Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new novel Mister, Mister ..read more

Linda Grant, Xiaolu Guo and Alice Vincent ..read more

Deborah Levy, Miranda France and Kate Morton ..read more

Johny Pitts talks to the debut novelist about The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa ..read more

Booker winning writer Marlon James talks to Elizabeth Day ..read more

Octavia Bright discusses Granta's once in a decade list of new writing talent ..read more

Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight ..read more

The author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series, Donna Leon, is joined by writer-entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan and the presenter Harriett Gilbert. Donna has chosen a book by an author she greatly admires, Ross MacDonald, who she read before she became a writer herself. His 1971 noir novel, The Underground Man, follows a detective as he tries to track down a missing child, whilst a mysterious fire rages through the hills of Southern California. Margaret loves Butcher's Crossing, the lesser-known book by John Williams, the author of Stoner. Set in 1871, this is about a young Harvar ..read more

Chris Power discusses the last novel from the late Spanish writer Javier Marías ..read more

Author Katherine May and poet Liz Berry talk about their favourite books with Harriett ..read more