Writing
Write Brummie. Audio, 28 minutes
A portrait of a writing day in Birmingham.
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Who Will Call Me Beloved? Audio, 28 minutes
Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Dawn O’Porter. Audio, 29 minutes
Dreaming about Beyonce and her new novel, So Lucky.
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Welcome to the World of George the Poet. Video, 72 minutes
A mix of poetry, music and conversation exploring what rap can teach us about education.
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Arts & Ideas. Writing Real Life from Brexit to Grenfell. Audio, 45 minutes
Ali Smith, Jay Bernard and James Graham at the British Library with Matthew Sweet
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Arts & Ideas. Landmark: The Yorkshire Feminist Winifred Holtby. Audio, 53 minutes
Matthew Sweet is joined by Rachel Reeves MP, Jane Thomas and Katie Cooper in Hull.
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Sunday Feature. The Hidden Reservoir. Audio, 44 minutes
Carlo Gebler on the role of the arts in healing and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
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Open Book. Literary Norwich Special. Audio, 28 minutes
A visit to Norwich, England's first Unesco City of Literature
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Profile. Bernardine Evaristo. Audio, 14 minutes
Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize.
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Three Minute Epiphany. Sabrina Mahfouz: Slow Readers Book Club. Audio, 5 minutes
From Blue Peter & Danielle Steele to The Royal Society of Literature
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Open Book. Dana Czapnik, Black Death novels, Imani Perry on Corregidora. Audio, 28 minutes
Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel The Falconer.
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The Essay. Beyond Borders, Wendy Erskine - Knock Knock, Who's There? Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Wendy Erskine takes us through doorways that open up portals into other worlds.
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The Essay. Beyond Borders, Stephen Sexton - The Tory Islanders. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Stephen Sexton talks about the margins between language and image.
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The Essay. Beyond Borders, Sinead Gleeson - Pain, Borders and Averting Our Gaze. Audio, 14 minutes
Irish writer Sinead Gleeson talks about how pain, inequality and borders separate us.
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Open Book. Robert Harris. Audio, 28 minutes
Robert Harris discusses his new novel The Second Sleep and reflects on 30 years of writing
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Margaret Atwood. Audio, 27 minutes
The Handmaid's Tale author talks politics, power and feminism with Emma Barnett.
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Four Thought. Life in Letters. Audio, 20 minutes
Helen Cullen makes the case for the art of letter writing.
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Open Book. Deborah Levy, therapists in fiction, India's richest literary prize, Lorca's symbolism. Audio, 28 minutes
Deborah Levy discusses her bestselling new novel The Man Who Saw Everything.
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The Comedy Club Interviews. Tom Neenan 2/2. Audio, 5 minutes
Jon Holmes chats to the comedy writer and performer Tom Neenan.
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The Comedy Club Interviews. Tom Neenan 1/2. Audio, 5 minutes
Jon Holmes chats to the comedy writer and performer Tom Neenan.
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The Conversation. Women writing relationships. Audio, 27 minutes
Two acclaimed female authors whose stories shine a light on romantic relationships
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Malorie Blackman. Audio, 45 minutes
Nihal Arthanayke speaks to British author Malorie Blackman about her love for libraries.
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Open Book. Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Mary Beth Keane, the best novels of 1979. Audio, 28 minutes
Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce's fraught relationships with their fathers
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Open Book. Ocean Vuong, Bauhaus novels, Sudan literary postcard. Audio, 28 minutes
Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong discusses his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.
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