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Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld, Ian Rankin and Katherine Rundell.
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Elizabeth Wetmore
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Elizabeth Day
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Kate Grenville, Beryl Bainbridge, Narrative Voices
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Rose Tremain; Science in Fiction
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Martin Amis
Martin Amis talks to Elizabeth Day.
Jennifer Makumbi, New Dutch Writing, Barbara Kingsolver and Wild Swimming in literature
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Armando Iannucci and John Mullan on Dickens; John Lanchester; new Black British writing
Johny Pitts celebrates Charles Dickens with Armando Iannucci and John Mullan.
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Rumaan Alam, Words and Photography, Bookshop.org
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Jonathan Coe, Radical Fairy Tales, Alex Wheatle
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Climate Change in Fiction; Carys Bray; Diana McCaulay, Lucy Treloar
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Jenny Erpenbeck, Margaret Atwood on a classic dystopia, Paintings in fiction
Chris Power talks to Jenny Erpenbeck about her new non-fiction collection, Not A Novel.
Jonathan Lethem; Sylvia Townsend Warner; Edna O'Brien
Chris Power talks to Jonathan Lethem.
The Joy of Dickens
The joy of Dickens: an exploration of his literary inventiveness and use of language.
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In a year many would rather forget, Sara Collins asks what are the books worth remembering
Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.
Raven Leilani
Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.
Kate Mosse, Books on TV, Writing in prisons
Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears.
Richard Flanagan; How To Read Well; Editor's Tip
Johny Pitts talks to Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan.
Ethan Hawke and Francis Spufford
Elizabeth Day talks to actor Ethan Hawke about his new novel.
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Johny Pitts talks to Caleb Azumah Nelson about Open Water, his hotly anticipated debut.