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Amy Tan - The Kitchen God's Wife
James Naughtie talks to Chinese-American writer Amy Tan about The Kitchen God's Wife.

Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
Annie Proulx talks about her novel of life in far-flung Newfoundland, The Shipping News.

James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia
James Naughtie and author James Ellroy discuss Ellroy's thriller noir, The Black Dahlia.

Margaret Drabble
James Naughtie talks to Margaret Drabble about her novel The Witch of Exmoor.

Joe Simpson
James Naughtie talks to mountaineer Joe Simpson about his book Touching the Void.

Penelope Lively
James Naughtie talks to Penelope Lively about her Booker Prize winning novel Moon Tiger.

Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons discusses his book Man and Boy, with the reading circle of HMP Coldingley.

Graham Swift
James Naughtie meets Booker-prize winning novelist Graham Swift to talk about Waterland.

Geoffrey Chaucer
James Naughtie discusses The Miller's Tale from The Canterbury Tales with Dr Ruth Evans.

Ian McEwan - Enduring Love
Ian McEwan discusses his tale of stalking, science and psychology, ‘Enduring Love’.