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Costa Book Awards 2011

30 Jan 2012 15:18:24 GMT

Find out what the experts think of the Costa Book Awards and watch the moment where the 2011 winner is announced.

Sadie and the Hotheads on The Book Show

20 Dec 2011 11:58:51 GMT

Sadie and the Hotheads perform One Thing Leads To Another on The Book Show, featuring Downton Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern

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Jeanette Winterson on The Book Show

11 Dec 2011 15:12:32 GMT

Northern novelist Jeanette Winterson describes on The Book Show how her harrowing autobiography developed as she was writing it

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Dame Jacqueline Wilson on The Book Show

11 Dec 2011 10:01:15 GMT

Children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson talks about her latest book, Sapphire Battersea, on The Book Show

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Countess of Carnarvon on The Book Show

11 Dec 2011 10:00:38 GMT

Countess of Carnarvon talks to Mariella about her latest book, Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, on The Book Show

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Lynda La Plante on The Book Show

08 Dec 2011 10:33:35 GMT

Lynda La Plante reveals on The Book Show the highly entertaining details of her first autopsy research experience

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P D James on The Book Show

07 Dec 2011 15:24:04 GMT

On The Book Show, Phyllis Dorothy James divulges details of her latest novel that transports the world of Pride and Prejudice into a crime thriller

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Anthony Horowitz on The Book Show

07 Dec 2011 15:22:28 GMT

Anthony Horowitz chats about the pressures and pleasures of penning the new Sherlock Holmes on The Book Show

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Richard Dawkins on The Book Show

29 Nov 2011 11:44:26 GMT

Richard Dawkins talks to Mariella about why he turned to a younger audience with his latest publication

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Stephanie Beacham on The Book Show

25 Nov 2011 14:03:45 GMT

On The Book Show, actress Stephanie Beacham talks about the time she was told at age 19 that she would never be an actress, just as her career was beginning

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Marina Warner on The Book Show

25 Nov 2011 13:55:51 GMT

Mythographer and writer Marina Warner discusses whether myths clutter our vision of the truth on The Book Show

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Ken Livingstone On The Book Show

24 Nov 2011 12:30:58 GMT

Former Mayor of London Ken Livingston joins Mariella in the studio and discusses politics and his new memoir, You Can’t Say That.

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Benjamin Zephaniah On The Book Show

22 Nov 2011 05:24:20 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to British-Jamaican poet, playwright and musician Benjamin Zephaniah about hard hitting issues such as racism, animal cruelty and the need for social justice

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Alison Weir On The Book Show

22 Nov 2011 04:50:00 GMT

Historical author Alison Weir talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about Mary Boleyn and her book Mary Boleyn: ‘The Great and Infamous Whore’

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Ulrika Jonsson on The Book Show

14 Nov 2011 11:45:22 GMT

Ulrika Jonsson opens up about how her relationship with her father shaped her life and writing on The Book Show

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Michael Rosen on The Book Show

14 Nov 2011 11:30:40 GMT

Former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen reveals what inspires the topics of his writing and why he loves performing his work

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Martina Cole on The Book Show

14 Nov 2011 11:20:57 GMT

Martina Cole discusses the role of females in crime fiction on The Book Show

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Robert Harris on The Book Show

09 Nov 2011 15:47:24 GMT

Enigma and The Ghost thriller writer Robert Harris talks to Mariella Frostrup about hedge funds and black knickers on The Book Show

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Gillian Lynne on The Book Show

09 Nov 2011 15:42:57 GMT

Former ballerina and West End star Gillian Lynne talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about dancing during the Second World War

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Peter James on The Book Show

09 Nov 2011 15:32:51 GMT

Crime writer and film producer Peter James talks to Mariella Frostrup on the Book Show about designer babies

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Larry Lamb on The Book Show

02 Nov 2011 18:04:50 GMT

Actor Larry Lamb talks about the difficult childhood that influenced his latest autobiographical release, Mummy’s Boy, on The Book Show

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Dame Harriet Walter on The Book Show

02 Nov 2011 18:02:06 GMT

Actress Dame Harriet Walter talks with Mariella on The Book Show about her discovery of what true beauty really is, and about our attitudes to ageing in the UK

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Lee Child on The Book Show

02 Nov 2011 17:48:32 GMT

On The Book Show, thriller writer Lee Child explains why the creation of his Jack Reacher was partially autobiographical and why he decided to go back in time for his latest novel

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Pamela Stephenson Connolly on The Book Show

20 Oct 2011 15:07:24 GMT

What inspired sex therapist and former comedy actress Pamela Stephenson Connolly to write her latest book, Sex Life? She bares all on The Book Show.

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Kingslee ‘Akala’ Daley on The Book Show

20 Oct 2011 15:02:14 GMT

If Hip-Hop be the food of love, play on! Kingslee ‘Akala’ Daley explains on The Book Show where he got the idea to fuse Hip-Hop music with classical Shakespeare.

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Joan Bakewell on The Book Show

20 Oct 2011 14:54:59 GMT

Dame Joan Bakewell talks to Mariella about how the explosive early 1960s influenced her latest novel, She’s Leaving Home

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Grace Dent on The Book Show

20 Oct 2011 14:44:41 GMT

What makes a good tweeter? Self-confessed social media addict and teen fiction author Grace Dent has the lowdown

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Frank Skinner on The Book Show

20 Oct 2011 14:40:26 GMT

Comedian Frank Skinner talks column-writing and red carpets with Mariella on The Book Show

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Anne Rice on The Book Show

20 Oct 2011 14:37:15 GMT

Gothic, vampire, and religious fiction author Anne Rice with her thoughts on faith and her novels

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The Book Show is back

05 Oct 2011 12:10:17 GMT

Mariella kick-starts the new series at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, where she meets some of the biggest names in literature to discuss their recent projects and favourite reads.

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Rebecca Miller on The Book Show

09 Jun 2011 19:39:11 GMT

In this clip from The Book Show at Dublin, Rebecca describes the ‘perfect artist’s wife’ - and how her character Pippa Lee fits that model.

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Liz Lochhead on The Book Show

09 Jun 2011 19:34:28 GMT

In this clip from The Book Show, Mariella asks Liz about the historical president for the title of ‘makar’ as Liz is only the second person to hold this position.

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Colm Toibin on The Book Show

09 Jun 2011 19:17:19 GMT

Mariella talks to Colm Toibin on The Book Show at Dublin about where he got the title ‘The Empty Family’ from?

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Anne Enright On The Book Show

03 Jun 2011 18:35:56 GMT

Anne Enright talks to Mariella on The Book Show at the Dublin Writers’ Festival about her new novel.

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John Boyne On The Book Show

03 Jun 2011 18:29:29 GMT

At the Dublin Writers’ Festival, John Boyne, author of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, talks to Mariella about his latest book for adults.

