Writing
The Essay. Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Margaret Oliphant. Audio, 14 minutes
The Scottish writer whose comic heroine Miss Marjoribanks bucks 19th-century conventions.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Madeleine Thien: The first draft. Audio, 31 minutes
Following the Canadian writer as she works on her next novel
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Cyrano for Hire. Audio, 28 minutes
Cathy FitzGerald tries her hand at ghostwriting love letters.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. Andrea Levy: In Her Own Words. Audio, 57 minutes
Andrea Levy speaks candidly about her writing life and her impending death.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Anne Enright, writer. Audio, 37 minutes
Anne Enright, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Escape Artist, 3: The Most Hated Art Critic in France. Audio, 14 minutes
The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Michael Lewis, writer. Audio, 37 minutes
Michael Lewis, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Open Endings, Philippa Gregory on Jane Eyre. Audio, 14 minutes
Historical author Philippa Gregory writes a new end for Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Open Endings, Elif Shafak on Anna Karenina. Audio, 14 minutes
Elif Shafak chooses Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Open Endings, AL Kennedy on The Wind in the Willows. Audio, 14 minutes
AL Kennedy chooses Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Open Endings, Bernardine Evaristo on Mrs Dalloway. Audio, 14 minutes
Man Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo chooses Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Open Endings, Ian Rankin on Lord of the Flies. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Rankin chooses William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Recovery After Rape. Audio, 21 minutes
Winnie M Li talks about her traumatic experience as a survivor of sexual violence.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Life In Transit. Audio, 21 minutes
Novelist Louise Doughty discovers her own past sheds light on the experience of others.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. George the Poet. Audio, 38 minutes
George talks to Nihal about the new series of his BBC podcast.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Write Brummie. Audio, 28 minutes
A portrait of a writing day in Birmingham.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Who Will Call Me Beloved? Audio, 28 minutes
Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Dawn O’Porter. Audio, 29 minutes
Dreaming about Beyonce and her new novel, So Lucky.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Hidden Reservoir. Audio, 44 minutes
Carlo Gebler on the role of the arts in healing and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
