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Open Book for author interviews and A Good Read for recommended reads
Jenny Erpenbeck - Winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize
Jenny Erpenbeck talks to Octavia Bright about her novel Kairos.
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Escape with books & stories
Open Book in New York; including Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt
Owen Sheers presents an edition of the books programme from New York.
Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction
Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about her Dickens-inspired book Demon Copperhead.
Martin Amis
Elizabeth Day talks to the author of Money and London Fields in his final interview
Paul Murray - Author of Booker Nominated The Bee Sting
Alex Clark explores tragicomic writing with Paul Murray, Katherine Heiny and Josie Long.
Margaret Atwood, Sam Selvon
Johny Pitts explores the work of two writers who have combined comedy with tragedy.
Bret Easton Ellis
The author of American Psycho discusses his first novel in 13 years, The Shards.
Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga
Johny Pitts talks to Leila Slimani about her new novel Watch Us Dance.
Colm T贸ib铆n
The Irish author discusses illness, banned books, religion and Shirley Hazzard
Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca F. Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.
Best of Young British Novelists 2023
Octavia Bright explores Granta's once-in-a-decade list of new writing talent.
Orhan Pamuk
Johny Pitts talks to the Turkish author about his new book, Nights of Plague.
A life in books with Marlon James
Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.
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
Ian McEwan
Chris Power talks to Ian McEwan about his new book, Lessons.
Making it new? Literature of the Twenties Special
Johny Pitts explores the 20s with Alison MacLeod, Bill Goldstein, James Clammer & Jo Hamya
Damon Galgut - Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize
Elizabeth Day speaks to Damon Galgut about his Booker Award winning novel, The Promise.
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Paterson Joseph on the incredible life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first black Briton to vote

The actor-turned-author discusses the radical historical figure behind his new novel
The 2022 Woman's Prize winner, Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki chooses The Riverside Shakespeare as the book she would Never Lend.
Richard Beard on time: Fictional journeys in the future tense

Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the future tense.
Richard Beard on time: The power of the present tense

Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the present tense.

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