In this week's podcast, in the week she won the Pulitzer prize, Jennifer Egan talks to Claire Armitstead about her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, and explains why she chose to write an entire chapter of it in PowerPoint slides.
David Lodge comes in to talk about why he turned to HG Wells for his latest foray into fictional biography, A Man of Parts. And children's site editor Michelle Pauli goes on a tour of the Just Imagine Story Centre in Chelmsford and suggests some of the best books to keep your kids entertained over the Easter holidays.
Reading list
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Constable & Robinson)
A Man of Parts by David Lodge (Harvill Secker)
Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books)
The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (Puffin)
Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St John (Orion Children's)
Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis
The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
