Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman talks to Johny Pitts about Endgame

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Rabih Alameddine, English PEN at 100 with Philippe Sands and Elif Shafak, Editors' Pick

Johny Pitts speaks to Rabih Alameddine about his new novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope

• 28 mins

Jonathan Franzen, Amitav Ghosh, Nina Mingya Powles

Jonathan Franzen talks to Elizabeth Day about his novel Crossroads.

• 28 mins

Lauren Groff

Johny Pitts speaks to Lauren Groff.

• 28 mins

Sarah Hall

Elizabeth Day talks to Sarah Hall about her latest novel, Burntcoat.

• 28 mins

Friendship in Fiction: a special programme from London Literature Festival

Elizabeth and Johny present a special programme from LLF on literary friendship.

• 28 mins

The diaries of Patricia Highsmith; Contemporary views of the American West

Chris Power talks to Stella Duffy and Anna Von Planta about Patricia Highsmith's diaries

• 28 mins

Teaching teenagers with J J Bola; cutting the environmental footprint of books

JJ Bola speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, The Selfless Act of Breathing.

• 28 mins

Love, relationships, and road trips with Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout talks to Elizabeth Day about her new novel, Oh William!

• 28 mins

Behind locked doors with Claire Keegan; Alan Cumming's book he would never lend

Claire Keegan talks to Chris Power about her new book, Small Things Like These.

• 28 mins

Twelve days of Christmas with Laura Barnett, A literary postcard from Moscow; Best of 2021's non-fiction

Laura Barnett on her novel Gifts, and recommended non-fiction books of 2021.

• 28 mins

Open Book's highlights for 2021

Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts look back at the highlights of their first year at the helm.

• 28 mins

Life in a parallel New York with Hanya Yanagihara: Book highlights for Spring 2022

Hanya Yanagihara speaks to Chris Power about her new book, To Paradise.

• 28 mins

Open Book's guide to Ulysses

A guide to reading James Joyce's Ulysses from those who understand it best

• 28 mins

Free Love, Richard Beard on Time, Bookshops as Social Spaces

Elizabeth Day speaks to Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love.

• 28 mins

Gary Shteyngart's tragicomedy set in lockdown; A new collection exploring South Asian identity

Johny Pitts speaks to author Gary Shteyngart about his new novel, Our Country Friends.

• 28 mins

The ‘new boom’ of feminist Spanish-language literature

We meet the new wave of Spanish and Latin American writers who are breaking with the past.

• 28 mins

A love story from Trinidad; Toni Morrison's only short story

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo talks to Johny Pitts about her debut novel, When We Were Birds

• 28 mins

The Power of Language: Audrey Magee, short stories from Afghanistan and India

Elizabeth Day talks to Audrey Magee about her latest novel The Colony.

• 28 mins

A life in books with Marlon James

Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.

• 28 mins

Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant, Lisa Taddeo on Fever Dream

Johny Pitts talks to Karen Joy Fowler about the infamous Booth family

• 28 mins

Here Again Now, Readers guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry

Elizabeth Day talks to Okechukwu Nzelu about his novel Here Again Now.

• 28 mins

Belfast in the Blitz

Two historic novels about Belfast, literary spinsters, and dissident Russian writers.

• 28 mins

Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writers

Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart about his new novel, Young Mungo

• 28 mins

Julian Barnes; How Words Get Good; Bangkok Postcard

Julian Barnes talks to Elizabeth Day about his new novel Elizabeth Finch.

• 28 mins

About A Son; Book Banning; The Water Statues

David Whitehouse on his creative non-fiction work About a Son.

• 28 mins

Neurodiversity

Johny Pitts and guests discuss neurodiversity in contemporary fiction.

• 28 mins

Atticus Lish, Jean Rhys, Maggie Shipstead

Chris Power talks to Atticus Lish about his new novel The War for Gloria.

• 28 mins

Benjamin Myers

Johny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his new book, The Perfect Golden Circle.

• 28 mins

Elif Batuman

Johny Pitts speaks to Elif Batuman about her new novel, Either/Or

• 28 mins