Siri Hustvedt, Witches in Fiction, British Library's Erotica Collection

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Booker nominated author Siri Hustvedt discusses Memories of the Future, a new novel disguised as a memoir by a writer called SH. Why are witches casting a spell over contemporary fiction? Stacey Halls, author of the best-selling The Familiars and Marion Gibson of Exeter University discuss. The Palestinian Icelandic author Mazen Maarouf has just been nominated for the International Booker Prize for his short story collection Jokes for the Gunmen. He writes Open Book a literary postcard from his adopted hometown of Reykjavik. As The British Library digitises its Private Case Collection of sexually explicit material, writer Saskia Vogel and curator Maddy Smith join Mariella to take a look at some of the highlights.