Interviews

Booktrust online writer in residence and author Matt Haig interviews his hero, acclaimed author Jeanette Winterson in a candid conversation about writing, longevity and life-saving books.

We talk to acclaimed author Mohsin Hamid about his new book How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and how it feels to see one of his novels turned into a major Hollywood film.

We talk to award-winning novelist Deborah Levy about her new short story collection, about writing and the best way to drink vodka...

Pete Mitchell talks to Bosnian-American novelist Aleksandar Hemon about translation, experimentation, memoir and why you shouldn't be ashamed to speak with an accent.

'Writing has no rules, only guidelines. Which you can ignore as much as you want.' We talk to Patrick Ness about his new novel, The Crane Wife,writing for different age groups, music, Japanese folktales and Hollywood adaptations.

We talk to Kerry Hudson, author of Tony Hogan Bought Be An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma, about her writing, her favourite writers and why she keeps finding herself in Hanoi.

We talk to journalist and author Elizabeth Day about her new novel Home Fires, about how she became a journalist and what she really thought of rapper Snoop Dogg.

One of the most successful authors working today, Nicholas Sparks has our hearts and minds. With his tales of love, loss and redemption, he has seen many of his films adapted for film (including The Notebook starring Ryan Gosling). With Safe Haven about to come out, we spoke to Nicholas about his writing process, about adapting his work for film and how he manages to get through 100 books a year.

With her star rising, we thought it was high-time we caught up with Amy Sackville. We talked about Orkney, second novel syndrome and unreliable narrators.

We caught up with Jenn Ashworth to talk about her new novel, The Friday Gospels,Mormonism and the current landscape for young British novelists.