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10/04/2011
Mariella Frostrup talks to Orange prize nominee Jennifer Egan.
17/04/2011
Mariella Frostrup talks to former journalist Annalena McAfee about her novel The Spoiler.
Edward St Aubyn
Mariella Frostrup in extended conversation with the novelist Edward St Aubyn.
08/05/2011
Mariella Frostrup talks to Booker winning author Anne Enright about her new novel.
15/05/2011
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelists Eoin Colfer and John Boyne about their new novels.
Frederick Forsyth, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Literary Salons in Afghanistan
Mariella Frostrup talks to Frederick Forsyth, author of The Day of the Jackal.
29/05/2011
Mariella Frostrup celebrates a renaissance in historical fiction writing.
Amitav Ghosh and Alexander Baron rediscovered
Amitav Ghosh discusses River of Smoke, the second instalment in his Ibis Trilogy.
Margaret Drabble, Helen Oyeyemi and Beach Reads
Margaret Drabble on her short story collection, Helen Oyeyemi on Mr Fox, and Beach Reads.
26/06/2011
Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Black, alias John Banville, about A Death in Summer.
Anne Enright, Bite Sized Classics, and the Pulitzer Prize
Mariella Frostrup talks to Anne Enright about her new novel The Gathering.
Peter Carey
Double Booker prize winner Peter Carey talks about his novel Theft: A Love Story.
Sophie Kinsella, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, and Stef Penney
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Sophie Kinsella.
Part one of a history of women's writing, A Book of One's Own
Mariella Frostrup and part one of her history of women's writing, A Book of One's Own.
Al Murray on Thackeray, and a History of Women's Writing Part Two
Comedian Al Murray on William Thackeray, and part two of A History of Women's Writing.
A History of Women's Writing Part Three; Has Crime Writing Become Too Gory?
Has crime writing has become too gory? And the history of women's writing series continues
31/07/2011
Mariella Frostrup and the final part of her history of women's writing.
14/08/2011
Dreda Say Mitchell talks to Ruth Rendell about Vault, her 23rd Inspector Wexford novel.
21/08/2011
DJ Taylor talks to Joe Dunthorne, the author of Submarine, about his novel Wild Abandon.
28/08/2011
DJ Taylor talks to the Booker Prize-winning novelist Barry Unsworth.
Mariella Frostrup talks to authors Meg Rosoff and Christopher Hope
Mariella Frostrup celebrates books, authors and the world of the written word.
Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain, discusses his latest book Nightwoods with Mariella Frostrup
Open Book marks the 50th anniversary of Catch 22 and the role of the writer-in-residence
Robert Harris discusses his latest novel The Fear Index
Robert Harris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his book The Fear Index.
Ian Rankin discusses The Impossible Dead with Mariella Frostrup
Ian Rankin talks to Mariella Frostrup about his latest crime novel The Impossible Dead.
23/10/2011
Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Atwood about her new book In Other Worlds.
Victoria Hislop talks about her new novel The Thread
Victoria Hislop on her novel The Thread and crime writing Roslund and Hellstrom style.
13/11/2011
Mariella Frostrup launches Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers.
20/11/2011
Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers.
27/11/2011
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