Tony Parsons

Tony Parsons discusses his book Man and Boy, with the reading circle of HMP Coldingley.

• 28 mins

Penelope Lively

James Naughtie talks to Penelope Lively about her Booker Prize winning novel Moon Tiger.

• 28 mins

Joe Simpson

James Naughtie talks to mountaineer Joe Simpson about his book Touching the Void.

• 28 mins

Margaret Drabble

James Naughtie talks to Margaret Drabble about her novel The Witch of Exmoor.

• 28 mins

James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia

James Naughtie and author James Ellroy discuss Ellroy's thriller noir, The Black Dahlia.

• 28 mins

Annie Proulx - The Shipping News

Annie Proulx talks about her novel of life in far-flung Newfoundland, The Shipping News.

• 28 mins

Amy Tan - The Kitchen God's Wife

James Naughtie talks to Chinese-American writer Amy Tan about The Kitchen God's Wife.

• 28 mins

Martin Amis

Martin Amis discusses his acclaimed novel London Fields with James Naughtie.

• 28 mins

Doris Lessing

James Naughtie talks to the Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing about The Grass is Singing.

• 28 mins

Wendy Cope

James Naughtie looks at the work of Wendy Cope, one of Britain's most popular poets.

• 28 mins

Helen Dunmore

James Naughtie meets novelist Helen Dunmore to discuss her novel Talking to the Dead.

• 28 mins

Nick Hornby

James Naughtie and a studio audience meet novelist Nick Hornby to discuss About A Boy.

• 28 mins

Ian Rankin

James Naughtie talks to Ian Rankin about his books: Knots and Crosses and The Falls.

• 28 mins

J G Ballard

James Naughtie talks to J G Ballard about his classic war novel Empire of the Sun.

• 28 mins

Rose Tremain

James Naughtie meets Rose Tremain to discuss her novel Music and Silence.

• 28 mins

Kazuo Ishiguro

A group of readers, James Naughtie and Kazuo Ishiguro discuss The Remains of The Day.

• 28 mins

Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day

James Naughtie talks to Kazuo Ishiguro about his novel detailing a butler's life.

• 30 mins

Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa talks about his novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.

• 28 mins

Michael Frayn

James Naughtie and a studio audience meet Michael Frayn to talk about Headlong.

• 28 mins

David Grossman

James Naughtie talks to David Grossman about his book See Under Love.

• 28 mins

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou talks about volume one of her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

• 28 mins

William Dalrymple

Travel writer William Dalrymple talks about his book From the Holy Mountain.

• 28 mins

Barbara Vine 

Barbara Vine talks about her haunting novel A Dark Adapted Eye.

• 28 mins

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson talks about her award-winning book the Illustrated Mum.

• 28 mins

Jilly Cooper

James Naughtie talks to bestselling author Jilly Cooper about her racy novel Polo.

• 28 mins

Alan Bennett

James Naughtie talks to the much-loved author Alan Bennett about his memoir Writing Home.

• 28 mins

Salman Rushdie

James Naughtie hosts a discussion with Salman Rushdie about his novel Midnight's Children.

• 28 mins

Salman Rushdie

Sir Salman Rushdie talks to James Naughtie about his Booker-winner Midnight's Children.

• 30 mins

William Trevor

William Trevor talks to James Naughtie about his short story collection After Rain.

• 28 mins

Beryl Bainbridge

Beryl Bainbridge talks about her novel An Awfully Big Adventure.

• 28 mins

P. D. James

James Naughtie talks to crime writer P. D. James about her novel Original Sin.

• 28 mins

Sally Beauman

Sally Beauman, author of Rebecca's Tale, joins James Naughtie to discuss Rebecca.

• 28 mins

T. C. Boyle

James Naughtie is joined by T. C. Boyle to talk about his novel The Tortilla Curtain.

• 28 mins

Amanda Foreman

Amanda Foreman talks about her biography of Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire.

• 28 mins

Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien joins James Naughtie to talk about her book Down by the River.

• 28 mins

Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess joins James Naughtie to discuss Junk, his novel about teenage runaways.

• 28 mins

Esther Freud

James Naughtie talks to Esther Freud about her semi-autobiographical novel Hideous Kinky.

• 28 mins

Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Hawksmoor.

• 28 mins

Sir John Mortimer

Sir John Mortimer joins James Naughtie to discuss his work.

• 28 mins

Peter Carey

Peter Carey talks about his novel the True History of the Kelly Gang.

• 28 mins

Sarah Waters

Sarah Waters joins James Naughtie to talk about her gothic tale Fingersmith.

• 28 mins

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Elizabeth Jane Howard joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel Falling.

• 28 mins

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Elizabeth Jane Howard discusses Falling, one of her most strange and dark novels.

• 30 mins

David Lodge

James Naughtie talks to David Lodge about his novel Nice Work.

• 28 mins

Minette Walters

James Naughtie is joined by author Minette Walters.

• 28 mins

Terry Pratchett

James Naughtie is joined by Terry Pratchett to discuss Mort.

