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Christmas Writings

A celebration of the best, and funniest, writing about Christmas.

• 28 mins

Sir Richard Eyre Five of the Best Books

Theatre and film director Sir Richard Eyre chooses his five favourite books.

• 28 mins

Ben Lerner on 10:04

American novelist Ben Lerner talks about his new book 10:04.

• 28 mins

Emma Hooper on Etta and Otto and Russell and James

Canadian writer Emma Hooper on her first book, Etta and Otto and Russell and James.

• 28 mins

David Lodge on his memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born

Writer David Lodge discusses his new memoir, plus a librarian from the Orkney Library.

• 28 mins

SJ Watson on his new novel Second Life

SJ Watson, best-selling author of Before I Go to Sleep, discusses new novel Second Life.

• 28 mins

Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread

Anne Tyler talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread.

• 28 mins

Rabih Alameddine on his new novel An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel An Unnecessary Woman.

• 28 mins

Robert Macfarlane on his new book Landmarks

Robert Macfarlane on his latest book, which celebrates the language of the landscape.

• 28 mins

Children's Literature

Mariella Frostrup on a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.

• 28 mins

Chigozie Obioma

Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma discusses his debut novel The Fishermen.

• 28 mins

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on her novel Dust

Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Dust.

• 28 mins

Christopher Bollen on Orient

American novelist Christopher Bollen talks about his book Orient.

• 28 mins

Mexican Literature and the London Book Fair

Mexican writers Valeria Luiselli and Jorge Volpi on their country's literary heritage.

• 28 mins

Caryl Phillips on The Lost Child

Mariella Frostrup talks to author Caryl Phillips and reveals why Kafka is current.

• 28 mins

Anne Enright on The Green Road

Anne Enright talks about her novel The Green Road. Presented by Mariella Frostrup.

• 28 mins

Julian Barnes - Keeping an Eye Open

Mariella Frostrup talks to Julian Barnes about his book Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art

• 28 mins

Ryan Gattis on All Involved

Ryan Gattis talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel All Involved.

• 28 mins

Steve Toltz on Quicksand

Novelist Steve Toltz discusses his book Quicksand, and Jenny Erpenbeck on The End of Days.

• 28 mins

Laura Barnett

Mariella Frostrup talks to debut novelist Laura Barnett about her book The Versions of Us.

• 28 mins

Sunjeev Sahota

Sunjeev Sahota talks about his startling new novel The Year of the Runaways.

• 28 mins

Reader's Guide to Milan Kundera

Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Markovits and discusses Southern Gothic and Harper Lee

• 28 mins

Rachel Johnson and Sean Michaels

Award-winning Canadian novelist Sean Michaels talks about his book Us Conductors.

• 28 mins

Judy Blume

Judy Blume talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel, In the Unlikely Event.

• 28 mins

Virginia Baily - Early One Morning, Jacqueline Wilson on What Katy Did

Jacqueline Wilson talks to Mariella about updating children's classic What Katy Did.

• 28 mins

Petina Gappah, Michael Foreman, Duelling in literature, Food fiction

Mariella Frostrup talks to author Petina Gappah about her novel The Book of Memory.

• 28 mins

Open Book: Why We Read

Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the pleasures of reading.

• 43 mins

Leila Aboulela

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Leila Aboulela.

• 28 mins

Literary Landscape: The Coast

A special programme from Lyme Regis exploring the literature of the coast.

• 28 mins

Pat Barker

Novelist Pat Barker dicusses writing about men, women and the deep damage of war.

• 28 mins