On this week’s show, we hear the latest news about one of literature’s greatest mysteries: what was JD Salinger doing in the decades after 1965, when he published new work for the last time? With the news that the Catcher in the Rye author’s family is set to release unseen writing from his latter years, Richard and Sian chat about his legacy and what we might see.
Then Sian sits down with Jason Reynolds, the author of books for children and young adults including Long Way Down, a book in verse about US gun violence, and his new series, Run, about the contrasting lives of children chosen for a track team. Reynolds talks about reading his first book cover to cover at the age of 17, his love for music and how all that fed into his unique writing style.
Reading list
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Faber)
Run series by Jason Reynolds (Knights Of)
Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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