The World of Writers

Step into the magical world of Narnia with CS Lewis's beloved fantasy classic.

Monica Dolan gives a captivating reading of Jane Austen’s much-loved novel.

Shakespeare arrives in London, a hotbed of violence, and writes his bloodiest play.

How Laurie Lee blended fact and fiction in his elegy to a disappeared rural world.

Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie’s haunted early life, revealing some secrets.

'Queen of Crime' Val McDermid reveals the real-life trauma that made her become an author.

The Trainspotting author talks about the book's sequel and addiction in today's world.

A look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation Sherlock Holmes.

Bidisha revisits Charlotte Bronte's classic novel after first reading it as a teenager.

A profile of writer and former children's laureate Malorie Blackman.

Alan Yentob explores the life and work of Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo.

A revealing profile of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.

Best-selling novelist Dame Jilly Cooper candidly reflects on her life and work.

Special event celebrating children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

David Olusoga looks at how African novelists became the conscience of their continent.

Salman Rushdie speaks about the devastating knife attack he was subjected to in 2022.

Profile of best-selling author Len Deighton, creator the Harry Palmer thriller series.

Hanif Kureishi explores his life and career using personal archive footage and his films.

Helen Fielding tells the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be.

Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.

Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin.

Nigel Williams trace the origins of Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe.

Docudrama that creates a fascinating comparison of two iconic 20th-century writers.

A film from 1971 about writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon and the countryside where he grew up.