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Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories

• 26 mins

Per Petterson

Norwegian author of Out Stealing Horses takes questions from a rapt audience

• 53 mins

Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder on his novel Sophie’s World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher

• 53 mins

Janice Galloway

Award-winning writer Janice Galloway on her novel The Trick Is to Keep Breathing

• 53 mins

Pat Barker - Regeneration

The author discusses the psychological impact of World War I

• 53 mins

Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in most successful crime novel debut ever

• 49 mins

Herman Koch

Dutch writer Herman Koch on his bestselling novel The Dinner

• 49 mins

Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson on her novel Gilead, which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

• 49 mins

Daniel Kehlmann

Daniel Kehlmann talks about his internationally acclaimed novel Measuring the World

• 49 mins

William Gibson

William Gibson discusses his influencial science fiction novel Neuromancer

• 49 mins

Anne Tyler

Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

• 49 mins

JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye

A discussion recorded in the fabled Algonquin Hotel, New York

• 49 mins

Guenter Grass - The Tin Drum

Another chance to hear Guenter Grass discuss The Tin Drum

• 53 mins

Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

Irish author Marian Keyes discusses her novel Rachel's Holiday

• 49 mins

Yasmina Khadra - The Swallows of Kabul

Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra on his searing novel, The Swallows of Kabul

• 49 mins

Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Mark Haddon on his best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

• 49 mins

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

• 53 mins

Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin

Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov discusses his novel Death and the Penguin

• 49 mins

Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever

A richly imagined historic tale of art, beauty,lust and greed in.1630s Amsterdam.

• 49 mins

Jonathan Franzen - Freedom

Epic of contemporary love and marriage capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty

• 49 mins

Leila Aboulela - Minaret

Harriet Gilbert talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her novel Minaret.

• 49 mins

Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her phenomenally successful novel Eat, Pray, Love

• 49 mins

World Book Club: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Harriett Gilbert talks to Carlos Ruiz Zafon about his novel The Shadow of the Wind.

• 55 mins

Cees Nooteboom - The Following Story

Multiple award-winning Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom on his novel The Following Story

• 49 mins

Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Judith Kerr will be talking about her novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

• 49 mins

Nuruddin Farah - Maps

Somali writer Nuruddin Farah will be discussing his novel Maps with Harriett Gilbert

• 49 mins

Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre

Writers Claire Harman and Tracy Chevalier discuss Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre.

• 49 mins

Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng discusses his novel The Garden of Evening Mists.

• 49 mins

Juan Gabriel Vasquez - The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his novel The Sound of Things Falling.

• 49 mins

Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss

Desai’s novel is a profoundly moving cross-continental saga that sweeps around the globe

• 49 mins