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A Good Read: Petroc Trelawny & Stuart MacBride
The broadcaster and the novelist chat favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Johny Pitts returns to his home city to explore Sheffield's literary landscapes
A Good Read: Sophie Hannah & Viv Groskop
Broken friendships, life on the stage, and a sinister talking dog all feature this week.
Summer Reading and Benjamin Wood
A Good Read: Melanie Reid & Andrew Cotter
The Times columnist and sports broadcaster share their favourite books.
Tess Gunty on The Rabbit Hutch; Jackie Kay on the writing of Jamaica Kincaid
A Good Read: Salena Godden & Rob Biddulph
Books to cherish, recommended by poet Salena Godden and author-illustrator Rob Biddulph.
The Ethics of Writing Crime
Ross Raisin
Octavia Bright talks to Ross Raisin about his new book, A Hunger.
Mary Renault's Greek Myths
Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change
Ian McEwan
Chris Power talks to Ian McEwan about his new book, Lessons.
Maggie O'Farrell, Graphic Novels with Lizzy Stewart and Posy Simmonds, plus Anuradha Roy
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk, Patterson Joseph and Torrey Peters.
A Good Read: Duncan Campbell and Mark Hokinson
Two writers who cover crime, football and music share their favourite books with Harriett
Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng and Grief and modern masculinity with Bobby Palmer and Michael Pedersen
A Good Read: John Wilson and Chloe Petts
The broadcaster and the comedian choose books they love
William Boyd
William Boyd discusses his new novel, The Romantics.
A Good Read: Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson
The writers choose the books they love to read.
Writing Nature
Johny Pitts and Octavia Bright with a discussion on responses to the natural world.
A Good Read: Patience Agbabi and Andy Miller
The poet and the writer choose their favourite books.
Colm TóibÃn essays, Revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Chris Power talks to Colm TóibÃn about his essays on illness, religion and literature
A Good Read: Ria Lina & Otegha Uwagba
A comedian and a writer chat favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
A Good Read: Heidi Regan & Neil Delamere
Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Barbara Kingsolver, plus the "Social Novel" with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
A Good Read: Philippa Forrester and Dwayne Fields
Two very-different memoirs and a tale of two women on an adventure feature this week.
Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu
A Good Read: Shaparak Khorsandi and Anne Hegerty
A disgraced university tutor, a dysfunctional family, and a love-letter to literature.
Women subverting horror with Mariana EnrÃquez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White
Octavia Bright talks to Mariana EnrÃquez about Our Share of Night,
A Good Read: Frank Turner and Ellie Gibson
Books about tidying, music and addiction, and a desire to write are this week's choices.