Elizabeth Strout's new novel My Name is Lucy Barton is a moving meditation on motherhood, memory and overcoming a difficult past. The writer talks to Mariella Frostrup about her inspiration for the book, and her brief career as a stand-up comic.

Kevin Jackson joins Mariella to review a new graphic novel version of Proust's In Search of Lost Time and the new director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival talks about her ambitions for the event. Show less