• 28 mins

Muriel Spark

James Naughtie is joined by Muriel Spark to discuss The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

• 28 mins

Paul Auster - New York Trilogy

James Naughtie is joined by author Paul Auster.

• 28 mins

Will Self

James Naughtie is joined by Will Self to discuss his novel How The Dead Live.

• 28 mins

Pat Barker

Booker prize winner Pat Barker joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel Regeneration.

• 28 mins

Carol Ann Duffy

James Naughtie's guest is Carol Ann Duffy, one of the most widely read British poets.

• 28 mins

Zadie Smith

James Naughtie talks to Zadie Smith about the impact of her novel White Teeth.

• 28 mins

Bill Bryson

James Naughtie talks to Bill Bryson about his book A Short History of Nearly Everything

• 28 mins

Stephen Fry

James Naughtie is joined by Stephen Fry to discuss his novel, The Hippopotamus

• 28 mins

Richard Ford

James Naughtie is joined by Richard Ford to discuss his novel, Independence Day.

• 28 mins

Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy joins readers to discuss her novel Small Island.

• 28 mins

Sue Townsend

James Naughtie is joined by Sue Townsend to discuss her comic creation Adrian Mole.

• 28 mins

Oliver Sacks

James Naughtie talks to Dr Oliver Sacks about The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat.

• 28 mins

Michael Dibdin

James Naughtie talks to crime writer Michael Dibdin in front of a group of readers.

• 28 mins

Alain-Fournier

James Naughtie and poet Michele Roberts discuss Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.

• 28 mins

Hanif Kureishi

James Naughtie is joined by Hanif Kureishi to discuss his book The Buddha of Suburbia.

• 28 mins

Antonia Fraser

James Naughtie is joined by Antonia Fraser to discuss her book The Gunpowder Plot.

• 28 mins

Joyce Carol Oates

American writer Joyce Carol Oates joins readers to discuss We Were the Mulvaneys.

• 28 mins

George Macdonald Fraser

James Naughtie is joined by George Macdonald Fraser to talk about his Flashman books.

• 28 mins

P J O'Rourke

James Naughtie is joined by American satirist P J O'Rourke to discuss Holidays in Hell.

• 28 mins

Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lionel Shriver joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin.

• 28 mins

Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss Noughts and Crosses.

• 28 mins

Ali Smith

James Naughtie is joined by novelist Ali Smith to talk about her book Hotel World

• 28 mins

Lindsey Davis

James Naughtie is joined by Lindsey Davis to discuss her thriller Time to Depart.

• 28 mins

John Berendt

James Naughtie talks to John Berendt about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

• 28 mins

Elmore Leonard

James Naughtie is joined by American crime writer Elmore Leonard.

• 28 mins

Matthew Kneale

James Naughtie talks to Matthew Kneale about his award winning book English Passengers.

• 28 mins

Jane Gardam

James Naughtie talks to Jane Gardam about her book Old Filth.

• 28 mins

Lewis Wolpert

Scientist Lewis Wolpert discusses his account of depression in Malignant Sadness.

• 28 mins

Salley Vickers

James Naughtie discusses Miss Garnet's Angel with its author Salley Vickers.

• 28 mins

Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections

The author Jonathan Franzen discusses his novel The Corrections.

• 28 mins

Val McDermid

Val McDermid joins readers to discuss The Mermaids Singing, the story of a serial killer.

• 30 mins

Alison Weir

Historian Alison Weir discusses her biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine with James Naughtie.

• 30 mins

Jonathan Coe

James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to comic fiction author Jonathan Coe.

• 30 mins

Jodi Picoult

James Naughtie and an audience talk to Jodi Picoult about her novel My Sister's Keeper.

• 30 mins

David Mitchell

From the Hay Festival, James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to David Mitchell.

• 30 mins

Germaine Greer

James Naughtie is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her book The Female Eunuch.

• 30 mins

Colin Dexter

James Naughtie talks to Colin Dexter about The Remorseful Day, Inspector Morse's last case

• 30 mins

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

James Naughtie and an audience of readers discuss Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.

• 30 mins

James Robertson

James Naughtie talks to James Robertson about his historical novel Joseph Knight.

• 30 mins

Barbara Kingsolver

James Naughtie and an audience discuss Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible.

• 30 mins

Thomas Keneally

James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally.

• 30 mins

Alice Sebold

James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.

• 30 mins

Sarah Dunant

James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus.

• 30 mins

William Hague

James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger.

• 30 mins

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

• 30 mins

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun

• 30 mins

Jan Morris

Jan Morris joins James Naughtie and readers to talk about her portrait of Venice.

• 30 mins

Asne Seierstad

With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul.

• 30 mins

Colm Toibin

Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.

• 30 mins

Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation

James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.

• 30 mins

Michael Morpurgo

James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.

• 30 mins

Fay Weldon

James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.

• 30 mins

Amitav Ghosh

James Naughtie talks to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh.

• 30 mins