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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.
Writers Helen Garner and Charlotte Wood, Authors' manuscripts, Chris Cleave, The history of audio books
Charlotte Wood and Helen Garner.
Henrietta Rose-Innes, Literary heroes, Shusaku Endo and silence
Writer Henrietta Rose-Innes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel Nineveh.
A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson
Mariella Frostrup and guests look at the life and work of Shirley Jackson.
Literary Postcards
A special edition of Open Book - literary postcards from around the world.
Nadeem Aslam
Mariella Frostrup talks to Nadeem Aslam about his new book The Golden Legend.
James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.
Mariella Frostrup talks to James Lasdun.
Tessa Hadley, Female friendships, The Russian Revolution
Award-winning author Tessa Hadley talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short stories.
Yaa Gyasi
Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel 91热爆going.
12/02/2017
Joanna Trollope talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel City of Friends.
Age gap relationships; Dorthe Nors
Clark talks to award-winning Danish novelist Dorthe Nors.
Mohsin Hamid, North Korean short stories
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Mohsin Hamid about his new book, Exit West.
Helen Dunmore
Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore.