Bookclub Episodes Episode guide
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Colin Thubron - In Siberia
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to travel writer Colin Thubron about In Siberia
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Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan talks to James Naughtie and readers about A Visit from the Goon Squad.
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Edward St Aubyn - Mother's Milk
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to novelist Edward St Aubyn about Mother's Milk
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Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
James Naughtie discusses Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish writer Peter Hoeg.
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Patrick McCabe - The Butcher Boy
Patrick McCabe discusses his modern classic novel The Butcher Boy with James Naughtie.
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Salman Rushdie
Sir Salman Rushdie talks to James Naughtie about his Booker-winner Midnight's Children.
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Ann Patchett - Bel Canto
Ann Patchett talks to James Naughtie about her Orange Prize-winning novel Bel Canto.
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Deborah Levy - Swimming ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Deborah Levy discusses her Man Booker shortlisted novel Swimming ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ with James Naughtie.
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Hari Kunzru - Gods Without Men
Hari Kunzru discusses his novel Gods Without Men with James Naughtie at the Hay Festival.
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Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Michael Chabon talks about The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay with James Naughtie
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Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways
Sunjeev Sahota discusses his novel The Year of the Runaways with James Naughtie.
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Jonathan Safran Foer - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer talks about Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. With James Naughtie.
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Barbara Trapido - The Travelling Hornplayer
Barbara Trapido talks to James Naughtie about her 1998 novel The Travelling Hornplayer.
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John Lanchester - Capital
John Lanchester talks to James Naughtie and readers about his novel Capital.
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Jay McInerney - Bright Lights, Big City
Jay McInerney discusses his debut novel Bright Lights, Big City with James Naughtie.
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
James Naughtie and novelist Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson
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Helen Macdonald - H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald talks to James Naughtie and readers about her memoir H is for Hawk.
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Don DeLillo - Underworld
Don DeLillo talks about his 1997 masterpiece Underworld with James Naughtie and readers.
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Evie Wyld - After the Fire, a Still Small Voice
James Naughtie talks to Evie Wyld about After the Fire, a Still Small Voice.
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Maggie O'Farrell - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Maggie O'Farrell talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
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Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
James Naughtie talks to Kazuo Ishiguro about his novel detailing a butler's life.
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Tony Harrison's Poem v
At the Hexham Literature Festival, Tony Harrison talks to James Naughtie about his poem v.
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Javier Marias - The Infatuations
James Naughtie talks to Spanish writer Javier Marias about his novel The Infatuations.
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Elizabeth Strout on Olive Kitteridge
US author Elizabeth Strout discusses her novel Olive Kitteridge with James Naughtie.
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John le Carré
John le Carre talks about his Cold War spy trilogy including 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy'
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Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History
Michael Holroyd talks to James Naughtie about his book A Strange Eventful History.
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Kamila Shamsie - Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie talks about her novel Burnt Shadows with James Naughtie.
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Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan talks about The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which won the Man Booker.
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Colum McCann - TransAtlantic
Colum McCann discusses his Man Booker-nominated novel TransAtlantic. With James Naughtie.
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China Mieville - The City & the City
Fantasy writer China Mieville talks about The City & the City. With James Naughtie.