Superstars of the literary and musical world this week: Margaret Atwood’s new memoir; Hannah Kent’s critical readings; Stuart Coupe’s musical knowledge; Bob Dylan . . . OK, well he’s not exactly on the show, but he’s the subject of MUCH literary speculation in a buzzy new release by New Yorker Sam Sussman. Also – the voice of the wind howls, laughs and taunts its subjects, in an inventive piece of writing from Sarah Hall.

BOOKS 

• Sam Sussman, Boy from the North Country, Grove Press 
• Sarah Hall, Helm, Faber 
• Margaret Atwood, Books of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts, Chatto & Windus 

GUESTS 

• Hannah Kent, novelist and memoirist whose books include Burial Rites, The Good People, Devotion and – most recently - Always Home, Always Homesick: A Love Letter to Iceland

• Stuart Coupe, music writer and promoter whose books include Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock’n’ Roll; Shake Some Action: My Life In Music, (and Other Stuff); and – most recently – Saffron Incorporated: The First King Of King Of The Cross And Fifty Years Of Sex, Murder, Music And Mayhem 

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED

• The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, Niko Stratis
• Harley Loco, Rayya Elias
• Happy Doll series, Jonathan Ames
• All the Way to the River, Elizabeth Gilbert
• The History of Sound, Ben Shattuck
• Linea Maja Ernst, Waist Deep (translated by Sherilyn Hellberg)
• Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
• Heart the Lover, Lily King
• Bread of Angels, Patti Smith

CREDITS

• Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh
• Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Roi Hubermann and Harvey O'Sullivan
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown