| A | Festival |
|---|---|
| Peter Ackroyd | Spring 1993 |
| Kate Adie | Autumn 2004 |
| George Alagiah | Autumn 2006 |
| Madeleine Albright | Autumn 2003 |
| Brian Aldiss | Autumn 1991 |
| Isabel Allende | Spring 2008 |
| Monica Ali | Spring 2004 |
| Martin Amis | Autumn 1993, Autumn 1998, Spring 2000, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006 |
| Lisa Appignanesi | Spring 2008 |
| Simon Armitage | Spring 1995, Spring 1999, Spring 2007, Spring 2010 |
| Kate Atkinson | Spring 2001 |
| John Ashbery | Autumn 1993 |
| Margaret Atwood | Autumn 1993, Spring 2003, Spring 2006 |
| Alan Ayckbourn | Autumn 2002 |
| Trezza Azzopardi | Spring 2001 |
| B | Festival |
|---|---|
| Paul Bailey | Spring 1993 |
| Beryl Bainbridge | Autumn 2000 |
| Joan Bakewell | Spring 2009 |
| Iain Banks | Autumn 1997, Spring 2007, Spring 2012 |
| Russell Banks | Spring 2005 |
| John Banville | Spring 1994, Autumn 1997, Autumn 2010 |
| Elspeth Baker | Spring 1993 |
| Pat Barker | Spring 1996, Autumn 2012 |
| Julian Barnes | Autumn 1992 |
| Sebastian Barry | Autumn 2008 |
| Martyn Bedford | Spring 2000 |
| Antony Beevor | Autumn 2011 |
| Martin Bell | Autumn 2003 |
| Alan Bennett | Autumn 1993 |
| Cherie Blair | Autumn 2008 |
| Rabbi Lionel Blue | Autumn 2006 |
| T.C. Boyle | Spring 2003, Autumn 2012 |
| William Boyd | Autumn 2006 |
| Malcolm Bradbury | Autumn 1993, Autumn 1998, Spring 2000 |
| Melvyn Bragg | Autumn 1996, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2010 |
| Rory Bremner | Autumn 2004 |
| Andre Brink | Autumn 2004 |
| Geraldine Brooks | Autumn 2008 |
| Bill Bryson | Autumn 1997 |
| John Burnside | Spring 2012 |
| A.S.Byatt | Autumn 1996, Autumn 2009 |
| Antonia Byatt | Autumn 1992 |
| C | Festival |
|---|---|
| Carmen Calill | Spring 2008 |
| Peter Carey | Autumn 1997 |
| Justin Cartwright | Spring 2007 |
| Michael Chabon | Autumn 2012 |
| Jung Chang | Autumn 1999, Autumn 2008 |
| Julian Clary | Spring 2006 |
| Mark Cocker | Autumn 2010 |
| Robert Coover | Spring 1995 |
| T. Coraghassan Boyle | Autumn 1993 |
| Tom Courtenay | Autumn 2001 |
| Jim Crace | Spring 1993, Spring 2002, Spring 2010 |
| Rachel Cusk | Spring 2007 |
| D | Festival |
|---|---|
| Jose Dalisay | Spring 2000 |
| Evan Davis | Autumn 2011 |
| Andrew Davies | Spring 1994, Spring 2000 |
| Richard Dawkins | Autumn 2003, Autumn 2011 |
| Louis de Bernieres | Autumn 1998, Autumn 2003, Spring 2008 |
| Alain de Botton | Spring 2004 |
| Tim Dee | Autumn 2010 |
| Junot Diaz | Spring 2008 |
| E.L. Doctorow | Autumn 2003 |
| Margaret Drabble | Autumn 1992, Autumn 1996, Autumn 1997, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2006 |
| Robin Dunbar | Spring 2012 |
| Patricia Duncker | Spring 1999 |
| Neil Dunn | Spring 1998 |
| Suzannah Dunn | Spring 2995 |
| Geoff Dyer | Spring 2009 |
| E | Festival |
|---|---|
| Nawal el Saadawi | Autumn 2007 |
| Ben Elton | Autumn 2012 |
| Jeffrey Eugenides | Autumn 2011 |
| Richard Eyre | Spring 1994, Spring 2001, Autumn 2009 |
| F | Festival |
|---|---|
| Paul Farley | Spring 2012 |
| Sebastian Faulks | Autumn 1999, Autumn 2012 |
| Niall Ferguson | Spring 2004 |
| Joshua Ferris | Spring 2010 |
| Richard Flanagan | Autumn 2009 |
| Giles Foden | Spring 2009 |
| Richard Ford | Autumn 1997, Autumn 2006 |
| John Fowles | Autumn 1992 |
| Antonia Fraser | Autumn 2011 |
| Michael Frayn | Autumn 1999, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2010 |
| Jonathan Franzen | Autumn 2006, Autumn 2010 |
| Esther Freud | Spring 2002, Spring 2010 |
| Christopher Fry | Autumn 1999 |
| Stephen Fry | Autumn 1996, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2005 |
| G | Festival |
|---|---|
| William Gaddis | Spring 1994 |
| Patrick Gale | Spring 1999 |
| Frank Gardner | Spring 2006 |
| Maggie Gee | Autumn 1991 |
| William Gibson | Autumn 1996 |
| William Golding | Autumn 1992 |
| Barbara Gowdy | Spring 1996 |
| Linda Grant | Spring 2008 |
| Richard E. Grant | Autumn 1998, Spring 2006 |
| AC Grayling | Spring 2011 |
| Germaine Greer | Spring 2000 |
| Sunetra Gupta | Spring 1996 |
| David Guterson | Autumn 2008, Autumn 2003 |
| H | Festival |
|---|---|
| Helon Habila | Spring 2003 |
| Christopher Hampton | Autumn 2005 |
| Sheila Hancock | Autumn 2004 |
| David Hare | Autumn 2008 |
| David Harsent | Spring 2011 |
| Joanna Harris | Spring 2010 |
| Tony Harrison | Spring 1996 |
| Roy Hattersley | Autumn 2000, Autumn 2007 |
| Seamus Heaney | Spring 1998, Autumn 2002 |
| Joseph Heller | Autumn 1993, Autumn 1996, Autumn 1999 |
| Gavin Hewitt | Spring 2005 |
| Charlie Higson | Spring 1999 |
| Eva Hoffman | Spring 1997 |
| Paul Hoggart | Autumn 2004 |
| Richard Hoggart | Autumn 2004 |
| Simon Hoggart | Autumn 2004 |
| Alan Hollinghurst | Spring 1996, Spring 1998, Autumn 2011 |
| Richard Holmes | Spring 1996, Spring 2001, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2008 |
| Michael Holroyd | Autumn 1992, Spring 2000, Spring 2004, Autumn 2007 |
| Nick Hornby | Spring 1995, Spring 2005 |
| Christopher Hope | Autumn 2006 |
| John Houghton | Autumn 2010 |
| Pam Houston | Spring 1994 |
| Ted Hughes | Spring 1996 |
| Aamer Hussein | Spring 1996 |
| Will Hutton | Spring 2003, Spring 2007 |
| I | Festival |
|---|---|
| Kazuo Ishiguro | Autumn 1999 |
| Mark Illis | Spring 1995 |
| J | Festival |
|---|---|
| Clive James | Autumn 2001, Autumn 2005 |
| P.D. James | Autumn 1991 |
| Gail Jones | Autumn 2011 |
| Phil Jones | Autumn 2010 |
| Russell-Celyn Jones | Spring 2000 |
| Sadie Jones | Spring 2011 |
| Steve Jones | Autumn 1999, Spring 2009 |
