Bookclub Podcast
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
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Asne Seierstad
Sun 6 Jul 2008
With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul.
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Jan Morris
Sun 1 Jun 2008
Jan Morris joins James Naughtie and readers to talk about her portrait of Venice.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sun 4 May 2008
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun
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Simon Armitage
Sun 6 Apr 2008
Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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William Hague
Sun 2 Mar 2008
James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger.
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Sarah Dunant
Sun 3 Feb 2008
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus.
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Alice Sebold
Sun 6 Jan 2008
James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.
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Thomas Keneally
Sun 2 Dec 2007
James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally.
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Barbara Kingsolver
Sun 4 Nov 2007
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible.
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James Robertson
Sun 7 Oct 2007
James Naughtie talks to James Robertson about his historical novel Joseph Knight.
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Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City
Sun 2 Sep 2007
James Naughtie and an audience of readers discuss Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.
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Colin Dexter
Sun 5 Aug 2007
James Naughtie talks to Colin Dexter about The Remorseful Day, Inspector Morse's last case
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Germaine Greer
Sun 1 Jul 2007
James Naughtie is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her book The Female Eunuch.
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David Mitchell
Sun 3 Jun 2007
From the Hay Festival, James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to David Mitchell.
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Jodi Picoult
Sun 6 May 2007
James Naughtie and an audience talk to Jodi Picoult about her novel My Sister's Keeper.
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Jonathan Coe
Sun 1 Apr 2007
James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to comic fiction author Jonathan Coe.
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Alison Weir
Sun 4 Mar 2007
Historian Alison Weir discusses her biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine with James Naughtie.
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Val McDermid
Sun 4 Feb 2007
Val McDermid joins readers to discuss The Mermaids Singing, the story of a serial killer.
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Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections
Sun 7 Jan 2007
The author Jonathan Franzen discusses his novel The Corrections.
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Salley Vickers
Sun 3 Dec 2006
James Naughtie discusses Miss Garnet's Angel with its author Salley Vickers.
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Lewis Wolpert
Sun 5 Nov 2006
Scientist Lewis Wolpert discusses his account of depression in Malignant Sadness.
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Matthew Kneale
Sun 3 Sep 2006
James Naughtie talks to Matthew Kneale about his award winning book English Passengers.
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John Berendt
Sun 2 Jul 2006
James Naughtie talks to John Berendt about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
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Lindsey Davis
Sun 4 Jun 2006
James Naughtie is joined by Lindsey Davis to discuss her thriller Time to Depart.
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Ali Smith
Sun 7 May 2006
James Naughtie is joined by novelist Ali Smith to talk about her book Hotel World
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Malorie Blackman
Sun 2 Apr 2006
Malorie Blackman joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss Noughts and Crosses.
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Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Sun 5 Mar 2006
Lionel Shriver joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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P J O'Rourke
Sun 5 Feb 2006
James Naughtie is joined by American satirist P J O'Rourke to discuss Holidays in Hell.
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