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An hour with Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Issue Listener Plus 22nd May 2013

Let's hear it for the translator.

22nd May 2013

Vladimir Putin? "He's a thug."

Issue Listener Plus 20th May 2013

'Kids know online creepiness when they see it.'

Issue Listener Plus 20th May 2013

What you don’t say, and how you don’t say it, is writing too.

Issue Listener Plus 19th May 2013

'You are more free when you speak a foreign language.'

Issue Listener Plus 19th May 2013

'The secret of a good interview is preparation, preparation, preparation.'

Issue Listener Plus 19th May 2013

"I wouldn’t eat any member of my family, but I would eat a stranger."

Issue Listener Plus 18th May 2013

'He’s loved women horizontally, yes, but vertically and every other angle in between.'

Issue Listener Plus 18th May 2013

Niall Ferguson's threats over a review might have made people question the imperial cheerleader line, says Indian author at writers festival.

Issue Listener Plus 18th May 2013

The poet on composing while walking, young fans and being older than Yeats.