Kate Summerscale discusses her new book, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace

A story of romance, fidelity, insanity, fantasy, and the boundaries of privacy in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace brings to life a complex, frustrated Victorian wife, longing for passion and learning, companionship and love.

The Wrong Man Trailer and Extract

Watch the trailer for the brilliant debut novel from Jason Dean featuring new series character James Bishop.

Then read the extract.

Open up The Book of Summers, by Emylia Hall

Beth Lowe has been sent a parcel…

Richard King on How Soon is Now?

Richard King’s How Soon Is Now? is a landmark survey of the record labels that make up the backbone of the independent music industry and the hugely inspirational, eccentric, impulsive and visionary figures who created them.

Elliot Perlman introduces The Street Sweeper

Elliot Perlman’s latest novel is written on an epic scale – spanning six decades and moving from Chicago to New York, Warsaw to Melbourne, and Auschwitz.

Double Cross

Ben Macintyre, author of Double Cross on The True Story of The D-Day Spies… their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo….

This is The Coward’s Tale

‘My name is Laddy Merridew. I’m a cry-baby. I’m sorry.’ ‘And my name is Ianto Jenkins. I am a coward. And that’s worse.’

Watch author Vanessa Gebbie discuss The Coward’s Tale.

Justin Ruthven-Tyers talks about his book Phoenix from the Ashes

After a fire destroyed their house, Justin and his wife Linda irrationally decided to build a 15-ton classic yacht, as complete amateurs – starting with the trees.

Justin Cartwight on Other People’s Money

Great families, great fortunes and even greater secrets collide in this gripping, satirical and acutely observed story of our time.

Watch the trailer for This is Life, by Dan Rhodes

Chock-full of charming characters and hilarious set-pieces This is Life is a hugely enjoyable novel that will make you see life anew.

John Lanchester talks about the characters in Capital

John Lanchester here discusses the many characters in his 2012 novel Capital, set on one street on the brink of the financial crash of 2007.

Amor Towles on the TV Book Club

Amor Towles discusses Rules of Civility. Set in New York City in 1938, the book tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year-old named Katey Kontent…

Capital: The Trailer

The wonderful animated trailer for John Lanchester’s new novel Capital, produced and created by the brilliant George Wu at design collective Household…

An Intimate Portrait of the World’s Most Mysterious Continent…

Gabrielle Walker, author, consultant to New Scientist and regular broadcaster with the BBC has written a book unlike any that has ever been written about the continent of Antarctica.

A Pure trailer…

Pure. Is it always what it seems?

Watch the trailer for Julianna Baggott’s coming of age novel set in a richly imagined post- apocalyptic world.

William Boyd on Waiting for Sunrise #2

William Boyd discusses Waiting for Sunrise – a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche, a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe, a plot-twisting thriller and a literary tour de force.

William Boyd on Waiting for Sunrise #1

William Boyd discusses the topic of parallelism in his new novel, Waiting for Sunrise.

The extract is read by Robert Hudson.

Discover Then They Came For Me

A story of injustice and survival in Iran’s most notorious prison, Then They Came For Me, is published today.

Watch the author, Maziar Bahari, discuss his experiences.

Researching The Flying Man

Roopa Farooki discusses her research behind her new novel, The Flying Man…

Roopa Farooki on The Flying Man

Roopa Farooki introduces The Flying man, a story of the ultimate immigrant, a man who fits in everywhere and nowhere, who cannot help but cause harm to those around him, but ultimately, inspires love.

The Berlin Crossing

Watch the trailer for The Berlin Crossing, a compelling and unforgettable novel by Kevin Brophy, that brings to life the very human story behind a momentous turning point in history.

Sarah Winman on When God Was a Rabbit

Watch an exclusive interview with Sarah Winman, Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: New Writer of the Year for When God Was a Rabbit.