Linda Grant, Xiaolu Guo and Alice Vincent

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Octavia Bright discusses Granta's once in a decade list of new writing talent

Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight

The author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series, Donna Leon, is joined by writer-entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan and the presenter Harriett Gilbert.

Donna has chosen a book by an author she greatly admires, Ross MacDonald, who she read before she became a writer herself. His 1971 noir novel, The Underground Man, follows a detective as he tries to track down a missing child, whilst a mysterious fire rages through the hills of Southern California. Margaret loves Butcher's Crossing, the lesser-known book by John Williams, the author of Stoner. Set in 1871, this is about a young Harvard drop-out who heads out into the American West to discover a new way of living and which Margaret describes as an 'anti-Western' novel. Meanwhile Harriett's choice is A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam, which follows a mother's struggle to protect her children as Bangladesh fights for independence.

Produced by Eliza Lomas.

Chris Power discusses the last novel from the late Spanish writer Javier Marías.

Author Katherine May and poet Liz Berry talk about their favourite books with Harriett.

Eleanor Catton talks to Chris Power about her new eco-thriller, Birnam Wood