What is it like being a first-time novelist today? – books podcast

Psychedelic drugs: Michael Pollan on the history, science and experience of taking them – books podcast

Bill Nighy reads The Invisible Child by Tove Jansson – books podcast

The rise of autofiction, with Olivia Laing and Christina Patterson – books podcast

Summer reading and Ross Raisin on how to be a great writer – books podcast

Marcus du Sautoy and James Bridle – books podcast

Michael Ondaatje and the Booker longlist – books podcast

Refugees, in their own words – books podcast

Jericho Brown on poetry, religion and race in the US – books podcast

Navigating modern life with Matt Haig and Christina Dalcher on feminist dystopias – books podcast