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Mariella Frostrup talks to French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani whose book Lullaby caused a sensation in France. Show more
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Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist William Sutcliffe, who discusses his new novel Whatever Makes You Happy and explains his fascination with men who refuse to grow up. Show more
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Jenny Erpenbeck talks to Octavia Bright about her novel Kairos and discuses Siblings by Brigitte Reimann with translator Lucy Jones Show more
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Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine - a father and son road trip across America. Show more
Cases to baffle and intrigue. What to expect from BBC Radio 4 and 4 Extra’s treasure trove of murder mysteries. Available only on BBC Sounds.
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Johny Pitts speaks to Megan Nolan about her new novel, Ordinary Human Failings. Plus Vaseem Khan and Laura Wilson give their tips on crime fiction to read this summer. Show more
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Chris Power talks to Anna Funder, Adam Biles and Sandra Newman, the authors of three recent books that reframe George Orwell's often contradictory life and work in different ways. Show more
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Elizabeth Day talks to the novelist Zadie Smith about her first historical novel, The Fraud, set in Victorian London. Show more
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News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End. Show more
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Mariella talks to Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark about their collaboration Three Little Monkeys as part of #lovetoread. Brit Bennett discusses her debut The Mothers. Show more
28 minutes
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Drabble about her new novel The Dark Flood Rises. Show more
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book, A Horse Walks into a Bar, which is set during one evening in a stand-up comedy club. Show more
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Two great Australian writers, Helen Garner and Charlotte Wood, talk about their writing process, their latest books and combining writing fact with fiction. Show more
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South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel Nineveh, the story of a humane pest controller. Show more
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Mariella Frostrup looks at the life and work of Shirley Jackson with her biographer, Ruth Franklin, and literary fan Andrew Michael Hurley. Show more
28 minutes
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A special edition of Open Book - literary postcards from around the world. Show more
28 minutes
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News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Show more
28 minutes
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Tessa Hadley's new stories; Kitty Aldridge and Esther Freud's creative partnership; how writers explore the bonds between women; and the literature of the Russian Revolution. Show more
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Presented by Mariella Frostrup. Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella about her debut novel Homegoing, a tale of two sisters with strikingly different destinies. Show more
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Joanna Trollope talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel City of Friends, which explores working life through the lens of four highly successful career women. Show more
