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World Book Club Podcast

The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.

Updated: monthly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Sat 5 Jan 2013

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why?
CK Stead - My Name Was Judas

Sat 1 Dec 2012

CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book My Name Was Judas.
Paul Auster - New York Trilogy

Sat 3 Nov 2012

Harriett Gilbert talks to author Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy.
Javier Marias - A Heart So White

Sat 6 Oct 2012

Javier Marias taks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel A Heart So White.
Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper

Sat 1 Sep 2012

Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an audience about My Sister's Keeper.
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Sat 2 Jun 2012

Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit with Harriet Gilbert
Amitav Ghosh - The Shadow Lines

Sat 26 May 2012

Amitav Ghosh talks about his novel The Shadow Lines with Harriet Gilbert.
Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question

Sat 19 May 2012

Howard Jacobson discusses his Man Booker Prize winner The Finkler Question.
Andrea Levy - Small Island

Sat 12 May 2012

Andrea Levy discusses her prize-winning book Small Island.
Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor

Sat 5 May 2012

Harriett Gilbert talks to Peter Ackroyd about his novel Hawksmoor.
Toni Morrison - Beloved

Sat 7 Apr 2012

Harriett Gilbert talks to author Toni Morrison about her book Beloved.
Jonathan S Foer - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Sat 3 Mar 2012

Harriett Gilbert talks to Jonathan S Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

Wed 1 Feb 2012

Harriett Gilbert talks to Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider

Sat 7 Jan 2012

Witi Ihimaera, a prominent Maori writer on his book The Whale Rider.
Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger

Sat 3 Dec 2011

Penelope Lively talks to Harriett Gilbert about her book Moon Tiger.
David Grossman - To the End of the Land

Sat 5 Nov 2011

The Israeli author talks about his book, To the End of the Land
Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin

Sat 1 Oct 2011

Harriett Gilbert talks to Lionel Shriver about her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men

Sat 3 Sep 2011

Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his debut novel In The Country Of Men.
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn

Sat 6 Aug 2011

Poignant tale of young Irish woman trying to make a new life in 1950s New York
Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers

Sat 2 Jul 2011

Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
Val McDermid - A Place of Execution

Sat 4 Jun 2011

Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen

Sat 7 May 2011

Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow
Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast

Sat 2 Apr 2011

Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story
Javier Cercas - Soldiers Of Salamis

Sat 5 Mar 2011

Acclaimed Spanish writer Javier Cercas talks about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis
PJ O'Rourke - Eat The Rich

Sun 6 Feb 2011

Harriett Gilbert talks to the US satirist PJ O'Rourke about his book Eat The Rich
Bernhard Schlink - The Reader

New Year's Day 2011

Harriett Gilbert talks to Bernhard Schlink about his novel The Reader.
Damon Galgut - The Good Doctor

Sat 4 Dec 2010

Damon Galgut discusses his novel The Good Doctor, and answers questions from listeners
Kamila Shamsie - Burnt Shadows

Sat 6 Nov 2010

Kamila Shamsie discusses her novel Burnt Shadows on World Book Club
Barbara Kingsolver

Sat 2 Oct 2010

Barbara Kingsolver talks about her highly acclaimed novel The Poisonwood Bible
World Book Club: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Sat 3 Jul 2010

Harriett Gilbert talks to Carlos Ruiz Zafon about his novel The Shadow of the Wind.