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   The Faber Podcast 15: Tobias Jones & Nicola Upson

   In our latest podcast George Miller speak to two crime novelists - to Tobias Jones who, with a new series of cases featuring Inspector Castagnetti, follows in the footsteps of the late Michael Dibdin, and to Nicola Upson, whose second Archie Penrose / Josephine Tey case, 'Angel with Two Faces', takes us back to the Golden Age of Crime.

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   The Faber Podcast 14: Jenny Uglow & Marcus Chown

   In our November podcast our host George Miller speaks to renowned biographer and historian Jenny Uglow about Charles II at the height of his powers in her new book 'A Gambling Man', and to Marcus Chown about 'We Need to Talk About Kelvin' and various cosmic wonders in the everyday.

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   A Faber Podcast Special: An Interview with P. D. James

   In this rare, 30-minute interview with P. D. James, the doyenne of British Crime tells us about her writing career, which began with the publication of 'Cover Her Face' in 1962. She recalls the years spent developing her craft and the evolution of Adam Dalgliesh, the writers that inspired her, and the role of detective fiction in today's society. A real treat for Crime fans.

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   The Faber Podcast 13: John Carey & Roland Chambers

   In our latest podcast, we talk to two biographers about their new books, and their subjects - William Golding and Arthur Ransome. John Carey's insightful study of Golding was called a 'model of its kind' by Robert Harris, whilst Roland Chambers' study of the 'Swallows and Amazons' author is no less impressive, and equally revelatory.

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   The Faber Podcast 12: Giles Foden & Sarah Hall

   In our latest podcast George Miller talks to Giles Foden about his nailbitingly tense new book 'Turbulence', in which he brings to life the role of weather forecasters, unheralded heroes, in the lead-up to D-Day. He also discusses 'How to Paint a Dead Man' with author Sarah Hall, and its prominent theme of how to find meaning in our lives through art.

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   A Faber Podcast Special: An Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro (part 2)

   In part two of our interview we discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's earlier books, including the Booker Prize-winning 'The Remains of the Day' and 'The Unconsoled', which on publication baffled critics but is now viewed as one of the author's greatest achievements. There's discussion too of Ishiguro's childhood and memories of Japan, and what he's working on next.

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   A Faber Podcast Special: An Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro (part 1)

   In a special two-part interview, George Miller talks to Kazuo Ishiguro about his new book 'Nocturnes', a collection of longish short stories with related themes of music and night, and ambition and disappointment. Under discussion are the challenges of writing in an unfamiliar form, and Ishiguro's approach to writing comedy.

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   The Faber Podcast 11: Andy Beckett & Adam Creed

   In our May 2009 podcast we speak to Guardian journalist Andy Beckett about his new book, 'When the Lights Went Out', which examines Britain during the 1970s, that most maligned of all decades. We also speak to Adam Creed about the first in a new British crime series, 'Suffer the Children', with its very distinctive hero, DI Will 'Staffe' Wagstaffe.

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   The Faber Podcast 9: Lewis Wolpert & Stav Sherez

   In our March 2009 podcast we discuss the secret lives of cells - their beautiful complexity - with Professor Lewis Wolpert, who publishes his latest book 'How We Live and Why We Die'. We also speak to crime writer Stav Sherez about his new book 'The Black Monastery', a suspenseful thriller set on a Greek island.

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    The Faber Podcast 10: Petina Gappah & Oliver Balch

    This month's Faber Podcast travels from A to Z - from Argentina and other South American nations documented by Oliver Balch in his new book, 'Viva South America!', to Zimbabwe, which provides the backdrop to the stories in Petina Gappah's book of stories, 'An Elegy for Easterly'.