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

A Good Read: Stephen Fry and Alan Davies discuss dystopian visions, childhood traumas and tips for writers.

A Good Read: Ruby Tandoh and Jake Yapp on favourite books by René Goscinny, Nora Ephron and Ian McEwan

Julian Barnes and other literary love stories