Sean O'Brien, Children's Books of the Year, and Norman Maclean

Including a round-up of the year's best children's books.

• 30 mins

Nigella Lawson and debut novels

Nigella Lawson reveals the five books that mean the most to her.

• 30 mins

Novelists and their Families

Mariella Frostrup and her guests consider novelists' relationships with their families.

• 30 mins

Jay McInerney, crime writing from Scandinavia

Mariella Frostrup talks to the American novelist Jay McInerney about his new novel.

• 30 mins

Niccolo Ammaniti, and Bram Stoker's Dracula

Mariella Frostrup talks to the Italian writer Niccolo Ammaniti about his new novel.

• 30 mins

Charles Elton on Mr Toppit

Mariella Frostrup talks to Charles Elton about his novel Mr Toppit.

• 30 mins

Kate Grenville on Australia

Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Kate Grenville.

• 30 mins

Sophie Hannah

Mariella Frostrup talks to poet Sophie Hannah about her new novel The Other Half Lives.

• 30 mins

Sanjida O'Connell, Dame Beryl Bainbridge and the work of Hans Fallada

Mariella Frostrup talks to Sanjida O'Connell and Dame Beryl Bainbridge.

• 30 mins

Dame Joan Bakewell on writing a novel

Dame Joan Bakewell explains why she has waited until her eighth decade to publish a novel.

• 30 mins

Marcel Theroux, and Literary Censorship in South Africa

Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Marcel Theroux.

• 30 mins

Maggie Gee, and Los Angeles sleuth Philip Marlowe

Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie Gee about her novel My Driver.

• 30 mins

Tom Rob Smith and Donna Leon

Mariella Frostrup's guests include thriller writer Tom Rob Smith.

• 30 mins

A Nature Writing Special including the work of Horatio Clare, John Stewart Collis and Gerald Durrell

Mariella Frostrup presents a celebration of nature writing.

• 30 mins

Elmore Leonard, Jane Austen's continuing cultural significance, and The Heart of a Dog.

Mariella Frostrup talks to US crime writer Elmore Leonard about his new novel.

• 30 mins

Hilary Mantel, Brian Chikwava, Will Self and fictional dentists

Mariella Frostrup talks to Hilary Mantel about her interest in Thomas Cromwell.

• 30 mins

Colm Toibin, Ali Smith, and the new John Wyndham book

Mariella Frostrup talks to the Irish writer Colm Toibin about his new novel, Brooklyn.

• 30 mins

Michael Palin and Julia O'Faolain

Mariella Frostrup talks to Michael Palin about his Five of the Best.

• 30 mins

Jake Arnott, and Michael Parkinson

Mariella Frostrup talks to Jake Arnott about his latest novel, The Devil's Paintbrush.

• 30 mins

Rose Tremain, Alaa Al-Aswany, Monty Don, Matthew d’Ancona and Peter Florence

Mariella Frostrup meets an engaging mix of authors at the Hay Festival.

• 30 mins

George Pelecanos, the Palestinian Festival of Literature, and Liz Jenson

Mariella Frostrup speaks to the American crime writer George Pelecanos about his new novel

• 30 mins

A joint initiative between Oxfam and Profile Books, Patrick Neate, and the Salem witch trials of 1692

Mariella Frostrup talks to Hari Kunzru, Giles Foden, Patrick Neate and Katherine Howe.

• 30 mins

Adam Thorpe, Machiavelli's The Prince, and the comic talents of Jerome K Jerome

Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist Adam Thorpe.

• 30 mins

Marina Lewycka, A Posthumous Book by Ernest Hemingway, and the Work of Franz Kafka

Mariella Frostrup meets Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

• 30 mins

Aravind Adiga, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, and European Writers and the Carribbean

Mariella Frostrup's guests include Aravind Adiga and Dame Beryl Bainbridge.

• 30 mins

Chris Patten, Adam Thirlwell, and Holiday Paperbacks

Mariella Frostrup's guests include Chris Patten, former governor of Hong Kong.

• 30 mins

Christopher Brookmyre, a guide to Thomas Pynchon, and a New Biography of Arthur Ransome

Muriel Gray's guests include thriller writer Christopher Brookmyre.

• 30 mins

Diana Evans, The Novelist's Health, Gay Fiction, and Reading Dictionaries for Fun

Muriel Gray talks to Diana Evans about her second novel, The Wonder.

• 30 mins

Iain Banks, and the Inspiration for Brideshead Revisited

Muriel Gray talks to novelist Iain Banks about his latest book, Transition.

• 30 mins

Nick Hornby, Fay Weldon and Henry Porter

Nick Hornby talks to Alex Clark about his new novel, Juliet, Naked.

• 30 mins