Have you ever wondered how to read a novelist? Not just what they write, but who they are? Or rather, who we think they are, reading between their lines and superimposing our own lives upon theirs? Have you ever tried to figure out what makes them tick, the layers they dress their characters in, the way they lay themselves bare and the things they keep secret?

Well, this week we have two very special interviews for you unravelling just that.

Kate Burraston speaks with the very prolific Lily Brett about her new novel, Lola Bensky, which is loosely based on her own past as a rock journalist in the 1960s and 70s.

And then later in the show we'll hear from John Freeman, the editor of Granta literary magazine, who has interviewed just about every big name in literature that you can think of, and a few you can't. He spoke to Neda about his book, How To Read A Novelist.