Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica

The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’

Thomas Keneally on the genesis of Napoleon’s Last Island

Billy Bragg performs Brickbat

Malorie Blackman's life lesson

Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful

Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet

Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream

Susan Calman on growing up gay

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet

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

Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script