Little Atoms 524 - Miranda Doyle's A Book of Untruths
Miranda Doyle's family come from the tiny island of Coney in Sligo Bay. She grew up in Edinburgh alongside three brothers and a suspicious number of ill-fated pets. With an MA from Goldsmiths in Creat...
16 Jul 201828min
Little Atoms 523 - Dorthe Nors' Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
Dorthe Nors was born in 1970 and studied literature at the University of Aarhus. She is one of the most original voices in contemporary Danish literature. Her short stories have appeared in numerous i...
12 Jul 201822min
Little Atoms 522 - Fred Pearce's Fallout
Fred Pearce is an award-winning journalist and author, reporting from 87 countries. He is the environment consultant of New Scientist magazine, a regular broadcaster and contributor to the Guardian, W...
9 Jul 201838min
Little Atoms 521 - Sarah Churchwell's Behold, America
Sarah Churchwell is Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Careless People: Mu...
5 Jul 201852min
Little Atoms 520 - Tim Winton's The Shepherd's Hut
Tim Winton has published over twenty books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into many different languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Awa...
2 Jul 201832min
Little Atoms 519 - Sharlene Teo's Ponti
Sharlene Teo was born in Singapore in 1987. She has an LLB in Law from the University of Warwick and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she received the Booker Prize F...
28 Jun 201827min
Little Atoms 518 - Fern Riddell's Death in Ten Minutes
Dr Fern Riddell is a historian specialising in sex, suffrage and culture in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. She appears regularly on TV and radio, and writes for the Guardian, Huffington Post, Teleg...
25 Jun 201840min
Little Atoms 517 - Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and film, including Mitchell & Webb and Very British Problems. He previously worked as a junior doctor, detailing his funny and sad experiences ...
21 Jun 201837min
