Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Michael Chabon on his new novel Telegraph Avenue
Scotland's Irvine Welsh on his Trainspotting prequel, Skagboys
Hilary Mantel on book two of her Wolf Hall series, Bring Up the Bodies
An interview with American writer Joyce Carol Oates, live onstage at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
Tessa Hadley on writing domestic fiction and her novel, The London Train
Edward St. Aubyn on his Patrick Melrose series
Steve Sem-Sandberg talks about his new book, The Emperor of Lies
Michael Holroyd on his fascinating work, A Book of Secrets
A conversation with English novelist and Man Booker Prize winner, Julian Barnes
American novelist Jeffrey Eugenides on his newest novel, The Marriage Plot
American author Russell Banks on his new novel, Lost Memory of Skin
Leila Aboulela on her multi-generational saga Lyrics Alley
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner on his new play, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism, With a Key to the Scriptures
Anne Carson discusses her work and her elegy to her brother, Nox
"Modern Day Shahrazads": A panel on women and fiction, with Leila Aboulela, Maxine Hong Kingston, Elizabeth Hay, and Miriam Toews
British-Libyan novelist Hissam Matar discusses political oppression and his newest novel, Anatomy of a Disappearance
Jennifer Egan on A Visit From the Goon Squad
"Out of India" panel with Amitav Ghosh, Bharati Mukherjee and K. Saccidānandan
Author and actor Stephen Fry talks about his life and his new memoir, The Fry Chronicles
Cuban-American author Carlos Eire on his memoir Learning to Die in Miami
Sarah Bakewell on her biography of French philosopher Michel de Montaigne
Maggie O'Farrell on her new novel set in 1950s Soho (London), The Hand that First Held Mine
Edmund de Waal on his extraordinary family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes
Barry Unsworth on Land of Marvels
Classics scholar Caroline Alexander on The War That Killed Achilles