Don Swaim hosted a long-running daily slot on CBS Radio entitled Book Beat. In compiling the show he carried out interviews with most of the leading literary figures of the last few decades. Fortunately for us, he saved the tapes. The interviews are available online on the Wired for Books website here.

Each of the interviews lasts around 30-45 minutes, and interviewees include Douglas Adams, Martin Amis, Isaac Asimov and Margaret Atwood (that's just a selection from the A's!). Anyone with the remotest interest in literature will find something of interest here.

(link from Metafilter)