Anne Patchett talks to James Naughtie about her novel, Bel Canto.

Patrick McCabe discusses his novel The Butcher Boy

Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Edward St Aubyn - Mother's Milk

Jennifer Egan discusses her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, A Visit from The Goon Squad.

Clive James

Colin Thubron - In Siberia

Eimear McBride talks about her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing

Douglas Adams discusses The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Patrick Gale - A Place Called Winter