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Open Book

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

Radio 4,719 episodes

Episodes

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Books to Read and Re-Read
Johny Pitts and Chris Power celebrate books to read and re-read.
13 Oct 2024,28 mins
Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst speaks to Chris Power about his new novel, Our Evenings.
29 Sep 2024,28 mins
Rachel Kushner
Rachel Kushner speaks to Octavia Bright about her Booker shortlisted novel, Creation Lake.
22 Sep 2024,28 mins
Matt Haig
Matt Haig speaks to Johny Pitts about his new book, The Life Impossible.
15 Sep 2024,28 mins
Graham Norton
Graham Norton speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Frankie.
08 Sep 2024,28 mins
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak talks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, There Are Rivers in the Sky.
25 Aug 2024,28 mins
Evie Wyld
Evie Wyld talks to Johny Pitts about her new novel, The Echoes.
18 Aug 2024,28 mins
Lauren Elkin
Lauren Elkin speaks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, Scaffolding.
11 Aug 2024,28 mins
Benjamin Myers
Ben Myers' new novel, and the Children's Laureate joins presenter Horatio Clare.
28 Jul 2024,28 mins
Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie talks to Johny Pitts about her new book, Curandera.
21 Jul 2024,28 mins
Garth Risk Hallberg
Johny Pitts speaks to Garth Risk Hallberg about his new novel, The Second Coming.
14 Jul 2024,28 mins
Rita Bullwinkel
Johny Pitts speaks to Rita Bullwinkel about her debut novel, Headshot.
30 Jun 2024,28 mins
A Passage to India
Revisiting A Passage to India 100 years on.
23 Jun 2024,28 mins
Kevin Barry
Johny Pitts talks to Kevin Barry about his new novel, The Heart in Winter.
16 Jun 2024,28 mins
Claire Messud
Claire Messud talks to Shahidha Bari about her new book, This Strange Eventful History.
10 Jun 2024,28 mins
Maggie Nelson
Octavia Bright talks to Maggie Nelson about Like Love.
26 May 2024,28 mins
Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry talks to Shahidha Bari about her new book, Enlightenment.
19 May 2024,28 mins
Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru speaks to Shahidha Bari about his new novel, Blue Ruin.
12 May 2024,28 mins
Sunjeev Sahota
Alex Clark talks to Sunjeev Sahota about his new novel, The Spoiled Heart.
28 Apr 2024,28 mins
Sinéad Gleeson
Sinéad Gleeson talks to Octavia Bright about her new novel, Hagstone.
21 Apr 2024,28 mins
Percival Everett
Percival Everett talks about his new novel, James, a retelling of Huckleberry Finn.
14 Apr 2024,28 mins
Andrew O'Hagan and Helen Garner
Alex Clark talks to Andrew O'Hagan about his new novel, Caledonian Road.
31 Mar 2024,28 mins
Carys Davies
Johny Pitts talks to Carys Davies about her new novel, Clear.
24 Mar 2024,28 mins
Jonathan Buckley, Lit Crit and David Baddiel
Alex Clark speaks to Jonathan Buckley about his novel Tell.
17 Mar 2024,28 mins
Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier: Double Exposure
10 Mar 2024,28 mins
Kate Davies
Kate Davies talks to Chris Power.
25 Feb 2024,28 mins
Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti on her new experimental book, Alphabetical Diaries.
18 Feb 2024,28 mins
Madeleine Grey
Madeleine Grey speaks to Johny Pitts about her novel, Green Dot.
11 Feb 2024,28 mins
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Day.
28 Jan 2024,28 mins
Gerald Murnane
In a rare radio interview, the Australian writer Gerald Murnane talks to Chris Power.
21 Jan 2024,28 mins