Bookclub Podcast
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
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Donal Ryan: The Spinning Heart
Sun 3 Dec 2023
Donal Ryan discusses his novel The Spinning Heart with a group of readers.
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Katherine Heiny: Standard Deviation
Sun 5 Nov 2023
Katherine Heiny answers readers' questions about her novel Standard Deviation.
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Bernardine Evaristo: Mr Loverman
Sun 1 Oct 2023
Bernardine Evaristo joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss her novel Mr Loverman
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Denise Mina: The Long Drop
Sun 3 Sep 2023
Denise Mina talks about her 2017 true-crime book, The Long Drop.
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Mick Herron: Slow Horses
Sun 6 Aug 2023
Mick Herron answers readers' questions about his novel, Slow Horses
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Julian Barnes: Arthur and George
Sun 2 Jul 2023
James Naughtie and readers talk to Julian Barnes about his novel Arthur and George.
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Sarah Winman: Tin Man
Sun 7 May 2023
Sarah Winman discusses her novel Tin Man with a group of readers.
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Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
Sun 2 Apr 2023
Tan Twan Eng talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers.
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Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men
Sun 5 Mar 2023
Nadifa Mohamed talks to a group of readers about her novel The Fortune Men.
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Ross King: Brunelleschi's Dome
New Year's Day 2023
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Ross King about Brunelleschi's Dome.
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Juan Gabriel Vasquez: The Sound of Things Falling
Sun 6 Nov 2022
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez.
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Curtis Sittenfeld: American Wife
Sun 2 Oct 2022
James Naughtie and readers talk to Curtis Sittenfeld about her novel American Wife
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Kathleen Jamie: Selected Poems
Sun 4 Sep 2022
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Scotland's makar, Kathleen Jamie.
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Kevin Barry
Sun 7 Aug 2022
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Kevin Barry about Night Boat To Tangier.
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Karen Joy Fowler
Sun 3 Apr 2022
Karen Joy Fowler talks about her novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Sun 5 Dec 2021
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to bestselling writer Rachel Joyce.
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Maja Lunde - The History of Bees
Sun 7 Nov 2021
James Naughtie talks to Norwegian writer Maja Lunde about her novel The History of Bees.
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Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See
Sun 3 Oct 2021
Anthony Doerr talks about his award winning novel, All The Light We Cannot See.
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Lissa Evans - Old Baggage
Sun 5 Sep 2021
Lissa Evans discusses her novel Old Baggage with James Naughtie and a group of readers.
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Tahmima Anam - A Golden Age
Sun 1 Aug 2021
Tahmima Anam discusses her award winning novel, A Golden Age.
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Francis Spufford - Golden Hill
Sun 4 Jul 2021
James Naughtie talks to Francis Spufford about his novel Golden Hill.
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