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Hay Festival 2017: Writing history with Sebastian Barry, Jake Arnott, Madeleine Thien
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Sarah Dillon chairs a discussion from 2017's Hay Festival in which three authors of historical novels explore the way research and family history have informed their fiction. Show more
Free Thinking
Muriel Spark, Digital Life, Diversity in British Poetry
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Rana Mitter is joined by New Generation Thinkers. With Laurence Scott on digital living, Sarah Dillon on Muriel Spark and Sandeep Parmar on diversity in modern British poetry. Show more
Open Book
A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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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
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Being a Man: David Szalay and Ted Hodgkinson
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning writer David Szalay about All That Man Is, his new collection which explores what it is to be a man in the 21st century. Show more
Open Book
Annie Proulx; Close Reading: Beloved by Toni Morrison; Graham Greene's The Third Man
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Annie Proulx about her new novel, Barkskins, an epic work that spans over 300 years. Show more
Open Book
Janice YK Lee
28 minutes
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Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling author Janice YK Lee, and Dr Sarah Dillon explores the comic genius of Stella Gibbons in Cold Comfort Farm. Show more
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Javier Marias on Thus Bad Begins
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning Spanish novelist Javier Marias, whose latest book, Thus Bad Begins, is an intimate portrait of a marriage. Show more
Open Book
Open Book: Why We Read
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss why people read and the pleasure that this strange and solitary activity has given millions. Show more
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Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread
28 minutes
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Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread, Elizabeth Harrower on publishing again after four decades and a close reading of Muriel Spark's manipulative Miss Jean Brodie. Show more
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on her novel Dust
28 minutes
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Mariella Frostrup is joined by author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, who discusses her acclaimed debut novel Dust. Show more
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Ryan Gattis on All Involved
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Ryan Gattis talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel All Involved, and Dr Sarah Dillon dissects Ian McEwan's Enduring Love, plus news from Kuwait and hen night novels. Show more
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Graham Norton, Close reading Henry James, Michelle Paver on the Himalayas
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Graham Norton about his debut novel, Holding. Michelle Paver and Robert Twigger discuss how the awe-inspiring Himalayas inspired both of their new books. Show more