Writing
Open Book. Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn on Doggerland; Ghana's literary scene; Rosie Price. Audio, 28 minutes
Writers Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn discuss their books about Doggerland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Profile. Simon Armitage. Audio, 14 minutes
Becky Milligan profiles the new poet laureate, Simon Armitage.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Bret Easton Ellis. Audio, 44 minutes
The best-selling author talks millennials, controversy and ideology vs aesthetics.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Working Class Writing. Audio, 28 minutes
Open Book considers the rich heritage and bright future of working class writing.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson. The Jed Mercurio One. Audio, 44 minutes
The television dramatist on writing about politics, the police and the NHS
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Candice Carty-Williams. Audio, 41 minutes
The author talks to Nihal about her debut novel Queenie.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2019, Who Wrote Animal Farm? Audio, 14 minutes
Lisa Mullen looks at the contribution of Orwell's wife Eileen to his writing.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Anthony Horowitz: Writing Alex Rider. Audio, 32 minutes
Crafting the world of a teenage secret agent
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Taylor Jenkins Reid, Older Characters in Fiction, Baseball books. Audio, 28 minutes
Taylor Jenkins Reid talks about her latest novel Daisy Jones & The Six.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Marlon James, writer. Audio, 44 minutes
Marlon James, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Angie Thomas. Audio, 35 minutes
The Hate U Give author on how hip hop inspired her
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Three Minute Epiphany. Kate Mosse: The Women's Prize For Fiction. Audio, 5 minutes
The co-founding director speaks about the importance of the Women's Prize For Fiction.
- AttributionBBC Radio 6 Music
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ann Cleeves, writer. Audio, 38 minutes
Ann Cleeves, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fiction. Audio, 28 minutes
Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fiction
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Chloe Aridjis, Adam Foulds and Leo Benedictus on fictional stalkers, Gay's the Word Bookshop at 40. Audio, 28 minutes
Chloe Aridjis discusses her novel Sea Monsters, a coming of age story set in 1980s Mexico.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Simon Amstell. Audio, 41 minutes
The comedian & director on why his new book, Help is “an heroic act of self-annihilation”
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Comedy Club Interviews. Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris 2/2. Audio, 5 minutes
Jake Yapp chats to the comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Live Wires. Is 2019 the year to write your book? Audio, 16 minutes
Always wanted to put pen to paper? We ask bestselling authors for their top writing tips.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Comedy Club Interviews. Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris 1/2. Audio, 5 minutes
Jake Yapp chats to comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Joyce Carol Oates, The Wind in the Willows, Orphans in fiction. Audio, 28 minutes
Joyce Carol Oates discusses her latest novel, Hazards of Time Travel
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Writing Music, Preti Taneja on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Preti Taneja mediates on a Sufi devotional song by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
