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Talking BooksEpisodes

  1. Edinburgh Festival 2019: Arne Dahl

    Kirsty Wark talks to award-winning author Arne Dahl.

  2. Edinburgh Festival 2019: Jing-Jing Lee

    Kirsty Wark talks to author Jing-Jing Lee about her critically acclaimed novel.

  3. T Geronimo Johnson

    Kirsty Wark talks to American author T Geronimo Johnson.

  4. Dame Hilary Mantel

    Author Dame Hilary Mantel is in conversation with Rebecca Jones for Talking Books.

  5. Preeti Shenoy

    Rebecca Jones meets India's top-selling female author, Preeti Shenoy.

  6. Roddy Doyle

    Booker Prize-winning Irish author Roddy Doyle meets BBC Arts Correspondent Rebecca Jones.

  8. Dervla Murphy

    Rajan Datar speaks to Dervla Murphy.

  9. Colin Thubron

    Colin Thubron speaks to Rajan Datar about his life and work.

  10. Michael Palin

    Michael Palin talks to Rajan Datar about his career in travel broadcasting.

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    The UK's bestselling and critically acclaimed authors talk to Razia Iqbal about their new

  14. Khaled Hosseini

    Khaled Hosseini talks to Razia Iqbal about how he feels compelled to tell stories.

  15. Jhumpa Lahiri

    In this Man Booker special Talking Books interviews Jhumpa Lahiri.

  16. Margaret Atwood

    One of the world's leading female authors Margaret Atwood discusses her career.

  17. Elif Shafak

    Turkey's bestselling female author Elif Shafak talks to Razia Iqbal.

  18. Alan Hollinghurst

    Novelist Alan Hollinghurst speaks to Razia Iqbal about his career to date.

  19. Hanif Kureishi

    Hanif Kureishi discusses how he taps into the experiences of family in pursuit of his art.

  20. Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo talks to Razia Iqbal about his passion for storytelling.

  21. Andrea Levy

    Andrea Levy talks about writing after the major success of her fourth novel Small Island.

  22. Caryl Phillips

    Caryl Phillips talks about his experiences of racial prejudice at university.

  23. Michael Frayn

    Michael Frayn talks to Gavin Esler about why he wants to make his readers laugh.

  24. Tracy Chevalier

    Tracy Chevalier discusses why hands-on research is vital to her as a writer.

  25. Aminatta Forna

    Aminatta Forna talks about her focus on countries that have experienced conflict.

  26. Mohsin Hamid

    Mohsin Hamid tells Razia Iqbal why he is passionate about the role of fiction in culture.

  27. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks to Razia Iqbal.