Writing
Stark Talk. James Runcie. Audio, 28 minutes
Edi talks to the highly entertaining writer best known for the 'Grantchester' novels.
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales. Audio, 45 minutes
From the Arabian nights to refugee stories - female voices fictional and real
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Experimental writing. Audio, 44 minutes
Shahidha Bari, Matthew Herbert, the Goldsmith Prize winners and poet Stephen Sexton
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted15 November 2022
Stark Talk. Maggie O’Farrell. Audio, 28 minutes
Edi talks to Maggie O’Farrell about what lies behind her highly successful novels.
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
- Available for over a year
Midnight Meets With Colin Murray. Ian Rankin. Audio, 53 minutes
The multi-million selling author on Rebus, jigsaws, music and taking a year off.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Ukraine: War and Words. Audio, 28 minutes
An exploration of how the war in Ukraine is affecting the production of writing and books.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Alexander the Great. Audio, 45 minutes
Military leader, city founder, underwater explorer?! Rana Mitter on images of Alexander
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
5 Minutes On. Writing terrifying Halloween horror... for The Simpsons. Audio, 6 minutes
How do you re-imagine a slasher movie for a family-friendly cartoon?
- AttributionBBC News
- Available for over a year
John Burnside: From the Other Side. Audio, 28 minutes
How a recent near-death experience has influenced poet John Burnside's life and work.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted23 October 2022
Arts & Ideas. British Academy Book Prize 2022. Audio, 45 minutes
Rana Mitter meets six authors shortlisted for the prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted17 October 2022
Stark Talk. Salman Rushdie. Audio, 28 minutes
Ahead of a new series, a timely repeat of Edi's, classic interview with Salman Rushdie.
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
- Available for over a year
Midnight Meets With Colin Murray. Stuart Braithwaite. Audio, 56 minutes
The Mogwai guitarist on his memoir Spaceships Over Glasgow
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Letters to a Young Woman Poet. Audio, 28 minutes
Poets Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols share insights into creativity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. The Dread of Deadlines: James Marriott and Dr Piers Steel. Audio, 14 minutes
Times columnist James Marriott speaks to procrastination expert Dr Piers Steel.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. The Dread of Deadlines: James Marriott and Geoff Dyer. Audio, 14 minutes
Times columnist James Marriott speaks to novelist Geoff Dyer about procrastination.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Richard Osman. Audio, 25 minutes
The multi-million selling author on his latest crime thriller.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
This Cultural Life. Michael Morpurgo. Audio, 43 minutes
Author, poet and playwright Michael Morpurgo reveals what inspired his own creativity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
This Cultural Life. Abdulrazak Gurnah. Audio, 43 minutes
Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Robert Harris. Audio, 43 minutes
The author on his new novel and the election of Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. Female Fictions. Audio, 9 minutes
Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Maggie O’Farrell. Audio, 43 minutes
The historical fiction author on bringing Renaissance Italy to life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
