Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Radio 4,·362 episodes
James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.
06 Jan 2008,·30 mins
James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally.
02 Dec 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible.
04 Nov 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie talks to James Robertson about his historical novel Joseph Knight.
07 Oct 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie and an audience of readers discuss Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.
02 Sep 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie talks to Colin Dexter about The Remorseful Day, Inspector Morse's last case
05 Aug 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her book The Female Eunuch.
01 Jul 2007,·30 mins
From the Hay Festival, James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to David Mitchell.
03 Jun 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie and an audience talk to Jodi Picoult about her novel My Sister's Keeper.
06 May 2007,·30 mins
James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to comic fiction author Jonathan Coe.
01 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Historian Alison Weir discusses her biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine with James Naughtie.
04 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Val McDermid joins readers to discuss The Mermaids Singing, the story of a serial killer.
04 Feb 2007,·30 mins
The author Jonathan Franzen discusses his novel The Corrections.
07 Jan 2007,·28 mins
James Naughtie discusses Miss Garnet's Angel with its author Salley Vickers.
03 Dec 2006,·28 mins
Scientist Lewis Wolpert discusses his account of depression in Malignant Sadness.
05 Nov 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie talks to Jane Gardam about her book Old Filth.
01 Oct 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie talks to Matthew Kneale about his award winning book English Passengers.
03 Sep 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by American crime writer Elmore Leonard.
06 Aug 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie talks to John Berendt about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
02 Jul 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by Lindsey Davis to discuss her thriller Time to Depart.
04 Jun 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by novelist Ali Smith to talk about her book Hotel World
07 May 2006,·28 mins
Malorie Blackman joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss Noughts and Crosses.
02 Apr 2006,·28 mins
Lionel Shriver joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin.
05 Mar 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by American satirist P J O'Rourke to discuss Holidays in Hell.
05 Feb 2006,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by George Macdonald Fraser to talk about his Flashman books.
01 Jan 2006,·28 mins
American writer Joyce Carol Oates joins readers to discuss We Were the Mulvaneys.
04 Dec 2005,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by Antonia Fraser to discuss her book The Gunpowder Plot.
06 Nov 2005,·28 mins
James Naughtie is joined by Hanif Kureishi to discuss his book The Buddha of Suburbia.
02 Oct 2005,·28 mins
James Naughtie and poet Michele Roberts discuss Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.
04 Sep 2005,·28 mins
James Naughtie talks to crime writer Michael Dibdin in front of a group of readers.
07 Aug 2005,·28 mins