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Roddy Doyle On The Book Show

03 Jun 2011 18:25:33 GMT

Roddy Doyle talks to Mariella on The Book Show at the Dublin Writers’ Festival about his new novel.

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Rosamund Lupton On The Book Show

02 Jun 2011 10:00:37 GMT

Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister the fastest selling debut novel talks to Mariella about how mother’s on the school run facilitated her while writing the novel.

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Terry Jones on The Book Show

02 Jun 2011 09:55:12 GMT

Monty Python’s Terry Jones discusses his new book of children’s stories Animal Tales, and tells how he was initially inspired to write for children after reading his young daughter a particularly gruesome Grimm’s Fairy Tale.

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Deborah Moggach on The Book Show

02 Jun 2011 09:50:37 GMT

Deborah Moggach pays tribute to that grande dame of literature Beryl Bainbridge, whose posthumous novel The Girl in the Polkadot Dress is on shelves now.

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Victor Gregg on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2011 09:56:18 GMT

Victor Gregg was a PoW on death row in Dresden at the time of the Allied fire bombing. In this moving clip from The Book Show at Hay he speaks of what he saw and experienced there - which he says made him ashamed to be British.

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Marcus Sedgwick on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2011 09:47:06 GMT

Marcus Sedgwick talks to Mariella on The Book Show at Hay about the weird and wonderful real-life scientific experiments that inspired parts of his new novel for young adults White Crow.

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Adam Nicolson on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2011 09:42:20 GMT

Adam Nicolson went in search of the country idyll after a traumatic city life, in this clip from The Book Show at Hay he tells Mariella about how he wanted to find a good way of living.

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David Baddiel on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2011 09:16:57 GMT

Comedian and novelist David Baddiel tells Mariella about the image of the ‘great writer’ which is at the heart of his dark and comic novel The Death of Eli Gold.

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Elif Shafak on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2011 09:07:06 GMT

Award winning Turkish writer Elif Shafak tells us about the benefits of writing in Turkish and English and how she dreams in both languages.

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David Bailey on The Book Show

31 May 2011 09:00:29 GMT

Iconic photographer David Bailey gives Mariella his first impressions of Camp Bastion in Helmand, Afghanistan where he shot a series of photographs of the British Forces stationed there. A place he has likened to ‘Apocalypse Now’.

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Brian Cox on The Book Show at Hay

29 May 2011 14:20:20 GMT

Popstar turned particle physicist Brian Cox says more money has been used to bail out the banks than has been spent on science, and hopes Wonders of the Universe will inspire a new generation.

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Mark Logue on The Book Show at Hay

29 May 2011 14:20:17 GMT

Mark Logue, grandson of Lionel Logue the speech therapist who assisted King George VI to overcome his stammer, talks about the unique relationship the pair had with each other.

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Henning Mankell on The Book Show at Hay

29 May 2011 14:20:15 GMT

On The Book Show at Hay, Henning Mankell talks to Mariella about what story he thinks is the most important and why crime writing is much older than we think.

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Jeffery Deaver on The Book Show at Hay

28 May 2011 15:15:15 GMT

Jeffery talks to Mariella on The Book Show at Hay about taking on a British icon in his new James Bond novel Carte Blanche.

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Paul Theroux on The Book Show at Hay

28 May 2011 15:15:10 GMT

Writer Paul Theroux talks to Mariella on The Book Show at Hay about his new novel Carte Blanche. In this clip Paul tells us why he thinks it is best to travel alone.

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Cerys Matthews on The Book Show at Hay

28 May 2011 15:15:05 GMT

Cerys talks to Mariella on The Book Show at Hay about the two Welsh myths she has readapted for a new generation.

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Stella Tillyard on The Book Show

24 May 2011 15:56:09 GMT

Stella Tillyard, the acclaimed bestselling author of Aristocrats, talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about the first of her two-part series Tides of War, a dramatic novel of love and betrayal that moves between a man on the frontline in Seville during the Peninsular War and the freedom that his wife is experiencing in Regency London.

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Edward St Aubyn on The Book Show

24 May 2011 15:55:53 GMT

Author Edward St Aubyn, who has famously used his own history of abuse and addiction to inspire his dark and shocking Patrick Melrose series joins Mariella on The Book Show to talk about his latest novel - At Last.

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Douglas Kennedy on The Book Show

24 May 2011 15:54:49 GMT

Douglas Kennedy is in the studio to talk to Mariella Frostrup about his latest book The Moment. It is a reflective love story set during the Cold War in which a package from an old lover causes a divorced writer to relive a complex and tragic love affair in Berlin.

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Jodi Picoult on The Book Show

16 May 2011 07:10:48 GMT

Chick-lit author Jodi Picoult talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about her latest book Sing You Home. In this clip Jodi Picoult talks about the literary and commercial divides.

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Caradoc King on The Book Show

16 May 2011 07:05:56 GMT

Celebrated literary agent Caradoc King discusses his poignant memoir of his tortured childhood.

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Paul Murray on The Book Show

16 May 2011 07:00:30 GMT

Acclaimed Irish writer Paul Murray talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about his book Skippy Dies.

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Kay Burley On The Book Show

11 May 2011 09:20:21 GMT

Sky News’ Kay Burley talks about her red hot debut novel First Ladies, and reveals to Mariella the advice Isla, her young female reporter, receives from her older female boss is to ‘never show you’re vulnerable’ is a lesson she herself has adhered to.

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Wilbur Smith On The Book Show

10 May 2011 10:15:13 GMT

Bestseller Wilbur Smith talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about his new book Those In Peril, his tenacity as a writer and his love for the fairer sex.

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John Julius Norwich On The Book Show

10 May 2011 10:10:23 GMT

John Julius Norwich reveals the exciting history of The Popes when he meets Mariella on The Book Show.

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Esther Freud on The Book Show

04 May 2011 13:08:30 GMT

Hideous Kinky author Esther tells of her own terrible experiences which she was able to draw upon when writing.

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Simon Winchester on The Book Show

04 May 2011 13:04:15 GMT

Writer of a history of the Atlantic Ocean Simon Winchester talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about his book.

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Eoin Colfer on The Book Show

04 May 2011 13:00:54 GMT

Mariella Frostrup asks novelist Eoin Colfer what it is about Artemis that appeals to younger readers.

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Stefanie Powers On The Book Show

26 Apr 2011 11:14:02 GMT

Best known for her role of Jennifer Hart in the long-running TV series Hart to Hart with Robert Wagner, Mariella asked Stefanie Powers what it was that made the couple so popular.

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Monica Ali On The Book Show

26 Apr 2011 11:08:48 GMT

Monica Ali joins Mariella on The Book Show to discuss what life would have been like had Princess Diana lived.

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Paula McClain On The Book Show

26 Apr 2011 11:03:51 GMT

Paula McLain meets Mariella on The Book Show to chat about Hemmingway’s early marriage that inspired her novel The Paris Wife.

