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Maggie O'Farrell, Sophie Hannah and Reading in Isolation
Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her new novel, Hamnet.
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Petina Gappah
Mariella Frostrup talks to Petina Gappah about her book, Out of Darkness, Shining Light.
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Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
Mariella talks to author of The Slap Christos Tsiolkas about his latest novel, Damascus.
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Kiley Reid, Lucy Foley and Abir Mukherjee, Peter Swanson
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kiley Reid about Such A Fun Age.
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Colum McCann, George Orwell, new fiction set in Windrush-era London
Colum McCann discusses his new book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Apeirogon.
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Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Magic Realism, The Foundling
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100 Novels; Love and Romance with Marian Keyes, David Nicholls, Sara Collins
Marian Keyes on new novel Grown Ups
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American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Ann Petry's The Street, gay love in 1980s Poland
Jeanine Cummins on American Dirt, and forgotten classic The Street with Tayari Jones
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Deepa Anappara, Helen Fielding on Hemingway, Rob Doyle and Finnish literature
Journalist turned novelist Deepa Anapara on her debut set in contemporary India
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100 Novels That Shaped Our World
100 Novels That Shaped Our World: Identity
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Graham Greene Special
Louise Doughty, Lawrence Osborne and Peter James on the great 20th century master of plot
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Highlights of 2019
Highlights of 2019; Ali Smith, Bernadine Evaristo, Robert Harris, Ann Patchett, Max Porter
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Benjamin Markovits, PG Wodehouse, Family rows in novels and child prodigies
Benjamin Markovits on his novel Christmas in Austin.
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2019 Books, Andr茅 Aciman and David Bowie
Books of 2019, Andr茅 Aciman, Bowie's Books
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Lee Child
Lee Child, Pat Barker, Hanne 脴rstavik.
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Ben Lerner, Ian Rankin, Auto Fiction
Elizabeth Day talks to Ben Lerner about his novel The Topeka School
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Kathy O'Shaughnessy, George Eliot, Literary Magazines and Jason Reynolds
Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her novel about George Eliot and Literary Magazines discussed
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Andrew Michael Hurley, best novels of 1995, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Andrew Michael Hurley talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Starve Acre.
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Literary Norwich Special
A visit to Norwich, England's first Unesco City of Literature
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Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished Novel
Emma Donoghue discusses her new novel Akin, plus a discussion of the best fiction spies
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Dana Czapnik, Black Death novels, Imani Perry on Corregidora
Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel The Falconer.
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Ann Patchett, Jia Tolentino and USA book picks
A special American-themed edition with Ann Patchett and rising star Jia Tolentino.
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Robert Harris
Robert Harris discusses his new novel The Second Sleep and reflects on 30 years of writing
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Deborah Levy, therapists in fiction, India's richest literary prize, Lorca's symbolism
Deborah Levy discusses her bestselling new novel The Man Who Saw Everything.
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What are young people writing and reading?
A special edition of Open Book recorded at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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Benjamin Myers, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Valeria Luiselli
Benjamin Myers discusses his latest novel The Offing.
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Colm T贸ib铆n on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Mary Beth Keane, the best novels of 1979
Colm T贸ib铆n on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce's fraught relationships with their fathers
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David Nicholls, Ghost writing, Elizabeth Hardwick
David Nicholls discusses his latest novel Sweet Sorrow.
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Ocean Vuong, Bauhaus novels, Sudan literary postcard
Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong discusses his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.
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Iris Murdoch Special
On the centenary of her birth, Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch.
