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Scott Turow; Paul Bailey and Manda Scot on gay literature; Charlie Hill

Scott Turow talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Identical.

• 28 mins

Bernard MacLaverty on a literary life

Author Bernard MacLaverty talks about 50 years of writing with Mariella Frostrup.

• 28 mins

David Vann, Stuart Kelly, Penelope Lively, Suzanne Berne

Penelope Lively on where she writes and Suzanne Berne on her novel The Dogs of Littlefield

• 28 mins

Lord Peter Wimsey, John Freeman, Kate Mosse

Jill Paton Walsh and Sarah Crown talk about the enduring appeal of Lord Peter Wimsey.

• 28 mins

Year of the Women Writers

Sally Gardner, Sarah Hall and Lennie Goodings discuss the 'Year of the Women Writers'.

• 28 mins

Children's Laureate Special

Children's Laureate special with Malorie Blackman, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen.

• 28 mins

Carlos Acosta; Victoria Hislop; Literary heroines with Samantha Ellis and Dr Paula Byrne

Books news with Mariella Frostrup. Carlos Acosta shares his Five of the Best Books.

• 28 mins

Horatio Clare and Christopher Nicholson on winter; Jeffery Deaver; Anna Whitwham

Horatio Clare and Christopher Nicholson discuss the influence of winter in literature.

• 28 mins

Deborah Levy; Bulgarian fiction; Jamie Byng's literary pick

Deborah Levy revisits her early work and explores her relationship with her writing.

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Adam Foulds, Naomi Wood, David Park, Lindsey Davis, listeners' heroines

Adam Foulds on his novel In the Wolf's Mouth, set in Sicily during the Second World War.

• 28 mins

Ben Watt, Mike Nicol, Rachel Cooke and Jonathan Gibbs

Ben Watt on his memoir about his parents, and literary reviews - do women get a fair deal?

• 28 mins

Sally Beauman, Darragh McKeon, Hamid Ismailov and Margie Orford

Sally Beauman talks to guest presenter Ellah Allfrey about her latest novel The Visitors.

• 28 mins

Tobias Hill, Readers' Guide to Stefan Zweig, literary prizes

Tobias Hill talks to Mariella Frostrup about his latest novel What Was Promised.

• 28 mins

Mary Lawson; Iranian literature; AS Byatt and Cecil Day Lewis

Acclaimed Canadian author Mary Lawson discusses her latest novel Road Ends.

• 28 mins

Anita Shreve, Rebecca Mead

Anita Shreve discusses her new novel The Lives of Stella Bain, and the joys of Middlemarch

• 28 mins

Damon Galgut, Kate Colquhoun, Judith Flanders, AL Kennedy, Julian Gough, Stella Duffy

Man Booker-listed South African writer Damon Galgut on his latest novel Arctic Summer.

• 28 mins

Niall Williams, Armistead Maupin, Contemporary Chinese Literature

Niall Williams talks about his latest book History of the Rain.

• 28 mins

Kamila Shamsie; Young feminist writing

Orange short-listed author Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel A God in Every Stone.

• 28 mins

Sadie Jones, Peter Buwalda, Will Self

Mariella Frostrup talks to Sadie Jones about her latest novel Fallout.

• 28 mins

11/05/2014

Tony Parsons talks to Mariella Frostrup about why he turned to crime.

• 28 mins

18/05/2014

Joseph O'Connor on his new novel The Thrill of It All. With Mariella Frostrup.

• 28 mins

25/05/2014

Ned Beauman and Nick Harkaway talk to Mariella Frostrup about writing conspiracy thrillers

• 28 mins

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Authors Salman Rushdie and Elif Shafak pay tribute to writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

• 28 mins

15/06/2014

Mariella Frostrup talks to Spanish writer Javier Cercas about his new novel Outlaws.

• 28 mins

Sandra Newman, Roopa Farooki, John Banville, Courttia Newland

Sandra Newman on her new novel, plus John Banville, Roopa Farooki and Courttia Newland.

• 28 mins

From Alice to Lyra - Philip Pullman on why Oxford is the home of children's literature

From Alice to Lyra - Philip Pullman on why Oxford is the home of children's literature.

• 30 mins

Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan on the long tail of evil and why he had to write about the Death Railway.

• 30 mins

Tom Campbell and Nikesh Shukla

Tom Campbell and Nikesh Shukla on writing about this generation's alienated young men.

• 30 mins

Jessie Burton and Summer Reads

Mariella Frostrup talks to Jessie Burton, author of the bestselling The Miniaturist.

• 30 mins

Literary Landscape: John Banville and 1950s Dublin

A tour of the foggy streets, smoke-filled bars and genteel hotel tea rooms of 1950s Dublin

• 28 mins