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Sara Paretsky on The Book Show

21 Apr 2011 08:30:04 GMT

Sara Paretsky talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about her next intriguing thriller

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Peter Ackroyd on The Book Show

18 Apr 2011 07:09:57 GMT

Critic Peter Ackroyd reveals his new cultural history of London on The Book Show

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Philip Hensher on The Book Show

18 Apr 2011 07:00:50 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to Philip Hensher as he discusses his novel King Of The Badgers

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George R.R.Martin Game of Thrones Book Show Special

15 Apr 2011 15:51:42 GMT

Famously reclusive, George met fellow fantasy author, and long-time admirer, Joe Abercrombie at his home in Los Angeles.

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Jenny Colgan on The Book Show

12 Apr 2011 12:33:40 GMT

Mariella welcomes chick-lit author Jenny Colgan to The Book Show

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Jennifer Egan on The Book Show

12 Apr 2011 12:27:36 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to, A Visit From The Goon Squad writer, Jennifer Egan on The Book Show

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Hugh Vickers on The Book Show

12 Apr 2011 12:23:31 GMT

Hugh Vickers, author of the recent biography of the late Duchess of Windsor, talks to Mariella on The Book Show

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Melvyn Bragg on The Book Show

04 Apr 2011 07:38:34 GMT

Mariella Frostrup welcomes Melvyn Bragg to The Book Show. Here he describes the bloody fate of William Tyndale, the extraordinary translator of the King James Bible

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Wendy Cope on The Book Show

04 Apr 2011 07:29:28 GMT

Poet Wendy Cope talks to Mariella with her trademark wit about the ironically titled Family Values

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Emma Donoghue on The Book Show

04 Apr 2011 07:13:22 GMT

Emma Donoghue discusses her Booker-Prize-nominated novel, Room with Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show

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Louise Doughty on The Book Show

27 Mar 2011 17:17:54 GMT

Shortlisted for a Costa Award 2010, Louise talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about how, as a mother, she could draw on her own fear of accidents to write such an unsettling book.

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Malorie Blackman on The Book Show

27 Mar 2011 17:14:04 GMT

Malorie Blackman, author of the Noughts and Crosses series of books, meets Mariella to talk about her new book on teenage pregnancy from the perspective of a single father.

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Niall Ferguson on The Book Show

27 Mar 2011 17:11:14 GMT

Controversial historian Niall Ferguson grabbles with Civilisation when he talks to Mariella about the six ‘killer apps’ that led to Western dominance.

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Manju Kapur on The Book Show

24 Mar 2011 15:16:25 GMT

Celebrated Indian author, Manju Kapur stopped in Keswick to talk about her new novel Custody, and how Indian family values have changed

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Chris Mullin on The Book Show

24 Mar 2011 15:12:22 GMT

Chris Mullin gives us a more humorous political insight on the language of New Labour when he tells Mariella about his latest instalment of diaries Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005 - 2010

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Salley Vickers on The Book Show

24 Mar 2011 15:09:17 GMT

Author of Miss Garnet’s Angel, Salley Vickers discusses love in all its many guises

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Valerie Grove on The Book Show

17 Mar 2011 14:33:46 GMT

Valerie Grove talks about Kaye Webb the founder of the Puffin Club, and reads a two line poem by Emma Thompson, age 12

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Joanna Trollope on The Book Show

17 Mar 2011 14:33:33 GMT

Joanna Trollope returns to The Book Show to chat with Mariella about the anguish of a mother relinquishing control of her son to a new daughter-in-law

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Jackie Kay on The Book Show

17 Mar 2011 14:33:23 GMT

Novelist and poet Jackie Kay speaks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about her search for identity

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Kazuo Ishiguro on The Book Show

10 Mar 2011 11:22:50 GMT

Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Mariella Frostrup about why he’s interested in characters that benignly accept their fate

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Aminatta Forna on The Book Show

10 Mar 2011 11:15:37 GMT

Aminatta Forna talks about her new novel set in Sierra Leone, and the stomach churning research she preformed

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David Starkey on The Book Show

10 Mar 2011 11:09:10 GMT

David Starkey gets magisterial over the monarchy on The Book Show

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Helen Dunmore on The Book Show

23 Feb 2011 12:06:59 GMT

Helen Dunmore author of The Seige talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show to talk about her follow up The Betrayal, which is set against the terror of Stalinist Russia.

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Allison Pearson on The Book Show

23 Feb 2011 11:37:23 GMT

Best-selling novelist and columnist, Allison Pearson talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about how her teenage crush on David Cassidy, the source for her new book I Think I Love You

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Francesca Beauman on The Book Show

23 Feb 2011 11:22:57 GMT

Historian and author, Francesca Beauman talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about her new book, Shapely Ankle Preferr’d

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Wendy Holden on The Book Show

16 Feb 2011 14:15:28 GMT

Bestselling novelist Wendy Holden talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about her new book Gallery Girl

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Anthony Quinn on The Book Show

16 Feb 2011 14:14:49 GMT

Writer of The Rescue Man, Anthony Quinn, discuss his latest book, Half the Human Race with Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show

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Edna O’Brien on The Book Show

16 Feb 2011 14:10:36 GMT

Controversial Irish author Edna O’Brien returns to The Book Show with her compilation of short stories Saints and Sinners

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Linda Grant on The Book Show

07 Feb 2011 19:00:03 GMT

Award winning novelist Linda Grant discusses the generation gap and asks whether parents can ever know their children

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Jane Shilling on The Book Show

07 Feb 2011 18:53:30 GMT

Journalist and author Jane Shilling joins The Book Show to explain why the modern media is always so negative about middle-aged women

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Simon Sebag Montefiore on The Book Show

07 Feb 2011 18:32:46 GMT

Simon Sebag Montefiore talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about how he constructed his history of Jerusalem

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Leila Aboulela On The Book Show

01 Feb 2011 18:20:49 GMT

Leila Aboulela, author of Lyrics Alley, makes her debut on The Book Show to talk to Mariella Frostrup about her story of 1960s’ Sudan, writing and faith

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Matthew Parris On The Book Show

01 Feb 2011 18:17:08 GMT

Former journalist and MP, Matthew Parris, talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about his latest book on British diplomacy

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Rowan Joffe On The Book Show

01 Feb 2011 18:13:18 GMT

Screenwriter and filmmaker, Rowan Joffe presents his adaptation of Brighton Rock and the perils and pitfalls of interpreting a classic novel

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Daisy Goodwin on The Book Show

21 Jan 2011 17:09:22 GMT

Daisy Goodwin talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about historical fiction

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Lindsey Davis on The Book Show

21 Jan 2011 17:08:44 GMT

Lindsey Davis talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about her book Nemesis

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Raymond Khoury On The Book Show

21 Jan 2011 16:55:53 GMT

Raymond Khoury talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about the divisive nature of religion

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Alastair Campbell on The Book Show

