Talking BooksSeries 1Episodes Episode guide
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Colm Toibin
14/14Razia Iqbal talks to Colm Toibin about the influence of the great Irish writers.
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Rose Tremain
13/14Rose Tremain discusses her work, her ideas and being an author in the 21st century.
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Tony Harrison
12/14Featuring Tony Harrison, who has been described as the 'alternative poet laureate'.
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Salman Rushdie
11/14Sir Salman Rushdie tells Razia Iqbal why he wrote his new book for his second son, Milan.
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Jonathan Franzen
10/14Razia Iqbal discusses Jonathan Franzen's new novel 'Freedom'.
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Michael Morpugo
9/14Michael Morpurgo explains why his books for children tackle war, loss and injustice.
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Robert Harris
8/14Razia Iqbal asks Robert Harris how much the New Labour era has informed his work.
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David Grossman
7/14Razia Iqbal talks to Israeli writer David Grossman about his book To The End of the Land.
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PD James
6/14Razia Iqbal asks PD James about the complexities of writing crime novels.
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Victoria Hislop
5/14Victoria Hislop talks to Razia Iqbal about her work.
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Andrea Levy
4/14Andrea Levy tells Razia Iqbal about the pressures of writing another book.
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Hanif Kureishi
3/14Hanif Kureishi talks to Razia Iqbal about his recently published collected short stories.
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Philip Pullman
2/14Razia Iqbal talks to Philip Pullman about his radical reworking of the Bible stories.
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Ian McEwan
1/14Razia Iqbal asks Ian McEwan about how he copes with being seen as our national novelist.




