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David Mitchell: 'The best of the Star Treks are art'
The author talks about his love for the sci-fi series.
  1. David Mitchell: 'The best of the Star Treks are art'
    01:46
    David Mitchell: 'The best of the Star Treks are art'
  2. Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
    02:36
    Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
  3. Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
    03:00
    Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
  4. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
    05:41
    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
  5. Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  6. Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
    03:30
    Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
  7. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  8. Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
    01:54
    Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
  9. Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
    03:58
    Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
  10. A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
    03:32
    A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
  11. Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
    02:54
    Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
  12. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
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    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
  13. Salman Rushdie on realism
    02:29
    Salman Rushdie on realism
  14. Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
    07:45
    Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
  15. Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
    01:14
    Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
  16. Thomas Keneally on Oskar Schindler
    02:24
    Thomas Keneally on Oskar Schindler
  17. Marlon James: Full session
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    Marlon James: Full session
  18. Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
    10:32
    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
  19. Thomas Keneally on the genesis of Napoleon’s Last Island
    02:25
    Thomas Keneally on the genesis of Napoleon’s Last Island
  20. Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
    01:04
    Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
  21. Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia
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    Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia
  22. Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
    02:22
    Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
  23. Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
    02:01
    Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
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