The Guardian Books Podcast
A weekly podcast presented by the Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead, for author interviews, readings and discussions - plus a full recording of our monthly book club.
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Original short story: Could It Be Forever? by Nina Stibbe – books podcast
The British author of Love, Nina remembers a doomed teenage ...
The British author of Love, Nina remembers a doomed teenage romance
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Original short story: Two Families, by Sheila Heti – books podcast
What happens when you don't find your comedian brother funny? ...
What happens when you don't find your comedian brother funny? A new work by the Canadian author
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Original short story: Her Share Of Sorrow, by Tessa Hadley – books podcast
The British author reads a short story in which she ...
The British author reads a short story in which she imagines a summer in the life of a young woman at odds with her family
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Original fiction: The Winshaw Prize, an extract from Number 11, by Jonathan Coe – books podcast
A struggling columnist tries to impress her editor – who ...
A struggling columnist tries to impress her editor – who just happens to be her father – in this extract from Jonathan Coe's forthcoming novel, Number 11
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Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self – books podcast
The Booker-shortlisted author returns with a tale of an unexpected ...
The Booker-shortlisted author returns with a tale of an unexpected encounter
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Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald Live Event - books podcast
Alex Clark discusses the challenges of writing your own life ...
Alex Clark discusses the challenges of writing your own life story with the authors of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and H Is for Hawk
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Alien invaders with Fred Pearce and Alanna Collen – books podcast
We look at intruders of our inner and outer environment ...
We look at intruders of our inner and outer environment with Fred Pearce and Alanna Collen
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Serial winners with Amitav Ghosh and Nicci French – books podcast
We explore why writers cast off the shackles of the ...
We explore why writers cast off the shackles of the standalone novel with Amitav Ghosh and the crime writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French
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Writing the news: Ryan Gattis and Sarah Bannan – books podcast
What happens when the headlines fire an author's imagination? We ...
What happens when the headlines fire an author's imagination? We talk about the news in fiction with Ryan Gattis and Sarah Bannan
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Jeremy Hutchinson talks to Alan Rusbridger – books podcast
The Guardian's former editor, Alan Rusbridger, crosses swords over liberty, ...
The Guardian's former editor, Alan Rusbridger, crosses swords over liberty, censorship and privacy with the doyen of the English criminal bar, Jeremy Hutchinson, at a Guardian Live event