The Guardian Books podcast

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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

Recent Episodes
  • Weekend: episode two of a new podcast
    Apr 1, 2022 – 00:49:39
  • Weekend: episode one of a new podcast
    Feb 5, 2022 – 00:48:45
  • Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
    Jul 1, 2021 – 00:39:46
  • 'Our climate crisis is a choice': Christiana Figueres on why we can change the future - books podcast
    Apr 21, 2020 – 00:42:59
  • Why David Attenborough is famous but 'he isn't a celebrity' – books podcast
    Apr 14, 2020 – 00:37:17
  • From diseases to memes, how do things spread? - books podcast
    Apr 7, 2020 – 00:32:31
  • Hunting down the 42 paintings of Pieter Bruegel - books podcast
    Mar 31, 2020 – 00:36:38
  • Glenn Patterson and what to read while self-isolating – books podcast
    Mar 24, 2020 – 00:37:48
  • Who was St Paul? With Christos Tsiolkas and Tom Holland – books podcast
    Mar 17, 2020 – 00:37:40
  • 'What if Gandalf joined The Sweeney?': Ben Aaronovitch on Rivers of London – books podcast
    Mar 10, 2020 – 00:32:37
  • Inside the Brontës' fantasy world, and a Booker controversy – books podcast
    Mar 3, 2020 – 00:36:24
  • The surprising history of astrology – books podcast
    Feb 25, 2020 – 00:30:07
  • Maaza Mengiste on the Ethiopian women who fought Italy – books podcast
    Feb 18, 2020 – 00:32:02
  • Sophie Hannah on the recipe for a perfect crime novel – books podcast
    Feb 11, 2020 – 00:34:35
  • Adam Rutherford on how to tackle racist pseudoscience - books podcast
    Feb 4, 2020 – 00:32:03
  • Jonathan Coe and Sara Collins on their Costa-winning novels – books podcast
    Jan 28, 2020 – 00:38:36
  • Jeanine Cummins on her explosive new novel, American Dirt
    Jan 22, 2020 – 00:39:47
  • Samantha Harvey on her year without sleep – books podcast
    Jan 14, 2020 – 00:37:32
  • Eoin Colfer on returning to Artemis Fowl – books podcast
    Jan 7, 2020 – 00:32:09
  • Our favourite books of 2019, and the most exciting books of 2020 – books podcast
    Dec 24, 2019 – 00:36:50
  • Ben Lerner and Meena Kandasamy on autofiction – books podcast
    Dec 17, 2019 – 00:37:01
  • Escaping Westboro Baptist Church: Megan Phelps-Roper's journey – books podcast
    Dec 10, 2019 – 00:40:16
  • When imagining our future, what can sci-fi teach us? – books podcast
    Dec 3, 2019 – 00:38:38
  • Elizabeth Strout on the return of Olive Kitteridge – books podcast
    Nov 26, 2019 – 00:26:59
  • How true does travel writing need to be? With Rory MacLean and Luke Harding – books podcast
    Nov 19, 2019 – 00:41:11
  • 'The past is amongst us. Taking notes': nature writing with Kathleen Jamie and Laurie Lee – books podcast
    Nov 12, 2019 – 00:29:34
  • 'Mexico's drug problem is America's': crime legend Don Winslow – books podcast
    Nov 5, 2019 – 00:34:42
  • One language dies every two weeks. How can poetry help? – books podcast
    Oct 29, 2019 – 00:38:32
  • The history of the book, from Gilgamesh to now – books podcast
    Oct 22, 2019 – 00:38:07
  • The legacy of the Windrush scandal, plus the 2019 Booker prize winners - books podcast
    Oct 15, 2019 – 00:43:52
  • 'I want world domination!' Lucy Ellmann on her Booker behemoth Ducks, Newburyport – books podcast
    Oct 8, 2019 – 00:35:19
  • Ann Patchett on her latest novel and facing down Amazon – books podcast
    Oct 1, 2019 – 00:35:05
  • Is freedom of speech a 'toxic myth'? Plus the top 100 books since 2000 – books podcast
    Sep 24, 2019 – 00:38:22
  • From Blair to Cameron: what makes a good political memoir? – books podcast
    Sep 17, 2019 – 00:35:53
  • 'I felt a huge grief': the challenges of writing about trauma – books podcast
    Sep 10, 2019 – 00:48:42
  • Salman Rushdie on retelling Don Quixote in Quichotte – books podcast
    Sep 3, 2019 – 00:41:28
  • Elif Shafak on Turkey's treatment of novelists – books podcast
    Aug 27, 2019 – 00:46:38
  • Does 'the English canon' still shape what we read? – books podcast
    Aug 20, 2019 – 00:32:10
  • My friend, the fake German heiress: a true crime special – books podcast
    Aug 13, 2019 – 00:32:41
  • How we can learn to stop worrying and love language – books podcast
    Aug 6, 2019 – 00:35:54
  • Lisa Taddeo on sex and desire in Three Women – books podcast
    Jul 30, 2019 – 00:40:17
  • Ocean Vuong and the new Great American Novel - books podcast
    Jul 23, 2019 – 00:38:13
  • Iris Murdoch at 100 and Howard Jacobson on humour and shame – books podcast
    Jul 16, 2019 – 00:38:24
  • Intolerance is rising in Europe, but can writers find hope? – books podcast
    Jul 9, 2019 – 00:33:16
  • Tracy K Smith on the place of poetry in modern America – books podcast
    Jul 2, 2019 – 00:26:45
  • Bernardine Evaristo and Lene Wold – books podcast
    Jun 25, 2019 – 00:45:04
  • What is it like being a refugee? with Pajtim Statovci and Dina Nayeri – books podcast
    Jun 18, 2019 – 00:31:42
  • Women's prize winner Tayari Jones and Sandra Newman – books podcast
    Jun 11, 2019 – 00:37:13
  • Hay festival special with Pat Barker, John Lanchester, Max Porter and more – books podcast
    Jun 4, 2019 – 00:47:19
  • Inside the world of trauma cleaners – books podcast
    May 28, 2019 – 00:33:39
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