Little Atoms 1010 - Philip Hensher's A History of the Novel in Britain
Philip Hensher is the prizewinning author of twelve novels, and the editor of The Penguin Book of the British Short Story (in two volumes) a...
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Little Atoms 1009 - A. K. Blakemore's Doom Painting
A.K. Blakemore is a poet and novelist. Her debut novel, The Manningtree Witches , won the Desmond Elliott Prize for Best First Novel and was...
Little Atoms 1008 - Elif Shafak's In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-seven languages. The author of twenty bo...
Little Atoms 1007 - Hernan Diaz's Ply
Hernan Diaz is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Trust , which won the Pulitzer Prize and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. It was n...
Little Atoms 1006 - Isabel Allende's Storytelling
Isabel Allende is one of the most widely read authors in the world, having sold more than seventy-seven million books. Born in Peru and rais...
Little Atoms 1005 - Louise Kennedy's Stations
Louise Kennedy grew up a few miles from Belfast. She is the author of the acclaimed short-story collection, The End of the World Is a Cul de...
Little Atoms 1004 - China Miéville's The Rouse
China Miéville is a Sunday Times bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. His novels include The City & The City , Embassytown , and P...
Little Atoms 1003 - Fatima Bhutto's The Hour of The Wolf
Fatima Bhutto is the author of the novels The Runaways and the Women’s Prize for Fiction-longlisted The Shadow of the Crescent Moon , and th...
Little Atoms 1002 - Marlon James' The Disappearers
Marlon James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings ; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, R...
Little Atoms Archive - Sarah Polley's Run Towards The Danger
In the last episode of the Summer archive series, Sarah Polley talks to Neil about her book Run Towards The Danger, first broadcast in July...
Little Atoms Archive - Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait
From August 2022, Neil talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her novel The Marriage Portrait. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Little Atoms Archive - Robert Harris' Act of Oblivion
From September 2022, Robert Harris talks to Neil about his novel Act of Oblivion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Little Atoms Archive - Madeline Miller's Circe
Neil Talks to Madeline Miller about her novel Circe, first broadcast in August 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Little Atoms Archive - Laura Cumming's Thunderclap
From March 2023, Laura Cumming talks to Neil about her book Thunderclap, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Little Atoms Archive - Mark O'Connell's A Thread of Violence
From July 2023, Neil talks to Mark O'Connell about his book A Thread of Violence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Little Atoms Archive - Yiyun Li's The Book of Goose
From October 2022, Neil talks to Yiyun Li about her novel The Book of Goose . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Little Atoms Archive - Kevin Barry's The Heart In Winter
Kevin Barry talks to Neil about his novel The Heart In Winter . First broadcast in June 2024, and the 900th episode of Little Atoms. Hosted...
Little Atoms Archive - Lauren Groff's Matrix
From back in September 2021, Neil talks to Lauren Groff about her novel Matrix. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Little Atoms Archive - Bret Easton Ellis' the Shards
First broadcast in January 2023, Bret Easton Ellis talks to Neil about his novel The Shards . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Little Atoms Archive - Alice Winn's In Memoriam
From March 2023, Neil talks to Alice Winn about her novel In Memoriam , which won the Waterstones Novel of the Year award, and the British B...