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