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Meet the Author: 04/09/2010
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Meet the Author: 18/04/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 25/04/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 02/05/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 09/05/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 30/05/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 13/06/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 27/06/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 04/07/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 18/07/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Ben Wilson
Nick Higham catches up with historical writer Ben Wilson.
Meet the Author: 08/08/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 15/08/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 05/09/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 12/09/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 19/09/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 03/10/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 10/10/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 17/10/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 24/10/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 31/10/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 07/11/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 14/11/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 28/11/2013
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 09/01/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 16/01/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 23/01/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 30/01/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Philip Roscoe
Nick Higham talks to Philip Roscoe about his work.
Meet the Author: Tom Rob Smith
Writer Tom Rob Smith talks about his latest book, The Farm, to Nick Higham.
Meet the Author: Naomi Wood
Writer Naomi Wood talks about her latest book, Mrs Hemingway, to Nick Higham.
Meet the Author: Jojo Moyes
Writer Jojo Moyes talks to Nick Higham about her latest book, The One Plus One.
Meet the Author: Sir John Hegarty
John Hegarty tells Nick Higham about his book, Hegarty on Creativity: There Are No Rules.
Meet the Author: Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler talks about her book We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.
Meet the Author: 20/03/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue tells Nick Higham about her historical novel and murder mystery Frog Music.
Meet the Author: James Lovelock
Writer James Lovelock talks about A Rough Ride to the Future with Nick Higham.
Meet the Author: 10/04/2014
Nick Higham talks to New Jersey author Harlan Coben about his mystery thiller Missing You.
Meet the Author: Antonia Hodgson and Luke Brown
Antonia Hodgson on The Devil in the Marshalsea, and Luke Brown on My Biggest Lie.
Meet the Author: 24/04/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 01/05/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Rachel Holmes
Author Rachel Holmes discusses Eleanor Marx: A Life with Nick Higham.
Meet the Author: 15/05/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 22/05/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 01/06/14
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Sloane Crosley
Nick Higham talks to American writer Sloane Crosley.
Meet the Author: 19/06/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 24/07/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: 31/07/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Helen Macdonald
Nick Higham talks to author Helen Macdonald about her book H is for Hawk.
Meet the Author: 14/08/2014
Nick Higham talks to the writer behind one of the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Susan Greenfield, Mind Change
Susan Greenfield looks at how digital technology may be changing the way our minds work.
Meet the Author: John Lanchester, How to Speak Money
John Lanchester discusses his latest book on high finance, How to Speak Money.
Meet the Author: Radhika Sanghani
Radhika Sanghani is the author of Virgin, billed as the new face of Mills & Boon.
Meet the Author: Helen Castor, Joan of Arc
Nick Higham talks to Helen Castor about her biography of 15th-century heroine Joan of Arc.
Meet the Author: 14/05/2015
Nick Higham speaks to writer Mary McCartney about her new book At My Table.
Meet the Author: Bee Rowlatt
Nick Higham meets the writer Bee Rowlatt to talk about her book In Search of Mary.
Meet the Author: Steve Silberman
Nick Higham meets the winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction.
Meet the Author: Raymond Briggs
Discussing Notes from the Sofa, Briggs's take on growing old and grumpiness.
Meet the Author: W Stephen Gilbert
Nick Higham talks to W Stephen Gilbert, who has written a book about Jeremy Corbyn.
Meet the Author: 10/12/2015
Nick Higham interviews David Goldblatt about his book The Game of Our Lives.
Meet the Author: Edith Piaf
Meet the Author marks the centenary of the birth of the French singer Edith Piaf.
Meet the Author: 03/01/2016
Nick Higham catches up with four very different writers.
Meet the Author: Emily Chappell: What Goes Around, A London Cycle Courier's Story
Nick Higham talks to Emily Chappell about her novel What Goes Around.
Meet the Author: 14/01/2016
Nick Higham interviews first-time novelist Nicholas Searle, author of The Good Liar.
Meet the Author: 21/01/2016
Nick Higham talks to the writers behind the latest books.
Meet the Author: Joanna Cannon and Ann Morgan
Nick Higham talks to two first-time authors - Joanna Cannon and Ann Morgan.
Meet the Author: 03/03/2016
Jim Naughtie talks to the author, film director and Oscar winning screenwriter Neil Jordan
Meet the Author: Michael Morpurgo
Rebecca Jones talks to author Michael Morpurgo about his inspiration for War Horse.
Meet the Author: 17/03/2016
James Naughtie talks to the writer Sophie Hannah about her new book The Narrow Bed.
Meet the Author: 24/03/2016
Jim Naughtie talks to the new children's author M.G. Leonard about her book, Beetle Boy.
Meet the Author: 31/03/2016
Jim Naughtie talks to Irvine Welsh about his new book The Blade Artist.
Meet the Author: Michael Frayn
James Naughtie talks to Michael Frayn about his new book Collected Columns.
Meet the Author: Clive James
Jim Naughtie talks to Clive James about his two new books.
