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Carys Davies

Carys Davies, acclaimed for her short stories, talks about her debut novel, West.

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Crime writer John Harvey, The best characters in fiction

John Harvey on the latest in his Charlie Resnick series, Body and Soul.

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Manu Joseph

Bestselling Indian novelist Manu Joseph talks to Mariella Frostrup.

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Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz on Ian Fleming.

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Fiona Kidman

Dame Fiona Kidman talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, All Day at the Movies.

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Cressida Connolly, Posthumous short stories, Iraqi postcard

Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party.

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Michael Ondaatje, Nell Dunn

Man Booker-winning Michael Ondaatje talks to Mariella Frostrup.

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Ceridwen Dovey, Lebanese writers Nada Awar Jarrar and Hanan al-Shaykh

Hanan al-Shaykh talks to Mariella Frostrup.

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AM 麻豆约拍s, NHS in fiction, Tommy Orange

AM 麻豆约拍s on her new short story collection.

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Michael Donkor, Jackie Kay on Audre Lorde

Michael Donkor discusses his debut novel Hold.

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Daisy Johnson, The literary appeal of the Fens, Book festival etiquette

Daisy Johnson talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Everything Under.

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Islands in Fiction

A special programme exploring the appeal of islands as a setting for fiction.

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Claire Fuller, Neil Gaiman, Iranian fiction

Claire Fuller discusses the appeal of setting a novel in a crumbling country house.

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Literary Criticism

A special edition exploring book criticism and why it matters.

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Richard Powers and Nature Writing

Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory.

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John Boyne, Mrs Gaskell revisited, Mutism in fiction

John Boyne talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel A Ladder to the Sky.

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Lavinia Greenlaw, Venezuelan literature, The case for graphic novels

The best new fiction and non-fiction, talking to writers and unearthing lost classics.

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Gail Jones, 1930s' crime fiction, Marlowe and Holmes revisited

Gail Jones on her new novel The Death of Noah Glass, and new life for Marlowe and Holmes.

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Open Book 20th Anniversary Special

Mariella Frostrup and guests celebrate 20 years of reading, writing and Open Book

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Hector Abad, Horror fiction

Colombian novelist Hector Abad joins Mariella Frostrup.

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Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty, best-selling author of Big Little Lies, joins Alex Clark.

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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Minette Walters, Books in art

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses his debut short story collection Friday Black

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Fiction following the Armistice; Beowulf reimagined; James Daunt

Exploring literary responses to the Great War in the immediate aftermath of the Armistice.

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Barbara Kingsolver, Northern Irish writing, India鈥檚 gay fiction

Best-selling novelist Barbara Kingsolver talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel.

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Lee Child; Southall set thrillers; crime picks for teenagers

Jack Reacher author Lee Child talks to Mariella Frostrup.

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Donald S Murray, Lyrics and poetry, Publishing in Iceland and Greenland

Donald S Murray discusses his novel As the Women Lay Dreaming, set on the Isle of Lewis

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Joyce Carol Oates, The Wind in the Willows, Orphans in fiction

Joyce Carol Oates discusses her latest novel, Hazards of Time Travel

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Festive short stories, Hangovers in fiction, Christmas novels, Book choices for 2019

Why the classic short story has such strong associations with winter.

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John Steinbeck Special

Celebrating the work of author John Steinbeck on the 50th anniversary of his death.

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Oyinkan Braithwaite, Books as clutter, Kafka's legacy, True crime in fiction

Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her Lagos-set debut novel, My Sister the Serial Killer.

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