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Dystopian fiction
Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss dystopian novels.
A celebration of Muriel Spark
A celebration of Muriel Spark who was born in 1918.
Leila Slimani
Mariella Frostrup talks to French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani.
Dirk Kurbjuweit
Mariella Frostrup talks to German writer Dirk Kurbjuweit.
Literary Love and Romance
For Valentine's Day, a special programme devoted to love.
Jane Harper
Australian crime writer Jane Harper discusses her new thriller Force of Nature.
25/02/2018
Prize-winning short story writer Jessie Greengrass on her debut novel, Sight.
11/03/2018
Literary critic James Wood talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel Upstate.
Joseph Knox
Joseph Knox talks to Mariella Frostrup about his follow-up to his successful debut Sirens.
Uzodinma Iweala
Uzodinma Iweala on his new novel Speak No Evil.
Diana Evans
Diana Evans talks to Mariella Frostrup about her third novel, Ordinary People.
Jennifer Clement
Jennifer Clement on her new novel, Gun Love.
Carys Davies
Carys Davies, acclaimed for her short stories, talks about her debut novel, West.
Crime writer John Harvey, The best characters in fiction
John Harvey on the latest in his Charlie Resnick series, Body and Soul.
Manu Joseph
Bestselling Indian novelist Manu Joseph talks to Mariella Frostrup.
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz on Ian Fleming.
Fiona Kidman
Dame Fiona Kidman talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, All Day at the Movies.
Cressida Connolly, Posthumous short stories, Iraqi postcard
Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party.
Michael Ondaatje, Nell Dunn
Man Booker-winning Michael Ondaatje talks to Mariella Frostrup.
Ceridwen Dovey, Lebanese writers Nada Awar Jarrar and Hanan al-Shaykh
Hanan al-Shaykh talks to Mariella Frostrup.
AM Homes, NHS in fiction, Tommy Orange
AM Homes on her new short story collection.
Michael Donkor, Jackie Kay on Audre Lorde
Michael Donkor discusses his debut novel Hold.
Daisy Johnson, The literary appeal of the Fens, Book festival etiquette
Daisy Johnson talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Everything Under.
Islands in Fiction
A special programme exploring the appeal of islands as a setting for fiction.
Claire Fuller, Neil Gaiman, Iranian fiction
Claire Fuller discusses the appeal of setting a novel in a crumbling country house.
Literary Criticism
A special edition exploring book criticism and why it matters.
Richard Powers and Nature Writing
Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory.
John Boyne, Mrs Gaskell revisited, Mutism in fiction
John Boyne talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel A Ladder to the Sky.
Lavinia Greenlaw, Venezuelan literature, The case for graphic novels
The best new fiction and non-fiction, talking to writers and unearthing lost classics.
Gail Jones, 1930s' crime fiction, Marlowe and Holmes revisited
Gail Jones on her new novel The Death of Noah Glass, and new life for Marlowe and Holmes.
Open Book 20th Anniversary Special
Mariella Frostrup and guests celebrate 20 years of reading, writing and Open Book