The Book Café
21/12/2009
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Join Clare English for a literary treat with new writing and favourite authors.
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The Book Café
12/12/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Author Carey Morning joins Clare and two parents to examine the resilience of the Nativity Story. Show more
The Book Café
1 to 1 Janice Galloway
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Janice Galloway discusses her second volume of memoirs All Made Up with Clare English in a session recorded at the Portobello Book Festival near Edinburgh. Show more
The Book Café
10/05/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
We discuss passion, literary collaboration and betrayal with Daisy Hay, the author of a new biography about Shelley and Byron. Show more
The Book Café
04/01/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Clare English has all the names to watch out for in 2010, plus John Burnside joins her to talk about Waking Up in Toytown, the sequel to his successful memoir A Lie About My Father.
The Book Café
05/04/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
A first-time author at the age of 90, Alistair Urquhart talks about what it means to him to have written the best-selling non-fiction book in the UK last week.
The Book Café
14/02/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Chris Kane talks to Paul Torday, author of the bestseller Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Show more
The Book Café
22/03/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
George Pelecanos is a writer on US drama The Wire and a successful crime novelist. He tells The Book Cafe about basing his new novel on his own experiences of crime and violence.
The Book Café
07/02/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
One of the best-loved children's authors, Jacqueline Wilson discusses the cuts facing British libraries and why she thinks some adults are wary of giving her books to children. Show more
The Book Café
22/11/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin discusses the long-awaited next novel in the series, Mary Ann in Autumn, and explains his 30-year fascination with the same characters. Show more
The Book Café
05/09/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Clare talks to Tam Dalyell, Alan Bissett and Gerry Hassan and gets some hot tips for the Booker prize from Stuart Kelly, plus we find out how literary speed dating works. Show more
The Book Café
14/03/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
How a Scottish novel became an ebook sensation weeks before its print debut. Show more
The Book Café
25/01/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Clare English talks to writer and Holocaust survivor Thomas Buergenthal, and Ewen McCaig, son of poet Norman MacCaig, discusses the latest collection of his father's work.
The Book Café
07/03/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Hanif Kureishi tries to convince us of the joys of reading essay collections. Show more
The Book Café
19/07/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
As Westminster's reaction to Peter Mandelson's The Third Man continues to make headlines, we discuss the art of writing a political memoir. Show more
The Book Café
02/11/2009
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Join Clare English for a literary treat with new writing and favourite authors.
The Book Café
19/09/2011
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller's retelling of Homer's Iliad, has been tipped to do for the Greek classics what Brokeback Mountain did for cowboys. Clare English finds out more. Show more
The Book Café
10/01/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
Join Clare English for a literary treat with new writing and favourite authors.
The Book Café
11/01/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
AS Byatt joins us to talk about her dark and beautiful Man Booker prize short-listed novel The Children's Book.
The Book Café
14/06/2010
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands
If you love fiction, join Clare English for a literary treat with new writing and favourite authors.