Natalie Diaz: ‘It is an important and dangerous time for language’
The Native American and Latinx poet’s Postcolonial Love Poem has been shortlisted for the Forward prize for best collection
Jenni Murray: ‘I hate the diet industry. It’s caused me misery’
The Woman’s Hour presenter has written a book about her lifelong struggle with her weight. She discusses fat-shaming, body positivity and what happened when she had bariatric surgery
‘Life goes a gazillion miles an hour. You have to fill it’: Timmy Mallett on what he did next
A huge children’s TV star in the 1980s, Mallett is now an artist and has written a new memoir. It charts the bike ride he took, inspired by his older brother, who had Down’s syndrome and lived an extraordinarily rich life
Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles: ‘Few moments compare to meeting Oprah!’
The rapper and radio presenter on the problem with online activism, the power of protest, and the moment Oprah squeezed her hand
Michael Rosen: ‘The incredible NHS saved my life’
The children’s author and poet, 74, tells Donna Ferguson about surviving coronavirus, enjoying getting older and moping all weekend when Arsenal lose
Nicole Chung: ‘If my life were fiction, you would not believe it’
The Korean-American author on being raised by a white family, the search for her birth parents and the risk-averse nature of publishing
Masha Gessen: ‘I never thought I’d say it, but Trump is worse than Putin’
Four years ago, the author predicted that Trump would transform the US into an autocracy. Now, Gessen believes the country is in a revolutionary moment
Kevin Kwan: ‘With Crazy Rich Asians my life exploded and I’m still trying to put it back together’
After the global success of his flamboyant debut, the Singaporean novelist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about growing up with old money, living next to Bob Dylan in New York, and why publishing’s problems with diversity are no surprise
Roger Robinson meets Rachel Long: ‘I feel like a mosquito taking on Godzilla’
Continuing our series of cross-generational conversations between black British artists, poets Roger Robinson and Rachel Long discuss the prejudices of the white publishing world and the power of today’s youth
Tom Kerridge on love, weight loss and the restaurant crisis: ‘There will be some horrific casualties’
The chef talks about taking up running, his worries for his industry – and why politicians should stop calling restaurant work ‘low-skilled’
Reni Eddo-Lodge: ‘The debate on racism is a game to some and I don’t want to play’
She’s the first black British author to top the UK book charts, partly prompted by the fallout from George Floyd’s death. Here she explains why success has been bittersweet
Valeria Luiselli: ‘I look at Mexico from afar with pain and love’
The author of Lost Children Archive tells of her work in US youth immigration courts and her difficulty in choosing whether to write in English or Spanish
Shaun Tan: ‘We’re not being mean to animals – but there is evil in obliviousness’
What would happen if bears sued humanity and fish left the sea? The author-illustrator of Tales from the Inner City on animal rights, veganism and winning the Kate Greenaway medal
Leah Harvey on Small Island: ‘We are sharing the story of why our country is the way it is’
As it’s streamed by the National Theatre, the star who plays Hortense in the acclaimed adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel talks about Britain, Windrush and Black Lives Matter
Roger Robinson: ‘Poets can translate trauma’
The writer and musician talks about his prize-winning poetry collection, his Caribbean education and why the death of George Floyd has been felt so strongly in the UK