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Orhan Pamuk, Patterson Joseph and Torrey Peters.
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Two writers who cover crime, football and music share their favourite books with Harriett
Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng and Grief and modern masculinity with Bobby Palmer and Michael Pedersen
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The broadcaster and the comedian choose books they love
William Boyd
William Boyd discusses his new novel, The Romantics.
A Good Read: Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson
The writers choose the books they love to read.
Writing Nature
Johny Pitts and Octavia Bright with a discussion on responses to the natural world.
A Good Read: Patience Agbabi and Andy Miller
The poet and the writer choose their favourite books.
Colm T贸ib铆n essays, Revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Chris Power talks to Colm T贸ib铆n about his essays on illness, religion and literature
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A comedian and a writer chat favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
A Good Read: Heidi Regan & Neil Delamere
Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Barbara Kingsolver, plus the "Social Novel" with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
A Good Read: Philippa Forrester and Dwayne Fields
Two very-different memoirs and a tale of two women on an adventure feature this week.
Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu
A Good Read: Shaparak Khorsandi and Anne Hegerty
A disgraced university tutor, a dysfunctional family, and a love-letter to literature.
Women subverting horror with Mariana Enr铆quez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White
Octavia Bright talks to Mariana Enr铆quez about Our Share of Night,
A Good Read: Frank Turner and Ellie Gibson
Books about tidying, music and addiction, and a desire to write are this week's choices.
Looking back at 2022 and (re)discovering Bruno Schulz Open Book
Chris Power discusses a year in books with Ellah Wakatama and Kate Mosse.
Katherine Rundell
Chris Power talks to the author of The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasures.
Agatha Christie at Christmas
Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection to the festive season
Katherine Mansfield
Chris Power explores the writing of Katherine Mansfield on the centenary of her death.
Jane Smiley, and writing gay lives from the past with Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens
Really Good, Actually
Monica Heisey talks to Johny Pitts about her debut novel about divorce in your twenties
Dark Academia with Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg. Plus Saba Sams' Book I'd Never Lend
Chris Power discusses one of the most talked about trends in publishing
Agnes Poirier & Nikki May
Harriett Gilbert is joined by Agnes Poirier and Nikki May.
Adrian Chiles and Martyn Ware
Harriett Gilbert is joined by Adrian Chiles and Martyn Ware.
Bret Easton Ellis
A Good Read: Kate Bryan and Mark Steel
Art historian Kate Bryan and comedian Mark Steel talk about their favourite books.
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