Literature
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, Opium Tales. Audio, 14 minutes
Fariha Shaikh reads accounts from Thomas de Quincey (1821) to Timothy Mo and Amitav Ghosh.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 May 2022
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, Alexander and the Persians. Audio, 14 minutes
Julia Hartley asks why we call Alexander the Great.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Just William… and Richmal. Audio, 28 minutes
A centenary celebration of Richmal Crompton’s Just William books.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. DBC Pierre. Audio, 26 minutes
The Booker Prize winning author on his new book Big Snake, Little Snake.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
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- Posted22 April 2022
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- Posted21 April 2022
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- Posted14 April 2022
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- Posted10 April 2022
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- Posted6 April 2022
Word of Mouth. The Language of Sci-Fi. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. I Arrive without Leaving - The Story of Women Surrealist Poets. Audio, 44 minutes
Alexandra Reza on the early women surrealist poets and writers who shaped the movement.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 March 2022
Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream. Mayo Agard-Olubo. Audio, 14 minutes
Michael Sheen introduces new work from the writer Mayo Agard-Olubo.
- AttributionBBC Radio Wales
- Available for over a year
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- Posted18 March 2022
The Forum. Pinocchio: The real story of the mischievous wooden puppet. Audio, 39 minutes
The original Italian novel about the wooden puppet with the growing nose
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Harlan Coben. Audio, 47 minutes
Best-selling writer Harlan Coben talks to Nihal ahead of new book The Match.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
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- Posted8 March 2022
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Dolly Parton and James Patterson. Audio, 30 minutes
The country music icon and bestselling author on their new novel
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream. Grace Quantock. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael Sheen introduces new work from the writer Grace Quantock.
- AttributionBBC Radio Wales
- Available for over a year
Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream. Maya Jordan and Stephen Tuffin. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Sheen introduces new work from Maya Jordan & Stephen Tuffin
- AttributionBBC Radio Wales
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Sisters. Audio, 45 minutes
The Unthank sisters, Sally Alexander, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Lucy Holland and Shahidha Bari
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
