The Guardian Books podcast is our weekly look at the world of books, presented by Claire Armitstead, Richard Lea and Sian Cain. In-depth interviews with authors from all over the world, discussions and investigations make this the perfect companion for readers and writers alike
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 8 hours 46 minutes
Max Porter and Katharine Norbury on grief – books podcast
We discuss how literature can be forged from sadness with two writers longlisted for the Guardian first book award
Pat Barker on Noonday – books podcast
The Booker prizewinning novelist Pat Barker joins us to discuss the third in her Life Class trilogy, Noonday
Elena Ferrante's Naples quartet – books podcast
As the mysterious Italian author Elena Ferrante publishes the final instalment of her Naples quartet in English, we go in search of a literary phenomenon
New fiction with Hanya Yanagihara and Andrew Miller - books podcast
The novelists explain how two very different books were powered by surprisingly similar ambitions
Surprising stories with Steve Toltz and Kate Clanchy - books podcast
The Australian novelist on transforming his own woes into comedy and Kate Clanchy on defying commercial pressure to produce a ‘literary hand grenade’
On the trail of John Buchan's Thirty-Nine Steps – books podcast
We examine the enduring legacy of John Buchan’s thriller, with Robert McCrum and Kate Macdonald
Kim Stanley Robinson and Sheldon Solomon on exploration and death – books podcast
Can humanity escape extinction by reaching for the stars? We confront final questions with the science fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson and the psychologist Sheldon Solomon• Science fiction: the realism of the 21st century
Ralph Steadman, Ceri Levy and climate change poems – books podcast
We join Ralph Steadman in his studio as he teams up with Ceri Levy to put birds threatened with extinction in the frame, and hear how poets are responding to climate chaos
Original fiction: The Winshaw Prize, an extract from Number 11, by Jonathan Coe – books podcast
A struggling columnist tries to impress her editor – who just happens to be her father – in this extract from Jonathan Coe’s forthcoming novel, Number 11, to be published this November
Original short story: Her Share Of Sorrow, by Tessa Hadley – books podcast
The British author reads a short story in which she imagines a summer in the life of a young woman at odds with her family