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Jennifer Makumbi, New Dutch Writing, Barbara Kingsolver and Wild Swimming in literature

Chris Power talks to Ugandan writer Jennifer Makumbi about her new novel The First Woman.

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Armando Iannucci and John Mullan on Dickens; John Lanchester; new Black British writing

Johny Pitts celebrates Charles Dickens with Armando Iannucci and John Mullan.

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Hilary Mantel, Lee Child and Andrew Grant, Editor's Pick

Sara Collins talks to Hilary Mantel about her essay collection.

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Rumaan Alam, Words and Photography, Bookshop.org

Johny Pitts talks to author Rumaan Alam about Leave The World Behind.

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Jonathan Coe, Radical Fairy Tales, Alex Wheatle

Chris Power talks to Jonathan Coe about bringing Billy Wilder to life in his new novel.

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Climate Change in Fiction; Carys Bray; Diana McCaulay, Lucy Treloar

Johny Pitts asks how novelists and publishers are responding to environmental crisis.

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Jenny Erpenbeck, Margaret Atwood on a classic dystopia, Paintings in fiction

Chris Power talks to Jenny Erpenbeck about her new non-fiction collection, Not A Novel.

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Jonathan Lethem; Sylvia Townsend Warner; Edna O'Brien

Chris Power talks to Jonathan Lethem.

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The Joy of Dickens

The joy of Dickens: an exploration of his literary inventiveness and use of language.

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Reading in 2020

In a year many would rather forget, Sara Collins asks what are the books worth remembering

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Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies

Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.

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Raven Leilani

Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.

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Kate Mosse, Books on TV, Writing in prisons

Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears.

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Richard Flanagan; How To Read Well; Editor's Tip

Johny Pitts talks to Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan.

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Ethan Hawke and Francis Spufford

Elizabeth Day talks to actor Ethan Hawke about his new novel.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Black Britain: Writing Back

Johny Pitts talks to Caleb Azumah Nelson about Open Water, his hotly anticipated debut.

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Mary Lawson

Elizabeth Day talks to Mary Lawson

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Viet Thanh Nguyen; Lanark at 40; Costume and Power

Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed

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Fiona Mozley, Jane Smiley, American working class novels with Jess Walter and Kristin Hannah

Elizabeth Day talks to Fiona Mozley about her second novel, Hot Stew.

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Claire Fuller & Karla Neblett; Elizabeth Bowen; Katherine Heiny

Claire Fuller and Karla Neblett discuss their novels Unsettled Ground and King of Rabbits.

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Spring Special: Bookshops Reopen, Naomi Ishiguro, Clearing out books

Johny Pitts visits his local bookshop and talks to Naomi Ishiguro about her debut novel.

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Chris Power; Online Dating in Fiction; Postcard from Delhi

Chris Power talks about A Lonely Man

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Jon McGregor; Chester Himes; Editors Tip

Johny Pitts talks to Jon McGregor about Lean Fall Stand.

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Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri talks to Elizabeth Day.

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Hollie McNish, Modern American Short Stories, Twins

Hollie McNish talks about her new book Slug and other things I've been told to hate.

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New Irish Writing, Book Dedications, Mary Gaitskill on Madame Bovary

Elizabeth Day talks to Lisa McInerney and Lucy Caldwell

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Tech startups in fiction; Editor's Tip; sensitivity reading.

Tech startups, and representing deafness in fiction.

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Jonathan Lee, Reinvention novels with Natasha Brown and Anna Glendenning, Computer Games & fiction

Chris Power speaks to Jonathan Lee about his new novel, The Great Mistake

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Zakiya Dalila Harris

Elizabeth Day talks to Zakiya Dalila Harris about her debut novel, The Other Black Girl.

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Damon Galgut

Elizabeth Day speaks to Damon Galgut about his Booker shortlisted novel, The Promise.

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