Little Atoms

Brenna Hassett talks to Neil about the evolution of childhood, in her new book Growing Up Human. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to James Crawford about Borders and his new book The Edge Of The Plain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A.M. Homes talkes to Neil about her first novel in a decade, The Unfolding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celeste Ng returns to Little Atoms to talk to Neil about her latest novel Our Missing Hearts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Rebecca Stott about her post-Roman Londinium set novel Dark Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Kamila Shamsie about her Karachi and London set new novel Best of Friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Harris talks to Neil about Act Of Oblivion, his new novel set in colonial America in the aftermath of the English Civil War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrea Wulf talks to Neil about her new book Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Natalie Haynes about her latest novel Stone Blind, which tells the story of Medusa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's show Neil talks to Will Ashon about his new book The Passengers. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Miranda Seymour talks to Neil about her new biography of Jean Rhys I Used To Live Here Once. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maggie O'Farrell talks to Neil about her long-awaited new novel The Marriage Portrait. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaia Vince talks to Neil about her new book Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Neil talks to artist Tom de Freston about his new book Wreck: Géricault’s Raft and the Art of Being Lost at Sea, which explores Tom's obession with Géricault’s Raft of the Medusa, and it's influence on his own practice. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mohsin Hamid returns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil about his latest novel The Last White Man. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil talks to Natasha Pulley about her Cold War set novel the Half Life of Valery K. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niamh Mulvey talks to Neil about her debut short story collection Hearts & Bones: Loves Songs For Late Youth. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ornithologist Tim Birkhead talks to Neil about his latest book Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Churchwell talks to Neil about her new book The Wrath To Come: Gone With The Wind And The Lies America Tells. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil is joined by the director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop Lan Samantha Chang to talk about her latest novel The Family Chao, a retelling of The Brothers Karamazov set in a Midwestern Chinese restaurant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.