12 Jan 2011 11:41:26 GMT

The former King of Spin, Alastair Campbell talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about his relationship with Tony Blair

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John Waters on The Book Show

12 Jan 2011 11:37:34 GMT

The Pope of Trash, John Waters talks to talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about his book ‘Role Models’

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Sarah Bakewell on The Book Show

12 Jan 2011 11:11:42 GMT

Costa nominated biographer Sarah Bakewell talks to Mariella Frostrup on The Book Show about how to live and make the most of your life

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Nigella Lawson on The Book Show

10 Dec 2010 16:29:26 GMT

Mariella is joined by hostess with the mostest Nigella Lawson on The Book Show where they talk about revitalising ones interest in cooking

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Kate Morton on The Book Show

10 Dec 2010 16:26:17 GMT

Mariella talks to the author of The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton on The Book Show

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Kevin McCloud on The Book Show

10 Dec 2010 16:24:26 GMT

Designer and Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud talks to Mariella on The Book Show about Environmentalism

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Michael Parkinson on The Book Show

02 Dec 2010 19:37:49 GMT

Michael Parkinson talks to Mariella on The Book Show about the perfect interview

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P. D. James on The Book Show

02 Dec 2010 19:36:59 GMT

P. D. James talks to Mariella on The Book Show about the appeal of writing crime

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Edmund de Waal on The Book Show

02 Dec 2010 19:33:10 GMT

Edmund de Waal talks to Mariella on The Book Show about his family memoir The Hare with the Amber Eyes

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Dawn French on The Book Show

23 Nov 2010 19:34:52 GMT

Comedienne Dawn French speaks candidly about being a household name

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Dawn French on The Book Show

23 Nov 2010 19:32:08 GMT

Dawn French talks to Mariella on The Book Show about being a liberal parent

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Michael Holroyd on The Book Show

23 Nov 2010 19:24:19 GMT

Elusive biographer Michael Holroyd discusses A Book of Secrets which uncovers the hidden lives of women regulated to the footnotes of history, who have never met each other, but whose lives are united by Villa Cimbrone in Italy.

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Conn Iggulden on The Book Show

23 Nov 2010 19:13:31 GMT

Historical novelist and Dangerous Books for Boys co-author Conn Iggulden joins The Book Show to reveal his passion for history and the unusual lengths he goes to for research

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Amanda Foreman on The Book Show

18 Nov 2010 20:00:22 GMT

Historian Amanda Foreman meets Mariella on The Book Show to talk about her latest book. She also talks about why she hates the term ‘feminisation of history’

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India Knight on The Book Show

18 Nov 2010 19:57:48 GMT

Mariella Frostrup is joined by author and journalist, India Knight who talks about her new novel Comfort and Joy.

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Nicholas Evans on The Book Show

18 Nov 2010 19:51:08 GMT

Author of bestseller The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans joins the Book Show to discuss his latest novel The Brave.

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Bettany Hughes on The Book Show

12 Nov 2010 20:35:59 GMT

Historian Bettany Hughes talks to Mariella about how forward thinking and relevant Socrates is today.

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Tim Butcher on The Book Show

12 Nov 2010 20:21:14 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to Tim Butcher about following in the footsteps of Graham Greene.

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Gerald Scarfe on The Book Show

12 Nov 2010 20:11:27 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to Pink Floyd’s animator Gerald Scarfe about Roger Waters and revisiting old territories.

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Iain M Banks on The Book Show

03 Nov 2010 19:15:08 GMT

Iain M Banks talks to Mariella about incorporating Heaven and Hell into a world where nobody needs to die.

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Michelle Paver on The Book Show

03 Nov 2010 18:49:33 GMT

Michelle Paver talks to Mariella about ghost stories and her new book, Dark Matter

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Bernard Cornwell on The Book Show

03 Nov 2010 18:39:50 GMT

Bernard Cornwell talks to Mariella about the thrill of historical fiction and about meeting his birth mother for the first time.

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Philippa Gregory on The Book Show

26 Oct 2010 16:44:35 GMT

Philippa Gregory talks to Mariella about her new book, The Red Queen on The Book Show

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Val McDermid on The Book Show

26 Oct 2010 16:36:59 GMT

Val McDermid talks to Mariella about the crime novels and the difference between literary and crime fiction

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Michael Frayn on The Book Show

26 Oct 2010 16:30:20 GMT

Michael Frayn talks to Mariella Frostrup about his late mother on The Book Show

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Lee Child on The Book Show

26 Oct 2010 14:11:06 GMT

Bestselling thriller writer Lee Child talks about his latest novel, Worth Dying For

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Barry Humphries on The Book Show

26 Oct 2010 13:37:38 GMT

The irrepressible Barry Humphries talks about the biography of his alter ego (or is she?) Dame Edna Everage

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Lynne Reid Banks on The Book Show

26 Oct 2010 13:23:01 GMT

It’s the third episode of our new series and Mariella is joined by Lynne Reid Banks, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her iconic novel, The L Shaped Room

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Jilly Cooper on The Book Show

19 Oct 2010 10:43:18 GMT

Jilly Cooper, the queen of the bonkbuster, talks to Mariella Frostrup about granny abuse

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Judith Kerr on The Book Show

19 Oct 2010 10:31:42 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to the creator of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Judith Kerr, on The Book Show. Judith also reveals her love of cats, especially Mog.

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Salman Rushdie on The Book Show

17 Oct 2010 12:40:59 GMT

Salman Rushdie talks about how children outstrip their parents in terms of technology, especially when it comes to his son Milan.

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James Ellroy on The Book Show

15 Oct 2010 12:43:28 GMT

Mariella Frostrup welcomes American crime writer James Ellroy to the sofa where he talks about The Hilliker Curse

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Sebastian Faulks on The Book Show

15 Oct 2010 12:42:46 GMT

Sebastian Faulks talks about writing a Muslim character and the importance of imagination

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Susan Hill on The Book Show

15 Oct 2010 12:41:58 GMT

Susan Hill talks about ghost stories and how they are universal all over the world

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WEBCAM: LOUISE DOUGHTY’S BOOKS WE SHOULD READ BY 21

15 Oct 2010 12:39:16 GMT

Louise Doughty on books we should all read by the time we are 21

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WEBCAM: ALASTAIR CAMPBELL’S BOOKS WE SHOULD READ BY 21

15 Oct 2010 12:38:10 GMT

Alastair Campbell on books we should all read by the age of 21

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WEBCAM: JO BRAND’S BOOKS WE SHOULD READ BY 21

15 Oct 2010 12:37:31 GMT

Jo Brand on books we should all read by the time we are 21

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WEBCAM: TONY BENN’S BOOKS WE SHOULD READ BY 21

