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Spring Special: Bookshops Reopen, Naomi Ishiguro, Clearing out books

Johny Pitts visits his local bookshop and talks to Naomi Ishiguro about her debut novel.

• 28 mins
• 11 Apr 2021

Claire Fuller & Karla Neblett; Elizabeth Bowen; Katherine Heiny

Claire Fuller and Karla Neblett discuss their novels Unsettled Ground and King of Rabbits.

• 28 mins
• 28 Mar 2021

Fiona Mozley, Jane Smiley, American working class novels with Jess Walter and Kristin Hannah

Elizabeth Day talks to Fiona Mozley about her second novel, Hot Stew.

• 28 mins
• 21 Mar 2021

Viet Thanh Nguyen; Lanark at 40; Costume and Power

Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed

• 28 mins
• 14 Mar 2021

Mary Lawson

Elizabeth Day talks to Mary Lawson

• 28 mins
• 28 Feb 2021

Caleb Azumah Nelson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Black Britain: Writing Back

Johny Pitts talks to Caleb Azumah Nelson about Open Water, his hotly anticipated debut.

• 28 mins
• 21 Feb 2021

Ethan Hawke

Elizabeth Day talks to actor Ethan Hawke about his new novel.

• 28 mins
• 14 Feb 2021

Richard Flanagan; How To Read Well; Editor's Tip

Johny Pitts talks to Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan.

• 28 mins
• 31 Jan 2021

Kate Mosse, Books on TV, Writing in prisons

Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears.

• 28 mins
• 24 Jan 2021

Raven Leilani

Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.

• 28 mins
• 17 Jan 2021

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.

• 28 mins
• 10 Jan 2021

Reading in 2020

In a year many would rather forget, Sara Collins asks what are the books worth remembering

• 28 mins
• 27 Dec 2020

The Joy of Dickens

The joy of Dickens: an exploration of his literary inventiveness and use of language.

• 28 mins
• 20 Dec 2020

Jonathan Lethem; Sylvia Townsend Warner; Edna O'Brien

Chris Power talks to Jonathan Lethem.

• 28 mins
• 13 Dec 2020

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.

• 28 mins
• 29 Nov 2020

Climate Change in Fiction; Carys Bray; Diana McCauay, Lucy Treloar

Johny Pitts asks how novelists and publishers are responding to environmental crisis.

• 28 mins
• 22 Nov 2020

Jonathan Coe, Radical Fairy Tales, Alex Wheatle

Chris Power talks to Jonathan Coe about bringing Billy Wilder to life in his new novel.

• 28 mins
• 15 Nov 2020

Rumaan Alam, Words and Photography, Bookshop.org

Johny Pitts talks to author Rumaan Alam about Leave The World Behind.

• 28 mins
• 08 Nov 2020

Hilary Mantel, Lee Child and Andrew Grant, Editor's Pick

Sara Collins talks to Hilary Mantel about her essay collection.

• 28 mins
• 25 Oct 2020

Armando Iannucci and John Mullan on Dickens; John Lanchester; new Black British writing

Johny Pitts celebrates Charles Dickens with Armando Iannucci and John Mullan.

• 28 mins
• 18 Oct 2020