Eimear McBrides debut tells, with astonishing insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young womans relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. Not so much a stream of consciousness, as an unconscious railing against a life that makes little sense, and a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist, to read A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing is to plunge inside its narrators...

Kirsty Gunn is the author of seven works of fiction including a collection of short stories and a compendium of poetry, essays and fragments, and is published in the UK by Faber and in over twelve countries and languages throughout the world. Her most recent book is The Big Music, published in 2012 to great critical acclaim and out in paperback in 2013. It was listed for the James Tait Black and Impac awards and was the winner of The New Zealand Book of the Year 2013. The boy and the sea was...

Gabriels work has been translated into the major European languages and into Arabic. He is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Sussex, and a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. He is the author of 18 novels, including Goldberg: Variations (2001) and Everything Passes (2006). His last novel, Infinity: The Story of a Moment, appeared in May 2012. He is one of the judges of the Goldsmiths Prize 2013.

To launch the new Goldsmiths Prize for literature, Booker Prize-winning novelist James Kelman reads from his new novel Mo said she was quirky, and reflects on the art of fiction. In conversation with Jonathan Derbyshire, Culture Editor of the New Statesman. In this second installment, James reads from his latest novel; Mo Said She Was Quirky. Contains explicit language.

To launch the new Goldsmiths Prize for literature, Booker Prize-winning novelist James Kelman reads from his new novel Mo said she was quirky, and reflects on the art of fiction. In conversation with Jonathan Derbyshire, Culture Editor of the New Statesman. In this first installment, James reads from his short stories. Contains explicit language.

To launch the new Goldsmiths Prize for literature, Booker Prize-winning novelist James Kelman reads from his new novel Mo said she was quirky, and reflects on the art of fiction. In conversation with Jonathan Derbyshire, Culture Editor of the New Statesman. In this final installment, James answers questions from the audience. Contains explicit language.

Ross Raisin reads from his latest novel Waterline and discusses writing and studying creative writing with Dr Jack Underwood.