大象传媒 Radio 4 - Bookclub

Bookclub Podcast

Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory

Sun 6 Nov 2011

Iain Banks talks about his first novel The Wasp Factory.
Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things

Sun 2 Oct 2011

Arundhati Roy talks about her Booker prize winning novel The God of Small Things.
Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Sun 4 Sep 2011

Mohsin Hamid talks to James Naughtie about The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice

Sun 7 Aug 2011

Donna Leon talks to James Naughtie about her first crime novel Death At La Fenice.
William Fiennes - The Music Room

Sun 3 Jul 2011

William Fiennes talks to James Naughtie and readers about his memoir The Music Room.
Nicole Krauss - The History of Love

Sun 5 Jun 2011

Nicole Krauss talks to James Naughtie and readers about her novel The History of Love.
Andrew O'Hagan - Be Near Me

Sun 1 May 2011

Andrew O'Hagan meets James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel Be Near Me.
Jennifer Johnston

Sun 3 Apr 2011

James Naughtie talks to Jennifer Johnston about her novel The Gingerbread Woman.
Benjamin Zephaniah

Sun 6 Mar 2011

James Naughtie talks to Benjamin Zephaniah about his novel for young adults Refugee Boy.
Tim Butcher

Sun 6 Feb 2011

James Naughtie talks to Tim Butcher about his bestselling book Blood River.
Howard Jacobson

Sun 2 Jan 2011

James Naughtie talks to Howard Jacobson about his comic novel The Mighty Walzer.
Sarah Hall - The Carhullan Army

Sun 5 Dec 2010

James Naughtie talks to Sarah Hall about her novel The Carhullan Army.
Claire Tomalin (on Thomas Hardy)

Sun 7 Nov 2010

James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy.
Roddy Doyle

Sun 3 Oct 2010

Irish writer Roddy Doyle joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Paddy Clarke HA HA HA.
Yann Martel

Sun 5 Sep 2010

James Naughtie talks to Yann Martel about Life of Pi.
Siri Hustvedt

Sun 1 Aug 2010

James Naughtie talks to Siri Hustvedt about her novel What I Loved.
Henning Mankell

Sun 4 Jul 2010

James Naughtie talks to Henning Mankell about Sidetracked, a Kurt Wallander novel.
Lynne Reid Banks

Sun 6 Jun 2010

James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room.
Orhan Pamuk

Sun 2 May 2010

James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.
Jeanette Winterson

Sun 4 Apr 2010

James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
Douglas Coupland

Sun 7 Mar 2010

James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X
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.
John Irving

Sun 6 Dec 2009

James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Linda Grant

Sun 1 Nov 2009

James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.
Gillian Slovo

Sun 4 Oct 2009

James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.
Robert Macfarlane

Sun 6 Sep 2009

James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.
CJ Sansom

Sun 2 Aug 2009

James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.
Bernard MacLaverty

Sun 5 Jul 2009

James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.
Kate Grenville

Sun 7 Jun 2009

Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.