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Included in the interactive is a guide to many of the 20th Century's prominent novelists and poets, with a guide to the connections between them

  • Who shared a university?
  • Who had a feud with whom?
  • What links George Orwell to PG Wodehouse? 

This guide to authors requires Flash. You can also explore the relationships in a text only version.

Exclusive chats with Booker Prize winners

Julian Barnes on... starting writing Featuring: Audio Copyrighted imageCredit: Ellen Warner

A sense of a start: Julian Barnes shared how he set about starting the process of creating a book.  Listen now: Julian Barnes on... starting writing

Howard Jacobson on... creating characters Featuring: Audio Copyrighted imageCredit: Jenny Jacobson

Howard Jacobson explains why your strongest inspiration for character is probably wearing your trousers, in this exclusive extended interview for Writing Lab.    Listen now: Howard Jacobson on... creating characters

Guide to previous Booker Prize winners

A reader's guide to The Life Of Pi Creative commons imageCredit: 24th Century under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

A modern take on Robinson Crusoe, or a skewed reworking of Calvino? Join us as we float Yann Martell's novel.  Read more : A reader's guide to The Life Of Pi

A reader's guide to The White Tiger Creative commons imageCredit: Frank Peters under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Follow Balram Halwai as he attempts to escape poverty and enjoy the riches of the new India. Will he succeed? And what will it...  Read more : A reader's guide to The White Tiger

A reader's guide to The Inheritance of Loss Copyrighted imageCredit: Oilphant under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

A tale of "comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness" ranging from New York to Nepal.  Read more : A reader's guide to The Inheritance of Loss

A reader's guide to The Line Of Beauty Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC

Set against a 1980s backdrop, a young man climbs the social ladder and becomes intimate with the powerful.  Read more : A reader's guide to The Line Of Beauty

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