Little Atoms 610 - Fatima Bhutto's New Kings of the World
Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and grew up between Syria and Pakistan. She is the author of five previous books of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, The Shadow of the Crescent Moo...
14 Okt 201932min
Little Atoms 609 - Lillian Li's Number One Chinese Restaurant
Lillian Li joins Neil to talk about her debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant, which was longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for fiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
10 Okt 201929min
Little Atoms 608 - Ben Fergusson's An Honest Man
Novelist Ben Fergusson joins Neil to talk about An Honest Man, the final book of his Berlin Trilogy. They discuss writing against the backdrop of 1989 Berlin, the summer after leaving school, and the ...
7 Okt 201933min
Little Atoms 607 - Madeline Stevens' Devotion
Madeline Stevens joins Neil to talk about her first novel, Devotion. They discuss the drafts and graft that come before a debut novel, how Madeline's seven years spent working as a nanny in New York i...
30 Sep 201929min
Little Atoms 606 - Julian Hoffman's Irreplaceable
Julian Hoffman joins Neil to talk about his latest book Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places. They discuss the aborted attempt by Boris Johnson to build an airport on the marshland of Kent...
23 Sep 201932min
Little Atoms 605 - Niven Govinden's This Brutal House
Niven Govinden joins Neil to talk about his new novel This Brutal House, about family and protest in the vogue ball community of 1980s New York. Govinden's previous novels include All The Days And Nig...
16 Sep 201936min
Little Atoms 604 - Ben Smith's Doggerland
Ben Smith is a lecturer in creative writing at Plymouth University, specializing in environmental literature and focusing particularly on oceans, climate change and the ‘Anthropocene’. He joined Neil ...
12 Sep 201929min
Little Atoms 603 - Richard Osmond's Rock, Paper, Scissors
Poet Richard Osmond joins Neil to talk about his latest collection, Rock, Paper, Scissors, inspired by his experiences during the London Bridge terrorist attack on 3rd June 2017. Hosted on Acast. See ...
10 Sep 201944min
