Also, am on holiday so there will be a couple of weeks break in transmission. The next podcast on 21st November.

On the latest Little Atoms podcast, @joannapocock.bsky.social on her wonderful new book Greyhound. Out now from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Wrote about the Statesman, AI Christopher Hitchens, and why writers need heroes but not idols open.substack.com/pub/padraigr...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, James Rebanks (@herdyshepherd.bsky.social) on his latest book The Place of Tides, out now in paperback from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @thomasmcmullan.bsky.social on his new novel Groundwater. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Sarah Perry on her brilliant new book Death of an Ordinary Man. Out now from @jonathancape.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Kiran Desai on her @thebookerprizes.com shortlisted novel The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Out now from Hamish Hamilton books. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Had a lovely afternoon celebrating 60 years of @churchillfship.bsky.social and was reminded to mention that next year's travel grant applications are now open until early November so you should pull your finger out and apply.

Kiran Desai on this week's Little Atoms.

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @nataliehaynes.bsky.social talks about her new novel No Friend To This House. Out now from Mantle Books (@panmacmillan.bsky.social). Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's Little Atoms podcast, Patrick Ryan on his new novel Buckeye. Out now from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On this week’s Little Atoms - @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social on her new book A Truce That Is Not Peace. Out now from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

There's no new Little Atoms podcast today due to stuff.

Reality is now a videogame that runs itself… not even the Minotaur is safe inside his Labyrinth. The Bright Labyrinth by Ken Hollings is a subtle and sometimes disturbing account of how technology has impacted upon human culture. Buy now strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/bright-l...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Stuart Nadler on his wonderful new novel Rooms For Vanishing. Out now from @picadorbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @lauralippman.bsky.social on her brilliant new novel Murder Takes a Vacation. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @olibasciano.bsky.social on his new book Outcast. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Claire Adam on her wonderful @thebookerprizes.com longlisted novel Love Forms. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @mikejay.bsky.social on his latest book Free Radicals. Out now from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

I’m so thrilled to have been on show! #transrights #transgender #history

A new Little Atoms podcast with @bschillace.brandyschillace.com on her wonderful new book The Intermediaries. Out now from @wwnorton.com. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Was absolutely brilliant to talk to Neil. Thanks so much.

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social on her incredible debut novel The Benefactors. Out now from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here. shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

I had a great time chatting to @littleatoms.bsky.social about Nature's Genius - somehow, in 30 minutes we touched on almost the entire book!

On the the latest Little Atoms @davidfarrier.bsky.social talks about his latest book Nature's Genius. Out now from @canongate.co.uk. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @nellstevens.bsky.social on her brilliant new novel The Original. Out now from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Really dug this conversation with Neil. One of the more enjoyable I've had in sometime

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @specktor.bsky.social on his wonderful new memoir The Golden Hour. Out now from @eccobooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On this week's Little Atoms podcast, Francesca Wade on her brilliant new biography Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you find your podcasts or via this link: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social on his wonderful new novel Muckle Flugga. Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

For Easter, a new Little Atoms podcast with Megan Hunter on her Easter Sunday set novel Days of Light. Out now from @picadorbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here. shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Ron Currie on his brilliant new novel The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne. Out now from @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Xiaolu Guo on her wonderful new novel Call Me Ishmaelle. Out now from Chatto & Windus, listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @danzep.bsky.social on his wonderful new book Overnight. Out now from @canongate.co.uk. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Dani Heywood-Lonsdale on her brilliant debut novel The Portrait Artist. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Really enjoyed this! @littleatoms.bsky.social in conversation with Sarah Hesketh on Trump, Carrie Fisher, Syria, and why people are both great and terrible @cbeditions.bsky.social

Very sad to hear about the death of Caspar Melville: a good colleague and sparring partner and a wonderful editor of @newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/640...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Nobel Prize winning Abdulrazak Gurnah on his brilliant new novel Theft. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Last week, the State Department cut funding for the International Writing Program, which brings writers from around the world to Iowa City. I wrote about why the IWP is precious, & how crucial it was for my education as a writer. Free post; no paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/a-city-of-...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Sarah Hesketh on her new book 2016. Out soon from CB Editions. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Stephen May on his wonderful new novel Green Ink. Out now from @swiftpress.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On the latest Little Atoms podcast, Susan Barker on her brilliant new novel Old Soul. Out now from @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Rachel Bower on her brilliant debut novel It Comes From The River. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

The annual Resonance 104.4FM fundraising drive starts today. If you enjoy Little Atoms please consider donating. fundraiser.resonance.fm?utm_source=S...

On today's new @littleatoms podcast, Caryl Phillips on his latest novel Another Man In the Street. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Catherine Airey on her brilliant new novel Confessions. Out now from @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Just in time for Trump attempting to roll back civil rights, a new Little Atoms podcast with @profkeonwest.bsky.social on his brilliant new book The Science of Racism. Out now from @picadorbooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, Nicola Dinan on her latest novel Disappoint Me. Out now from @doubledayuk.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @paul-choudhury.com on his excellent new book The Bright Side. Out now from @canongate.co.uk. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

On the first Little Atoms podcast of 2025, Ken Hollings on his marvellous Trash Project trilogy. Out now from @strangeattractor.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here: shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...