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David Guterson | Interview
David Guterson & John Freeman
‘Hubris, power, sex, ambition, frailty, pathos, descent, castigation: there but for the grace of gods go I, and as long as it isn’t me, great!’
Granta Italy 3 | Interview
Paolo Zaninoni & Ted Hodgkinson
‘I do not feel our authors set out to reflect their age or their epoch: they are not into literature as sociology.’
Helen Oyeyemi | Podcast
Ted Hodgkinson & Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi speaks to Ted Hodgkinson about the joys of writing from a male perspective, magic in her work, and how as a girl she wrote alternate endings to the classics.
Richard Ford | Interview
Tim Adams & Richard Ford
‘It may be that writing fiction, imagining agencies, is my most trusted way into the unseen.’
The Rise of the British Jihad
Richard Watson
Richard Watson on Islamic fundamentalism, British security services and the future of terrorism and counter-intelligence.
Orhan Pamuk | Interview
Orhan Pamuk & John Freeman
‘Orhan Pamuk speaks to Granta editor John Freeman about his latest book, The Museum of Innocence.’
Peter Orner | Interview
Peter Orner & Ted Hodgkinson
‘For me the strange moments that make up our lives are plot.’
Marcelo Ferroni | Interview
Marcelo Ferroni
‘This is an exciting moment for Brazilian literature. We may see a batch of new, vibrant novels, really soon.’
The Ethics of Photojournalism | Podcast
Michael Salu, Afshin Dehkordi & Daniel Campbell Blight
Michael Salu, Afshin Dehkordi and Daniel Campbell Blight on controversial imagery and the relationship between the subject and the photographer.
A.M. Homes | Podcast
A.M. Homes & Yuka Igarashi
Yuka Igarashi talks to A.M. Homes, recipient of the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction for the novel May We Be Forgiven.
Hiromi Kawakami | Podcast
Hiromi Kawakami, Anne Meadows & Asa Yoneda
‘Looking back, I never was aware of feeling that close to death, but actually if you think about it, just living every day there is a very small but definitely existing chance of death, whatever you're doing, wherever you are.’
Rhyme and Reason
Katha Pollitt & Adam Gopnik
‘I write for people who like poetry. The people who don’t like poetry are on their own.’