World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Episodes to download
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Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Sat 3 Mar 2018
Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Jackie Kay: Trumpet
Sat 3 Feb 2018
This month World Book Club talks to Scottish poet Laureate Jackie Kay
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Agatha Christie
Sat 6 Jan 2018
Sophie Hannah and James Prichard discuss Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
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Richard Flanagan: Narrow Road to the Deep North
Sat 2 Dec 2017
Richard Flanagan talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel
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Alan Hollinghurst: The Line of Beauty
Sat 4 Nov 2017
Alan Hollinghurst talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Line of Beauty.
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Jane Gardam - Old Filth
Sat 7 Oct 2017
Jane Gardam discusses her novel Old Filth with the World Book Club audience
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Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Sat 2 Sep 2017
World Book Club talks to author Sebastian Barry about his novel The Secret Scripture.
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Delphine de Vigan - No and Me
Sat 5 Aug 2017
French writer Delphine de Vigan discusses her prize-winning novel No and Me.
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Tim Winton - Cloudstreet
Sat 1 Jul 2017
Tim Winton discusses his novel Cloudstreet with the World Book Club audience.
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Jeffrey Archer - Kane and Abel
Sat 3 Jun 2017
British author Jeffrey Archer discusses his novel Kane and Abel.
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Derek Walcott - Omeros
Sat 6 May 2017
Another chance to hear Nobel laureate Derek Walcott discuss his epic poem Omeros.
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Robert Harris - Imperium
Sat 1 Apr 2017
Robert Harris discusses the first of his Roman trilogy, Imperium.
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Jo毛l Dicker - The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Sat 4 Mar 2017
Swiss writer Jo毛l Dicker talks about his novel The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.
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Laura Restrepo - Delirium
Sat 4 Feb 2017
Colombian author Laura Restrepo discusses her novel Delirium in Cartagena.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard - A Death in the Family
Sat 7 Jan 2017
Acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about his book A Death in the Family
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Crime and Punishment
Sat 5 Nov 2016
Boris Akunin and Dr Sarah Young discuss Dostoyevsky鈥檚 classic novel Crime and Punishment.
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Anne Enright - The Gathering
Sat 1 Oct 2016
Anne Enright discusses her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Gathering.
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DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little
Sat 3 Sep 2016
DBC Pierre discusses his book Vernon God Little and answers questions from the audience
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Juan Gabriel Vasquez - The Sound of Things Falling
Sat 2 Jul 2016
Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his novel The Sound of Things Falling.
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Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists
Sat 4 Jun 2016
Tan Twan Eng discusses his novel The Garden of Evening Mists.
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Charlotte Bront毛 - Jane Eyre
Sat 7 May 2016
Writers Claire Harman and Tracy Chevalier discuss Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre.
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Nuruddin Farah - Maps
Sat 2 Apr 2016
Somali writer Nuruddin Farah will be discussing his novel Maps with Harriett Gilbert
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Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Sat 5 Mar 2016
Judith Kerr will be talking about her novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
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Cees Nooteboom - The Following Story
Sat 6 Feb 2016
Multiple award-winning Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom on his novel The Following Story
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Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
Sat 2 Jan 2016
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her phenomenally successful novel Eat, Pray, Love
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Leila Aboulela - Minaret
Sat 5 Dec 2015
Harriet Gilbert talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her novel Minaret.
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Jonathan Franzen - Freedom
Sat 7 Nov 2015
Epic of contemporary love and marriage capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty
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Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever
Sat 3 Oct 2015
A richly imagined historic tale of art, beauty,lust and greed in.1630s Amsterdam.
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Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin
Sat 5 Sep 2015
Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov discusses his novel Death and the Penguin
Ten Amazing Interviews
Favourite episodes of World Book Club, featuring Maya Angelou and Henning Mankell.
Crime Fiction
Henning Mankel, Patrica Cornwell, Jo Nesbo: stars of the genre discuss their craft.
Tales from History
From the tulip fields of 17th Century Amsterdam to the trenches of World War One.
