Alice Sebold

James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.

• 30 mins

Sarah Dunant

James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus.

• 30 mins

William Hague

James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger.

• 30 mins

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

• 30 mins

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun

• 30 mins

Jan Morris

Jan Morris joins James Naughtie and readers to talk about her portrait of Venice.

• 30 mins

Asne Seierstad

With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul.

• 30 mins

Colm Toibin

Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.

• 30 mins

Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation

James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.

• 30 mins

Michael Morpurgo

James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.

• 30 mins

Fay Weldon

James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.

• 30 mins

Amitav Ghosh

James Naughtie talks to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh.

• 30 mins

Oliver James

James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'.

• 30 mins

Bernard Cornwell

James Naughtie talks to the novelist Bernard Cornwell.

• 30 mins

AL Kennedy

James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy.

• 30 mins

Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.

• 30 mins

Xiaolu Guo

James Naughtie and readers meet Chinese author Xiaolu Guo.

• 30 mins

Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.

• 30 mins

Bernard MacLaverty

James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.

• 30 mins

CJ Sansom

James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.

• 30 mins

Robert Macfarlane

James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.

• 30 mins

Gillian Slovo

James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.

• 30 mins

Linda Grant

James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.

• 30 mins

John Irving

James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.

• 30 mins

Alexander McCall Smith

James Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his novel 44 Scotland Street.

• 30 mins

Clive James

James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography

• 30 mins

Douglas Coupland

James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X

• 30 mins

Jeanette Winterson

James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

• 30 mins

Orhan Pamuk

James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.

• 30 mins

Lynne Reid Banks

James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room.

• 30 mins