A weekly podcast, presented by editor of Guardian books Claire Armitstead, for author interviews, readings and discussions - plus a full recording of our monthly book club.
On this week’s show, we speak to Heida Ásgeirsdóttir about her life as a farmer, and to Irish writer Sinéad Gleeson about her collection Constellations. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod
On this week’s show, Crossan talks about using poetry in her novel-in-verse Toffee and Dunthorne shares why he writes poetry to escape novels. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod
On this week’s show, we sit down with Shakespeare expert Emma Smith and novelist Tash Aw talks about his latest book, We, the Survivors. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod
On this week’s show, we discuss the 2019 shortlist for the best fiction in translation with Boyd Tonkin, and speak to Nicole Flattery about her short story collection, Show Them a Good Time. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod
This week we hear two contrasting approaches to eternal questions of belonging, plus regional differences in literature. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod
This week we talk comedy with Nina Stibbe and turn to the serious topic of booksellers’ pay. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod
A trend for authors to use their real lives as a template for stories has been widely noted. Two writers who complicate this picture join us to look for the facts
The famously hands-on journalist talks about his colourful history of psychedelic drugs and their potential for treating addiction, depression and PTSD
How can we construct a sense of self from the fragments of life we can recall? We dissect how science and fiction shed light on the mysteries of memory
Warning strong language and imagery described in this podcast: This week’s podcast is dedicated to an in-depth and thorny discussion of women in sci-fi and the process of writing in and around the genre.
As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, Rachel Weisz reads from the 2001 novel The Constant Gardener, in which British diplomat Justin Quayle takes on the might of big pharma after the murder of his activist wife in Kenya
As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, Simon Russell-Beale reads from the 1963 novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, in which world weary spymaster Alec Leamas is called back for one last mission in east Germany…
As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, David Harewood reads from the 1968 novel A Small Town in Germany, in which Alan Turner investigates the mysterious disappearance of a foreign office worker in the West German Capital, Bonn
As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, Toby Jones reads from this 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, in which George Smiley attempts to uncover a Soviet mole in the secret intelligence service
As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, Damien Lewis reads from his 2010 novel about a Russian money launderer offers British intelligence information after a friend is killed by his superiors
5 Sep 2016
6 min
52 – 72
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