Writing
One to One. Mark Lawson talks to Rachel Cusk. Audio, 15 minutes
Mark Lawson talks to writer and author Rachel Cusk.
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Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Manto: The Unsentimentalist. Audio, 14 minutes
Exploring the life and work of India's master of the short story, Saadat Hasan Manto.
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One to One. Mark Lawson talks to Adam Mars-Jones. Audio, 15 minutes
Mark Lawson talks to author and critic Adam Mars-Jones about writing a memoir.
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Sunday Feature. Literary Pursuits, Charles Dickens: Great Expectations. Audio, 45 minutes
Sarah Dillon reveals a tale of money and passion behind Dickens's Great Expectations.
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Desert Island Discs. Colm Toibin. Audio, 38 minutes
Colm Toibin, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Miles Jupp and the Plot Device. Audio, 30 minutes
Miles Jupp investigates the Plot Device that spawned a million pulp fictions.
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Incredible Women. Series 4, 31/12/2015. Audio, 15 minutes
Crime writer Linda draws on her East End background to write her bestsellers.
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Profile. Michel Houellebecq. Audio, 13 minutes
Ed Stourton profiles Michel Houellebecq, the controversial novelist who loves to provoke.
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The Why Factor. Why Do We Need Diaries? Audio, 18 minutes
They hold our secrets, and preserve our memories, but why do we need diaries?
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The Achalasia Diaries. Audio, 30 minutes
Femi Martin finds fulfillment as a writer and performer as a result of a chronic illness.
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Four Thought. Matt Haig. Audio, 15 minutes
The writer Matt Haig describes how words helped him live with depression.
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Mrs Thatcher and The Writers. Audio, 30 minutes
Three Booker Prize winners give their view on Margaret Thatcher's influence on fiction.
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The Essay. Why I Write, Hay Festival: Gillian Clarke. Audio, 15 minutes
At the 2015 Hay Festival, Welsh poet laureate Gillian Clarke explains why she writes.
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The Essay. Why I Write, Hay Festival: Frank Cottrell Boyce. Audio, 15 minutes
At the 2015 Hay Festival, novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce explains why he writes.
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The Essay. Why I Write, Hay Festival: Alex Clark. Audio, 15 minutes
Literary journalist and writer Alex Clark explains why she writes.
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The Essay. Why I Write, Hay Festival: Horatio Clare. Audio, 15 minutes
At the 2015 Hay Festival, author and journalist Horatio Clare explains why he writes.
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The Essay. Why I Write, Hay Festival: Daniel Hahn. Audio, 15 minutes
Editor and translator Daniel Hahn explains why he writes.
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Sunday Feature. Memoirs of the Spacewomen. Audio, 45 minutes
Matthew Sweet explores the science fiction futures of three neglected female writers.
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Same Tune, Different Song. Audio, 30 minutes
Debbie Wiseman delves into the world of the song lyricist
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The Essay. Just Juvenilia, Just Juvenilia: Deborah Moggach. Audio, 15 minutes
Novelist Deborah Moggach revisits her first book, written in Pakistan.
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Word of Mouth. Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing. Audio, 28 minutes
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing.
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Four Thought. Series 4, Writing for a Living. Audio, 15 minutes
Elizabeth Wurtzel explores the relationship between writing and the need to pay the bills.
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The Why Factor. Letters. Audio, 18 minutes
The disappearing art of the hand-written letter and three stories of love
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