Kit de Waal: ‘As soon as you introduce a talking horse, I’m just not interested’
The novelist on overlapping identities, having to read the Bible, and why she doesn’t like fantasy fiction
Jasper Fforde on rabbits, racism and writing fiction ‘to slightly improve a flawed world’
Author grapples with big issues in The Constant Rabbit, a bonkers story with a dark undercurrent – and plenty of Rickrolling
Hunting for mountweazels: Eley Williams on the fun – and responsibility – of dictionaries
Williams’ PhD about fictitious dictionary entries led to an acclaimed short story collection and now a novel. She talks about nonsense words, sexuality and the wonders of Wikipedia
Naomi Klein: ‘We must not return to the pre-Covid status quo, only worse’
What kind of world will the coronavirus crisis leave us with? Interviewed for a Guardian Live event, the activist and author insists that the climate, equality and fairness must be at the heart of the post-pandemic recovery
Anne Applebaum: how my old friends paved the way for Trump and Brexit
In a powerful new book, the journalist and historian reveals how her former friends and colleagues became agents of populism
Nicola Barker: ‘If I have a life philosophy, it’s ferocious innocence’
The offbeat novelist on the difficulty of writing novels about writing novels
Charlie Kaufman: ‘Making people laugh makes me feel validated as a human’
The screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has written a novel - about a film critic who hates Charlie Kaufman
UK’s only trans philosophy professor to JK Rowling: Harry Potter helped me become a woman
Sophie-Grace Chappell says it’s only those on the right who are benefiting from the row over trans women
Benjamin Zephaniah: ‘Coppers were standing on my back and I thought: OK, I’m going to die here.’
The poet and novelist has had a turbulent lockdown, with two relatives lost to Covid-19 and George Floyd’s death bringing back memories of his cousin, Mikey Powell, who was killed by the police in 2003
‘Theatre was my first love’: Bernardine Evaristo on her NHS play, Twitter trolls and ‘porny’ posts
The Booker-winning writer has returned to the stage, penning a drama defending the NHS. She talks about ‘bittersweet’ success – and getting caught up in attacks on Nicola Sturgeon
Brit Bennett: ‘Last week was truly the wildest week of my life’
The US author on topping the bestseller charts with her new novel, why being right is overrated, and the TV show bringing her joy in lockdown
Sunday with Dani Shapiro: ‘There’s been a lot of productivity porn’
The American writer tells Alex Moshakis about instapots, limping along, not learning Italian and perfecting frittata
Maryse Condé: ‘An English author can reach the heart of a Caribbean child’
The Guadeloupe-born novelist on prejudice in France and the power of Wuthering Heights
Gloria Steinem: ‘Go too far, or you’re not going far enough’
The feminist activist, 86, tells Britt Collins about the worldwide sisterhood, Spaceship Earth, sexual harrassment in the 1970s and being bitten by rats
David Mitchell: ‘I think most writers have a deep-seated envy of musicians’
The bestselling author’s new novel Utopia Avenue dives into London’s 60s music scene. He talks about writing cameos for Bowie and Zappa, world-building and not repeating his greatest hits