Books and Authors Episodes Episode guide
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Curtis Sittenfeld on her new book, Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld, Ian Rankin and Katherine Rundell
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Crime writer John Harvey on his new book Body and Soul
John Harvey and favourite characters in fiction
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Cressida Connolly on her new book After the Party
Cressida Connolly, posthumous short stories and a literary postcard from Iraq.
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Cornwall with Patrick Gale
Patrick Gales takes Mariella Frostrup around the Cornish landscape that has inspired...
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Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu
Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu
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Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight
Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight
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Colum McCann
Colum McCann, George Orwell, new fiction set in Windrush-era London
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Colombian literary superstar Juan Gabriel Vasquez, new stories by Radclyffe Hall, creative non-fiction from African writers
Mariella Frostrup talks to Juan Gabriel Vasquez about his novel Reputations
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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 reflects on the fathers of Irish greats and US bestseller Mary Beth Keane
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Colm T贸ib铆n essays, Revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Chris Power talks to Colm T贸ib铆n about his essays on illness, religion and literature
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Colin Greenwood and Joanne McNally
Radiohead's bassist Colin Greenwood and comedian Joanne McNally recommend great books.
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Climate Change Special
Climate Change Special
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Clare Messud on The Burning Girl and theatrical memoirs
Clare Messud on her latest novels and theatrical memoirs.
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Claire Fuller & Karla Neblett; Elizabeth Bowen; Katherine Heiny
Johny Pitts discusses working-class rural life with Claire Fuller and Karla Neblett
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Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
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Christopher Buckley and Anthony Cheetham
Christopher Buckley discusses his latest novel "They Eat Puppies, Don't They?" and Ann...
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Christmas literary gifts and Hunter Davies on his late wife, Margaret Forster and her diaries.
A selection of Christmas literary gifts, Hunter Davies and crowd funding for books.
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Chris Power; Online Dating in Fiction; Postcard from Delhi
Chris Power talks about A Lonely Man
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Chris Power speaks to Jonathan Lee about his new novel, The Great Mistake
Chris Power speaks to Jonathan Lee about his new novel, The Great Mistake
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Chris Power enjoys a rare new book from Irish author Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan talks to Chris Power about her new book, Small Things Like These.
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Chris Power and guests explore the enduring legacy of James Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses.
Open Book explores the enduring legacy of James Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses.
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Chloe Aridjis, Adam Foulds and Leo Benedictus on fictional stalkers, Gay's the Word Bookshop at 40
Chloe Aridjis, Adam Foulds and Leo Benedictus, Gay's the Word Bookshop at 40
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Children's Literature
Daniel Hahn talks about updating The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, while...
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Children's Laureate Special
Malorie Blackman, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen discuss the role of the how...
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Chigozie Obioma
The young Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma talks about his debut novel The Fishermen.
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Charlotte Wood, Travel Writing, Narrative Voice
Charlotte Wood, Travel Writing, Narrative Voice
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Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng and Grief and modern masculinity with Bobby Palmer and Michael Pedersen
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Celeste Ng
Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated American novelist Celeste Ng.
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Celebrating Muriel Spark and writing about post traumatic stress
William Boyd and Alan Taylor discuss the work of Muriel Spark.
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Carys Davies on her new novel, West and the work of Octavia Butler
Carys Davies on her new book, West and unfaithful women in fiction.
