Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai

Mariella Frostrup presents a special programme celebrating children's literature.

• 28 mins

Evelyn Waugh, DBC Pierre, a literary postcard from Sweden

Open Book offers a guide to the works of Evelyn Waugh, as a new biography comes out.

• 30 mins

Reading Europe: Italy

Mariella Frostrup presents a programme exploring contemporary literature from Italy.

• 28 mins

Colin Thubron

Colin Thubron talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Night of Fire.

• 28 mins

Edinburgh Special: Raja Alem and Richard T Kelly

Politics and fiction: a special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh Book Festival.

• 28 mins

Crime Writing: Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee and Lucy Ribchester

A special edition of Open Book from Edinburgh, devoted to crime writing.

• 28 mins

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.

• 28 mins

Donal Ryan, Reader's Guide to Elizabeth Jane Howard

Mariella Frostrup talks to Irish novelist Donal Ryan about his new novel All We Shall Know

• 28 mins

Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf

Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on their new collection of short stories Sex and Death.

• 28 mins

Tommy Wieringa, Flemish and Dutch literature, Fashion in fiction, Stewart Lee on Ithell Colquhoun

Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa talks to Mariella Frostrup.

• 28 mins

Graham Norton, Close reading Henry James, Michelle Paver on the Himalayas

Graham Norton talks to Mariella Frostrup about his debut novel, Holding.

• 28 mins

Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka

Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End.

• 28 mins

Brit Bennett, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake

Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark on their collaboration, Three Little Monkeys.

• 28 mins

Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands

Margaret Drabble on her new novel.

• 28 mins

David Grossman and Steve McCurry

Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book.

• 28 mins

Writers Helen Garner and Charlotte Wood, Authors' manuscripts, Chris Cleave, The history of audio books

Charlotte Wood and Helen Garner.

• 28 mins

Henrietta Rose-Innes, Literary heroes, Shusaku Endo and silence

Writer Henrietta Rose-Innes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel Nineveh.

• 28 mins

A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson

Mariella Frostrup and guests look at the life and work of Shirley Jackson.

• 28 mins

Literary Postcards

A special edition of Open Book - literary postcards from around the world.

• 28 mins

Nadeem Aslam

Mariella Frostrup talks to Nadeem Aslam about his new book The Golden Legend.

• 28 mins

James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.

Mariella Frostrup talks to James Lasdun.

• 28 mins

Tessa Hadley, Female friendships, The Russian Revolution

Award-winning author Tessa Hadley talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short stories.

• 28 mins

Yaa Gyasi

Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Homegoing.

• 28 mins

12/02/2017

Joanna Trollope talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel City of Friends.

• 28 mins

Age gap relationships; Dorthe Nors

Clark talks to award-winning Danish novelist Dorthe Nors.

• 28 mins

Mohsin Hamid, North Korean short stories

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Mohsin Hamid about his new book, Exit West.

• 28 mins

Helen Dunmore

Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore.

• 28 mins

George Saunders, Kathleen Collins

Mariella Frostrup talks to George Saunders about his long-awaited first novel.

• 28 mins

Balli Kaur Jaswal

Topical short stories and Balli Kaur Jaswal.

• 28 mins

Jon McGregor

Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Jon McGregor and explores WH Auden's life in Scotland.

• 28 mins