Talking Books

Susan talks about "The Mythology of Work" with Professor Peter Fleming before looking at the life of the controversial poetic genius Philip Larkin with James Booth

Susan talks with biographer Jay Parini about his close relationship with Gore Vidal and his biography of this enigmatic and divisive public intellectual

Susan revisits her discussion on the great Southern dramatist, Tennesse Williams, with John Lahr before delving into the history of Blue Note Records with Richard Havers.

From the ISLA Literary Festival Susan talks with novelist Carlos Gamerro about Argentina's dirty history while Mexican writer Juan Pablo Villalobos looks at the drug war

Susan talks with Eoin McNamee about "Blue is the Night", the final part of his Blue Trilogy, before looking at the life and career of Agataha Christie with Mark Campbell