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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Howard Jacobson
Sun 2 Jan 2011
James Naughtie talks to Howard Jacobson about his comic novel The Mighty Walzer.
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Sarah Hall - The Carhullan Army
Sun 5 Dec 2010
James Naughtie talks to Sarah Hall about her novel The Carhullan Army.
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Claire Tomalin (on Thomas Hardy)
Sun 7 Nov 2010
James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy.
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Roddy Doyle
Sun 3 Oct 2010
Irish writer Roddy Doyle joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Paddy Clarke HA HA HA.
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Henning Mankell
Sun 4 Jul 2010
James Naughtie talks to Henning Mankell about Sidetracked, a Kurt Wallander novel.
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Lynne Reid Banks
Sun 6 Jun 2010
James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room.
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Orhan Pamuk
Sun 2 May 2010
James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.
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Jeanette Winterson
Sun 4 Apr 2010
James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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Douglas Coupland
Sun 7 Mar 2010
James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X
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Clive James
Sun 7 Feb 2010
James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography
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Alexander McCall Smith
Sun 3 Jan 2010
James Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his novel 44 Scotland Street.
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John Irving
Sun 6 Dec 2009
James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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Linda Grant
Sun 1 Nov 2009
James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.
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Gillian Slovo
Sun 4 Oct 2009
James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.
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Robert Macfarlane
Sun 6 Sep 2009
James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.
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CJ Sansom
Sun 2 Aug 2009
James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.
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Bernard MacLaverty
Sun 5 Jul 2009
James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.
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Kate Grenville
Sun 7 Jun 2009
Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.
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Andrew Motion
Sun 5 Apr 2009
Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.
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AL Kennedy
Sun 1 Mar 2009
James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy.
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Oliver James
Sun 4 Jan 2009
James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'.
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Fay Weldon
Sun 2 Nov 2008
James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.
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Michael Morpurgo
Sun 5 Oct 2008
James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.
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Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation
Sun 7 Sep 2008
James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.
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Colm Toibin
Sun 3 Aug 2008
Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.
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