A Good Read

Actress Sally Lindsay and playwright Jonathan Harvey join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Sue Townsend, Christopher Douglas and Angela Carter.

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

I, An Actor, by Nicholas Craig.

Wise Children by Angela Carter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017

Alan Hollinghurst on his new novel and Denise Mina and Max Porter discuss ghost stories.

Writers Toby Young and Sarah Vine join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Lionel Davidson, John Preston and Jan Morris.

Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson

A Very English Scandal by John Preston

Conundrum by Jan Morris

Producer: Sally Heaven

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.

Clare Messud on her latest novels and theatrical memoirs.

Helen Sedgwick discusses her new novel The Growing Season; Australian writers to watch.

Daryl Gregory discusses his latest novel Spoonbenders and a manual on being a writer

Kamila Shamsie and David Vann discuss their own interpretations of classic Greek myths.

Partition, Peter Stamm on his new novel and libraries in fiction

Fredrik Backman is an internationally bestselling author whose A Man Called Ove has sold more than 3 million copies. His new novel, The Scandal, is set in an isolated Swedish town where the future is looking bright, until one brutal act threatens that future prosperity. Fredrik Backman talks to Mariella Frostrup.

Tom Holland, Tracy Borman and Olivette Otele talk about who is writing history today.