Writing
Arts & Ideas. British Academy Book Prize 2022. Audio, 45 minutes
Rana Mitter meets six authors shortlisted for the prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
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- Posted17 October 2022
Stark Talk. Salman Rushdie. Audio, 28 minutes
Ahead of a new series, a timely repeat of Edi's, classic interview with Salman Rushdie.
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Midnight Meets With Colin Murray. Stuart Braithwaite. Audio, 56 minutes
The Mogwai guitarist on his memoir Spaceships Over Glasgow
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Letters to a Young Woman Poet. Audio, 28 minutes
Poets Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols share insights into creativity.
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One to One. The Dread of Deadlines: James Marriott and Dr Piers Steel. Audio, 14 minutes
Times columnist James Marriott speaks to procrastination expert Dr Piers Steel.
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One to One. The Dread of Deadlines: James Marriott and Geoff Dyer. Audio, 14 minutes
Times columnist James Marriott speaks to novelist Geoff Dyer about procrastination.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Richard Osman. Audio, 25 minutes
The multi-million selling author on his latest crime thriller.
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This Cultural Life. Michael Morpurgo. Audio, 43 minutes
Author, poet and playwright Michael Morpurgo reveals what inspired his own creativity.
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This Cultural Life. Abdulrazak Gurnah. Audio, 43 minutes
Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Robert Harris. Audio, 43 minutes
The author on his new novel and the election of Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader
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A Point of View. Female Fictions. Audio, 9 minutes
Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Maggie O’Farrell. Audio, 43 minutes
The historical fiction author on bringing Renaissance Italy to life.
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Open Book. Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change. Audio, 28 minutes
Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change.
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Four Thought. A Friendship. Audio, 20 minutes
Novelist Richard Owain Roberts shares a story about a friendship.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Kevin Bridges. Audio, 45 minutes
The stand-up and author on his debut novel.
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Open Book. Mary Renault's Greek Myths. Audio, 28 minutes
Octavia Bright discusses Mary Renault's The King Must Die.
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- Posted18 August 2022
Great Lives. Holly Walsh on BS Johnson. Audio, 28 minutes
Holly Walsh picks BS Johnson, fiery sixties novelist
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Archive on 4. In Praise of Clichés. Audio, 57 minutes
Steve Punt asks if it’s time to rehabilitate the humble cliché
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Arts & Ideas. Yolande Mukagasana - women writers to put back on the bookshelf. Audio, 14 minutes
Zoe Norridge describes translating the testimony of a Rwandan survivor of the civil war.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Reverend Richard Coles. Audio, 52 minutes
Author and Church of England Priest on writing fiction.
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Arts & Ideas. Lady Mary Wroth - women writer to put back on the bookshelf. Audio, 15 minutes
The English Renaissance poet whose reputation at court was ruined by her writing
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Arts & Ideas. Charlotte Smith - women writers to put back on the bookshelf. Audio, 14 minutes
The Romantic poet who inspired Wordsworth is profiled by Sophie Coulombeau
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