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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.

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

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

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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.

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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?

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Sally Beauman, Darragh McKeon, Hamid Ismailov and Margie Orford

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

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

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

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

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

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Anita Shreve, Rebecca Mead

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

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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.

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Niall Williams, Armistead Maupin, Contemporary Chinese Literature

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

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Kamila Shamsie; Young feminist writing

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

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Sadie Jones, Peter Buwalda, Will Self

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

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11/05/2014

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

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18/05/2014

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

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25/05/2014

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

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

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15/06/2014

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

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Sandra Newman, Roopa Farooki, John Banville, Courttia Newland

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

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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.

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Tom Campbell and Nikesh Shukla

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

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Jessie Burton and Summer Reads

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

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Literary Landscape: John Banville and 1950s Dublin

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

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Literary Landscape: Ross Raisin and Yorkshire

A ramble through northern moorland and the works inspired by it, from Bronte to Raisin.

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Literary Scene in London

Writers Damian Barr, Evie Wyld and Joe Dunthorne discuss the rise of live literary events.

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Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom

Ian McEwan on his new novel The Children Act, and US author Amy Bloom on Lucky Us.

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Ali Smith on How to Be Both

Booker-shortlisted novelist Ali Smith and the art of the short story.

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Esther Freud on Mr Mac and Me

Esther Freud talks about her new book, and Howard Jacobson on the book he'd never lend.

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The Brethren; The Sense of Style

Mariella Frostrup discusses Robert Merle's The Brethren, and Steven Pinker on Style.

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