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Festive short stories, Hangovers in fiction, Christmas novels, Book choices for 2019

Why the classic short story has such strong associations with winter.

• 28 mins

John Steinbeck Special

Celebrating the work of author John Steinbeck on the 50th anniversary of his death.

• 28 mins

Oyinkan Braithwaite, Books as clutter, Kafka's legacy, True crime in fiction

Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her Lagos-set debut novel, My Sister the Serial Killer.

• 28 mins

Caribbean Writing with Claire Adam, Jamaica Kincaid and Jacob Ross

A special programme celebrating the breadth and power of writing from the Caribbean

• 28 mins

Chloe Aridjis, Adam Foulds and Leo Benedictus on fictional stalkers, Gay's the Word Bookshop at 40

Chloe Aridjis discusses her novel Sea Monsters, a coming of age story set in 1980s Mexico.

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Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fiction

Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fiction

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Niklas Natt Och Dag, Mohammed Hanif on Catch 22, Emma Darwin

Swedish novelist Niklas Natt Och Dag discusses his novel The Wolf and the Watchman.

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Whitney Scharer, Fashion in fiction, Novels by Iraq War veterans

Whitney Scharer discusses her novel about the love affair between Lee Miller and Man Ray.

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What makes a Jewish book, Colm Toibin on Natalia Ginzburg, Censorship in Kuwait

Novelists Charlotte Mendelson and Nathan Englander discuss what makes a book Jewish.

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Max Porter, Folk resurgence in literature, Angie Thomas on Hip Hop

Max Porter discusses his new novel Lanny.

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Siri Hustvedt, Witches in Fiction, British Library's Erotica Collection

Siri Hustvedt discusses her new novel Memories of the Future

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Taylor Jenkins Reid, Older Characters in Fiction, Baseball books

Taylor Jenkins Reid talks about her latest novel Daisy Jones & The Six.

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Damian Barr, Candice Carty-Williams, Beckett's prose

Debut novelists Damian Barr and Candice Carty-Williams join presenter Shahidha Bari.

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Ali Smith, Easter eggs in fiction, Cate Blanchett's Books to Live By

Ali Smith discusses her new novel Spring, the third instalment of her seasonal quartet.

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Working Class Writing

Open Book considers the rich heritage and bright future of working class writing.

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Bernardine Evaristo, Victorian showmen in fiction, Graeme Simsion, Faber at 90

Bernardine Evaristo discusses her polyphonic new novel Girl, Woman, Other

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Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn on Doggerland; Ghana's literary scene; Rosie Price

Writers Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn discuss their books about Doggerland.

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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.

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Pajtim Statovci, Gerald Murnane discussed, Roxane Gay's favourite book, Benjamin Dreyer

Pajtim Statovci discusses his novel Crossing and we explore the work of Gerald Murnane

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Carolina Setterwall, Re-reading and what it offers, Shadowplay reviewed, Ahmad Danny Ramadan

Carolina Setterwall discusses her debut novel and we explore the pleasures of re-reading

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Kevin Barry on his new novel, and we discuss queer nature writing

Irish writer Kevin Barry, plus Philip Hoare and Mike Parker on queer nature writing.

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Will Eaves on Alan Turing; The Moon in Fiction and Poetry; Afrofuturism

Will Eaves discusses Murmur, his award-winning novel about Alan Turing.

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Iris Murdoch Special

On the centenary of her birth, Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch.

• 28 mins

Ocean Vuong, Bauhaus novels, Sudan literary postcard

Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong discusses his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.

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David Nicholls, Ghost writing, Elizabeth Hardwick

David Nicholls discusses his latest novel Sweet Sorrow.

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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 on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce's fraught relationships with their fathers

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Benjamin Myers, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Valeria Luiselli

Benjamin Myers discusses his latest novel The Offing.

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What are young people writing and reading?

A special edition of Open Book recorded at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Deborah Levy, therapists in fiction, India's richest literary prize, Lorca's symbolism

Deborah Levy discusses her bestselling new novel The Man Who Saw Everything.

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Robert Harris

Robert Harris discusses his new novel The Second Sleep and reflects on 30 years of writing

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