By William Boyd, Salley Vickers, Pico Iyer, Alice Pung, Jan Morris, Philip Pullman, Michael Ondaatje, Roddy Doyle, Imtiaz Dharker, David Pilling, Madeleine Thien, Markus Zusak, John Wood, Chigozie Obioma, Candice Carty-Williams, Dina Nayeri, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Max Porter, Jancis Robinson, S.F. Said