Interviews with Authors

Benjamin Zephaniah is known as a performance poet, but that’s only one of his talents – he’s also a reggae artist, children’s writer, novelist and...

George Szirtes is a poet and translator. He has published several books and won various prizes including The Faber Memorial and the TS Eliot prizes. 

Creator of the dogged and often hard-drinking Edinburgh cop, Detective Inspector John Rebus, Ian Rankin is among the most successful crime novelists...

Bestselling novelist Jane Green is the author of Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr Maybe and Second Chance among others. Her novel Girl Friday (Dune...

Justine Picardie is the author of If the Spirit Moves You: Life and Love After Death, the novel Wish I May and My Mother’s Wedding Dress.

Kate Mosse, author of bestselling novel Labyrinth, talks about her life as a busy author, broadcaster and journalist.