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Between the Lines

Hosted by Eleanor Vance

Deep-dive conversations with the writers shaping contemporary fiction.

142 episodes

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First Drafts

Hosted by Marcus Bell

The messy, beautiful process behind the books we love, told by their authors.

88 episodes

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A World of Words

Hosted by Priya Anand

Translated literature and global voices, one country at a time.

64 episodes

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Between the Lines

The Architecture of Memory

Booker-shortlisted novelist Eleanor Vance joins us to unpack how memory becomes structure, and why her latest novel refuses a single timeline.

52 minJun 12, 2026

First Drafts

Writing the City at Night

Marcus Bell on the seven years it took to finish his debut, and the all-night writing sessions that built it.

47 minJun 9, 2026

A World of Words

Translating the Untranslatable

A conversation about carrying a sentence from one language into another without losing its soul.

39 minJun 5, 2026

Between the Lines

When Silence Speaks

On white space, the unsaid, and how the best fiction trusts its readers to fill the gaps.

44 minJun 2, 2026

First Drafts

The Editor in the Room

Two acclaimed editors reveal what really happens between a finished manuscript and a printed book.

58 minMay 29, 2026

A World of Words

Letters from Buenos Aires

Exploring the explosion of Argentine literature and the writers leading it.

41 minMay 25, 2026