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Damon Galgut, Rewriting for the American market, and The Bloomsday Dead

The Booker short-listed author Damon Galgut talks about the state of South Africa.

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Dave Pelzer, Les Miserables, and Items Found in Books

Mariella Frostrup meets the American writer Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called It.

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Irvine Welsh, Creating a New Sleuth, and John Banville

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Irvine Welsh.

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Patrick McGrath, Herman Melville' Israel Potter, and Bethan Robert

Mariella Frostrup talks to Patrick McGrath about his new novel Trauma.

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Robert Edric, The Screwtape Letters, and Raymond Briggs

Mariella talks to novelist Robert Edric about his interest in the composer Ivor Gurney.

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Deirdre Madden, John Healy, and Art in books

Mariella Frostrup talks to the Irish novelist Deidre Madden.

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Open Book in New York; including Meg Wolitzer and Treasures of the Morgan Library

Owen Sheers presents an edition of the books programme from New York.

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Open Book in New York; including Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt

Owen Sheers presents an edition of the books programme from New York.

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Philippa Gregory, Love Letters, Max Blecher, and Graphic Novels

Muriel Gray talks to novelist Philippa Gregory about her new book The Other Queen.

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Andrew Miller, Arthur C Clarke's Last Book, W G Sebald and Translation

Muriel Gray talks to Andrew Miller about his new novel set in wartime Japan.

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Tibor Fischer, Books for a rainy day, Frankenstein in Fiction, and Winston Graham Centenary

Tibor Fischer joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss his new novel Good to Be God.

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Marilynne Robinson, David Foster Wallace, Book Collecting, and Irene Nemirovsky

Mariella Frostrup talks to Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead, about her new book 麻豆约拍.

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Zoe Heller, Alan Sillitoe, and Books for Men

Mariella Frostrup talks to Zo毛 Heller about her new novel The Believers.

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Mal Peet, Isabel Fonseca, John Lloyd, and Paul Auster

Misha Glenny presents the books programme from the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

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Thomas Keneally, Reading the Oxford English Dictionary and Alexander Linklater on Eric Linklater

Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist Thomas Keneally.

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Bernard Cornwell, Self Improvement Books, and Nevil Shute's On the Beach

Mariella Frostrup talks to Bernard Cornwell about his new book Azincourt.

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Toni Morrison

Mariella Frostrup talks to Toni Morrison about Mercy, her first novel for five years.

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Shena Mackay, Can Books Beat the Stock Market?, and American Pioneer Reading Clinic

Mariella Frostrup talks to Shena Mackay about her new short story collection.

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Will Self on Burroughs, Bluebeard, and Science Fiction Reading Clinic

Mariella Frostrup talks to Will Self about the work of William Burroughs.

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Ian Buruma, and Christmas Books

Mariella Frostrup presents the books magazine.

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Sean O'Brien, Children's Books of the Year, and Norman Maclean

Including a round-up of the year's best children's books.

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Nigella Lawson and debut novels

Nigella Lawson reveals the five books that mean the most to her.

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Novelists and their Families

Mariella Frostrup and her guests consider novelists' relationships with their families.

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Jay McInerney, crime writing from Scandinavia

Mariella Frostrup talks to the American novelist Jay McInerney about his new novel.

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Niccolo Ammaniti, and Bram Stoker's Dracula

Mariella Frostrup talks to the Italian writer Niccolo Ammaniti about his new novel.

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Charles Elton on Mr Toppit

Mariella Frostrup talks to Charles Elton about his novel Mr Toppit.

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Kate Grenville on Australia

Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Kate Grenville.

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Sophie Hannah

Mariella Frostrup talks to poet Sophie Hannah about her new novel The Other Half Lives.

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Sanjida O'Connell, Dame Beryl Bainbridge and the work of Hans Fallada

Mariella Frostrup talks to Sanjida O'Connell and Dame Beryl Bainbridge.

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Dame Joan Bakewell on writing a novel

Dame Joan Bakewell explains why she has waited until her eighth decade to publish a novel.

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