15 Oct 2010 12:25:10 GMT

Tony Benn on books we should all read by the time we are 21

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WEBCAM: ROY HATTERSLEY’S BOOKS WE SHOULD READ BY 21

15 Oct 2010 12:18:41 GMT

Roy Hattersley on books we should all read by the time we are 21

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WEBCAM: Lionel Shriver’s Books We Should Read By 21

15 Oct 2010 11:06:08 GMT

Lionel Shriver on books we should all read by the time we are 21

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WEBCAM: CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL ON HOWARD JACOBSON’S BOOKER WIN

15 Oct 2010 10:49:03 GMT

See some of the reaction from the Cheltenham Festival on Howard Jacobson’s Booker win

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WEBCAM: SIMON HEFFER’S BOOKS WE SHOULD READ BY 21

15 Oct 2010 10:29:33 GMT

Simon Heffer on books we should all read by the time we are 21

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Jasper Conran on The Book Show at Hay

06 Jun 2010 13:05:31 GMT

Jasper Conran swaps the catwalk for the country with his stunning first book

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Sarah Dunant on The Book Show at Hay

06 Jun 2010 13:03:50 GMT

Novelist Sarah Dunant explores the secret habits of 16th Century nuns

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Max Hastings on The Book Show at Hay

06 Jun 2010 13:02:57 GMT

Max Hastings reflects on his childhood with his latest memoir

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Hugh Ambrose on The Book Show at Hay

06 Jun 2010 08:16:50 GMT

Hugh Ambrose talks about his blockbuster, The Pacific

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Val McDermid on The Book Show at Hay

06 Jun 2010 08:15:14 GMT

Award-winning novelist Val MacDermid is on the case of Agatha Christie

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David Remnick on The Book Show at Hay

06 Jun 2010 08:14:50 GMT

The editor of New Yorker and Pulitzer Prize winner joins us in our Hay studio

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Alexander McCall Smith on The Book Show at Hay

04 Jun 2010 12:22:15 GMT

Alexander McCall Smith discusses his latest – The Dog Who Came in the From the Cold

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Virginia McKenna on The Book Show at Hay

04 Jun 2010 12:21:19 GMT

Virginia McKenna launches a brand new wildlife anthology

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Brian May on The Book Show at Hay

04 Jun 2010 12:20:28 GMT

Queen guitarist Brian May tunes into life in an 1850s village

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Louis De Bernieres on The Book Show at Hay

03 Jun 2010 12:09:32 GMT

Louis de Bernieres revisits a vanished England in his latest fiction

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Allegra Huston on The Book Show at Hay

03 Jun 2010 12:08:47 GMT

Allegra Huston talks about her place in the extraordinary film dynasty

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Anthony Browne on The Book Show at Hay

03 Jun 2010 12:05:28 GMT

Mariella talks to the award-winning author, illustrator and current children’s laureate Anthony Browne

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Sir Ian Blair on The Book Show at Hay

02 Jun 2010 11:40:07 GMT

Britain’s former top cop talks to Mariella about his memoirs, Policing Controversy

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Jacqueline Wilson on The Book Show at Hay

02 Jun 2010 11:35:30 GMT

The hugely popular children’s author on her teenage memories

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William Dalrymple on The Book Show at Hay

02 Jun 2010 10:49:11 GMT

The award-winning travel writer talks to Mariella about culture, religion and travelling

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Simon Schama on The Book Show at Hay

01 Jun 2010 14:17:46 GMT

Simon Schama joins Mariella on the couch for the Book Show at Hay

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Joss Ackland on The Book Show at Hay

01 Jun 2010 14:15:28 GMT

Esteemed British actor Joss Ackland talks about his wife’s diary of 50 years

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Rob Brydon on The Book Show at Hay

01 Jun 2010 14:13:33 GMT

Comedy writer and voice-over veteran Rob Brydon joins Mariella

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Anthony Beevor on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2010 17:00:59 GMT

Historian Antony Beevor joines Mariella in the Sky Arts studio tent to talk about D-Day, the topic of his latest book

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Audrey Niffenegger on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2010 16:45:54 GMT

Audrey Niffenegger’s left Highgate Cemetery and come, via Chicago, to join Mariella on The Book Show at Hay

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Jo Brand on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2010 16:37:07 GMT

Jo Brand talks about ripping windscreen wipers off vans...as well as her new book

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2010 11:32:36 GMT

The hugely successful Spanish author of newly translated ‘The Prince of Mist’ joins Mariella from Hay

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Christopher Hitchens on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2010 11:28:39 GMT

Christopher Hitchens has been described as ‘the most brilliant, versatile, amusing and original journalist of our time

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Nadine Gordimer on The Book Show at Hay

31 May 2010 11:22:25 GMT

From the second day at Hay; South Africian Nobel Prize-winning Nadine Gordimer joins us in our studio tent

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Bill Bryson on The Book Show at Hay

30 May 2010 15:25:15 GMT

More from the first day at Hay; ‘adopted’ American author - Bill Bryson worries about the questions on the British citizenship test

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Tony Parsons on The Book Show at Hay

30 May 2010 15:16:06 GMT

From Hay Festival; Former punk journalist Tony Parsons lets off steam on being a single dad in modern times

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Grayson Perry on The Book Show at Hay

30 May 2010 14:59:57 GMT

From Hay Festival; Turner Prize winning ‘Grayson Perry’ exemplifies his own work as his cross dressing alter-ego Claire

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Joseph O’Connor on The Book Show

25 May 2010 15:55:20 GMT

Romance in a post ironic World, Jospeh O’Connor’s crush on one of his characters.

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Jonathan Coe on The Book Show

25 May 2010 15:52:11 GMT

Relationships and technology; Jonathan Coe on online identities.
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Robert Winston on The Book Show

25 May 2010 15:47:01 GMT

The counter-intutive downside of writing; Robert Winston ponders the abuse of language
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Roddy Doyle on The Book Show

26 Apr 2010 13:44:03 GMT

"You’ve managed to get up the noses of just about everyone!"; Mariella grills controversial writer Roddy Doyle
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David Nicholls on The Book Show

26 Apr 2010 12:27:08 GMT

David tells of his move from romantic comedy to reaching new emotional heights with a cinematic coming-of-age novel
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Simon Kernick on The Book Show

26 Apr 2010 12:26:29 GMT

Simon tells of drawing inspiration for his crime novels from real-life experiences; fearing he would be murdered when hitch hiking
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Alastair Campbell on The Book Show

26 Apr 2010 10:22:13 GMT

Mariella and Alastair talk sex in his new novel Maya, as well as Hollywood hopes for a possible film adaptation
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George Pelecanos on The Book Show

15 Apr 2010 12:30:35 GMT

“30 years ago I was covered in blood thinking it was all over,”; George reflects on the surprising turns of fate in his life and career
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Joanne Harris on The Book Show

15 Apr 2010 12:29:08 GMT

Joanne explores the role Internet plays in filling the void left by dysfunctional communities
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Simon Armitage on The Book Show

