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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Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways
Sun 2 Apr 2017
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
Sun 5 Mar 2017
Jonathan Safran Foer talks about Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. With James Naughtie.
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Barbara Trapido - The Travelling Hornplayer
Sun 5 Feb 2017
Barbara Trapido talks to James Naughtie about her 1998 novel The Travelling Hornplayer.
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John Lanchester - Capital
New Year's Day 2017
John Lanchester talks to James Naughtie and readers about his novel Capital.
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Jay McInerney - Bright Lights, Big City
Sun 4 Dec 2016
Jay McInerney discusses his debut novel Bright Lights, Big City with James Naughtie.
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Sun 6 Nov 2016
James Naughtie and novelist Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson
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David Nicholls - One Day
Sun 6 Sep 2015
David Nicholls talks to James Naughtie about his enormously successful novel One Day.
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Henry Marsh - Do No Harm
Sun 7 Jun 2015
Henry Marsh responds to readers' questions about his best-selling memoir Do No Harm.
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Hisham Matar - In the Country of Men
Sun 3 May 2015
Libyan writer Hisham Matar talks to James Naughtie about his novel In the Country of Men.
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Adam Foulds - The Quickening Maze
Sun 5 Apr 2015
Adam Foulds discusses his novel The Quickening Maze with James Naughtie and readers.
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Wilbur Smith - When the Lion Feeds
Sun 1 Mar 2015
Wilbur Smith discusses his novel When the Lion Feeds with James Naughtie.
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Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Sun 1 Feb 2015
Judith Kerr discusses her classic novel for children When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
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Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Sun 4 Jan 2015
Marina Lewycka discusses her comic novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.
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Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander
Sun 7 Dec 2014
James Naughtie and Allan Mallinson discuss Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian.
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Blake Morrison - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sun 2 Nov 2014
Blake Morrison discusses his memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father?
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Tim Winton - Dirt Music
Sun 5 Oct 2014
Australian writer Tim Winton discusses his novel Dirt Music with James Naughtie.
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Allan Massie - A Question of Loyalties
Sun 7 Sep 2014
Allan Massie discusses his novel A Question of Loyalties with James Naughtie and readers.
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Sadie Jones - The Outcast
Thu 7 Aug 2014
Sadie Jones talks about her novel The Outcast, which won the Costa First Novel award 2008.
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Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Thu 10 Jul 2014
Acclaimed US writer Lorrie Moore discusses her novel Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
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Emma Donoghue - Room
Sun 1 Jun 2014
Emma Donoghue talks to James Naughtie about her Man Booker shortlisted novel Room.
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Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap
Sun 4 May 2014
Christos Tsiolkas talks to James Naughtie and readers about his 2010 novel The Slap.
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John Banville - The Sea
Sun 6 Apr 2014
John Banville discusses his Man Booker-winning novel The Sea. With James Naughtie.
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Disobedience - Naomi Alderman
Sun 2 Mar 2014
Naomi Alderman talks about her novel Disobedience. With James Naughtie.
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Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
Sun 2 Feb 2014
Khaled Hosseini talks about his global bestselling novel The Kite Runner.
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Donna Tartt - The Secret History
Sun 5 Jan 2014
Donna Tartt talks about her cult bestseller The Secret History. With James Naughtie.
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Lee Child - Killing Floor
Sun 1 Dec 2013
Lee Child talks about Killing Floor, the first Jack Reacher book. With James Naughtie.
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Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Sun 3 Nov 2013
Matthew Hollis talks to James Naughtie about his biography of poet Edward Thomas.
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Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
Sun 6 Oct 2013
James Naughtie talks to Dame Hilary Mantel about Bring Up the Bodies. From 2013.
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Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari
Sun 1 Sep 2013
Paul Theroux discusses his travel book Dark Star Safari with James Naughtie.
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Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever
Sun 4 Aug 2013
Deborah Moggach discusses her novel Tulip Fever with James Naughtie and a group of readers
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