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Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith: ‘Friendship lies at the heart of almost all my books’
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Isabel Waidner
Isabel Waidner: ‘Hours of my life are lost to writing’
Mon 25 May 2026
Doireann NÃ GhrÃofa
Doireann Nà GhrÃofa: ‘I treasure any visits from our friends’ babies’
Mon 18 May 2026
Horatio Clare
‘I’m on a fabulous European safari, in a fabulous old picky-up truck’
Sat 9 May 2026
Shehan Karunatilaka
Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘Why does Spotify think I’m a dork?’
Mon 4 May 2026
William Boyd
William Boyd: ‘April is the cruellest month (and hayfever doesn’t help)’
Mon 27 Apr 2026
Olly Williams
Olly Williams: ‘I owe my career to a white shark’
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Catriona Ward
Catriona Ward: ‘Listening to psychopaths is a very soothing experience for me’
Fri 3 Apr 2026
John Lanchester
John Lanchester: ‘The misogysquirrel in my garden completely ignores me’
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Tom Lamont
Tom Lamont: ‘13 was when I realised that I’m good, not great, at certain things’
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel: ‘It’s impossible for children to pretend they’re not bored’
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Maggie Shipstead
Maggie Shipstead: ‘Rage and fear are always jostling for real estate in my brain’
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Sarah Moss
Sarah Moss: ‘How can I make the book I am writing make more sense?’
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Megan Nolan
Megan Nolan: ‘My experience of comedians is that they all have cocaine addictions’
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain: ‘I think about death most days’
Sun 8 Feb 2026
