Naomi Alderman: ‘Whatever happened to talking? We’ve lost the ability to swap ideas’
Before her Radio 4 series this week, the dystopian author explains how the internet is eroding communication skills
Sunday with Louise Minchin: ‘I’m an activity addict’
The broadcaster wants a swim, a roast and, hopefully, to see her children
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’
The US author on dystopian fiction, the experience of speaking to prisoners about his debut novel and why both of America’s major parties ‘love the war machine’
James Muldoon, Mark Graham and Callum Cant: ‘AI feeds off the work of human beings’
The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the repetitive labour, often in terrible conditions, that big tech is using to create artificial intelligence
‘You can write anything about sex, but you cannot talk about money’: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on life after Fleishman
Her bestselling debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, became a hit TV series. Now Taffy Brodesser-Akner is taking on the American dream
Maggie Nelson: ‘I was overwhelmed with grief when Prince died’
The American author of The Argonauts on her latest collection of essays, how the Purple Rain star shaped her sexual development and the risks she takes in her writing
Fran Lebowitz: ‘I am very angry. I’m angry almost all the time’
The famously sardonic American author, public speaker and actor on happiness, bad ideas and the life-boosting nature of friendship
Anita Desai: ‘After I left India, I had to train myself to express my opinions’
At 87, the Indian author has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times, and has written her first novel in a decade. She talks about leaving India to teach and write around the world – and feeling like a stranger everywhere
‘Guess what? Mummy is a sex worker’: the sexologist who wants to build a ‘slutopia’ for women
Dr Hilary Caldwell’s new book Slutdom looks at how women navigate sex and shame, and at all ages. She shares what she’s learned as both a sex worker and as an academic
‘I was nervous. Worried. Insecure. I just didn’t feel safe’: Rachel Stevens on her life in S Club 7
She has topped the charts and been called the world’s sexiest woman, while also being stricken with anxiety. She discusses Paul Cattermole, therapy and finding her strength
Pamela Allen on Mr McGee and turning 90: ‘I’ve always known what I’m doing is good’
From Who Sank the Boat? to Alexander’s Outing, Allen’s picture books are beloved. But after losing her husband she’s written a new book to ‘re-establish my sense of worth’
Conservationist Isabella Tree: ‘Rewilding is vital for the UK’s agricultural future’
The farmer and author on allowing nature to transform and restore our ecology – and how the best way to measure progress is through dung beetles
Sulaiman Addonia: ‘I’m taking writing back to the rock’n’roll era!’
The Eritrean-Ethiopian-British novelist on childhood trauma and its effect on his work, the importance of sex in stories and paying homage to your imagination
‘Don’t read just one book about Sri Lanka’: VV Ganeshananthan on her civil war novel
Women’s prize for fiction winner tells story of a family caught up in conflict in her second novel, Brotherless Night
Naomi Klein: ‘Nobody’s perfect – but that’s not an excuse for doing nothing’
The Doppelganger writer and winner of the Women’s prize for nonfiction on the war in Gaza, current credibility of the left and posters for her book being torn down in London