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Mariella Frostrup with the best new fiction and non-fiction, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics.

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Tessa Hadley on her novel Clever Girl; Cory Doctorow; and Ian Rankin on the book he would never lend

Mariella Frostrup on the best fiction with Tessa Hadley, Cory Doctorow and Ian Rankin.

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Author Louise Erdrich; plus the winner of the Independent Bookshop award

Mariella Frostrup talks to Louise Erdrich about her new novel The Round House.

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Sir Walter Scott Special from the Royal Opera House

Mariella Frostrup presents a Sir Walter Scott special from the Royal Opera House.

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Harlan Coben on his novel Six Years

Harlan Coben on his new thriller novel Six Years, plus a report from the London Book Fair.

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