Writing

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.
Attribution
BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf, Sindhubala. Audio, 14 minutes
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Fanny Dickens. Audio, 14 minutes
The brilliant women whose success was often eclipsed by their more famous brothers.
Attribution
BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Sarah Fielding. Audio, 14 minutes
Lucy Powell asks why history has forgotten the achievements of novelist Sarah Fielding.
Attribution
BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
In the Studio. Ben Okri. Audio, 30 minutes
In the Studio enters the creative mind of the celebrated Nigerian poet Ben Okri.
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Open Book. Caleb Azumah Nelson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Black Britain: Writing Back. Audio, 28 minutes
Johny Pitts talks to Caleb Azumah Nelson about Open Water, his hotly anticipated debut.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Stark Talk. Phyllida Law. Audio, 30 minutes
Edi talks to the Scottish born actress who started writing in her late seventies.
Attribution
BBC Radio Scotland
Available for over a year
Open Country. Julia Blackburn and the Suffolk coast. Audio, 24 minutes
Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Open Book. Kate Mosse, Books on TV, Writing in prisons. Audio, 28 minutes
Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Profile. Russell T Davies. Audio, 14 minutes
Mark Coles on the life of the screenwriter behind some of the most popular TV series.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
In the Studio. Leila Aboulela: Writing the Stories of Scotland and Sudan. Audio, 32 minutes
The Sudanese writer on developing a story about the rebuilding of Khartoum
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The Radio 3 Documentary. The Apple and the Tree. Audio, 44 minutes
Carlo Gébler, son of Edna O’Brien, asks why the children of writers often become writers
Attribution
BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Open Book. Raven Leilani. Audio, 28 minutes
Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
In the Studio. Viet Thanh Nguyen: The art of memoir. Audio, 30 minutes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes on a new, deeply personal challenge
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
One to One. The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard meets author Debbie Bayne. Audio, 14 minutes
The long-standing arts journalist asks what success and failure really mean.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Open Book. Bryan Washington, Natalie Haynes, Trauma in fiction with Rebecca Watson and Peter Ho Davies. Audio, 28 minutes
Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Great Lives. Rob Rinder on Jessica Mitford. Audio, 28 minutes
Jessica Mitford is championed by Robert Rinder.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Being Bridget Jones. Video, 59 minutes
Helen Fielding tells the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be.
Attribution
BBC Two
Available for 6 months
In Touch. A Writers' Special. Audio, 19 minutes
Three visually impaired writers offer their tips for aspiring authors.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
A Plague On All Our Houses. Audio, 28 minutes
How Covid is making us think differently about Shakespeare.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Arthur Cares. Kash. Audio, 14 minutes
People with minor problems seek the advice of 12-year-old Arthur.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year