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Xiaolu Guo
James Naughtie and readers meet Chinese author Xiaolu Guo.
Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.
Bernard MacLaverty
James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.
CJ Sansom
James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.
Robert Macfarlane
James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.
Gillian Slovo
James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.
Linda Grant
James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.
John Irving
James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Alexander McCall Smith
James Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his novel 44 Scotland Street.
Clive James
James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography
Douglas Coupland
James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X
Jeanette Winterson
James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
Orhan Pamuk
James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.
Lynne Reid Banks
James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room.
Henning Mankell
James Naughtie talks to Henning Mankell about Sidetracked, a Kurt Wallander novel.
Siri Hustvedt
James Naughtie talks to Siri Hustvedt about her novel What I Loved.
Yann Martel
James Naughtie talks to Yann Martel about Life of Pi.
Roddy Doyle
Irish writer Roddy Doyle joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Paddy Clarke HA HA HA.
Claire Tomalin (on Thomas Hardy)
James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy.
Sarah Hall - The Carhullan Army
James Naughtie talks to Sarah Hall about her novel The Carhullan Army.
Howard Jacobson
James Naughtie talks to Howard Jacobson about his comic novel The Mighty Walzer.
Tim Butcher
James Naughtie talks to Tim Butcher about his bestselling book Blood River.
Benjamin Zephaniah
James Naughtie talks to Benjamin Zephaniah about his novel for young adults Refugee Boy.
Jennifer Johnston
James Naughtie talks to Jennifer Johnston about her novel The Gingerbread Woman.
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson meets readers to discuss his book A Short History of Nearly Everything.
Andrew O'Hagan - Be Near Me
Andrew O'Hagan meets James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel Be Near Me.
Nicole Krauss - The History of Love
Nicole Krauss talks to James Naughtie and readers about her novel The History of Love.
William Fiennes - The Music Room
William Fiennes talks to James Naughtie and readers about his memoir The Music Room.
Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon talks to James Naughtie about her first crime novel Death At La Fenice.
Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid talks to James Naughtie about The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy talks about her Booker prize winning novel The God of Small Things.