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Bernard MacLaverty on a literary life

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Author Bernard MacLaverty talks about 50 years of writing, and what it's like to see his collected stories together in one volume for the first time. With Mariella Frostrup. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Bernard MacLaverty

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Bernard MacLaverty's first novel in 16 years is a profound examination of human love, loss and faith. Read by Frances Tomelty. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Bernard MacLaverty's first novel in 16 years is a profound examination of human love, loss and faith. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Stella and Gerry are on holiday in Amsterdam. Rather than doing them good, the break is exposing rifts in their 40-year marriage. Frances Tomelty reads Bernard MacLaverty's novel. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Stella is badly affected by a misunderstanding at the Anne Frank House. Frances Tomelty reads Bernard MacLaverty's novel. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

On the last day of the holiday, Stella returns to the Begijnhof for her meeting, leaving Gerry to pack. By Bernard MacLaverty, read by Frances Tomelty. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Gerry fears that Stella is hiding something from him. Frances Tomelty reads Bernard MacLaverty's novel. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

In Amsterdam for a long weekend, the growing tension between Stella and Gerry exposes cracks in their 40-year marriage. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Midwinter Break

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Gerry wrestles with long-buried memories of an upsetting incident from early in his marriage. Bernard MacLaverty's novel, read by Frances Tomelty. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

On holiday in Amsterdam, retired couple Stella and Gerry discover uncertainties between them. Read by Frances Tomelty. Show more

Front Row

Writer Bernard MacLaverty, Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, Riding the Mail Rail

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Nicholas Hytner chooses his Queer Icon; Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty on his first novel in 16 years, Midwinter Break; and Samira rides the Mail Rail. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest:
Bernard MacLaverty
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Dunn
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Stepney
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Bernard MacLaverty
Interviewed Guest:
Val McDermid
Interviewed Guest:
Kit de Waal
Interviewed Guest:
Bee Asha Singh
Series Producer:
Carlin Wallace
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law

Free Thinking

Bernard MacLaverty. Immigration. Christian destruction of Classical World

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

The Northern Irish author of Cal, Bernard MacLaverty, talks to Anne McElvoy about his novel Midwinter Break. Plus Clair Wills on her research into post-war immigration to Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Bernard MacLaverty
Interviewed Guest:
Clair Wills
Interviewed Guest:
Will Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Nixey