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Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff talks about her debut novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed.
Graham Swift on Mothering Sunday
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Graham Swift about his new book, Mothering Sunday.
Javier Marias on Thus Bad Begins
Mariella Frostrup talks to acclaimed Spanish novelist Javier Marias.
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen on Waking Lions
Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen.
Stories inspired by Jane Eyre
Mariella Frostrup discusses a new collection of short stories inspired by Jane Eyre.
Kate Tempest
Rapper, poet and playwright Kate Tempset talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel.
Barney Norris
Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn tell Mariella Frostrup about the enduring appeal of Cervantes
Being a Man: David Szalay and Ted Hodgkinson
Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning writer David Szalay about All That Man Is.
Allan Ahlberg
Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated author Allan Ahlberg, creator of The Jolly Postman.
Anthony Cartwright, Award-winning Andrew Michael Hurley, The joy of Teffi, Literary news from Nigeria
Mariella Frostrup talks to author Anthony Cartwright about his book Iron Towns.
Kit de Waal, Researching novels, Counter-factual fiction.
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal about her novel My Name Is Leon.
Colombian literary superstar Juan Gabriel Vasquez, new stories by Radclyffe Hall, creative non-fiction from African writers
Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez.
Historical Fiction
Mariella Frostrup talks to Icelandic novelist Sjon.
Annie Proulx; Close Reading: Beloved by Toni Morrison; Graham Greene's The Third Man
Mariella Frostrup talks to Annie Proulx about her new novel, Barkskins.
Ruth Gilligan, Vietnam novels, Kenneth Baker
Ruth Gilligan talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan.
Writing From Wales, a special programme recorded at Cardiff Library.
Mariella Frostrup explores contemporary literature from Wales.
Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai
Mariella Frostrup presents a special programme celebrating children's literature.
Evelyn Waugh, DBC Pierre, a literary postcard from Sweden
Open Book offers a guide to the works of Evelyn Waugh, as a new biography comes out.
Reading Europe: Italy
Mariella Frostrup presents a programme exploring contemporary literature from Italy.
Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Night of Fire.
Edinburgh Special: Raja Alem and Richard T Kelly
Politics and fiction: a special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh Book Festival.
Crime Writing: Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee and Lucy Ribchester
A special edition of Open Book from Edinburgh, devoted to crime writing.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.
Donal Ryan, Reader's Guide to Elizabeth Jane Howard
Mariella Frostrup talks to Irish novelist Donal Ryan about his new novel All We Shall Know
Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf
Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on their new collection of short stories Sex and Death.
Tommy Wieringa, Flemish and Dutch literature, Fashion in fiction, Stewart Lee on Ithell Colquhoun
Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa talks to Mariella Frostrup.
Graham Norton, Close reading Henry James, Michelle Paver on the Himalayas
Graham Norton talks to Mariella Frostrup about his debut novel, Holding.
Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka
Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End.
Brit Bennett, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark on their collaboration, Three Little Monkeys.
Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands
Margaret Drabble on her new novel.
David Grossman and Steve McCurry
Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book.