Revisiting the 1990s
Chris Power explores fiction set in the 1990s.
- 28 mins
- 26 Jun 2022
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Open Book
Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics
Episodes (627 Available)
Time and Time Travel with Emily St. John Mandel, Carlo Rovelli and Audrey NiffeneggerJohny Pitts discusses time with three writers who have explored it in very different ways.
- 28 mins
- 19 Jun 2022
Elif BatumanJohny Pitts speaks to Elif Batuman about her new novel, Either/Or
- 28 mins
- 12 Jun 2022
Benjamin MyersJohny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his new book, The Perfect Golden Circle.
- 28 mins
- 29 May 2022
Atticus Lish, Jean Rhys, Maggie ShipsteadChris Power talks to Atticus Lish about his new novel The War for Gloria.
- 28 mins
- 22 May 2022
NeurodiversityJohny Pitts and guests discuss neurodiversity in contemporary fiction.
- 28 mins
- 15 May 2022
About A Son; Book Banning; The Water StatuesDavid Whitehouse on his creative non-fiction work About a Son.
- 28 mins
- 08 May 2022
Julian Barnes; How Words Get Good; Bangkok PostcardJulian Barnes talks to Elizabeth Day about his new novel Elizabeth Finch.
- 28 mins
- 24 Apr 2022
Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writersElizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart about his new novel, Young Mungo
- 28 mins
- 17 Apr 2022
Belfast in the BlitzTwo historic novels about Belfast, literary spinsters, and dissident Russian writers.
- 28 mins
- 10 Apr 2022
Here Again Now, Readers guide to Gogol, Lessons in ChemistryElizabeth Day talks to Okechukwu Nzelu about his novel Here Again Now.
- 28 mins
- 27 Mar 2022
Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant, Lisa Taddeo on Fever DreamJohny Pitts talks to Karen Joy Fowler about the infamous Booth family
- 28 mins
- 20 Mar 2022
A life in books with Marlon JamesElizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.
- 28 mins
- 13 Mar 2022
The Power of Language: Audrey Magee, short stories from Afghanistan and IndiaElizabeth Day talks to Audrey Magee about her latest novel The Colony.
- 28 mins
- 27 Feb 2022
A love story from Trinidad; Toni Morrison's only short storyAyanna Lloyd Banwo talks to Johny Pitts about her debut novel, When We Were Birds
- 28 mins
- 20 Feb 2022
The ‘new boom’ of feminist Spanish-language literatureWe meet the new wave of Spanish and Latin American writers who are breaking with the past.
- 28 mins
- 13 Feb 2022
Gary Shteyngart's tragicomedy set in lockdown; A new collection exploring South Asian identityJohny Pitts speaks to author Gary Shteyngart about his new novel, Our Country Friends.
- 28 mins
- 30 Jan 2022
Free Love, Richard Beard on Time, Bookshops as Social SpacesElizabeth Day speaks to Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love.
- 28 mins
- 23 Jan 2022
Open Book's guide to UlyssesA guide to reading James Joyce's Ulysses from those who understand it best
- 28 mins
- 16 Jan 2022
Life in a parallel New York with Hanya Yanagihara: Book highlights for Spring 2022Hanya Yanagihara speaks to Chris Power about her new book, To Paradise.
- 28 mins
- 09 Jan 2022