
Open Book
Raven Leilani
Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.
- 28 mins
- 17 Jan 2021
Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics
Raven Leilani
Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.
Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.
Reading in 2020
In a year many would rather forget, Sara Collins asks what are the books worth remembering
The Joy of Dickens
The joy of Dickens: an exploration of his literary inventiveness and use of language.
Jonathan Lethem; Sylvia Townsend Warner; Edna O'Brien
Chris Power talks to Jonathan Lethem.
Jenny Erpenbeck, Margaret Atwood on a classic dystopia, Paintings in fiction
Chris Power talks to Jenny Erpenbeck about her new non-fiction collection, Not A Novel.
Climate Change in Fiction; Carys Bray; Diana McCauley, Lucy Treloar
Johny Pits asks how novelists and publishers are responding to environmental crisis.
Jonathan Coe, Radical Fairy Tales, Alex Wheatle
Chris Power talks to Jonathan Coe about bringing Billy Wilder to life in his new novel.
Rumaan Alam, Words and Photography, Bookshop.org
Johny Pitts talks to author Rumaan Alam about Leave The World Behind.
Hilary Mantel, Lee Child and Andrew Grant, Editor's Pick
Sara Collins talks to Hilary Mantel about her essay collection.
Armando Iannucci and John Mullan on Dickens; John Lanchester; new Black British writing
Johny Pitts celebrates Charles Dickens with Armando Iannucci and John Mullan.
Jennifer Makumbi, New Dutch Writing, Barbara Kingsolver and Wild Swimming in literature
Chris Power talks to Ugandan writer Jennifer Makumbi about her new novel The First Woman.
Martin Amis
Elizabeth Day talks to Martin Amis.
Rose Tremain; Science in Fiction
Chris Power talks to distinguished novelist Rose Tremain.
Donal Ryan, Libraries in Fiction, Campus Novels
Sathnam Sanghera talks to Donal Ryan about his novel Strange Flowers.
Sarah Moss
Sara Collins speaks to author and academic Sarah Moss.
The novels of PD James; Akwaeke Emezi
Johny Pitts looks at the life and work of crime novelist PD James.
Carys Davies; Yiyun Li; Chinese writing
Chris Power talks to novelist Carys Davies about her new book The Mission House
Kate Grenville, Beryl Bainbridge, Narrative Voices
Sara Collins talks to Kate Grenville about her new novel A Room Made of Leaves.
Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day talks to Eley Williams about her new book, The Liar's Dictionary.