Conversations with great novelists at the 2016 Hay Festival.
A conversation about language and imagination with the celebrated author.
The author talks about his love for the sci-fi series.
Fay Weldon: Full session
Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War.
Claire Harman on her new book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
Claire Harman reveals some of the weird and wonderful items she has uncovered in archives.
She describes a time when Bronte, living in Brussels, felt drawn to a Catholic church.
Jeanette Winterson speaks about her new book, The Gap of Time.
The author talks to Matt Frei about her first novel in over a decade.
Edna O'Brien on being invited for dinner at the White House by Hillary Clinton.
Edna O'Brien on an emotional meeting with women who lost family in the Srebrenica genocide
Edna O'Brien reads from her first book in over ten years, The Little Red Chairs.
George Alagiah talks to Shriver about her new novel set in a crumbling near-future America
The author of We Need to Talk about Kevin talks about the complexities of parenthood.
The author reads a convincing passage from The Mandibles: A Family, 2029 - 2047.
The author fears the American electorate are no longer taking the country seriously.
The author talks about his new novel, Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights.
Salman Rushdie talks about the private process of writing.
Salman Rushdie on the nature of realism between the reader and the writer.
The author of Schindler's Ark discusses the origins of his most celebrated book.
The author discusses the scene in his book, made famous through Steven Spielberg's film.
Keneally describes how a Holocaust survivor reacted on the set of Schindler's List.
The author describes what first drew him to the story of Oskar Schindler.
Martha Kearney talks to the novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize.
