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Tracy Chevalier
Historical novelist Tracy Chevalier on why she wants to bring the past to life
First broadcast: 20 May 2013
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Aminatta Forna
Why author Aminatta Forna is drawn to the topics of betrayal, love and loss
First broadcast: 13 May 2013
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Mohsin Hamid
Award-winning Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid on his passion for fiction
First broadcast: 06 May 2013
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Paul Auster
Razia Iqbal talks to US author Paul Auster about his work, and his book Winter Journal.
First broadcast: 29 Oct 2012
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Joyce Carol Oates
The prolific writer and academic Joyce Carol Oates on how she finds work rewarding
First broadcast: 22 Oct 2012
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Richard Ford
"I'm dyslexic... I see language as objects on a page" author Richard Ford on writing
First broadcast: 15 Oct 2012
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Toni Morrison
How much has changed for black Americans since Obama entered the White House?
First broadcast: 08 Oct 2012
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Justin Cartwright
Razia Iqbal's guest is the novelist Justin Cartwright
First broadcast: 05 Dec 2011
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Nawal Al Saadawi
Razia Iqbal talks to the feminist campaigner Nawal Al Saadawi.
First broadcast: 28 Nov 2011
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Alaa Al Aswany
Razia Iqbal talks to the Egyptian author of the bestselling Yacoubian Building.
First broadcast: 21 Nov 2011
