Aminatta Forna

Why author Aminatta Forna is drawn to the topics of betrayal, love and loss

• 25 mins

Tracy Chevalier

Historical novelist Tracy Chevalier on why she wants to bring the past to life

• 25 mins

Michael Frayn

Playwright and novelist Michael Frayn on why he wants to make his readers laugh

• 25 mins

Mohammed Hanif

On writing about minorities, contradictions in society and making his readers laugh

• 24 mins

Kamila Shamsie

The novelist talks about the themes of loyalty and belonging

• 24 mins

Toni Morrison

"Our story... That wasn't anywhere" author Toni Morrison on African American literature

• 24 mins

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard and what motivated him to expose intimate details of his life

• 24 mins

Jung Chang

The author on the imperial concubine, Cixi, who ruled China for half a century

• 24 mins

Germaine Greer - Author

A conversation with Germaine Greer at the Hay Festival in Wales in front of an audience

• 25 mins

Kazuo Ishiguro

A conversation with author Kazuo Ishiguro in front of an audience at Hay Festival, Wales

• 25 mins

Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari on his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

• 25 mins

Anne Enright

Ireland’s first Laureate for Fiction Anne Enright on love, sex, secrets and Irish history

• 25 mins

Author Marlon James

Jamaican-born author Marlon James on his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings

• 23 mins

Author Tahmima Anam

Author Tahmima Anam on her first novel , A Golden Age, about Bangladesh's Liberation war

• 23 mins

Author Peter Carey

Author Peter Carey on his novels and issues with privacy

• 23 mins

Lionel Shriver

The author talks about her novels We Need to Talk about Kevin, and The Mandibles

• 23 mins

Adhaf Soueif

Renowned authors from around the world on what drives their work and their literary life

• 23 mins

Sebastian Barry

Author Sebastian Barry on his writing career and latest novel Days Without End

• 23 mins

Elizabeth Strout - Author

Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout on what drives her and her literary career

• 23 mins

Tim Winton - Author

Australian author Tim Winton on what drives him and his literary career

• 23 mins

Alexander McCall Smith

Writer Alexander McCall Smith on creating The Number 1. Ladies’ Detective Agency

• 23 mins

Anuradha Roy

Indian writer and publisher Anuradha Roy on her novel An Atlas of Impossible Longing

• 23 mins

Asne Seierstad

Norwegian author Åsne Seierstad is renowned for her accounts of daily life in war zones

• 23 mins

T. Geronimo Johnson

Kirsty Wark talks to author and academic T. Geronimo Johnson

• 23 mins

Hay Festival 2019: Fatima Bhutto

Fatima Bhutto talks to George Alagiah about how politics and tragedy shaped her writing

• 23 mins

Hay Festival 2019: Kapka Kassabova

Novelist and poet Kapka Kassabova talks about growing up behind the Iron Curtain

• 23 mins

Hay Festival 2019: Nicci Gerrard

Writer Nicci Gerrard talks to George Alagiah about her latest book on dementia

• 23 mins