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Open Book 20th Anniversary Special
Mariella Frostrup and guests celebrate 20 years of reading, writing and Open Book
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Gail Jones, 1930s' crime fiction, Marlowe and Holmes revisited
Gail Jones on her new novel The Death of Noah Glass, and new life for Marlowe and Holmes.
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Lavinia Greenlaw, Venezuelan literature, The case for graphic novels
The best new fiction and non-fiction, talking to writers and unearthing lost classics.
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John Boyne, Mrs Gaskell revisited, Mutism in fiction
John Boyne talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel A Ladder to the Sky.
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Richard Powers and Nature Writing
Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory.
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Literary Criticism
A special edition exploring book criticism and why it matters.
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Claire Fuller, Neil Gaiman, Iranian fiction
Claire Fuller discusses the appeal of setting a novel in a crumbling country house.
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Islands in Fiction
A special programme exploring the appeal of islands as a setting for fiction.
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Daisy Johnson, The literary appeal of the Fens, Book festival etiquette
Daisy Johnson talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Everything Under.
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Michael Donkor, Jackie Kay on Audre Lorde
Michael Donkor discusses his debut novel Hold.
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AM Homes, NHS in fiction, Tommy Orange
AM Homes on her new short story collection.
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Ceridwen Dovey, Lebanese writers Nada Awar Jarrar and Hanan al-Shaykh
Hanan al-Shaykh talks to Mariella Frostrup.
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Michael Ondaatje, Nell Dunn
Man Booker-winning Michael Ondaatje talks to Mariella Frostrup.
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Cressida Connolly, Posthumous short stories, Iraqi postcard
Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party.
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Fiona Kidman
Dame Fiona Kidman talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, All Day at the Movies.
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Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz on Ian Fleming.
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Manu Joseph
Bestselling Indian novelist Manu Joseph talks to Mariella Frostrup.
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Crime writer John Harvey, The best characters in fiction
John Harvey on the latest in his Charlie Resnick series, Body and Soul.
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Carys Davies
Carys Davies, acclaimed for her short stories, talks about her debut novel, West.
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Jennifer Clement
Jennifer Clement on her new novel, Gun Love.
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Diana Evans
Diana Evans talks to Mariella Frostrup about her third novel, Ordinary People.
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Uzodinma Iweala
Uzodinma Iweala on his new novel Speak No Evil.
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Joseph Knox
Joseph Knox talks to Mariella Frostrup about his follow-up to his successful debut Sirens.
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11/03/2018
Literary critic James Wood talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel Upstate.
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25/02/2018
Prize-winning short story writer Jessie Greengrass on her debut novel, Sight.
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Jane Harper
Australian crime writer Jane Harper discusses her new thriller Force of Nature.
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Literary Love and Romance
For Valentine's Day, a special programme devoted to love.
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Dirk Kurbjuweit
Mariella Frostrup talks to German writer Dirk Kurbjuweit.
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Leila Slimani
Mariella Frostrup talks to French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani.
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A celebration of Muriel Spark
A celebration of Muriel Spark who was born in 1918.
