Damian Barr speaks to Armistead Maupin, Josie Long and Andrew Cotter, and the Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group rate Scottish classic Trainspotting. Show more

Damian Barr talks crime, murder and mayhem with writers Alan Johnson, Ian Rankin and Alan Parks. Show more

Damian Barr chats to guests Charlie Higson, Ian Rankin and Bethan Roberts, and crime fans at the Bloody Scotland festival give their thoughts on Scottish classic Laidlaw. Show more

Damian Barr delves into the past with guests Kate Mosse, Kirsty Wark and Graeme Macrae Burnet, and there is poetry from Andrés Nicolás Ordorica. Show more

Damian Barr explores the ‘pure gallus’ characters in the work of Jojo Moyes, Dustin Lance Black and Kirstin Innes, and there is poetry from Jenny Lindsay. Show more

Damian Barr and guests Bernard MacLaverty, Val McDermid and Kit de Waal talk short stories which reveal whole worlds. Show more

Damian Barr is at Lanark Memorial Hall with Neil Gaiman, Kirsty Logan, Dr Gavin Francis, and there is poetry from Harry Josephine Giles. Show more

Damian Barr looks at memoirs, with guests Janey Godley, Lemn Sissay and Alexandra Heminsley discussing their own very personal stories. There is also poetry from Janette Ayachi. Show more

Damian Barr is at Lanark Memorial Hall with guests Val McDermid, Richard Osman and Professor Dame Sue Black, and there is poetry from Iona Lee. Show more

Damian Barr goes back to nature with guests Kathleen Jamie, Amanda Thomson and Luke Turner, and there is poetry from Heather H Yeung. Show more

Damian Barr discusses class with writers Jessica Fellowes, Paul McVeigh and Graeme Armstrong, and there is poetry from Courtney Stoddart. Show more

Damian Barr is joined by guests Louise Welsh, Sarah Perry and James Robertson. Show more

Damian Barr talks travel with guests Monisha Rajesh, Cal Flyn and Alan Warner, and there is poetry from Michael Pedersen. Show more

Damian Barr discusses family secrets with guests Andrew O'Hagan, Juno Dawson and Sathnam Sanghera, and there is poetry from Nadine Aisha Jassat. Show more

Damian Barr discusses the power of stories with guests Bryony Gordon, Mohsin Zaidi and Darren McGarvey. Show more

Damian Barr talks families with guests Bobby Gillespie, Kirsty Capes and Séamas O’Reilly. Show more

Damian Barr looks at the stories we tell about ourselves, as guests Miriam Margolyes, Jackie Kay and Pete Paphides discuss their memoirs. Show more

Damian Barr is joined by Ian Rankin, Sara Collins and Ambrose Parry - aka Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman - and there is poetry from Richard Scott. Show more

Damian Barr is joined by writers Rhik Samadder, Janice Galloway and Maggie O’Farrell, with poetry from Andrew McMillan. Show more

Damian Barr is in Helensburgh talking funny with novelists John Niven, David Nicholls and Marian Keyes, and there is performance from short story writer Chris McQueer. Show more