Johny Pitts talks to Lauren Groff about her novel Matrix.
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A Good Read: Katherine Rundell and Nathan Filer
Writers Katherine Rundell and Nathan Filer bring their favourite books to the table.
The ‘new boom’ of feminist Spanish-language literature.
A Good Read - Gillian Burke and Dee Caffari
The natural world, leadership styles aboard a submarine and sibling rivalry in Scotland.
When We Were Birds and Tayari Jones on Toni Morrison's only short story, Recitatif.
Johny Pitts talks to author Ayanna Lloyd Banwo about her debut novel, When We Were Birds.
A Good Read: Lauren Mayberry and Rob Deering
CHVRCHES frontwoman Lauren Mayberry and comedian Rob Deering share their favourite books.
Open Book
Elizabeth Day talks to Audrey Magee about her latest novel The Colony
A Good Read: Katie Thistleton and Suzannah Lipscomb
Katie Thistleton and Suzannah Lipscomb bring their favourite books to the table.
A Good Read: Alistair Petrie and Alex Wheatle
The actor and the writer debate books with Harriett Gilbert
Marlon James
A life in books with Marlon James
A Good Read: Jessica Fostekew and Molly Naylor
The comedian and the writer talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant, Lisa Taddeo on Fever Dream
Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant and Lisa Taddeo
A Good Read: Joanna Scanlan and Sabine Durrant
The actor and the thriller writer chat about books with Harriett Gilbert.
Here Again Now, Readers Guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry
A Good Read Julie Hesmondalgh and Elaine C Smith
The two actors choose books they love
Belfast in the Blitz
Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writers
Julian Barnes; How Words Get Good; Bangkok Postcard
About A Son; Book Banning; The Water Statues
Elizabeth Day talks to David Whitehouse about his new creative nonfiction
Neurodiversity
Johny Pitts discusses neurodiversity in contemporary fiction
Atticus Lish, Jean Rhys, Maggie Shipstead
Chris Power talks to Atticus Lish about his new novel, The War for Gloria.
Johny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his new book, The Perfect Golden Circle.
Omid Djalili and Nikita Lalwani
Omid Djalili and Nikita Lalwani choose books they love
Elif Batuman and Book Influencers
Johny Pitts talks to author of Either/Or, sequel to the 2017 bestseller The Idiot
A Good Read: Dreda Say Mitchell & Emma Gannon
The novelist and the podcaster propose favourite books for discussion
Time and Time Travel with Emily St. John Mandel, Carlo Rovelli and Audrey Niffenegger
Johny Pitts discusses time with three writers who have explored it in very different ways
A Good Read: Rob Newman & Sarfraz Manzoor
The comedian and the writer discuss favourite books
Revisiting the 1990s
Chris Power explores the 1990s through two new novels.
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Dr Alex George and Ella Al Shamahi choose books they love
A Good Read: Petroc Trelawny & Stuart MacBride
The broadcaster and the novelist chat favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Johny Pitts returns to his home city to explore Sheffield's literary landscapes