World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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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 蜜芽传媒sick 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鈥檚 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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Doris Lessing
Sat 23 Nov 2013
A tribute to Dorris Lessing who was the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for literature
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Albert Camus - The Outsider
Sat 2 Nov 2013
Camus's classic is discussed by his biographer Oliver Todd and Professor David Walker
Ten Amazing Interviews
Favourite episodes of World Book Club, featuring Maya Angelou and Henning Mankell.
Crime Fiction
Henning Mankel, Patrica Cornwell, Jo Nesbo: stars of the genre discuss their craft.
Tales from History
From the tulip fields of 17th Century Amsterdam to the trenches of World War One.
