Bookclub Podcast
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Episodes to download
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Robert Harris
Sun 5 Jul 1998
James Naughtie talks to author Robert Harris about his international bestseller Fatherland
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Toni Morrison - Beloved
Sun 7 Jun 1998
James Naughtie talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison about Beloved.
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Sebastian Faulks
Sun 3 May 1998
James Naughtie talks to author, Sebastian Faulks, about his best-selling novel, Birdsong.
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Kamila Shamsie on Burnt Shadows
Tue 7 Feb 2017
James Naughtie and audience talk to Kamila Shamsie about her novel Burnt Shadows
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Bookclub - Helen Macdonald on H is for Hawk
Sun 2 Oct 2016
James Naughtie discusses H is for Hawk with Helen Macdonald
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Bookclub - Don DeLillo on Underworld
Sun 4 Sep 2016
James Naughtie talks to Don DeLillo about his novel Underworld
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Bookclub - Evie Wyld on After the Fire a Still, Small Voice
Sun 7 Aug 2016
James Naughtie talks to Evie Wyld about After the Fire a Still, Small Voice
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Bookclub - Maggie O'Farrell on The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Sun 3 Jul 2016
James Naughtie talks to Maggie O'Farrell about The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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Bookclub - Tony Harrison's poem 'v'
Sun 5 Jun 2016
James Naughtie and Tony Harrison discuss the poem 'v'
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Bookclub with Javier Marias
Sun 1 May 2016
James Naughtie talks to Javier Marias about The Infatuations
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Bookclub with Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
Sun 3 Apr 2016
James Naughtie and audience talk to Elizabeth Strout about Olive Kitteridge
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Bookclub with Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History
Sun 6 Mar 2016
James Naughtie and audience talk to Michael Holroyd about A Strange Eventful History
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Bookclub with Kamila Shamsie on Burnt Shadows
Mon 8 Feb 2016
James Naughtie and audience talk to Kamila Shamsie about Burnt Shadows
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Bookclub with Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Sun 3 Jan 2016
James Naughtie talks to Richard Flanagan about The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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Bookclub with Colum McCann - TransAtlantic
Sun 6 Dec 2015
James Naughtie talks to Colum McCann about TransAtlantic.
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Bookclub with China Mieville - The City and the City
Sun 1 Nov 2015
James Naughtie talks to China Mieville about The City and the City
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David Nicholls - One Day
Mon 7 Sep 2015
David Nicholls talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about his novel One Day
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Bookclub with A M Homes - May We Be Forgiven
Sun 2 Aug 2015
A M Homes talks to James Naughtie about her book May We Be Forgiven
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Bookclub with Jon McGregor - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
Mon 6 Jul 2015
Jon McGregor discusses his novel If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
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