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Anne Fine, Publishers Go Green, and Dostoevsky for Beginners
Mariella Frostrup presents a beginner's guide to the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Jo Brand, The Literature of Armageddon, and Julia Donaldson
Mariella Frostrup looks at the works of Nobel Laureate VS Naipaul.
Andrew Grieg, From Columnist to Novelist, and Mrs Gaskell
Mariella Frostrup talks to Scottish poet and author Andrew Greig.
Manil Suri, Working in a bookshop, Independent Publishers, Books about Berlin
Mariella Frostrup talks to Indian writer Manil Suri about his new novel The Age of Shiva.
Justine Picardie
Mariella Frostrup talks to Justine Picardie.
Richard Dawkins, Jos茅 Saramago: a Reader's Guide, and Clare Morrall
Mariella Frostrup meets Clare Morrall, who talks about her new book The Language of Others
Bernhard Schlink, Memoir Writing for Beginners, and New Grub Street
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader.
Joanna Trollope, Psychoanalysis and Fiction, and Irmgard Keun
Mariella Frostrup talks to Joanna Trollope about her new book Friday Nights.
Helen Dunmore, Will Self and the work of J G Ballard
Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore about her new book Counting the Stars.
Eoin Colfer, Novels in translation, Books about China, and Public School Novels
Guests include children's writer Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series.