
Mariella Frostrup talks to Owen Sheers about his new novel Resistance.
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17/05/2007
Mariella Frostrup's guest is Helen Oyeyemi, author of The Icarus Girl.
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John Preston, The Great American Novel, and Helen Oyeyemi
Mariella Frostrup's guest is Helen Oyeyemi, author of The Icarus Girl.
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03/05/2007
News and features from the world of books.
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Sebastian Faulks, Tie in Book Covers, and William Somerset Maugham
Mariella Frostrup talks to Sebastian Faulks about his new book, Engleby.
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Bite Sized Classics, Anne Enright, Unusual Narrators and Pulitzer Prize
Mariella Frostrup presents news from the publishing world.
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Graham Swift, Writing from Beyond the Grave, and the US Books Invasion
Mariella Frostrup talks to Booker-winning novelist Graham Swift.
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Publishing Houses
Mariella Frostrup investigates publishers and their role in the book industry.
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China Mieville, Derek Landy, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Historical Books for Children
China Mieville joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss Un Lun Dun, his first children's novel.
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Jim Crace, Jay Rayner, Ali Smith on Katherine Mansfield, and finishing Vernon God Little
Ali Smith joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss the short stories of Katherine Mansfield.
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Tracy Chevalier, Kevin Jackson, and Longhand versus Word Processing
Tracy Chevalier talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel Burning Bright.
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Gerard Woodward, and Dishing the Dirt on the Office
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Gerard Woodward about his new book, A Curious Earth.
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Lesley Pearse, Meg Hutchinson and Book Websites
Mariella Frostrup investigates sagas, and talks to best-selling novelist Lesley Pearse.
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Justin Cartwright, Mr Hudson and the Library, and Unusual Typography
Mariella Frostrup talks to author Justin Cartwright about his new WW2-set novel.
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Sophie Kinsella, Free Copies of Kidnapped and The Tenderness of Wolves
Mariella talks to Sophie Kinsella about her new novel: "Shopaholic and Baby".
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's talks to Mariella Frostrup about her book Half of a Yellow Sun.
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Alexander Masters
Alexander Masters talks about his novel Stuart: A Life Backwards.
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Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing talks about her long and extraordinarily varied writing career.
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John Grisham
Mariella Frostrup interviews bestselling author John Grisham.