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Summer Reading, Sam North, and Sue Townsend

Mariella Frostrup asks three travel writers for their holiday reading recommendations.

• 30 mins

Marcus Sedgwick, Vintage Twins, Italian Crime Novels, and The Agent

Mariella Frostrup talks to Marcus Sedgewick about his enthusiasm for Arthur Ransome.

• 30 mins

Elif Shafak, Virginia Woolf’s Servants, and Teenage Voices

Kathryn Hughes investigates Virginia Woolf's relationship with her servants.

• 30 mins

Joseph Conrad, Nicholas Shakespeare, and Scottish Crime Post-Rebus

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelists Christopher Hope and Nicholas Shakespeare.

• 30 mins

Robert Macfarlane, Adrian Chiles, and Judging a Book Prize

Mariella Frostrup talks to nature writer Robert Macfarlane and TV presenter Adrian Chiles.

• 30 mins

Jonathan Coe, Sequels to Austen, and Prue Leith

Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning novelist Jonathan Coe.

• 30 mins

Peter Ackroyd, The New Writing Ventures Awards 2007, and Second World War Stories

Mariella Frostrup talks to Peter Ackroyd about his book Thames Sacred River.

• 30 mins

Geraldine McCaughrean, and a Guide to the Work of Saul Bellow

Mariella Frostrup talks to Geraldine McCaughrean about her book Tamburlaine's Elephants.

• 30 mins

Michael Ondaatje, Illustrated Books, Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings, and Cheerful but Challenging Books

Mariella Frostrup talks to Michael Ondaatje about his new book Divisadero.

• 30 mins

Douglas Coupland, John Cowper Powys, and Martin Bell

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Douglas Coupland about his new book The Gum Thief.

• 30 mins

Malorie Blackman, and 18th Century Erotic Fiction

Mariella Frostrup talks to Malorie Blackman about her new thriller The Stuff of Nightmares

• 30 mins

Jane Gardman, War of Words over War and Peace, and Classic Fiction from another Perspective

Mariella Frostrup talks to Jane Gardam about her new collection of short stories.

• 30 mins

Alice Sebold, Is Print is Dead?, and the Style of Saki

Mariella Frostrup meets Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones.

• 30 mins

Norman Mailer, Football and Fiction, and End of the Hardback

Mariella Frostrup and guests ask whether publishing is serving all members of society.

• 30 mins

Richard Russo, Jerome K Jerome, and Sweeney Todd

Mariella Frostrup talks to Richard Russo, who talks about his new novel Bridge of Sighs.

• 30 mins

Christopher Koch, Christmas Fiction Picks, and Classics for Children

Mariella Frostrup features a Christmas selection of some of the year's best fiction.

• 30 mins

Benjamin Markovits, The Work of Eileen Chang, and Christmas Non-fiction Picks

Mariella Frostrup presents a round-up of the year's best non-fiction books.

• 30 mins

Khaled Hosseini

Mariella Frostrup talks to Khaled Hosseini, author of the bestseller The Kite Runner.

• 30 mins

Comedy Writing; including Lynne Truss, John O'Farrell, D J Taylor and John Bowen

Mariella Frostrup explores the elusive art of comedy writing.

• 30 mins

The work of Edgar Allan Poe

Kathryn Hughes reassesses the work of one of the great American writers, Edgar Allan Poe.

• 30 mins

Eoin Colfer, Novels in translation, Books about China, and Public School Novels

Guests include children's writer Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series.

• 30 mins

Helen Dunmore, Will Self and the work of J G Ballard

Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore about her new book Counting the Stars.

• 30 mins

Joanna Trollope, Psychoanalysis and Fiction, and Irmgard Keun

Mariella Frostrup talks to Joanna Trollope about her new book Friday Nights.

• 30 mins

Bernhard Schlink, Memoir Writing for Beginners, and New Grub Street

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader.

• 30 mins

Richard Dawkins, José Saramago: a Reader's Guide, and Clare Morrall

Mariella Frostrup meets Clare Morrall, who talks about her new book The Language of Others

• 30 mins

Justine Picardie

Mariella Frostrup talks to Justine Picardie.

• 30 mins

Manil Suri, Working in a bookshop, Independent Publishers, Books about Berlin

Mariella Frostrup talks to Indian writer Manil Suri about his new novel The Age of Shiva.

• 30 mins

Andrew Grieg, From Columnist to Novelist, and Mrs Gaskell

Mariella Frostrup talks to Scottish poet and author Andrew Greig.

• 30 mins

Jo Brand, The Literature of Armageddon, and Julia Donaldson

Mariella Frostrup looks at the works of Nobel Laureate VS Naipaul.

• 30 mins

Anne Fine, Publishers Go Green, and Dostoevsky for Beginners

Mariella Frostrup presents a beginner's guide to the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

• 30 mins