The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
World Service,·210 episodes
The author discusses the psychological impact of World War I
06 Sep 2014,·53 mins
Award-winning writer Janice Galloway on her novel The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
02 Aug 2014,·53 mins
Jostein Gaarder on his novel Sophie’s World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher
05 Jul 2014,·53 mins
Norwegian author of Out Stealing Horses takes questions from a rapt audience
07 Jun 2014,·53 mins
Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories
31 May 2014,·26 mins
Best-selling writer Harlan Coben on his thriller Six Years
03 May 2014,·53 mins
The British writer talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults
05 Apr 2014,·53 mins
A novel about love, mysticism and the life of the Sufi poet Rumi
01 Mar 2014,·53 mins
Author of award-winning novel The Slap on why his book has polarised opinions
01 Feb 2014,·53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to Pat Barker about her classic novel Regeneration
04 Jan 2014,·53 mins
Author Brian Aldiss talks about his classic sci-fi novel Greybeard
07 Dec 2013,·53 mins
A tribute to Dorris Lessing who was the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for literature
23 Nov 2013,·26 mins
Camus's classic is discussed by his biographer Oliver Todd and Professor David Walker
02 Nov 2013,·53 mins
The Indian-American author on her book of short stories Unaccustomed Earth
06 Oct 2013,·53 mins
British writer Neil Gaiman talks about and reads extracts from his book American Gods
08 Sep 2013,·53 mins
Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif on what has gone wrong in Egypt in her eyes
04 Aug 2013,·53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to Amit Chaudhuri about his book The Immortals.
07 Jul 2013,·53 mins
Author Mohsin Hamid on his book The Reluctant Fundamentalist, now made into a film
02 Jun 2013,·53 mins
American Classic: Jay McInerney talks to Harriett Gilbert about F Scott Fitzgerald's novel
05 May 2013,·53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to author John Grisham about his book A Time To Kill.
07 Apr 2013,·53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to Romesh Gunesekera about his book Reef.
02 Mar 2013,·53 mins
David Mitchell talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book Cloud Atlas.
02 Feb 2013,·53 mins
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why?
05 Jan 2013,·53 mins
CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book My Name Was Judas.
53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy.
Javier Marias taks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel A Heart So White.
Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an audience about My Sister's Keeper.
Jo Nesbo talks to Harriett Gilbert about his haunting thriller The Redbreast.
Henning Mankell talks to Harriett Gilbert about his first Wallander book, Faceless Killers
Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit with Harriet Gilbert
