Little Atoms

Fatima Bhutto is the author of the novels The Runaways and the Women’s Prize for Fiction-longlisted The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, and the non-fiction New Kings of the World and Songs of Blood and Sword, which deals with her father’s murder and the Bhutto family's history in Pakistani politics. Bhutto’s journalism and essays have appeared in the New Statesman, New York Times and Guardian, and elsewhere. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her latest book The Hour of The Wolf.

Marlon James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; the New York Times-bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow’s Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize, his novels have won the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times’ Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. On this episode of Little Atoms Marlon talks to Neil Denny about his Booker prize long listed novel The Disappearers.

In the last episode of the Summer archive series, Sarah Polley talks to Neil about her book Run Towards The Danger, first broadcast in July 2022. Normal service resumes next week!

From August 2022, Neil talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her novel The Marriage Portrait.

From September 2022, Robert Harris talks to Neil about his novel Act of Oblivion.

Neil Talks to Madeline Miller about her novel Circe, first broadcast in August 2018.

From March 2023, Laura Cumming talks to Neil about her book Thunderclap,

From July 2023, Neil talks to Mark O'Connell about his book A Thread of Violence.

From October 2022, Neil talks to Yiyun Li about her novel The Book of Goose.