Chinese literature - viewing this emerging superpower through its novels

Mariella Frostrup on Chinese literature, Eleanor Updale and a good time for debut novels.

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Thomas Keneally on classic Australian literature

Mariella Frostrup celebrates classic Australian literature with author Thomas Keneally.

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Ali Smith on the 50th anniversary of The Bell Jar; Alex Preston on innovation in the novel

Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's celebrated novel The Bell Jar.

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17/02/2013

Mariella Frostrup talks to David Baddiel and Naomi Alderman about the Jewish novel.

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Instructions for a Heatwave; obesity in the contemporary novel

Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her novel Instructions for a Heatwave.

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AL Kennedy discusses her book On Writing

AL Kennedy talks to Mariella Frostrup about her book On Writing.

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Kate Atkinson on Life After Life

Kate Atkinson on her new book Life After Life and classic and modern Western novels.

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The Hired Man, the Russian literary scene, and The Water-Babies

Aminatta Forna, the Russian literary scene, and 150 years of The Water-Babies.

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Patrick Ness on The Crane Wife

Patrick Ness talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel The Crane Wife.

• 28 mins

Ghana Must Go; After Tomorrow

Taiye Selasi on Ghana Must Go, and Gillian Cross on her dystopian future After Tomorrow.

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Harlan Coben on his novel Six Years

Harlan Coben on his new thriller novel Six Years, plus a report from the London Book Fair.

• 28 mins

Sir Walter Scott Special from the Royal Opera House

Mariella Frostrup presents a Sir Walter Scott special from the Royal Opera House.

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Tessa Hadley on her novel Clever Girl; Cory Doctorow; and Ian Rankin on the book he would never lend

Mariella Frostrup on the best fiction with Tessa Hadley, Cory Doctorow and Ian Rankin.

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Author Louise Erdrich; plus the winner of the Independent Bookshop award

Mariella Frostrup talks to Louise Erdrich about her new novel The Round House.

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Colum McCann on his novel TransAtlantic; mental health and fiction

Colum McCann on his novel TransAtlantic set between Ireland and North America.

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Mark Billingham on his latest book The Dying Hours

Mark Billingham on his DI Tom Thorne in The Dying Hours, and reportage in book form.

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Louise Doughty on Apple Tree Yard; a new pan-African prize for novelists

Louise Doughty talks about her psychological thriller, Apple Tree Yard.

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Neil Gaiman Special

Neil Gaiman talks to Mariella Frostrup about his works for children and adults alike.

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Evie Wyld on her latest novel All the Birds, Singing

Evie Wyld on her novel All the Birds, Singing, plus fiction inspired by JFK's shooting.

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Denise Mina on The Red Road

Denise Mina, writing about the profession you're in, and the biography of Agent Marie.

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Summer in literature; Rilla Askew on Kind of Kin; David Mitchell

Summer-inspired literature, racial tension in Oklahoma and novelist David Mitchell.

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Alcohol's influence on literature; James Runcie; Grace McCleen

Mariella Frostrup talks to Grace McCleen about her new novel The Professor of Poetry.

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Literary Landscapes - The Lake District with Sarah Hall

Sarah Hall takes Mariella Frostrup around the places that have inspired her novels.

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Literary Landscapes - Cornwall with Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale takes Mariella Frostrup around the places which have inspired his novels.

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Literary Landscapes - Belfast with Glenn Patterson

Glenn Patterson takes Mariella Frostrup around the places that have inspired his novels.

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Jhumpa Lahiri, mountain literature and revamping the classics pulp fiction style

Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, on her latest book The Lowland.

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Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller Police

With Mariella Frostrup. Crime writer Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller, Police.

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The Story, edited by Victoria Hislop; scientist-author collaboration; Man Booker Prize

Victoria Hislop explores her favourite short stories by women in The Story.

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Brazilian literary scene; Sathnam Sanghera; Harrogate History Festival

Sathnanm Sanghera on Marriage Material, and a look at Brazil's vast literary scene.

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Philip Pullman, Jung Chang, Alexander McCall Smith

Philip Pullman discusses children's books of the early Soviet era with Mariella Frostrup.

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