World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Episodes to download
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Toni Morrison - Beloved
Sat 7 Apr 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Toni Morrison about her book Beloved.
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Jonathan S Foer - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Sat 3 Mar 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Jonathan S Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Wed 1 Feb 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
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Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider
Sat 7 Jan 2012
Witi Ihimaera, a prominent Maori writer on his book The Whale Rider.
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Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
Sat 3 Dec 2011
Penelope Lively talks to Harriett Gilbert about her book Moon Tiger.
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David Grossman - To the End of the Land
Sat 5 Nov 2011
The Israeli author talks about his book, To the End of the Land
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Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Sat 1 Oct 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to Lionel Shriver about her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
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Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
Sat 3 Sep 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his debut novel In The Country Of Men.
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Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Sat 6 Aug 2011
Poignant tale of young Irish woman trying to make a new life in 1950s New York
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Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Sat 2 Jul 2011
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
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Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Sat 4 Jun 2011
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
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Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen
Sat 7 May 2011
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow
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Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Sat 2 Apr 2011
Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story
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Javier Cercas - Soldiers Of Salamis
Sat 5 Mar 2011
Acclaimed Spanish writer Javier Cercas talks about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis
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PJ O'Rourke - Eat The Rich
Sun 6 Feb 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to the US satirist PJ O'Rourke about his book Eat The Rich
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Bernhard Schlink - The Reader
New Year's Day 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to Bernhard Schlink about his novel The Reader.
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Damon Galgut - The Good Doctor
Sat 4 Dec 2010
Damon Galgut discusses his novel The Good Doctor, and answers questions from listeners
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Kamila Shamsie - Burnt Shadows
Sat 6 Nov 2010
Kamila Shamsie discusses her novel Burnt Shadows on World Book Club
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Barbara Kingsolver
Sat 2 Oct 2010
Barbara Kingsolver talks about her highly acclaimed novel The Poisonwood Bible
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World Book Club: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sat 3 Jul 2010
Harriett Gilbert talks to Carlos Ruiz Zafon about his novel The Shadow of the Wind.
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World Book Club: David Mitchell
Sat 5 Jun 2010
Harriett Gilbert talks to David Mitchell about his novel Cloud Atlas.
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World Book Club: Richard Ford
Sat 1 May 2010
Richard Ford discusses his classic novel 'The Sportswriter' with Harriett Gilbert and a...
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World Book Club: J.M.G. Le Clezio
Sat 3 Apr 2010
Nobel prize winner JMG Le Clezio discusses his acclaimed novel Desert.
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World Book Club: John Boyne
Sat 6 Mar 2010
John Boyne discusses his acclaimed novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' with Harriett...
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World Book Club: Andrea Levy
Sat 6 Feb 2010
Harriet Gilbert talks to Andrea Levy about Small Island, a heart-warming and tale of lo...
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Kiran Desai
Sat 2 Jan 2010
Kiran Desai discusses her novel The Inheritance of Loss with Harriett Gilbert.
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World Book Club: James Ellroy
Sat 5 Dec 2009
James Ellroy discusses his novel American Tabloid with Harriett Gilbert and an invited ...
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World Book Club: Alaa Al Aswany
Sat 7 Nov 2009
Alaa Al Aswany talks about his acclaimed novel The Yacoubian Building.
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World Book Club: Gunter Grass
Sat 3 Oct 2009
Half a century on from its first publication, G�nter Grass will be talking about The T...
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World Book Club: Lionel Shriver
Sat 4 Jul 2009
Lionel Shriver discusses her best selling novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