15 Apr 2010 12:28:58 GMT

From poetry to punk; Simon tests out the theory that music is his true calling with hypothetical punk band ‘Midlife Crisis’
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Martin Amis on The Book Show

15 Apr 2010 07:25:30 GMT

Martin Amis discusses the similarities between his troubled late sister and the character Violet from his novel The Pregnant Widow
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Natasha Walter on The Book Show

15 Apr 2010 07:21:20 GMT

Pink for a girl and blue for a boy; Natasha Walter explores the role of biological determinism in our gender identities
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John Boyne on The Book Show

09 Apr 2010 14:06:45 GMT

John Boyne explores the myths surrounding the Princess Anastacia with his book The House of Special Purpose
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Shirley Williams on The Book Show

09 Apr 2010 14:05:53 GMT

The Baroness and Boris; Baroness Shirley Williams talks about her hair-twin Boris Johnson
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Joshua Ferris on The Book Show

09 Apr 2010 14:03:01 GMT

American author Joshua Ferris talks romance, marriage and happy endings with Mariella Frostrup
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Monty Don on The Book Show

06 Apr 2010 13:31:03 GMT

Presenter Monty Don recommends the horticulture of Chile, South Africa and Australia over the ‘boring’ gardens of Britain
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Lionel Shriver on The Book Show

06 Apr 2010 13:30:11 GMT

Lionel Shriver identifies with watching Desperate Housewives instead of stepping into the world of work
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Nicky Haslam on The Book Show

06 Apr 2010 13:00:17 GMT

Nicky Haslam comes out as a talented writer with his autobiography Redeeming Features
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Neel Mukherjee on The Book Show

31 Mar 2010 09:39:56 GMT

Novelist Neel Mukherjee discusses the traditions of Indian parenting with parallels between his childhood and his characters
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Philip Pullman on The Book Show

31 Mar 2010 09:39:04 GMT

Atheist Philip Pullman describes himself as a ‘Jesus-ite’ as he discusses the religion in his books
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Rose Tremain on The Book Show

31 Mar 2010 09:38:10 GMT

Rose Tremain cites Claude Chabrol’s chilling film Le Boucher (1970) as the inspirational starting point of her new novel
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Andrea Levy on The Book Show

30 Mar 2010 14:53:40 GMT

Andrea Levy on bringing out the human spirit in her books with humour
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Marina Lewycka on The Book Show

30 Mar 2010 14:53:28 GMT

From Yorkshire to the Middle East, Marina Lewycka researches her new novel and plans to grab another thorny topic
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Sir Terry Pratchett on The Book Show

24 Mar 2010 11:46:19 GMT

Terry Pratchett puts his gun away as the author talks to Mariella about Sky’s production of Going Postal
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Antonia Fraser on The Book Show

15 Mar 2010 16:35:19 GMT

Love poems and a house full of flowers; Antonia Fraser reminisces on being wooed by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter
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Joanna Trollope on The Book Show

15 Mar 2010 16:33:11 GMT

Joanna Trollope talks about the song attached to her new novel The Other Family
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Ian McEwan on The Book Show

15 Mar 2010 16:32:01 GMT

Ian McEwan tells what inspired him to set his new novel Solar against the backdrop of climate change
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Jan Pienkowski on The Book Show

16 Dec 2009 15:07:34 GMT

A visit to the study of the pioneer of the modern pop-up book

Michael Palin on The Book Show

16 Dec 2009 15:06:32 GMT

Michael Palin talks about how keeping a diary has helped him deal with his sister’s suicide

Andrew Marr on The Book Show

16 Dec 2009 15:05:17 GMT

Has history taught us a lesson? Andrew Marr discusses the climate change and credit crunch

Conn Iggulden on The Book Show

10 Dec 2009 10:09:58 GMT

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Alison Weir on The Book Show

10 Dec 2009 10:08:24 GMT

Find out whether author and historian Alison Weir thinks Anne Boleyn deserved her label of ‘femme fatale’. Click this way to find out more about The Book Show >>

John O’Farrell on The Book Show

10 Dec 2009 09:18:54 GMT

Mariella asks ‘Can comedy help us be serious about history?’ Click this way to find out more about The Book Show >>

John Carey on The Book Show

04 Dec 2009 18:56:31 GMT

John Carey talks about William Golding’s relationship with his most famous novel, Lord of the Flies.

Sue Townsend on The Book Show

04 Dec 2009 18:52:03 GMT

Has Sue Townsend been too harsh giving the much-loved Adrian Mole prostate cancer?

William Boyd on The Book Show

04 Dec 2009 18:02:16 GMT

The award-winning author explains how the idea of losing everything inspired his latest novel.

Eoin Colfer on The Book Show

01 Dec 2009 09:14:12 GMT

The Hitchhiker Guide’s new author talks about the cyber abuse he received after announcing plans to step into Douglas Adams’ shoes to write the sixth instalment of the cult science fiction book.

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David Mitchell on The Book Show

01 Dec 2009 09:10:23 GMT

Television’s funny man confesses the similarities he shares with his onscreen Peep Show character and Adolf Hitler…

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Belle de Jour on The Book Show

27 Nov 2009 19:16:50 GMT

Dr Brooke Magnanti - recently outed as Belle de Jour - reveals how she became more confident whilst working as a prostitute. Click this way to find out more about The Book Show >>

Ben Elton on The Book Show

19 Nov 2009 11:51:28 GMT

The comedy writer speaks to Mariella about his views on main stream ‘safe Saturday night’ television. Go to The Book Show website for more information >>

Marian Keyes on The Book Show

19 Nov 2009 11:48:35 GMT

The queen of chick lit tells why she refuses to give her books a down-beat ending.

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Richard Dawkins on The Book Show

12 Nov 2009 10:20:01 GMT

The British biological theorist talks about his controversial comparison of holocaust and evolution deniers.

Meg Rosoff on The Book Show

12 Nov 2009 10:00:44 GMT

The author talks about her new 19th century female protagonist and explains why she chose to make her a feminist heroine rather than a victim. Go to The Book Show website for more information.

Lynn Barber on The Book Show

12 Nov 2009 09:43:44 GMT

The award-winning journalist discusses her fearsome no-nonsense interview technique. Go to The Book Show website for more information.

Ian Rankin on The Book Show

04 Nov 2009 13:22:47 GMT

Ian Rankin compares his new protagonist with the infamous Inspector Rebus.

Kate Mosse on The Book Show

04 Nov 2009 13:22:04 GMT

The Labyrinth author talks about her latest project and reveals her views on the afterlife.

Tracy Chevalier on The Book Show

04 Nov 2009 13:20:33 GMT

The author discusses her latest book ‘Remarkable Creatures’ with Mariella, revealing what inspired her to write about a 19th century fossil collector.

