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Elmore Leonard
James Naughtie is joined by American crime writer Elmore Leonard.
Matthew Kneale
James Naughtie talks to Matthew Kneale about his award winning book English Passengers.
Jane Gardam
James Naughtie talks to Jane Gardam about her book Old Filth.
Lewis Wolpert
Scientist Lewis Wolpert discusses his account of depression in Malignant Sadness.
Salley Vickers
James Naughtie discusses Miss Garnet's Angel with its author Salley Vickers.
Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections
The author Jonathan Franzen discusses his novel The Corrections.
Val McDermid
Val McDermid joins readers to discuss The Mermaids Singing, the story of a serial killer.
Alison Weir
Historian Alison Weir discusses her biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine with James Naughtie.
Jonathan Coe
James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to comic fiction author Jonathan Coe.
Jodi Picoult
James Naughtie and an audience talk to Jodi Picoult about her novel My Sister's Keeper.
David Mitchell
From the Hay Festival, James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to David Mitchell.
Germaine Greer
James Naughtie is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her book The Female Eunuch.
Colin Dexter
James Naughtie talks to Colin Dexter about The Remorseful Day, Inspector Morse's last case
Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City
James Naughtie and an audience of readers discuss Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.
James Robertson
James Naughtie talks to James Robertson about his historical novel Joseph Knight.
Barbara Kingsolver
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible.
Thomas Keneally
James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally.
Alice Sebold
James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.
Sarah Dunant
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus.
William Hague
James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger.
Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun
Jan Morris
Jan Morris joins James Naughtie and readers to talk about her portrait of Venice.
Asne Seierstad
With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul.
Colm Toibin
Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.
Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation
James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.
Michael Morpurgo
James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.
Fay Weldon
James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.
Amitav Ghosh
James Naughtie talks to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh.
Oliver James
James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'.
Bernard Cornwell
James Naughtie talks to the novelist Bernard Cornwell.