Radio 4 Collections: Author Interviews

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Bookclub

James Naughtie interviews the author of Half of a Yellow Sun, winner of the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Open Book

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks to Mariella Frostrup about her book Half of a Yellow Sun, set during the Nigerian-Biafran war.

Kate Atkinson - Woman's Hour

Jenni Murray talks to author Kate Atkinson about her novel Case Histories.

Margaret Atwood - Front Row

Mark Lawson talks to author Margaret Atwood about winning the Booker Prize for Fiction with her novel The Blind Assassin.

Margaret Atwood - Front Row

Mark Lawson talks to Margaret Atwood about fiction, feminism, the RSC's staging of her novel The Penelopiad, and her early experience as a puppeteer.

Alan Bennett - Front Row

The writer Alan Bennett talks about his life and work in the context of his book Untold Stories.

John le Carré - Front Row

The writer John le Carré reflects on the origins of his most famous character; the charismatic intelligence officer George Smiley.

Lee Child - Front Row

Mark Lawson talks to Lee Child about his World Book Night novel, Killing Floor.

Lee Child & Andrew Grant - Front Row

Lee Child and his brother Andrew Grant discuss competition, advice and how their reading habits have fed into their work.

Carol Ann Duffy - Bookclub

James Naughtie's guest is Carol Ann Duffy, one of the most widely read British poets, talking about her inventive and funny collection, The World's Wife.

Carol Ann Duffy - Woman's Hour

Carol Ann Duffy joins Jenni Murray to give her first interview as Poet Laureate.

Mark Haddon - Open Book

Mariella Frostrup talks to Mark Haddon about his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

Mark Haddon - A Good Read (book review)

Jo Brand and David Quantick talk to Sue Macgregor about Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

Seamus Heaney - Front Row

To mark his 70th birthday, poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney discusses his inspirations with Mark Lawson.

Marian Keyes - Open Book

Mariella Frostrup talks to Marian Keyes and other authors about the nature of 'Chick Lit'.

Ben Macintyre - Front Row

John Wilson talks to Ben Macintyre, author of Agent Zigzag about Eddie Chapman, a real-life double agent during World War II.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Front Row

Mark Lawson talks to Edith Grossman about her work as translator for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of Love in the Time of Cholera.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - A Good Read (book review)

Rosie Boycott talks to documentary filmmaker Roger Graef and Labour MP George Galloway about Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Yann Martel - Bookclub

James Naughtie talks to the Canadian writer Yann Martel about his novel Life of Pi.

Alexander Masters - Open Book

Alexander Masters, winner of the 2005 Guardian First Book Award, talks about Stuart: A Life Backwards.

Alexander Masters - A Good Read (book review)

Jon Snow and Christopher Frayling talk to Sue MacGregor about Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters.

David Mitchell - Bookclub

From the Hay Festival, James Naughtie talks to David Mitchell about Cloud Atlas, the novel that made him an overnight literary star.

Toni Morrison - Bookclub

James Naughtie talks to author Toni Morrison about her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Beloved.

Toni Morrison - A Good Read

Sue MacGregor talks to novelists Ian Rankin and Sadie Jones about Beloved by Toni Morrison.

David Nicholls - Front Row

Following the success of his 2004 novel Starter For Ten, writer David Nicholls discusses the TV-influenced structure he created for his third novel, One Day.

Philip Pullman - Bookclub

The author Philip Pullman discusses his fantasy novel Northern Lights with James Naughtie.

Erich Maria Remarque - A Good Read (book review)

Kate Mosse talks to singer Imelda May and poet John Hegley about All Quiet on the Western Front.

CJ Sansom - Bookclub

James Naughtie talks to the best-selling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution the first in his series of Tudor mysteries featuring the investigator Matthew Shardlake.

Nigel Slater - Front Row

John Wilson interviews Nigel Slater, author of Toast, which is included in the World Book Night list.

Nigel Slater - A Good Read (book review)

Sports presenter Clare Balding and music writer Andrew Collins discuss Toast by Nigel Slater with Sue MacGregor.

Muriel Spark - Front Row

In an extended interview, Mark Lawson talks to novelist Muriel Spark about a literary career that spans six decades.

Muriel Spark - Bookclub

James Naughtie and a group of readers are joined by Muriel Spark to discuss her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Muriel Spark - A Good Read (book review)

Sue MacGregor talks to Ian Rankin and Sadie Jones about The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.

Sarah Waters - Bookclub

Sarah Waters, creator of Victorian romps, joins James Naughtie to talk about Fingersmith, a gothic tale of crime, swapped identities and mysterious parentage.