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Colm Tóibín essays, and revisiting Shirley Hazzard

Chris Power talks to Colm Tóibín about illness, the myth of Ireland and banned books.

• 28 mins

Barbara Kingsolver, plus the 'Social Novel' with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik

Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about her Dickens-inspired book Demon Copperhead.

• 28 mins

Cormac McCarthy, Photographing Writers, Derek Owusu

Johny Pitts discusses the new novels from Cormac McCarthy.

• 28 mins

Women subverting horror with Mariana Enríquez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White

Octavia Bright asks if there is a new wave of women authors turning to horror fiction.

• 28 mins

Open Book: M.R. James

Kate Mosse explores the work of M.R. James, father of the modern English ghost story.

• 20 mins

Looking back at 2022 and (re)discovering Bruno Schulz

Chris Power discusses a year in books and gets some seasonal recommendations.

• 28 mins

Katherine Rundell and The Golden Mole

Katherine Rundell talks about The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasures.

• 28 mins

Agatha Christie at Christmas

Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection with the festive season

• 28 mins

Katherine Mansfield

Exploring the writing of Katherine Mansfield a hundred years after her death.

• 28 mins

Jane Smiley, and writing gay lives from the past with Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens

Chris Power talks to Jane Smiley, Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens about fictionalising history.

• 28 mins

Really Good, Actually

Monica Heisey talks about her debut novel, Really Good, Actually.

• 28 mins

Dark Academia with Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg. Plus Saba Sams' Book I'd Never Lend

Chris Power talks to Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg about a ubiquitous new trend

• 28 mins

Bret Easton Ellis

The author of American Psycho discusses his first novel in 13 years, The Shards.

• 28 mins

Aleksandar Hemon, Roddy Doyle on Soul, and Dorothy Tse on Hong Kong

Chris Power talks to Aleksandar Hemon about his new novel The World and All That It Holds.

• 28 mins

Tom Bullough on writing about the climate crisis, and Richard Wright's lost novel

Tom Bullough talks about his book Sarn Helen.

• 28 mins

Margaret Atwood, Sam Selvon

Johny Pitts explores the work of two writers who have combined comedy with tragedy.

• 28 mins

Eleanor Catton

Chris Power speaks to Eleanor Catton about her new novel, Birnam Wood.

• 28 mins

Javier Marías

Chris Power talks about the writing of Javier Marías.

• 28 mins

Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight

Octavia Bright explores the exciting new literary voices coming from India.

• 28 mins

Best of Young British Novelists 2023

Octavia Bright explores Granta's once in a decade list of new writing talent.

• 28 mins

Stephen Buoro

Johny Pitts talks to the debut novelist about The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.

• 28 mins

Deborah Levy, Miranda France and Kate Morton

Deborah Levy talks about her new novel, August Blue.

• 28 mins

Linda Grant

Linda Grant talks to Alex Clark about her novel The Story of the Forest

• 28 mins

Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein

Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.

• 28 mins

Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga

Johny Pitts talks to Leila Slimani about her new novel Watch Us Dance.

• 28 mins

Tragicomic Writing

Alex Clark explores tragicomic writing with Paul Murray, Katherine Heiny and Josie Long.

• 28 mins

Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck talks to Octavia Bright about her novel Kairos.

• 28 mins

Richard Ford

Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine.

• 28 mins

Megan Nolan, plus crime summer reading recommendations from Vaseem Khan, Laura Wilson and Val McDermid

Johny Pitts speaks to Megan Nolan about her new novel, Ordinary Human Failings.

• 28 mins

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Elizabeth Day celebrates the centenary year of the writer Elizabeth Jane Howard.

• 28 mins