Literature
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers, In Praise of Flatness. Audio, 14 minutes
Noreen Masud finds inspiration in fenlands, polished tables and Kazuo Ishiguro's novels.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Groundbreakers. Nesca Robb. Video, 29 minutes
Writer and journalist Lesley Riddoch explores the forgotten story of Nesca Robb.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted28 April 2021
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Jane Fallon. Audio, 39 minutes
The best-selling author on her new novel and why she’s a cat lover.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers, The Inscrutable Writing of Sui Sin Far. Audio, 14 minutes
Xine Yao suggests that a poker Chinese face can be a good way of fighting back
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
James Baldwin’s Last Amen. Audio, 28 minutes
Clarke Peters recalls the 1987 production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Riding the Waves. Audio, 44 minutes
Artists dive deep beneath the waves of Virginia Woolf's inspirational novel.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Digital Planet. Overcoming internet shutdowns in Myanmar. Audio, 42 minutes
VPN, dark web, Bluetooth - some of the ways used to overcome internet shutdowns in Myanmar
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. A Writer and His Country - John le Carré Across Six Decades. Audio, 57 minutes
Who was the real John le Carré and what was his relationship with Britain?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Daughters of the Snow. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Himali Singh Soin looks to the North Pole and sees a mythologised space in literature
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Should Feminists Read Baudelaire? Audio, 44 minutes
Michèle Roberts assesses the reputation of the French poet 200 years after his birth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted26 March 2021
The Forum. The One Thousand and One Nights. Audio, 40 minutes
The ancient magical tales whose origins stretch from India to Persia to Arabia
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted23 March 2021
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Andi Osho. Audio, 45 minutes
The actress, author and comedian tells Nihal about her new novel, Asking For a Friend.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted21 March 2021
The Interview. Stephen King: Are you afraid of the dark? Audio, 23 minutes
Stephen Sackur speaks to the bestselling master of horror writing
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Maggie O'Farrell, writer. Audio, 36 minutes
Maggie O'Farrell, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: There's No Story There. Audio, 13 minutes
Lisa Mullen looks at depictions of war-time factory workers in the novel by Inez Holden
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf, There's No Story There. Audio, 14 minutes
Lisa Mullen looks at the depiction of war-time factory workers in a novel by Inez Holden.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Books to Make Space For On The Bookshelf: Closer. Audio, 14 minutes
4/5 New Generation Thinker Diarmuid Hester on the transgressive writing of Dennis Cooper
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf, Closer. Audio, 14 minutes
Diarmuid Hester looks at the George Miles Cycle from punk radical Dennis Cooper.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: Sindhubala. Audio, 13 minutes
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
