Writing
Outlook. A Family Affair: Dad was a best-selling sex writer. Audio, 27 minutes
Dying of Alzheimer's, Ira Alterman asked his daughter to help him write his final books
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted26 December 2023
In Our Time. Edgar Allan Poe. Audio, 59 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of the Fall of the House of Usher.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted28 November 2023
Open Book. Alexis Wright. Audio, 28 minutes
Australian writer Alexis Wright, on new novel Praiseworthy
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Arts & Ideas. AS Byatt and The Children's Book. Audio, 44 minutes
AS Byatt discussed her writing life with Matthew Sweet as she published a novel in 2009
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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In Our Time. Marguerite de Navarre. Audio, 46 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Documentary Podcast. In The Studio: Damon Galgut - Adapting The Promise for the stage. Audio, 27 minutes
Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Promise, moves from the page to the stage.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Outlook. An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning. Audio, 41 minutes
How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Essay. Multitrack, An Turas / The Journey. Audio, 14 minutes
A linguistic tour of modern Scotland, created as part of the Multitrack Audio Fellowship.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Remarkable Journey of Bernard Levin. Video, 54 minutes
The life of Bernard Levin, one of the most famous journalists of the 20th century.
- AttributionBBC Four
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Midnight Meets With Colin Murray. Val McDermid. Audio, 55 minutes
Crime writer Val McDermid chats to Colin Murray.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
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Open Book. Lydia Davis. Audio, 28 minutes
Lydia Davis, literary conclusions.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Opening Lines. If on a Winter's Night a Traveller. Audio, 14 minutes
John Yorke takes a look at Italo Calvino's novel If On A Winter's Night A Traveller.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Arts & Ideas. Notebooks and new technology. Audio, 45 minutes
Authors Jonathan Coe, Roland Allen, Lesley Smith and art book maker Gill Partington
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted8 September 2023
Arts & Ideas. Writing and Place: Cornwall. Audio, 21 minutes
Wyl Menmuir and Natasha Carthew talk to Joan Passey
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted17 August 2023
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- Posted15 August 2023
Access All: Disability News and Mental Health. ‘You’ve been ablesplained!’ Audio, 35 minutes
Get to know the annoying younger brother of mansplaining
- AttributionBBC Sounds
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Remembers... Martin Amis, Money and Memories with William Boyd. Video, 13 minutes
Novelist William Boyd looks back on his long friendship with fellow writer Martin Amis.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. In the Studio: Sophie Hannah. Audio, 27 minutes
Follow author Sophie Hannah as she completes her third Hercule Poirot novel
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
