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Mireille Guiliano discusses her latest book, Women, Work and the Art of...
This is a book about life, how to make the most of it, how to find your balance when you are working long days and trying to be happy and fulfilled. Mireille Guiliano has written the kind of book she...
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Hilary Mantel reading from Wolf Hall
‘Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,’ says Thomas More, ‘and when you come back that night he’ll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks’ tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him...
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Hilary Mantel talks about Wolf Hall and winning the Booker
‘Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,’ says Thomas More, ‘and when you come back that night he’ll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks’ tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him...
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An interview with Nicola Upson
Summer, 1935. Inspector Archie Penrose has invited Josephine Tey to his family home in Cornwall, a struggling but beautiful country estate on a magnificent stretch of coastline. Still haunted by the...
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An interview with Mary Beard
Britain’s best-known classicist speaks her mind about the world in which we live, based on her blog which scores 40,000 hits a day. Unsurprisingly, her main themes are the classics, universities and...
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Exclusive interview with Marina Lewycka
Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of the war, and grew up in England. She teaches at Sheffield Hallam University. She is married, with a...
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Maria McCann on The Wilding
In the village of Spadboro Jonathan Dymond, a 26-year-old cider-maker who lives with his parents, has until now enjoyed a quiet, harmonious existence. As the novel opens, a letter arrives from his...
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Jessica Weiner decodes the language of ‘fat’
“I shouldn’t have eaten that”. “I feel so FAT today”. “My stomach is huge”. We all speak the language of fat. We grew up hearing our mums use it to talk about themselves, we become fluent in it with...
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Miranda July reads No One Belongs Here More Than You
In this new audio CD, author Miranda July reads her collection of touching stories from her 2008 collection, No One Belongs Here More Than You. Having both written and starred in the Cannes Caméra...
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Listen to an excerpt from Nanny Returns
Ten years after The Nanny Diaries, Nan returns to NYC. Finally settling in to build a permanent home and get her consulting business off the ground, Nan’s plans are derailed by her husband’s sudden...
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