Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War

Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten

Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia

Juliet not Romeo

Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto

Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'

Much ado about characters

Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'

Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing

Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character

Thomas Keneally on Oskar Schindler

Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful