World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Episodes to download
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Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Sat 5 Mar 2016
Judith Kerr will be talking about her novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
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Cees Nooteboom - The Following Story
Sat 6 Feb 2016
Multiple award-winning Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom on his novel The Following Story
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Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
Sat 2 Jan 2016
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her phenomenally successful novel Eat, Pray, Love
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Leila Aboulela - Minaret
Sat 5 Dec 2015
Harriet Gilbert talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her novel Minaret.
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Jonathan Franzen - Freedom
Sat 7 Nov 2015
Epic of contemporary love and marriage capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty
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Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever
Sat 3 Oct 2015
A richly imagined historic tale of art, beauty,lust and greed in.1630s Amsterdam.
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Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin
Sat 5 Sep 2015
Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov discusses his novel Death and the Penguin
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Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Sat 1 Aug 2015
Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Sat 4 Jul 2015
Mark Haddon on his best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
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Yasmina Khadra - The Swallows of Kabul
Sat 6 Jun 2015
Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra on his searing novel, The Swallows of Kabul
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Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday
Sat 2 May 2015
Irish author Marian Keyes discusses her novel Rachel's Holiday
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Guenter Grass - The Tin Drum
Sun 19 Apr 2015
Another chance to hear Guenter Grass discuss The Tin Drum
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JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye
Sat 4 Apr 2015
A discussion recorded in the fabled Algonquin Hotel, New York
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Anne Tyler
Sun 8 Mar 2015
Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½sick Restaurant
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William Gibson
Sun 8 Feb 2015
William Gibson discusses his influencial science fiction novel Neuromancer
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Daniel Kehlmann
Sun 4 Jan 2015
Daniel Kehlmann talks about his internationally acclaimed novel Measuring the World
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Marilynne Robinson
Sun 7 Dec 2014
Marilynne Robinson on her novel Gilead, which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead
Sat 4 Oct 2014
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in most successful crime novel debut ever
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Pat Barker - Regeneration
Sat 6 Sep 2014
The author discusses the psychological impact of World War I
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Janice Galloway
Sat 2 Aug 2014
Award-winning writer Janice Galloway on her novel The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
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Jostein Gaarder
Sat 5 Jul 2014
Jostein Gaarder on his novel Sophie’s World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher
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Per Petterson
Sat 7 Jun 2014
Norwegian author of Out Stealing Horses takes questions from a rapt audience
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Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Sat 31 May 2014
Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories
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Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses
Sat 5 Apr 2014
The British writer talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults
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Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love
Sat 1 Mar 2014
A novel about love, mysticism and the life of the Sufi poet Rumi
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Christos Tsiolkas
Sat 1 Feb 2014
Author of award-winning novel The Slap on why his book has polarised opinions
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