Little Atoms

Neil talks smuggling and rebellion with Alex Preston in his new novel Winchelsea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Miranda Cowley Heller about her debut novel The Paper Palace. (Contains some discussion of writing about sexual abuse). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil has been waiting for 20 years to talk to Louise Welsh about her latest novel The Second Cut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Lisa Harding about her novel Bright Burning Things, which is just out in paperback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil will return from holiday eventually, but meanwhile why not listen to another deep cut from the Little Atoms archive, this week Matthew Baker talks about his short shory collection Why Visit America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil is still on holiday so here's another hit from the Little Atoms archive, Jarett Kobek on his novel Only Americans Burn In Hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil is on holiday so please enjoy from the Little Atoms archive Sarah Churchwell on her book Behold America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laurie Winkless talks to Neil about all things Sticky (and slippery) in her new book Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Storr talks to Neil about his new book The Status Game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Honorée Fanonne Jeffers' about her epic debut novel The Love Songs Of W.E.B Du Bois. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Booker Prize winner Marlon James talks to Neil about the second novel in his fantasy trilogy Moon Witch Spider King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sequoia Nagamatsu talks to Neil about his billion-year spanning debut novel How High We Go In The Dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Julie Bindel about how equality is not the same as liberation, in her new book Feminism for Women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to John Banville about his latest two crime novels April in Spain and Snow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to award-winning comedy writer Georgia Pritchett about her adventures in anxiety, in her memoir My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Padraig chats to Harper's and n+1 critic Christine Smallwood about "adjunct lit", therapists, the end of the world, and her debut novel The Life Of The Mind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Brooks talks to Neil about how maths underpins the rise of civilisation in his new book The Art of More. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Oyeyemi talks to Neil about her latest novel Peaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The New Yorker's Music critic Kelefa Sanneh talks to Neil about his new book Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the last Little Atoms of 2021, Judy Golding talks to Neil about her father William Golding, on the republication by Faber of The Inheritors, Pincher Martin and The Spire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rebecca Donner talks to Neil about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack and her part in the German Reistance to Hitler, in her new book All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Chivers joins Neil to talk about walking the historical strata of London and it's hidden rivers, in his new book London Clay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Nickolas Butler about his latest novel Godspeed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Ruth Ozeki about her latest novel The Book of Form & Emptiness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Qian Julie Wang talks to Neil about growing up hungry and afraid in America as an undocumented migrant, in her new memoir Beautiful Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.