Michael Mansfield on The Book Show

29 Oct 2009 13:34:57 GMT

Michael Mansifeld QC talks about his biography on his illustrious career as a barrister: ‘Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer’

Lynne Truss on The Book Show

29 Oct 2009 13:19:37 GMT

Queen of the comma, Lynne Truss, recalls her memorable days as a sports journalist at The Times

Robert Harris on The Book Show

29 Oct 2009 13:10:42 GMT

Author Robert Harris discusses his new book ’Lustrum’, a historical novel set in Ancient Rome

Melvyn Bragg on The Book Show

22 Oct 2009 11:55:05 GMT

Find out what Melvyn Bragg really thinks about The South Bank’s departure.

Shappi Khorsandi on The Book Show

22 Oct 2009 11:54:18 GMT

The Iranian comedienne recalls childhood memories of growing up in England, from ‘spiffing teas’ to race related death threats.

Harold Evans on The Book Show

22 Oct 2009 11:52:01 GMT

The Fleet Street legend talks about his role in exposing the thalidomide scandal

Robert Vaughn on The Book Show

15 Oct 2009 11:29:08 GMT

The Man from U.N.C.L.E reminisces about the days he used electric gates and faux animals to protect him from hordes of screaming school girls.

Christopher Hampton on The Book Show

15 Oct 2009 11:27:03 GMT

Christopher Hampton talks about the film adaptation challenges he’s faced over the years.

Richard Eyre on The Book Show

15 Oct 2009 11:23:51 GMT

Why was the playwright rejected by Marlon Brandon? Richard Eyre shares some amusing anecdotes with Mariella.

Jacqueline Wilson on The Book Show

02 Apr 2009 10:41:16 GMT

The author discusses her school girl crushes and her latest book, My Secret Diary.

Graham Swift on The Book Show

02 Apr 2009 10:13:55 GMT

The author discusses latest book and first piece of non-fiction, Making an Elephant.

Douglas Kennedy on The Book Show

02 Apr 2009 10:00:33 GMT

‘I’m a writer, I’m a manipulator’ - Douglas Kennedy discusses his new book, Leaving the World, with Mariella

Alan Sillitoe on The Book Show

02 Apr 2009 09:30:02 GMT

The author discusses the original shock reaction to his recently republished book, Saturday Night Sunday Morning.

Charles Elton on The Book Show

02 Apr 2009 07:51:41 GMT

Charles Elton talks about his new book Mr. Toppit.

Michael Rosen on The Book Show

02 Apr 2009 07:33:17 GMT

The children’s laureate speaks about humour, sadness and his greatest achievement

Val McDermid on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 14:01:47 GMT

Val McDermid discusses women and violence

Lionel Shriver on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 13:18:15 GMT

Lionel Shriver on the tragedy of Richard Yates.

Edna O’Brien on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 12:45:53 GMT

Edna O’Brien speaks about the promiscuous love life of Lord Byron

Stuart Macbride on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 12:09:35 GMT

Stuart Macbride on Scottish humour, eating flesh and Harry Potter porn titles…

Simon Scarrow on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 11:43:09 GMT

Simon Scarrow shares Napolean’s big secret to calming himself down before battle

Melyvn Bragg on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 10:01:48 GMT

Melvyn Bragg tells which fictional character he’d most like to be.

Sophie Hannah on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 09:44:27 GMT

Sophie Hannah reveals who her adventurous literary hero is…

Josephine Hart on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 09:09:01 GMT

Josephine Hart discusses the feelings of loss in her life and novels

Philip Pullman on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 08:24:59 GMT

The award winning children’s author reveals how current world affairs influence his fictional plots.

Peter Ackroyd on The Book Show

01 Apr 2009 07:45:22 GMT

“His life was a long drawn out wail of pain” - Peter Ackroyd on his new novel’s protagonist, the infamous author Edward Allan Poe

Virginia McKenna on The Book Show

19 Mar 2009 16:56:39 GMT

The ‘Born Free’ actress reveals the secrets to auditioning lions…

Seamus Heaney on The Book Show

19 Mar 2009 16:33:42 GMT

‘Famous Seamus’ discusses inspiration versus writers’ block with Mariella.

Steve Jones on The Book Show

19 Mar 2009 16:03:19 GMT

From Bromley to the Galapagos Islands, Steve Jones discusses some lesser known facts about Charles Darwin.

Sebastian Barry on The Book Show

04 Mar 2009 17:01:49 GMT

Sebastian Barry on his Costa award winning book, The Secret Scripture

Tom Rob Smith on The Book Show

04 Mar 2009 16:33:57 GMT

Find out why Tom Rob Smith loves Treasure Island

Maggie Gee on The Book Show

04 Mar 2009 16:28:30 GMT

Maggie Gee shares her secret literary heroine with Mariella

Joan Bakewell on The Book Show

04 Mar 2009 16:17:55 GMT

Dame Joan Bakewell reveals the inspiration behind her Second World War novel, All The Nice Girls

Francesca Simon on The Book Show

13 Jan 2009 18:41:41 GMT

American writer Francesca Simon talks about her latest book, The Horrid Henry.

Book Club-London Review Book Shop

13 Jan 2009 18:35:05 GMT

Head of book selling Andrew Stillwell takes us around the London Review Book Shop in Bloomsbury, London.

Roger Ellory on The Book Show

13 Jan 2009 18:32:15 GMT

Crime writer Roger Jon Ellory joins Mariella to talk about his new book, A Simple Act of Violence.

Jenny Colgan on The Book Show

13 Jan 2009 18:25:21 GMT

Chick-lit novelist Jenny Colgan talks about her new novel, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.

Costa Book Awards 2008-Category Winners

19 Dec 2008 16:51:42 GMT

Find out who has won the Costa Book Awards in the categories for Best Novel, Poetry and Children’s titles.

Diana Athill on The Book Show

19 Dec 2008 16:43:55 GMT

Mariella Frostrup talks to literary editor Diana Athill about her memoirs and the romance that she encountered in her life.

Sadie Jones on The Book Show

19 Dec 2008 16:36:55 GMT

Sadie Jones talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel, The Outcast.

Richard Fortey on The Book Show

19 Dec 2008 16:24:55 GMT

Author Richard Fortey joins Mariella to talk about his new book, Dry Store Room No.1.

The Book Show-Christmas Crackers

11 Dec 2008 16:35:39 GMT

Author Adele Parks recommends books for women in her Christmas Crackers!

Frank Skinner on The Book Show

11 Dec 2008 16:30:19 GMT

Comedian Frank Skinner talks to Mariella Frostrup on his love for The Book Show and why he will never watch his own interviews.

Fay Weldon on The Book Show

11 Dec 2008 16:27:15 GMT

Author Fay Weldon shares her views on a mother’s love in her new book, The Stepmother’s Diary.

Gavin Esler on The Book Show

11 Dec 2008 16:19:54 GMT

Author and BBC television presenter Gavin Esler joins Mariella Frostrup on the sofa to talk about his book, A Scandalous Man.

