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Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.
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Reading in 2020
In a year many would rather forget, Sara Collins asks what are the books worth remembering
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The Joy of Dickens
The joy of Dickens: an exploration of his literary inventiveness and use of language.
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Jonathan Lethem; Sylvia Townsend Warner; Edna O'Brien
Chris Power talks to Jonathan Lethem.
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Jenny Erpenbeck, Margaret Atwood on a classic dystopia, Paintings in fiction
Chris Power talks to Jenny Erpenbeck about her new non-fiction collection, Not A Novel.
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Climate Change in Fiction; Carys Bray; Diana McCaulay, Lucy Treloar
Johny Pitts asks how novelists and publishers are responding to environmental crisis.
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Jonathan Coe, Radical Fairy Tales, Alex Wheatle
Chris Power talks to Jonathan Coe about bringing Billy Wilder to life in his new novel.
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Rumaan Alam, Words and Photography, Bookshop.org
Johny Pitts talks to author Rumaan Alam about Leave The World Behind.
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Hilary Mantel, Lee Child and Andrew Grant, Editor's Pick
Sara Collins talks to Hilary Mantel about her essay collection.
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Armando Iannucci and John Mullan on Dickens; John Lanchester; new Black British writing
Johny Pitts celebrates Charles Dickens with Armando Iannucci and John Mullan.
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Jennifer Makumbi, New Dutch Writing, Barbara Kingsolver and Wild Swimming in literature
Chris Power talks to Ugandan writer Jennifer Makumbi about her new novel The First Woman.
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Martin Amis
Martin Amis talks to Elizabeth Day.
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Rose Tremain; Science in Fiction
Chris Power talks to distinguished novelist Rose Tremain.
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Donal Ryan, Libraries in Fiction, Campus Novels
Sathnam Sanghera talks to Donal Ryan about his novel Strange Flowers.
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Sarah Moss
Sara Collins speaks to author and academic Sarah Moss.
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The novels of PD James; Akwaeke Emezi
Johny Pitts looks at the life and work of crime novelist PD James.
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Carys Davies; Yiyun Li; Chinese writing
Chris Power talks to novelist Carys Davies about her new book The Mission House
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Kate Grenville, Beryl Bainbridge, Narrative Voices
Sara Collins talks to Kate Grenville about her new novel A Room Made of Leaves.
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Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day talks to Eley Williams about her new book, The Liar's Dictionary.
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Charlotte Wood, Travel Writing, Narrative Voice
Elizabeth Day talks to the Australian writer Charlotte Wood about her novel The Weekend.
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Elizabeth Wetmore
Alex Clark speaks to Elizabeth Wetmore about her book Valentine
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Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Orlando King, Authors and Critics
Mariella Frostrup speaks to French writer Jean-Baptiste Andrea.
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Andr茅s Neuman, William Boyd on WW2 Novels, Singlit with Elaine Chiew
Alex Clark talks to Andr茅s Neuman about his new novel Fracture.
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Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
Mariella Frostrup talks to Paul Mendez about his debut novel Rainbow Milk.
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Daniel Mason, Pride and Prejudice, Bob Geldof
Daniel Mason discusses his new short story collection, A Registry Of My Passage On Earth.
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Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld, Ian Rankin and Katherine Rundell.
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Tayari Jones, Jane Eyre, John Freeman
Mariella Frostrup talks to Tayari Jones about her novel Silver Sparrow.
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Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell talks to Mariella Frostrup.
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Ingrid Persaud, Short Fiction, Patricia Grace
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ingrid Persaud about her debut novel, Love After Love.
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Evie Wyld, Louise Doughty on Ghostly Narrators, Polly Samson and Leonard Cohen's Hydra
Mariella Frostrup talks to Evie Wyld about The Bass Rock
