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Katherine Mansfield
Exploring the writing of Katherine Mansfield a hundred years after her death.

Agatha Christie at Christmas
Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection with the festive season

Katherine Rundell and The Golden Mole
Katherine Rundell talks about The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasures.

Looking back at 2022 and (re)discovering Bruno Schulz
Chris Power discusses a year in books and gets some seasonal recommendations.

Open Book: M.R. James
Kate Mosse explores the work of M.R. James, father of the modern English ghost story.

Women subverting horror with Mariana EnrÃquez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White
Octavia Bright asks if there is a new wave of women authors turning to horror fiction.

Cormac McCarthy, Photographing Writers, Derek Owusu
Johny Pitts discusses the new novels from Cormac McCarthy.

Barbara Kingsolver, plus the 'Social Novel' with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about her Dickens-inspired book Demon Copperhead.

Colm TóibÃn essays, and revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Chris Power talks to Colm TóibÃn about illness, the myth of Ireland and banned books.

Writing Nature
How writers capture our natural world.