World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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PD James
Tue 25 Jan 2005
P.D. James joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel 'Original Sin'.
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Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Sun 12 Dec 2004
Writer Paulo Coelho talks about his book The Alchemist.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Thu 4 Nov 2004
Kazuo Ishiguro joins listeners to discuss his novel The Remains Of The Day
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Anita Desai - Fasting, Feasting
Thu 30 Sep 2004
Anita Desai joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel 'Fasting, Feasting'.
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Roddy Doyle
Mon 13 Sep 2004
Roddy Doyle talks about his novel The Commitments. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.
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Amoz Oz
Thu 2 Sep 2004
Amos Oz joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel 'My Michael'.
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Gillian Slovo
Thu 29 Jul 2004
South African novelist, Gillian Slovo talks about her novel 'Red Dust'.
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Tracy Chevalier
Thu 20 May 2004
Tracy Chevalier joins an audience to discuss her novel 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'.
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AS Byatt - Possession
Tue 23 Mar 2004
English author A. S Byatt talks to an audience about her novel 'Possession'.
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Amy Tan
Thu 29 Jan 2004
Amy Tan joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel The Joy Luck Club.
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Isabelle Allende - The House of Spirits
Wed 26 Nov 2003
Isabel Allende joins an audience to discuss her novel 'The House of the Spirits'.
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Frederick Forsyth - The Day of the Jackal
Thu 23 Oct 2003
Frederick Forsyth joins an audience to discuss his novel 'The Day of the Jackal'.
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Peter Carey
Thu 25 Sep 2003
Peter Carey joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel 'Oscar and Lucinda'.
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Ruth Rendell - A Judgement in Stone
Thu 28 Aug 2003
Popular British crime writer Ruth Rendell talked to the programme about her work.
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Julian Barnes
Thu 31 Jul 2003
Julian Barnes joins a World Service audience to discuss his novel 'Flaubert's Parrot'.
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Jung Chang
Sat 14 Jun 2003
Chinese writer Jung Chang joins a World Service audience to discuss her novel Wild Swans.
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Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
Thu 29 May 2003
Author Terry Pratchett talks about his Discworld book The Colour Of Magic.
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Margaret Atwood
Tue 8 Apr 2003
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
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Hanif Kureishi
Mon 3 Feb 2003
Hanif Kureishi joins an audience to discuss his book 'The Buddha of Suburbia'.
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V S Naipaul - A House for Mr Biswas
Sat 4 Jan 2003
Nobel Prize winner V. S Naipaul discussess his book 'A House for Mr Biswas'.
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Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
Mon 2 Dec 2002
Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy talks about winning the Booker Prize in 1997
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Martin Amis - Money: A Suicide Note
Tue 8 Oct 2002
Martin Amis joins an audience of listeners to answer questions about his novel Money.
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Stephen King
Tue 27 Aug 2002
What makes Stephen King, not only the Master of Horror, but more than that?
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Garrison Keillor - Lake Wobegon Days
Wed 14 Aug 2002
Harriett Gilbert talks to American writer Garrison Keillor on his book Lake Wobegon Days.
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Chenjerai Hove - Ancestors
Tue 5 Feb 2002
Harriett Gilbert talks to the Zimbabwean novelist Chenjerai Hove about Ancestors
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Bahaa Taher
Tue 15 Jan 2002
Bahaa Taher is an Egyptian novelist who won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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.
