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The Verb Episodes

  1. Fleur Adcock, Toby Litt, George Szirtes, Tishani Doshi

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With poet Fleur Adcock and a verse drama from George Szirtes.

  2. Tracy Chevalier, Toby Litt, New Labour Fiction, Xhosa Poetry

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With a new work by Tracy Chevalier and novelist Toby Litt.

  3. Les Murray, Loan Words, Glyn Maxwell, Aminatta Forna

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With Les Murray, Kevin Jackson, Glyn Maxwell, Aminatta Forna.

  4. Richard Hawley, Simon Armitage

    Ian McMillan presents a special edition, featuring Richard Hawley and Simon Armitage.

  5. Peter Porter Obituary, Jacob Polley, Polar Bear, City Poems

    Ian McMillan's cabaret of new writing includes a tribute to the late poet Peter Porter.

  6. Alex Horne/Fado Poetry/Lionel Shriver

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With Alex Horne, poetic responses to fado and Lionel Shriver.

  7. Millions Poet/WNP Barbellion/Beirut 39/Black Wine/Alice Munro

    Presented by Ian McMillan. Including Bedouin poetry and a profile of WNP Barbellion.

  8. George Pelecanos/PsychoPoetica/Sparks/CERN Lexicon

    Ian McMillan presents an interview with The Wire writer George Pelecanos.

  9. Matthew Caley/CK Stead/Sparks/Writing and Social Work/Willy Vlautin

    With CK Stead on the art of the short story, and American songwriter Willy Vlautin.

  10. Chekhov competition / Pearl Buck / Tracey Thorn / Pluto / Lorca in Shetlandic

    Ian McMillan is joined by authors and poets for Radio 3's cabaret of the word.

  11. Attila the Stockbroker/Sophie Hannah/Ross Sutherland/Benin City

    Ian McMillan presents a special edition, with guests including poet Ross Sutherland.

  12. Scottish Edition

    Ian McMillan presents a special Scottish edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word.

  13. Joshua Ferris/Ginger and Black/JD Salinger Early Work/Niven Govinden

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With novelist Joshua Ferris on books about the soul.

  14. Turkish Literature - Orhan Pamuk

    Ian McMillan presents a special edition focusing on Turkish literature. With Orhan Pamuk.

  15. Haitian writing/Evie Wyld/Bill Griffiths/Lawrence Venuti

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With new writing from Evie Wyld, plus Catalan poems.

  16. Live from Broadcasting House

    Ian McMillan presents a special edition from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Theatre.

  17. New European Writing/Kate Kilalea/Kevin Jackson/Laura Veirs/The poetry of Charles Bukowski

    Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word.

  18. David Crystal/Simon Barraclough/Darrell Lloyd/Science Writing/Bestsellers of 1910

    Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word includes new fiction from Darrell Lloyd.

  19. Jonathan Lethem/Chekhov Short Story Competition/Elvis at 75/John Ashbery

    Ian McMillan meets novelist Jonathan Lethem and avant-garde American poet John Ashbery.

  20. John Cooper Clarke/Matthew Holness/Laura Dockrill/Alex Horne

    With Ian McMillan. Featuring new writing from award-winning comedian Matthew Holness.

  21. David Harsent/Cookery Writing/Browning/Eleanor Rees

    Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word includes new writing from poet David Harsent.

  22. Ian Martin/Arto Vaun/School of Night/Margaret Tait

    Ian McMillan's word cabaret features poet Arto Vaun and improvisation by School of Night.

  23. John Updike/Lists/Laura Gibson/Word of the Year/Nigar Hasan-Zadeh, Richard McKane

    Ian McMillan talks to Azerbaijani poet and rising star Nigar Hassan-Zadeh.

  24. Muriel Spark/Sean Taylor/New American Gothic/Kenneth Steven/Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Introducing

    Ian McMillan presents. Featuring Muriel Spark's work and singer-songwriter Sean Taylor.

  25. Martha Wainwright/Paul Durcan/Writing in Old Age/Halldor Laxness

    With Martha Wainwright on the lyrics of Edith Piaf, plus poet Paul Durcan.

  26. Frieda Hughes/Youngest Authors/Keorapetse Kgositsile and Lebo Mashile/Greyworld

    Ian McMillan talks to Frieda Hughes about her latest poetry collection.

  27. Peter Flannery/Kachi Ozumba/Alec Finlay and Linda France/Beccy Owen

    Ian McMillan's guests in a Free Thinking edition are Peter Flannery and Kachi Ozumba.

  28. John Irving/Frank Cottrell Boyce/Free Thinking 2009/OED Historical Thesaurus

    Ian McMillan's guests include novelist John Irving and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce.

  29. 2009 Forward Poetry Prize

    Ian McMillan talks to 2009 Forward Prize winners Don Paterson and Emma Jones.

  30. Dreda Say Mitchell/Simone Felice/Larissa Miller

    Presented by Ian McMillan. With Dreda Say Mitchell, Simone Felice and Larissa Miller.

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