Books and Authors Episodes Episode guide
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Jane Harper on her new book Force of Nature
Jane Harper discusses her latest book, Force of Nature and Penelope Lively on E Nesbit
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James Wood, childhood reading and Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
James Wood discusses his new book, Upstate and we discuss the joys of being a bookworm.
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James Lasdun, Crime Fiction for 2017 and book bestsellers
James Lasdun discusses his new book The Fall Guy and crime fiction for 2017
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Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Magic Realism, The Foundling
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Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie talks to Johny Pitts about her new book, Curandera.
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Ingrid Persaud, Short Fiction, Patricia Grace
Ingrid Persaud, Short Fiction, Patricia Grace
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Ian McEwan
Chris Power talks to Ian McEwan about his new book, Lessons.
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Horror fiction with Helen Dunmore; plus students in literature
Mariella Frostrup speaks to Catherine Fletcher who discusses her non fiction book Our...
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Hollie McNish, Modern American Short Stories, Twins
Hollie McNish, Modern American Short Stories, Twins
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Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Hisham Matar, discusses his new novel My Friends.
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Hilary Mantel, Lee Child and Andrew Grant, Editors Pick
Sara Collins talks to Hilary Mantel about her essay collection
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Highlights of 2019
Highlights of 2019
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Highlights 2021
Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts look back at highlights of their first year at Open Book.
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Here Again Now, Readers Guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry
Here Again Now, Readers Guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry
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Henry Normal & Bobby Seagull
Harriett Gilbert talks to Henry Normal and Bobby Seagull about their favourite books.
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Henrietta Rose-Innes and Terry Waite
Literary heroes and the book I'd never lend.
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Helen Sedgwick, the York Writer's Festival and up and coming writers from Australia
Helen Sedgwick discusses her new novel The Growing Season; Australian writers to watch.
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Helen Dunmore and Fiona Kidman on the Book I'd Never Lend
Helen Dunmore discusses her new book, Birdcage Walk.
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Hanya Yanagihara
Hanya Yanagihara speaks to Chris Power about her new book, To Paradise.
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Hanif Kureishi; Heroines; and technology
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Hanif Kureishi about his newly published collected...
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Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new novel Mister, Mister
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Graham Norton; Close Reading Henry James; Michelle Paver on the Himalayas.
Graham Norton, Michelle Paver and Robert Twigger. Close reading Henry James.
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Graham Norton
Graham Norton speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Frankie.
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Graham Greene special
Graham Greene special
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Graeme Macrae Burnet on his 'fiction within a fiction', The Accident on the A35
Graeme Macrae Burnet joins Alex Clark to discuss his novel The Accident on the A35
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Gillian Slovo, Ben Kane, Amazon Publishing
Mariella talks to Gillian Slovo about her new novel set between the deserts of North...
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Gerald Murnane
Gerald Murnane talks to Chris Power about his writing life.
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George Saunders discusses his new book Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Nina Lorez Collins, Harper Collins archives and favourite books
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George Orwell Now
George Orwell Now
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Gary Shteyngart's tragic comedy set in lockdown, Richard Beard on Time, East Side Voices
Gary Shteyngart's tragic comedy set in lockdown, Richard Beard on Time, East Side Voices