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Talking BooksEpisodes

  1. Anne Enright

    Ireland’s first Laureate for Fiction Anne Enright on love, sex, secrets and Irish history

  2. Yuval Noah Harari

    Yuval Noah Harari on his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

  3. Kazuo Ishiguro

    A conversation with author Kazuo Ishiguro in front of an audience at Hay Festival, Wales

  4. Germaine Greer - Author

    A conversation with Germaine Greer at the Hay Festival in Wales in front of an audience

  5. Hay Festival 2019: Nicci Gerrard

    Writer Nicci Gerrard talks to George Alagiah about her latest book on dementia

  6. Hay Festival 2019: Kapka Kassabova

    Novelist and poet Kapka Kassabova talks about growing up behind the Iron Curtain

  7. Hay Festival 2019: Fatima Bhutto

    Fatima Bhutto talks to George Alagiah about how politics and tragedy shaped her writing

  8. T. Geronimo Johnson

    Kirsty Wark talks to author and academic T. Geronimo Johnson

  9. Asne Seierstad

    Norwegian author Åsne Seierstad is renowned for her accounts of daily life in war zones

  10. Anuradha Roy

    Indian writer and publisher Anuradha Roy on her novel An Atlas of Impossible Longing

  11. Alexander McCall Smith

    Writer Alexander McCall Smith on creating The Number 1. Ladies’ Detective Agency

  12. Tim Winton - Author

    Australian author Tim Winton on what drives him and his literary career

  13. Elizabeth Strout - Author

    Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout on what drives her and her literary career

  14. Sebastian Barry

    Author Sebastian Barry on his writing career and latest novel Days Without End

  15. Adhaf Soueif

    Renowned authors from around the world on what drives their work and their literary life

  16. Lionel Shriver

    The author talks about her novels We Need to Talk about Kevin, and The Mandibles

  17. Author Peter Carey

    Author Peter Carey on his novels and issues with privacy

  18. Author Tahmima Anam

    Author Tahmima Anam on her first novel , A Golden Age, about Bangladesh's Liberation war

  19. Author Marlon James

    Jamaican-born author Marlon James on his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings

  20. Jung Chang

    The author on the imperial concubine, Cixi, who ruled China for half a century

  21. Karl Ove Knausgaard

    Karl Ove Knausgaard and what motivated him to expose intimate details of his life

  22. Toni Morrison

    "Our story... That wasn't anywhere" author Toni Morrison on African American literature

  23. Kamila Shamsie

    The novelist talks about the themes of loyalty and belonging

  24. Mohammed Hanif

    On writing about minorities, contradictions in society and making his readers laugh

  25. Michael Frayn

    Playwright and novelist Michael Frayn on why he wants to make his readers laugh

  26. Tracy Chevalier

    Historical novelist Tracy Chevalier on why she wants to bring the past to life

  27. Aminatta Forna

    Why author Aminatta Forna is drawn to the topics of betrayal, love and loss

  28. Mohsin Hamid

    Award-winning Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid on his passion for fiction

  29. Paul Auster

    Razia Iqbal talks to US author Paul Auster about his work, and his book Winter Journal.

  30. Joyce Carol Oates

    The prolific writer and academic Joyce Carol Oates on how she finds work rewarding

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