Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Radio 4,·362 episodes
Patrick McCabe discusses his modern classic novel The Butcher Boy with James Naughtie.
03 Sep 2017,·28 mins
Patrick McCabe speaks to James Naughtie about his novel, The Butcher Boy
03 Sep 2017,·27 mins
Ann Patchett talks to James Naughtie about her Orange Prize-winning novel Bel Canto.
06 Aug 2017,·28 mins
Anne Patchett on her award winning novel, Bel Canto.
06 Aug 2017,·27 mins
Deborah Levy discusses her Man Booker shortlisted novel Swimming Home with James Naughtie.
02 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Deborah Levy talks about her novel, Swimming Home.
02 Jul 2017,·27 mins
Hari Kunzru discusses his novel Gods Without Men with James Naughtie at the Hay Festival.
04 Jun 2017,·28 mins
Michael Chabon talks about The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay with James Naughtie
07 May 2017,·28 mins
Sunjeev Sahota discusses his novel The Year of the Runaways with James Naughtie.
02 Apr 2017,·28 mins
Jonathan Safran Foer talks about Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. With James Naughtie.
05 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Barbara Trapido talks to James Naughtie about her 1998 novel The Travelling Hornplayer.
05 Feb 2017,·28 mins
John Lanchester talks to James Naughtie and readers about his novel Capital.
01 Jan 2017,·28 mins
Jay McInerney discusses his debut novel Bright Lights, Big City with James Naughtie.
04 Dec 2016,·28 mins
James Naughtie and novelist Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson
06 Nov 2016,·28 mins
Helen Macdonald talks to James Naughtie and readers about her memoir H is for Hawk.
02 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Don DeLillo talks about his 1997 masterpiece Underworld with James Naughtie and readers.
04 Sep 2016,·28 mins
James Naughtie talks to Evie Wyld about After the Fire, a Still Small Voice.
07 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Maggie O'Farrell talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
03 Jul 2016,·28 mins
At the Hexham Literature Festival, Tony Harrison talks to James Naughtie about his poem v.
05 Jun 2016,·28 mins
James Naughtie talks to Spanish writer Javier Marias about his novel The Infatuations.
01 May 2016,·28 mins
US author Elizabeth Strout discusses her novel Olive Kitteridge with James Naughtie.
03 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Michael Holroyd talks to James Naughtie about his book A Strange Eventful History.
06 Mar 2016,·28 mins
Kamila Shamsie talks about her novel Burnt Shadows with James Naughtie.
07 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Richard Flanagan talks about The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which won the Man Booker.
03 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Colum McCann discusses his Man Booker-nominated novel TransAtlantic. With James Naughtie.
06 Dec 2015,·28 mins
Fantasy writer China Mieville talks about The City & the City. With James Naughtie.
01 Nov 2015,·28 mins
Tessa Hadley talks about her short story collection Married Love, with James Naughtie.
04 Oct 2015,·28 mins
David Nicholls talks to James Naughtie about his enormously successful novel One Day.
06 Sep 2015,·28 mins
AM Homes talks to James Naughtie about her darkly comic novel May We Be Forgiven.
02 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Jon McGregor discusses his first novel If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things.
05 Jul 2015,·28 mins
