Ten amazing interviews from the archive, including Maya Angelou and Henning Mankell.
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her novel Half of a Yellow Sun
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
Philip Pullman talks about his book and takes questions on his book The Northen Lights.
Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories
Author Mohsin Hamid on his book The Reluctant Fundamentalist, now made into a film
Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy talks about winning the Booker Prize in 1997
Nigerian playwright, poet and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on his childhood memoirs
Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the 91热爆sick Restaurant
Kazuo Ishiguro joins listeners to discuss his novel The Remains Of The Day
Popular British crime writer Ruth Rendell talked to the programme about her work.