Meet the Author: Joanne Harris
James Naughtie talks to author Joanne Harris about her new book Different Class.
Meet the Author: Pat Barker
Jim Naughtie talks with Pat Barker about her new book Noonday.
Meet the Author: 07/05/2016
Rebecca Jones talks to Marina Lewycka about her new book The Lubetkin Legacy.
Meet the Author: Kate Summerscale
Jim Naughtie talks to Kate Summerscale about her new book The Wicked Boy.
Meet the Author: Jonathan Coe
Rebecca Jones talks to Jonathan Coe about his new book Number 11.
Meet the Author: 27/05/2016
Jim Naughtie talks to the award winning writer David Mitchell.
Meet the Author: 02/06/2016
Writer James Patterson talks about his plans to transform people's reading habits.
Meet the Author: Louise Doughty
James Naughtie speaks to the author Louise Doughty about her book Black Water.
Meet the Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Jim Naughtie talks to Barbara Taylor Bradford, one of Britain's best selling writers.
Meet the Author: 23/06/2016
Jim Naughtie speaks to Hisham Matar about his new book and the search for his father.
Meet the Author: 30/06/2016
Jim Naughtie talks to Geoff Dyer about travel writing and The Missing of the Somme.
Meet the Author: Jonathan Sumption
Jonathan Sumption talks to Jim Naughtie about his history of the 100 Years War.
Meet the Author: 14/07/2016
James Naughtie talks to the Jamaican poet and author Kei Miller about his new book.
Meet the Author: Sarah Moss
Rebecca Jones talks to Sarah Moss about her fifth novel, The Tidal Zone.
Meet the Author: 28/07/2016
James Naughtie talks to Francis Spufford about his new novel Golden Hill.
Meet the Author: Nina Stibbe
James Naughtie talks to Nina Stibbe about her new book, Paradise Lodge.
Meet the Author: 11/08/2016
Rebecca Jones talks to Duncan Hamilton about his book about the runner Eric Liddell.
Meet the Author: Meg Rosoff
James Naughtie talks to Meg Rosoff, who completed the late Mal Peet's book Beck.
Meet the Author: 25/08/2016
James Naughtie and Rebecca Jones talk to Eowyn Ivey.
Meet the Author: Peter Ho Davies
Jim Naughtie talks to the Welsh-Chinese novelist Peter Ho Davies, author of The Fortunes.
Meet the Author: Gillian Slovo
James Naughtie talks to Gillian Slovo about her new book Ten Days.
Meet the Author: Stewart Lee
James Naughtie talks to the comedian and writer.
Meet the Author: 22/09/2016
James Naughtie talks to Rose Tremain about her latest novel The Gustav Sonata.
Meet the Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Jim Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his latest novel Precious and Grace.
Meet the Author: Alan Johnson MP
Jim talks to Labour MP Alan Johnson about the latest instalment in his series of memoirs.
Meet the Author: John Banville
Jim Naughtie speaks to John Banville about his book Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir.
Meet the Author: Antony Beevor
Jim Naughtie talks with the historian Antony Beevor.
Meet the Author: 27/10/2016
James Naughtie and Rebecca Jones talk to the writers behind the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Jodi Picoult
Author Jodi Picoult talks to Jim Naughtie about the situation in America.
Meet the Author: Susan Greenfield
The neuroscientist and writer talks about her new book, A Day in the Life of the Brain.
Meet the Author: Cynan Jones
Jim Naughtie talks to the writer Cynan Jones about his short novel Cove.
Meet the Author: Petina Gappah
The writer talks about hardship and humour and the politics of her native Zimbabwe.
Meet the Author: James Patterson
Rebecca Jones talks to writer James Patterson.
Meet the Author: Adam O'Riordan
Jim talks with Adam O'Riordan about his collection of short stories The Burning Ground.
Meet the Author: Tim Pears
Jim Naughtie talks to the author Tim Pears about his latest novel The Horseman.
Meet the Author: Stephen Baxter
James Naughtie talks to author Stephen Baxter.
Meet the Author: Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave talks to James Naughtie about his novel Everyone Brave is Forgiven.
Meet the Author: 26/01/2017
James Naughtie and Rebecca Jones talk to the writers behind the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Sophie Kinsella
James Naughtie and Rebecca Jones talk to the writers behind the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan
James Naughtie talks to Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan about their social media book.
Meet the Author: Christopher de Bellaigue
Jim Naughtie speaks to Christopher de Bellaigue about his book The Islamic Enlightenment.
Meet the Author: 23/02/2017
James Naughtie talks to writer Sara Baume about her latest novel A Line Made By Walking.
Meet the Author: Howard Jacobson
Jim Naughtie talks to Howard Jacobson about his collection of newspaper columns.
Meet the Author: Lionel Shriver
Rebecca Jones talks to writer Lionel Shriver about her latest novel The Mandibles.
Meet the Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Jim Naughtie talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling writer Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Meet the Author: Kate Hamer
Jim Naughtie talks to Kate Hamer about her new book The Doll Funeral.
