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Claire Tomalin (on Thomas Hardy)
James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy.

Roddy Doyle
Irish writer Roddy Doyle joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Paddy Clarke HA HA HA.

Yann Martel
James Naughtie talks to Yann Martel about Life of Pi.

Siri Hustvedt
James Naughtie talks to Siri Hustvedt about her novel What I Loved.

Henning Mankell
James Naughtie talks to Henning Mankell about Sidetracked, a Kurt Wallander novel.

Lynne Reid Banks
James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room.

Orhan Pamuk
James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.

Jeanette Winterson
James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

Douglas Coupland
James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X

Clive James
James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography