Books and Authors Episodes Episode guide
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Open Book - Daphne du Maurier
Open Book explores Daphne du Maurier and the enduring qualities and appeal of her writing
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Open Book - Bill Clegg on Did You Ever Have a Family?
Mariella Frostrup talks to literary agent turned author Bill Clegg
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Open Book - Benjamin Markovits; Milan Kundera; Mario Vargas Llosa; Harper Lee
Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Markovits; reading Milan Kundera and Harper Lee.
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Open Book - Barney Norris on Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain
Playwright Barney Norris on his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain.
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Open Book - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen on Waking Lions
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ayelet Gundar-Goshen about Waking Lions
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Open Book - Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai
Mariella Frostrup on Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai
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Open Book - Andrew O'Hagan and Helen Garner
Alex Clark talks to Andrew O'Hagan about his new novel, Caledonian Road
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Open Book - Andrew Michael Hurley and British Gothic
Mariella Frostrup talks to Andrew Hurley about The Loney
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Open Book - Adam Sisman on his biography of John Le Carre
Mariella Frostrup talks to Adam Sisman about his biography of John Le Carre
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Open Book
Elizabeth Day talks to Audrey Magee about her latest novel The Colony
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Open Book
Mariella Frostrup talks to awarding winning poet and novelist Jackie Kay about her new...
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Open Book
Mariella Frostrup talks to Marina Lewycka about her latest book, Various Pets Alive...
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Open Book
Mariella Frostrup talks to Marilynne Robinson about her new collection of essays, I A...
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On the centenary of her birth Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch
On the centenary of her birth Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch
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Omid Djalili and Nikita Lalwani
Omid Djalili and Nikita Lalwani choose books they love
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Omar El Akkad's new novel American War and Nordic short stories
Omar El Akkad's debut novel American War has won rave reviews in the states.
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Niklas Natt Och Dag on his debut novel, The Wolf and the Watchman
Barristers turned crime writers, Mohammed Hanif on Catch 22, Emma Darwin
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New Irish Writing, Book Dedications, Mary Gaitskill on Madame Bovary
New Irish Writing, Book Dedications, Mary Gaitskill on Madame Bovary
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Neurodiversity
Johny Pitts discusses neurodiversity in contemporary fiction
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Nemone Metaxas and Raymond Antrobus
Nemone Metaxas and Raymond Antrobus talk favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
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Neil Forsyth & Neil Oliver
Books worth reading chosen by Neil Oliver and Neil Forsyth.
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Nadeem Aslam, book translating and unhappy books which make us happy
Nadeem Aslam discusses his new book The Golden Legend
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Monica Ali, libraries & Woolf
Mariella Frostrup talks to author of Brick Lane, Monica Ali, about her new novel by of...
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Mohsin Hamid, North Korean literature and Editor's Pick
Mohsin Hamid discusses his new book, Exit West and North Korean short stories
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Miranda Cowley Heller and Summer reading round up
Chris Power speaks to Miranda Cowley Heller about her debut The Paper Palace
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Michael Ondaatje on his new novel, Warlight.
Michael Ondaatje, Nell Dunn on her book, Talking to Women and a postcard from Croatia.
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Michael Cunningham and Joanna Trollope
Mariella Frostrup talks to American author Michael Cunningham, author of the The into...
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Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Day.
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Mia Couto and Way茅tu Moore, Mr B's Bookshop, Claire Alexander
Mia Couto and Way茅tu Moore discuss two new African novels exploring colonialism and myth
