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Kate Tempest

Rapper, poet and playwright Kate Tempset talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel.

• 28 mins

Barney Norris

Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn tell Mariella Frostrup about the enduring appeal of Cervantes

• 28 mins

Being a Man: David Szalay and Ted Hodgkinson

Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning writer David Szalay about All That Man Is.

• 28 mins

Allan Ahlberg

Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated author Allan Ahlberg, creator of The Jolly Postman.

• 28 mins

Anthony Cartwright, Award-winning Andrew Michael Hurley, The joy of Teffi, Literary news from Nigeria

Mariella Frostrup talks to author Anthony Cartwright about his book Iron Towns.

• 28 mins

Kit de Waal, Researching novels, Counter-factual fiction.

Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal about her novel My Name Is Leon.

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Colombian literary superstar Juan Gabriel Vasquez, new stories by Radclyffe Hall, creative non-fiction from African writers

Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez.

• 28 mins

Historical Fiction

Mariella Frostrup talks to Icelandic novelist Sjon.

• 28 mins

Annie Proulx; Close Reading: Beloved by Toni Morrison; Graham Greene's The Third Man

Mariella Frostrup talks to Annie Proulx about her new novel, Barkskins.

• 28 mins

Ruth Gilligan, Vietnam novels, Kenneth Baker

Ruth Gilligan talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan.

• 28 mins

Writing From Wales, a special programme recorded at Cardiff Library.

Mariella Frostrup explores contemporary literature from Wales.

• 28 mins

Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai

Mariella Frostrup presents a special programme celebrating children's literature.

• 28 mins

Evelyn Waugh, DBC Pierre, a literary postcard from Sweden

Open Book offers a guide to the works of Evelyn Waugh, as a new biography comes out.

• 30 mins

Reading Europe: Italy

Mariella Frostrup presents a programme exploring contemporary literature from Italy.

• 28 mins

Colin Thubron

Colin Thubron talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Night of Fire.

• 28 mins

Edinburgh Special: Raja Alem and Richard T Kelly

Politics and fiction: a special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh Book Festival.

• 28 mins

Crime Writing: Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee and Lucy Ribchester

A special edition of Open Book from Edinburgh, devoted to crime writing.

• 28 mins

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.

• 28 mins

Donal Ryan, Reader's Guide to Elizabeth Jane Howard

Mariella Frostrup talks to Irish novelist Donal Ryan about his new novel All We Shall Know

• 28 mins

Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf

Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on their new collection of short stories Sex and Death.

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Tommy Wieringa, Flemish and Dutch literature, Fashion in fiction, Stewart Lee on Ithell Colquhoun

Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa talks to Mariella Frostrup.

• 28 mins

Graham Norton, Close reading Henry James, Michelle Paver on the Himalayas

Graham Norton talks to Mariella Frostrup about his debut novel, Holding.

• 28 mins

Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka

Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End.

• 28 mins

Brit Bennett, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake

Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark on their collaboration, Three Little Monkeys.

• 28 mins

Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands

Margaret Drabble on her new novel.

• 28 mins

David Grossman and Steve McCurry

Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book.

• 28 mins

Writers Helen Garner and Charlotte Wood, Authors' manuscripts, Chris Cleave, The history of audio books

Charlotte Wood and Helen Garner.

• 28 mins

Henrietta Rose-Innes, Literary heroes, Shusaku Endo and silence

Writer Henrietta Rose-Innes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel Nineveh.

• 28 mins

A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson

Mariella Frostrup and guests look at the life and work of Shirley Jackson.

• 28 mins

Literary Postcards

A special edition of Open Book - literary postcards from around the world.

• 28 mins