The Literary Salon

Hannah Rothschild talks about her new biography of her great Aunt Pannonica, 'the Jazz Baroness'. She led an extraordinary life from England's stately homes, battlefields of Africa, the holocaust to the New York jazz scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lead actor, Scott Shepherd, and director John Collins, talk about their stage production of The Great Gatsby. The play is a complete rendering of the novel, lasting eight hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In one of the funniest appearances yet at the Salon, Man Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson gives an exclusive reading from his new novel, Zoo Time, coming out in the Autumn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first ever bilingual Salon, Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli reads from her debut novel Faces In The Crowd both in English and in Spanish. She talks to Damian about Latin America, a convent education and the problem with Magic Realism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Bullough reads from his third novel, Konstantin, and talks to Damian about what attracted him to the story of the father of the Russian space programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Winner of the Costa Book Of The Year 2012, Andrew Miller reads from his prize winning novel Pure. He talks to Damian about revolutions, Dr Guillotin and his next novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Cleave reads from his forthcoming novel, Gold. He talks to Damian about why he wrote a novel about the world of Olympics speed cyclists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Forsyth reads from The Etymologicon, his book on the strange connections between words, which was a Christmas bestseller. Afterwards, he talks to Damian about the origins of swear words. A wee bit more sweary than usual! Not for the easily offended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Damian Barr hosts an intimate Literary Salon at Aubin & Wills in West London. His first guest is novelist Jonathan Lee, reading from his new novel, Joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The multi-award winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, and critic reads exclusively from his new book New Ways To Kill Your Mother. Afterwards he talks to Damian about W.B. Yeats, Barcelona orgies and the secret to writing a novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the best-loved speakers at The Literary Salon, Richard Holloway makes his return to talk about his new memoir, Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt. Having stood down as the Bishop of Edinburgh in 2000, he is known for his outspoken views on religion and for his support for many progressive causes including gay marriage. Here he talks movingly to Damian about his own life and the lessons he's learned. Not a dry eye is left in the house. Highly recommended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Editor-in-chief of Vogue UK, Alexandra Shulman, unveils her sparkling debut novel, Can We Still Be Friends, reading from it for the very first time. She talks to Damian about writing a book while editing a glossy magazine, female friendships and how she is not good at recognising sexism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another Literary Salon exclusive, Patrick Gale reads from his new novel A Perfectly Good Man for the very first time. He talks to Damian about email romances, growing up in a prison and his love for novels about Nuns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well known for his Digested Read column in The Guardian, writer John Crace reads his own inimitable version of Jane Austen's Persuasion, exclusive to The Literary Salon. He also talks to Damian about his new book Vertigo which follows his lifelong obsession with Tottenham Hotspur. Damian admits he's never seen a football match all the way through.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jojo Moyes reads exclusively for the first time from her new novel Me Before You. She talks to Damian about being in the bestseller lists, her unlikely choice of subject matter and how it feels to delete 70,000 words from her new novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices