Recently, Katherine interviewed Sarah Moss about her incredible new memoir, My Good Bright Wolf, an account of growing up as... more

What’s to be done with the lost, the dead, but write them into being?’So writes Hilary Mantel in her extraordinary... more

It was National Poetry Day in the UK earlier this month and Katherine talked to Kate Fox about her new... more

September - when we’re almost as likely to be trying to reform ourselves as in January - is the perfect... more

This month, Katherine spoke to Lucy Jones about Matrescence, her book about the profound changes wrought by pregnancy and birth. Combining... more

Katherine was excited to speak to Daniel Tammet about his latest book, Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum. Katherine has... more

Join Katherine as she talks with Tom Newlands about his debut novel, Only Here, Only Now. Katherine talks with Tom about... more

Join me for a recent conversation with comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer Samantha Irby. Recorded as part of my... more

Join my conversation with Catherine Coldstream as we relax into a questing, rambling chat about the deep pull that many... more

At a superficial level, Soil is a gardening memoir, full of gorgeous descriptions of plants and getting your hands in... more

In the past few years, resistance has been a live issue for many of us, whether we’re wondering for the... more

The wolf carries an almost unbearable amount of symbolism in western culture, encapsulating the predatory, the carnal, the supernatural and... more

I stumbled across Dacher Keltner’s work when I was first researching Enchantment, and now - for the final episode in... more

Marjolijn van Heemstra believes that we can change the world by gazing into the night sky. Her book, In Light... more

How can we return to a richer, more complex understanding of national identity and personal ethics - one that can... more

In this week’s episode of How We Live Now, Katherine speaks to author and public intellectual Báyò Akómoláfé. We consider... more

Kerri ní Dochartaigh’s writing rings with a sense of connection between this world and the otherworld, and nowhere is it... more

When I spoke to Morgan Harper Nichols, she was taking a break from assignment-writing for the MFA in Interdisciplinary Media... more

Pico Iyer’s latest book, The Half Known Life, looks at the ways in which we seek paradise on earth, sometimes... more

We're in between seasons of How We Live Now and Katherine is in the midst of talking about her new... more

Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran understands the problems of rightwing populism better than most: she lives as an exile, after her... more

Emma Gannon is a true digital native, a storyteller who finds creative inspiration in online communities, and who has sought... more

Jay Griffiths’ writing has long explored the link between land, culture and our potential for connection, but her father’s death... more

Many of us are enduring a painful new awareness of the conflicts that underpin our social relationships. For Buddhist teacher... more

Being a Sikh in America gives Simran Jeet Singh a very particular insight into the divisions that run between us:... more

When it comes to getting together, Priya Parker turns our assumptions on their heads: gatherings, she says, benefit from firm... more

Susan Cain’s groundbreaking book, Quiet, taught a generation of readers to perceive and value their introvert qualities. Her latest book,... more

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.Author Raynor Winn talks to Katherine May about the losing her home when... more

While we take a rest over the summer, we’re sharing some remastered episodes from Season One, chosen by listeners. This... more

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.While we take a rest over the summer, we’re sharing some remastered episodes... more