Meet the Author: Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory talks to Jim Naughtie about her new book Three Sisters, Three Queens.
Meet the Author: 02/04/2017
James Naughtie and Rebecca Jones talk to the writers behind the latest new books.
Meet the Author: Scarlett Thomas
James Naughtie talks to Scarlett Thomas about her new novel Dragon's Green.
Meet the Author: David Grann
Jim Naughtie talks to writer David Grann about his new novel Killers of the Flower Moon.
Meet the Author: Michele Roberts
Jim Naughtie talks to Michele Roberts about her new book The Walworth Beauty.
Meet the Author: Sarah Perry
Jim Naughtie talks to best-selling writer Sarah Perry about her novel The Essex Serpent.
Meet the Author: David Baldacci
Rebecca meets American thriller writer David Baldacci to talk about his latest novel.
Meet the Author: Michel Faber
Michel Faber talks to Jim Naughtie about his book of poems Undying: A Love Story.
Meet the Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Jim Naughtie meets Lucy Hughes-Hallett to talk about her latest novel Peculiar Ground.
Meet the Author: Ann Patchet
James Naughtie talks to Ann Patchett about her new novel, Commonwealth.
Meet the Author: Hollie McNish
Jim Naughtie talks to the poet and author Hollie McNish about her new book Plum.
Meet the Author: Martina Cole
Jim Naughtie talks with British crime writer Martina Cole.
Meet the Author: Paula McGrath
Jim Naughtie speaks to writer Paula McGrath about her new novel A History of Running Away.
Meet the Author: Neel Mukherjee
Jim Naughtie talks to the writer Neel Mukherjee about his latest novel A State of Freedom.
Meet the Author: Mike McCormack
Jim Naughtie talks to Mike McCormack about his book Solar Bones.
Meet the Author: Karin Slaughter
Rebecca Jones speaks to crime thriller writer Karin Slaughter about The Good Daughter.
Meet the Author: Conn Iggulden
Jim Naughtie talks to Conn Iggulden, an author who has recently turned to fantasy writing.
Meet the Author: Victoria Hislop
Victoria Hislop talks to Jim Naughtie about her latest novel Cartes Postales from Greece.
Meet the Author: Felicia Yap
Rebecca Jones talks to Felicia Yap about her new murder mystery Yesterday.
Meet the Author: Alan Judd
Writer Alan Judd talks to Jim Naughtie about his latest spy thriller Deep Blue.
Meet the Author: Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland (aka Sam Bourne) talks to Jim Naughtie about his latest book.
Meet the Author: Marcel Theroux
James Naughtie meets author Marcel Theroux to discuss his latest novel The Secret Books.
Meet the Author: Claire Tomalin
Biographer Claire Tomalin talks to James Naughtie about her book A Life of My Own.
Meet the Author: RJ Palacio
Jim Naughtie talks to RJ Palacio about her bestselling novel Wonder.
Meet the Author: William Boyd
James Naughtie speaks to William Boyd about his new collection of short stories.
Meet the Author: Edward St Aubyn
Jim Naughtie speaks to Edward St Aubyn about his book Dunbar.
Meet the Author: Chris Bonington
James Naughtie talks to the climber Chris Bonington about a lifetime of mountaineering.
Meet the Author: Nicola Upson
James Naughtie talks with the crime writer Nicola Upson about her new novel.
Meet the Author: Fiona Mozley
Jim Naughtie talks with first time author Fiona Mozley about her novel Elmet.
Meet the Author: Norman Davies
James Naughtie talks with the writer and historian Norman Davies about his new book.
Meet the Author: Nick Harkaway
James Naughtie talks with Nick Harkaway about his new novel Gnomon.
Meet the Author: Ann Cleves
James Naughtie talks with Ann Cleeves about her new book The Seagull.
Meet the Author: 11/01/2018
James Naughtie talks with Mary Lynn Bracht about her new book White Chrysanthemum.
Meet the Author: Peter May
Jim Naughtie talks with the novelist Peter May about his new thriller I'll Keep You Safe.
Meet the Author: Jojo Moyes
James Naughtie talks with novelist Jojo Moyes about her new book Still Me.
Meet the Author: Leo Benedictus
Journalist Leo Benedictus talks with Jim Naughtie about his new thriller Consent.
Meet the Author: Elizabeth Enfield
Elizabeth Enfield talks to Jim Naughtie about her new book Ivy & Abe.
Meet the Author: 15/02/2018
Jim Naughtie speaks to Mick Herron about his new spy fiction thriller, London Rules.
Meet the Author: Sir John Tusa
James Naughtie talks with the arts administrator, journalist and author Sir John Tusa.
Meet the Author: Aida Edemariam
Jim Naughtie talks to journalist Aida Edemariam about her book The Wife's Tale.
Meet the Author: MC Beaton
James Naughtie talks to writer MC Beaton about her latest novel, Death of an Honest Man.
Meet the Author: Blake Morrison
Rebecca Jones talks to poet and author Blake Morrison about his new book The Executor.