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Renowned author, journalist, presenter and art historian Simon Schama talks to Audible about the release of the next instalment in the Jewish history collection, Belonging: The Story of the Jews: When Words Fail (1942-Present Day). Following the success of the first volume, Audible talks to Simon about the next few centuries of Jewish life, his multiaward-winning career and his hopes for a better and more equal society.

Thriller writer, Sanjida Kay, joins Bryony Cullen in the Audible Studios to discuss her second psychological thriller, The Stolen Child. In this new book, the parents of an adopted child become worried when the child's biological father gets in touch, determined to take his daughter back.

After great success with her Imperial Radch trilogy, sci-fi author Ann Leckie comes to Audible to chat with us about her latest release, Provenance. We talk to her about what we can expect from Provenance, how it differs from her previous books and what prompted her to start writing novels.

Kate Murray-Browne visits the Audible Studios to discuss her debut novel, The Upstairs Room. It features a family struggling with a relocation and all the ghosts that come along with it and is described as frightening, clever and full of atmosphere.

Lynda La Plante visits the Audible Studios to discuss the audiobook release of her books Hidden Killers and The Cold Cases. Lynda began her career as an actress of stage and screen but, in the 80s, started writing books and TV screenplays to universal acclaim. Her debut novel, The Legacy, became a best seller and her popularity has never waned, producing hit after hit, including the Prime Suspect and the Trial and Retribution series.

James Boswell forever changed the genre of biography when he painstakingly transformed a scholarly profusion of detail into a perceptive, lifelike portrait of Dr. Samuel Johnson. James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson reveals a man of outsized appetites and private vulnerabilities and is the source of much of what we know about one of the towering figures of English literature.

Robin Morgan talks to Julie Corbin about her fifth novel, What Goes Around, about learning to write and taking revenge.

'This book is just about my favourite book of all time ... I'm not entirely convinced I could like somebody who didn't like this book ... it's funny and moving and gives you an insight into this extraordinary moment as the war is about to begin ... it's so vivid, and what's more, it's incredibly...

Tom Rachman is a man of many talents - he is not just an international selling author but previous editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris and a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press in Rome. Rachman's works have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Slate and New Statesman. He visits the Audible Studios to tell us about his new book, Basket of Deplorables.

Celebrated journalist and author Owen Jones joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss his book Chavs, available in audio for the first time.

Alastair Reynolds joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss his work.

Hannah Kent joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book, Burial Rites.

Joining Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios is author of the UK's best-selling zombie horror series The Undead. British writer R R Haywood has just made the quantum-leap into the time travel genre, where a young scientist in the year 2061 has to save the world from oblivion, with the help of three ordinary people from the past. Here he talks about his latest book, Extracted, as well as all things zombies, time travel and more.

Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring. The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering coke addict, "West Coast Director of a large Italian-American finance firm" (read: mobster) who helped to keep James Frey clean in A Million Little Pieces.

Legendary musician Johnny Marr joins David Darlington in the Audible Studios to discuss his autobiography, Set the Boy Free.

Mark Hardie, author of Burned and Broken talks about his new book, the authors that have inspired him, and how important audiobooks are for the blind community.

Exclusive to Audible. Join Alison Weir in the studios talking about her ambitious six part series - Six Tudor Queens. Explaining the process of writing a historical novel and how her passion was first ignited, we are given a glimpse into what it takes to write about well-known but often misunderstood historical figures. Alison Weir is a British writer of history books, and latterly historical novels, mostly in the form of biographies about British royalty.

This is a biography of James Baldwin, author, one-time preacher, and civil rights activist. He chose David Leeming, a close friend and colleague, to write his biography and granted him access to his correspondence. Leeming traces his life from his birth in Harlem in 1924 to his self-imposed exile in Europe, his later years as political activist, and his public funeral in 1987.

Audible exclusive. Lindsey Davis drops by to talk about her career as a historical novelist. How does she develop her characters? How historically accurate are they? Where does her inspiration come from?

The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone, here, for the first time, is Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography, in its entirety, exactly as he left it. This major literary event offers the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain’s authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave, as he intended.