A Good Read 21 November 2017: Alexei Sayle and Meg Rosoff

The Great American Novel and the merits of reading aloud

A Good Read 28 November 2017: Nish Kumar and Katy Brand

Lionel Shriver and celebrating the 100th birthday of Finland

Christmas literary gifts and Hunter Davies on his late wife, Margaret Forster and her diaries.

David Walliams talks to Mariella Frostrup

Dystopian Fiction

Celebrating Muriel Spark and writing about post traumatic stress

Leila Slimane on her book Lullaby and translating Turkish and Russian literature

Dirk Kurbjuweit discusses his new book, The Fear and Nicola Sturgeon's favourite reads