Stav Sherez talks about his first book for Faber, A Black Monastery, a gripping thriller set on a hedonistic Greek island. A blistering portrait of Paradise gone wrong ...

In our first podcast of 2009 we talk to Graham Farmelo about The Strangest Man, his brilliant study of the extraordinary and eccentric quantum physicist Paul Dirac, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. We also talk to Sam Taylor about his third novel The Island at the End of the World, an exploration set in the near future of family, intrusion, love, truth and lies.

In an interview for the Faber website, Graham Farmelo discusses the genius of Paul Dirac, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century and an icon of modern thought, and reveals how Dirac inspired him to become a theoretical physicist.

Recorded in February 2009, Sam Taylor discusses his acclaimed third novel The Island at the End of the World, an exploration set in the near future of family, intrusion, love, truth and lies.

Our December 2008 podcast is a festive special. As consumption reaches its annual peak, Kathleen Burk and Michael Bywater, co-authors of Is This Bottle Corked?, share with us their love of wine and the stories wine inspires, and make us thirsty along the way.

In the sixth edition of the Faber Podcast, recorded before Barack Obama's victory at the polls, Paul Auster discusses his latest novel Man in the Dark, set in an America following a different course after a fictional, alternative 2000 Presidential Election result. We also speak to Nadeem Aslam about The Wasted Vigil and the brutal realities of Afghanistan's recent history.

Quintessential New Yorker Paul Auster discusses his new novel Man in the Dark (2008), set in a modern-day America but one which avoided the Bush years with a very different Election result in 2000.

Set in a modern-day Afghanistan, the dazzling new novel from Nadeem Aslam is a tale of family secrets, forbidden love and the tragedy and consequences of war. Nadeem Aslam here discusses the book, which puts a human face on the country's recent brutal history.

The White War is Mark Thompson's fascinating study of the forgotten Italian front during the First World War. For our latest podcast Thompson explores further the repercussions of the conflict on the Italian nation - psychological, cultural and political. We also speak to James Bradley about his gothic chiller The Resurrectionist and the grisly subjects of grave robbing and dissection.

James Bradley, author of The Resurrectionist, spoke to us about the Gothic chiller set in Victorian London, amidst a gruesome world of grave-robbing and human dissection. The Resurrectionist was a 'Richard & Judy Read' and is not a novel for those readers with a sensitive disposition.