Michael Morpurgo on The Book Show

27 Nov 2008 12:36:27 GMT

Author Michael Morpurgo talks to Mariella Frostrup on his love of Mozart.

Fay Weldon on The Book Show

27 Nov 2008 12:00:21 GMT

Novelist and short-story writer Fay Weldon talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, The Spa Decameron.

Richard Dawkins on The Book Show

26 Nov 2008 18:46:12 GMT

Popular science author and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins talks to Mariella Frostrup.

Mark Bostridge on The Book Show

24 Nov 2008 18:46:38 GMT

Author Mark Bostridge talks about his book, Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend.

Twiggy on The Book Show

24 Nov 2008 18:42:27 GMT

Twiggy joins Mariella Frostrup on the sofa to talk about her book, A Guide To Looking and Feeling Fabulous Over Forty.

The Book Show-City Books

24 Nov 2008 18:39:26 GMT

The Book Club visits Hove this week and goes inside City Books.

Maureen Lipman on The Book Show

24 Nov 2008 17:33:43 GMT

Maureen Lipman talks about her new book, Past It Notes.

The Book Show-Persephone Books

24 Nov 2008 15:48:52 GMT

This week we visit Persephone Books in London where Nicola Beauman recommends her book club read.

Lord Richard Attenborough

24 Nov 2008 15:43:48 GMT

Lord Richard Attenborough pops to the studio to talk about his new book, Entirely Up To You, Darling.

Susie Boyt on The Book Show

24 Nov 2008 15:38:45 GMT

Susie Boyt talks about her slight obsession with Judy Garland and her new book, My Judy Garland Life.

Philippa Gregory on The Book Show

24 Nov 2008 15:31:48 GMT

Joining Mariella Frostrup on the sofa this week is Philippa Gregory with her new book, The Other Queen.

Terry Pratchett on The Book Show

18 Nov 2008 18:20:07 GMT

In this rare, exclusive and typically self-deprecating interview, Pratchett discusses his approach to writing, the pressures of popularity and the recent Sky One adaptation of one of his more recent works, Hogfather.

Nigella Lawson on The Book Show

18 Nov 2008 18:09:18 GMT

The Domestic Goddess herself joins The Book Show for chat on her life, her career, and why food on the go needn’t be junk…

Anita Shreve on The Book Show

14 Nov 2008 18:05:13 GMT

The queen of emotional drama, Anita Shreve, meets Mariella to talk about her new book, Testimony.

Literary heroes and heroines

12 Nov 2008 15:35:58 GMT

Elizabeth Jane Howard, Roger McGough and Anita Shreve talk about their literary heroes and heroines

The Book Show-The National Theatre Bookshop

11 Nov 2008 17:41:51 GMT

This week we visit the National Theatre Bookshop in London who recommend their book club read, Ian Holm’s Acting My Life.

Sandi Toksvig on The Book Show

11 Nov 2008 17:37:23 GMT

Cheering for great women and taking time out from What The Dickens? is Sandi Toksvig with her new book Girls Are Best.

Michael Dobbs on The Book Show

11 Nov 2008 17:32:28 GMT

Delving deep into cyber space with guest author Michael Dobbs in his new book The Edge of Madness.

Martina Cole on The Book Show

11 Nov 2008 17:26:45 GMT

Martina Cole is an English crime writer. She was brought up in Aveley and has released fifteen novels about London’s gangster underworld.

Alastair Campbell on The Book Show

07 Nov 2008 17:39:31 GMT

To put a final spin on the show, Tony Blair’s former Director of Communications Alastair Campbell shows off his first book of fiction, All In The Mind.

Sheila Hancock on The Book Show

07 Nov 2008 17:28:41 GMT

Next on the sofa will be actress Sheila Hancock with an intimate interview on her life after John Thaw and her new book, Just Me.

Dame Stella Rimington on The Book Show

07 Nov 2008 17:03:15 GMT

This week Mariella Frostrup puts her interrogation skills to use as the former MI5 Director General Dame Stella Rimington comes to the studio to talk about her new book, Dead Line.

Elizabeth Jane’s Recommendations

05 Nov 2008 17:19:55 GMT

If you like Elizabeth Jane Howard’s novels, why not try these other books which add sophistication, romance and intrigue.

A Fine Line

05 Nov 2008 17:15:49 GMT

Marina Lewycka chooses her favourite line from the book Middlemarch by George Elliott

Elizabeth Jane Howard on The Book Show

05 Nov 2008 17:03:58 GMT

The highly acclaimed and ever-popular English author Elizabeth Jane Howard was born in 1923. Elizabeth Jane’s first novel, The Beautiful Visit, was published in 1950 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize the following year for the best novel by anyone under 30.

The Book Show-The Travel Bookshop

05 Nov 2008 16:31:36 GMT

Book Club takes a look inside The Travel Bookshop in Notting Hill, London and explores the novel A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Ben Schott’s Write Place

05 Nov 2008 16:18:05 GMT

We take a look inside the author’s study and what he thinks about living in Highgate, London.

Simon Winchester’s bedside reads

05 Nov 2008 16:12:14 GMT

Simon Winchester, OBE, is a British author and award-winning journalist. He studied geology, spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent with The Guardian and has published 20 books. But what does he keep on his bedside table?

Write Place-Gerald Scarfe

30 Oct 2008 16:19:15 GMT

Series 3: Episode 1 - We take a sneek peek into illustrator and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe’s studio

Will Self Recommendations

30 Oct 2008 16:07:34 GMT

If you liked Will Self’s Liver, why not try these other books of deadpan humour.

Book Shelf

30 Oct 2008 15:53:41 GMT

Each week, the guests on the show chat to Mariella about the book that they wish they had written themselves. It can be anything from Shakespeare and Dickens to Stephen King or the Famous Five, but at the end of the show, they donate their copy to an ever-growing bookshelf, which one lucky entrant will win at the end of the series.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Recommendations

30 Oct 2008 15:28:34 GMT

If you fell in love with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Africa, give these recommendations a go.

The Book Show-Bow Windows

30 Oct 2008 15:23:11 GMT

Jennifer Shelley of Bow Windows recommends Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. Woolf’s fourth novel offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923.

Bedside-Zoe Heller

30 Oct 2008 15:09:32 GMT

The journalist and novelist Zoë Heller has been a successful columnist for the Daily Telegraph and The New Yorker for years, but she certainly made her mark with her second book, Notes on a Scandal, when it was published in 2003 and made into a film in 2006. She has also published two other novels, Everything You Know in 2003 and The Believers in 2008.

Will Self on The Book Show

28 Oct 2008 14:39:35 GMT

After two triumphant years of The Book Show, how could we not return for a third? The new series is on every Thursday at 7pm, Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts HD.

Belle de Jour on The Book Show

08 Oct 2008 17:50:12 GMT

Dr Brooke Magnanti - recently ousted as Belle De Jour - reveals how she became more confident whilst working as a prostitute